WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism.
Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
Not an exaggeration to say that if there were 5 votes on SCOTUS for Souter’s approach to the Voting Rights Act, as reflected in his dissents in Georgia v. Ashcroft and Bartlett v. Strickland, the United States would be an entirely different (much more democratic) country
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Excellent that Riggs prevailed, but it is a disgrace that this litigation went as far as it did
BREAKING: After six months of chaos and an attempt to overturn a free and fair election, Judge Griffin has finally conceded.
Even as extremists worked to toss out votes and politicize our courts, North Carolinians held the line.
The will of the people won because the people never backed down.
Number of crypto wallets that made money on Trump's memecoin: 58.
Number that lost money: 764,000.
@cnbc.com @mackenziesigalos.bsky.social
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58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows
Interest in the $TRUMP meme coin spiked more than 50% after the project's website promised the top 220 holders a seat at a dinner with the president.
As many anticipated, the Administration's claim that it can't bring back Abrego Garcia means judges will be much more willing to find for Plaintiffs in other cases.
See Judge Hellerstein's reasoning below.
Plus: "If that is not irreparable harm, what is?"
LOL look at the trend line of DOGE’s expected “savings” 🤡
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...Some folks seem to be under the impression that the “tell” for authoritarians is that they *say* they are authoritarians, when in fact they typically say they are obeying the will of the people, fastidious adherents to the rule of law, serving the public’s need for security & prosperity, etc.
Wow who could’ve seen that coming
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach
www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
Those are rookie numbers, Bondi saved 258 million of us just yesterday
RFK during Wednesday's cabinet meeting: "During the Biden administration HHS became a collaborator in child trafficking for sex and for slavery. And we have ended that and we are very aggressively going out and trying to find these children, 300,000 children that were lost by the Biden admin.”
The evacuation of the American embassy in Saigon, 50 years ago today.
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
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User Clip: Senator Russ Feingold Patriot Act
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold speaking on the consideration of the USA PATRIOT Act. He was the only Senator to vote against passage (98-1).
This is a story about deep sea mining, beautifully told.
Mining something that takes millions of years to form. What could go wrong? Ehm…🛢️👀
Letting an industry with a terrible record on land do the same in the ocean where there’s way less oversight. What could go wrong? 🤔
The promise and risks of deep-sea mining
A vast treasure of critical minerals lies on the ocean floor. Should they be extracted to help fight climate change?
Totally
A colleague emailed me today to flag the fact that the superb Fourth Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson ended a quotidian insurance opinion with an unusually introspective conclusion.
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So we’ve “saved” roughly a quarter of Elon Musk’s net worth by decimating public goods and destroying 200,000 jobs we all benefit from in myriad ways.
Seems DOGE and Musk have made a more compelling case for a wealth tax than Piketty/Zucman could ever dream.
Precisely the kind of causes for which roughly a billion dollars in pro bono efforts could make a meaningful impact
The vibe that Dems are poll-tested cowards with no underlying principles will persist at least as long as they insist on maintaining that image themselves
bsky.app/profile/murs...If you are wondering why House Dems have been unwilling to go after the Republicans re their ghoulish visit to CECOT - check out what
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was focused on today.
The leadership chatbot is only capable of focusing on kitchen table issues.
