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The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about food assistance recipients. Amid a legal challenge, the agency says the request is on hold.

It is easy to forget that when Paul Weiss and the other law firms that capitulated to Trump cut their deals they thought they would be viewed as savvy dealmakers. Now they look like craven fools and gutless cowards.

Stolen from Threads...

And it’s coming from inside the house

Trump promised you he’d end this in one day. It’s been 120. And he’s just giving in to whatever that thug Putin wants.

Sign above the Edinburgh Public Library seen on our recent trip to Scotland, "let there be light"

The Boss said it ALL.

Before Pam Bondi was the attorney general for the United States. She earned $115,000 a month working as a lobbyist...for.....Qatar. So maybe we shouldn't be seeking her opinion on what's the bribe.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

Honestly smart

We all must stand up every single day. "If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." -Judge Howell

Your tax dollars at work. 🤡

Politicians, lawyers and journalists who left behind autocratic systems in Europe, Asia and Latin America see the Trump administration employing similar methods.

The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been critical of the program, saying it puts too much taxpayer money at risk.

And GOP senators and representatives are okay with it

As DOJ argues that federal courts have no authority to order "any particular acts of diplomacy," I want to remind everyone that SCOTUS let Matthew Kacsmaryk seize control of Biden's border policy for 10 months and micromanage diplomatic negotiations with Mexican officials. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Despite a court order, the White House bars a reporter and photographer from the @AP from an Oval Office news conference with Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador while the administration appeals the decision. @dbauder.bsky.social apnews.com/article/trum...

Oh

The taxes Americans pay to import Chinese goods changed several times in a matter of days, including once when a single person composed a social media post that gave the wrong impression but was taken as if it was law.

Thank you Trump voters, so much

Welcome to the era of thought crimes.

U.S. stocks fell a day after posting spectacular gains over President Trump's decision to pause many of his tariffs. Now, some of that relief is fading.

Ok sorry but getting on my soapbox to say that this isn’t a u-turn or a 180 or even a pause on tariffs. The MASSIVE tariffs are gone but BIG tariffs are still in place. And more so than before last week. Frame it right.

Yup

I urge the reader to see how tariffs have affected the economy in the past. Hint- not positively

Big Law firms and partners have choices about whether to capitulate or to stand tall. History is watching.

New levels of shittiness

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