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Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social · 4h

Sure, buddy. That’s a real thing that definitely happened.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 1m

As required by convention

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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 2m

Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social , you do federal criminal stuff...

Doesn't an indictment usually list charges?

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10m

READ the John Bolton indictment storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

INDICTMENT
The Grand Jury for the District of Maryland charges that:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
At all times relevant to this Indictment, unless otherwise indicated:
Introduction
The defendant, JOHN ROBERT BOLTON, II ("BOLTON"), resided in
Montgomery County, Maryland, and, from the 1980s through 2019, served intermittently in a variety of senior U.S. Government positions, including as an Assistant Attorney General in the U.S.
Department of Justice, an Under Secretary of State in the U.S. Department of State, U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations, and, in his last position of public service, from April 2018 to September 2019, as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, which was commonly known as the National Security Advisor.
2. The role of the National Security Advisor varied by presidential administration, but
generally the National Security Advisor assisted the President in managing the National Security
Council ("NSC). The National Security Act of 1947, as amended, established the NSC to advise

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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 5h

Like the one Teddy had a couple weeks ago.

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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 5h

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

ALT: a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

media.tenor.com

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 7h

The perfect coda to this story: after publication, the State Department's press office responded to my questions about the legal basis for revoking visas based on speech. Their response, in full (we were NOT off-record).

Good afternoon,

Off the record, we refer you to the following tweet: https://x.com/StateDept/status/1978218112882266594

Regards,
State Department Press Office

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
Notes
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the opinion. It's a rout. Too often, courts address only the actual malice question and do not reach falsity. This court correctly says there's no actual malice *and* the plaintiff did not show there were any false statements. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 6h

In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.

The header of the appeals court decision:

NUMBER 13-25-00005-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

The conclusion of the appeals court decision, which states: The trial court's judgment is reversed. We remand the cause to the trial court with

instructions to (1) grant appellants' TCPA motion to dismiss, (2) award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to appellants in accordance with the statute, (3) consider whether to assess sanctions against Haas in accordance with the statute. See TEX. Civ. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 27.009(a).

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 6h

“Fox 11 also claims she resigned as a board member of the Wisconsin branch of the Make a Wish Foundation.”

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s America: Brewers fan caught on video threatening to call ICE on Dodger fan because she was mad her team was losing. The man is a US citizen and military veteran: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

Brewers 'Karen' fired for racist rant at war veteran in Dodgers game

One month after the infamous 'Phillies Karen' broke the internet, another female MLB spectator has earned the same unflattering tag after her racist rant towards a US citizen and war veteran.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

Anyway thank God we’re working towards a free speech culture where social convention will FORBID any consequences to you if your reaction to someone cheering another team is to call for them to be abused by a violent paramilitary organization

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

Ricardo Fosado, a Latino Dodgers fan and war veteran, is America. But bigoted entitled asshole Shannon Kobylarczyk is America, too, and we‘re in this fix in part because we like to pretend she’s not.

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AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social · 5h

By which she means "you all get the fuck out"

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6h

After Skedzielewski complains about the logistics of body cameras, Ellis tells him "there's, you know, a simple way to not have to do that though, right?"

After a long silence, Skedzielewski tells her "I think we're going to enforce federal law."

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 7h

the canary in this particular coal mine was frances fox piven

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 7h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 8h

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack

A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

share.google

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19h

Young Republicans are praising Hitler. Here's why Democrats are to blame.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

You have to understand that there is NO accountability for ICE even in theory. You can't sue an ICE agent. They won't be criminally prosecuted for violating your rights. They won't be fired. THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ICE IS TO RUN FROM ICE.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d

Here's another Kavanaugh stop in action. Agent says: "Why are you running?" Admitting that he had no cause to stop and tackle this boy.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 19h

A bureaucracy like DHS and Border Patrol have dedicated staff whose sole responsibility is the drafting, approving, and posting of such social media content. They know the people involved. They know damn well why and it is because this is a Nazi government.

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees let Mississippi kill Charles Ray Crawford tonight, despite treatment at trial that was of the same type that SCOTUS later held in another case is unconstitutional.

All three Democratic appointees, in a lengthy dissent, would have kept him alive.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25-385 (25A378)
CHARLES RAY CRAWFORD v. MISSISSIPPI ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
[October 15, 2025]
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is de-nied.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of application for stay and denial of certiorari.
Charles Ray Crawford will be executed tonight for a crime that his own lawyers told the jury he committed, despite his express instructions not to do so. Had this case come to this Court on direct appeal, Crawford could have proved that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated under our decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414
(2018), in which we held that lawyers may not override a defendant's explicit and unequivocal decision not to concede guilt at trial. He would also likely be entitled to a new trial, as a McCoy violation is a structural error that mandates reversal.

Charles Ray Crawford has identified an important constitutional issue that this Court has not addressed and has divided courts around the country. The Court refuses to
Cite as: 607 U.S.
(2025)
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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting
resolve that question, even though a man's life is in the bal-ance. For these reasons, the Court should have granted Crawford's motion for a stay of execution and petition for writ of certiorari. I respectfully dissent.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h

Shorter Mike Johnson:

Beating up a woman isn’t “really serious.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Brown rejected the compact!

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

www.brown.edu

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