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Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1463 comments

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

submitted 18 hours ago • 637 comments

Via "One First," me on why Stephen Miller's riff on suspending habeas corpus is not just factually and legally wrong (in multiple respects), but reflects a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration's rhetorical attacks on the courts: www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...

submitted 18 hours ago • 102 comments

❤️‍🩹Ukrainische Widerstandskraft: Unkaputtbare Einwohner von Cherson unterhalten sich auf einem durch russischen Beschuss zerstörten Balkon. 💪

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Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...

submitted 16 hours ago • 227 comments

The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past. It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there. I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.

submitted 15 hours ago • 272 comments

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

submitted 16 hours ago • 113 comments

Once again…A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.

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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

submitted 16 hours ago • 537 comments

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

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Esto lo vi por la primera vez hace un poco más de dos años… El cementerio de los carros en Irpin, Ucrania 🇺🇦 Esto es lo que está festejando hoy el tirano genocida Putin en su desfile en Moscú. Les pido con toda humildad que por favor compartan esto, que el mundo lo VEA.

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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Peter Krékó, quoted here, has been doing great work.

submitted 2 days ago • 39 comments

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY judiciary.”

submitted 2 days ago • 961 comments

1/ I'm posting this again with some additional information. In states that offer abortion services, maternal mortality fell by 21% since Dobbs. Maternal mortality rose among states that banned abortion. The difference couldn't be more stark. More links to follow.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

The rules of the internet clearly state that when you see Tom Holland's Umbrella, you're required to share it.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

It took an incredible outcry from victims and the NY Senators to get RFK Jr to rehire the few staff so the 911 victim program can function. They also must restore the other 900 staff in NIOSH,the only agency that investigates workplace toxins and dangers and develops solutions to protect workers.

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

People warned me that the 🐝 hives were devastated this winter and they’re right. As the first populations emerge, they are much fewer. If you can leave their first source of food around (dandelions) please do so.

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Everybody who can land a Hornet on an aircraft carrier at sea gets to make snarky remarks about this. That’s it.

submitted 3 days ago • 68 comments

It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥

submitted 3 days ago • 347 comments

NOW: A hearing in the Alien Enemies Act case in Judge Boasberg's court. I'm listening in on the public line: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816. Gelernt for the ACLU. Gorski for ACLU. Davis and Ensing for the government. 1/

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💔🇺🇦 Border guards showed another touching video from yesterday's prisoner exchange "We could only imagine the warmth of these embraces for months, years. Now they are real. 205 defenders have returned home, including 14 border guards," the report says.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

"What did PBS shows teach you?" Mister Rogers taught us feelings are mentionable and manageable. Reading Rainbow taught us discovering books is joy. Sesame Street taught us learning through the kindness of community by way of our friends. Bill Nye taught us to observe wonder through science.

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg is pressing DOJ about Trump's comment that he could pick up the phone and have El Salvador send back Abrego Garcia. Doesn't that mean U.S. effectively has custody over deported migrants, he's asking?

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Holy crap. The D.V.D. litigators say the planned flight to Libya was going to be for Southeast Asian nationals!

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

✈️🇷🇺❌ Due to the attack of our UAVs at Russian airports, transport collapse: more than 200 flights canceled across the country!

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

Pressed by Judge Boasberg in hearing now: Department of Justice does not contest President Trump statements that he could get Abrego Garcia released, and El Salvador Vice President's statement to Senator Van Holland that it's up to the USG. Here's @vanhollen.senate.gov's letter to POTUS.

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Trump is using official trade policy to promote Musk's satellite business Starlink. This is a glaring conflict of interest. Government policy should be designed to benefit the American people, not abused for personal tech bro profiteering.

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“the moment when the regime begins to really earn money is also often the moment when they really feel the need to crack down on civil liberties." - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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Jakub Klepal & I sat down to talk in Prague abt the transatlantic rltnship It's under stress, but Klepal thinks we can persist Read more abt what he said in our interview @brookings.edu 👇--TN www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

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Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.

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🚨BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, the Associated Press reported. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.

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Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."

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