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peanut24.bsky.social @peanut24.bsky.social · 2h

So much is unknown!

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 5h

FIRST RULE OF SANDWICH HANDLING: TREAT EVERY SANDWICH AS IF IT WERE LOADED

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Jury selection begins in the trial of sandwich guy today. The prosecutors are accusing him of "throwing a meat sandwich" at "point-blank range."

POINT-BLANK RANGE 💀 www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 5h

The correct unit of municipal budget analysis is not dollars but "Cost of Policing (CoP) days/hours"

You take total money spent on cops over the year (including OT and settlements) and divide by 365 to get one CoP day

Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 5h

New from me: The police are defunding our cities. In LA, LAPD’s growing liability lawsuits are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in payouts. $400m in payouts since 2019. The biggest culprits: protests, police shootings, and car collisions. More👇

lapublicpress.org/2025/11/lapd...

Inside LAPD's nearly $400M settlement crisis that's bankrupting LA

Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h

Why? Are younger people so terrifying?

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

OMG

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 5d

2:25pm: Gov/ICE say that Abarca Tixe is planned to be back in Mass by Friday, they started planning her move on Monday. (Not sure taking 4 days is terribly plausible, but okay?)

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 6d

Counsel for Abarca Tixe _withdraws_ her "motion for judicial intervention."

Presumably for substantive reasons not the labeling on the filing, so I'd imagine they spoke with the Gov. who gave some assurances that O'Toole's order is being followed?

But…who knows. We could ask? @universalhub.com?

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 6d

The motion itself is a little less strident.

Perhaps, also, the person who titled and filed it is not the person who wrote most of the words.

They want a hearing and an order to show cause as to civil contempt, a time certain for Abarca Tixe's return; and coercive/monetary sanctions.

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 6d

Just not the kind of consultation with opposing counsel statement you see every day: "…and he indicated that his clients have not made any efforts to comply with this Court's order and are actively seeking alternative motions or measures to evade compliance."

CERTIFICATION UNDER RULE 7.1
On October 28, 2025, I spoke with AUSA Rayford Farquahar, and he indicated that his clients have not made any efforts to comply with this Court's order and are actively seeking alternative motions or measures to evade compliance.
Date: __________ ________________________________

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peanut24.bsky.social @peanut24.bsky.social · 2h

No I want to know what meat, what condiments. Was there cheese? We need to know these details about the alleged weapon!

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7h

Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 5h

10th Cir. holds that noncitizen who successfully petitions for habeas corpus from immigration detention can seek EAJA fees because habeas in this posture is a purely civil action.

www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...

The EAJA may be a broad statute, but a statute is not ambiguous just
because it is broad. Here, we read the EAJA’s broad language to
unambiguously authorize fees in habeas actions challenging immigration
detention.
AFFIRMED.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 5h

Backstab the blue. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization.
As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show.
Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 5h

I don't understand. Did it used to be a tea shop?

Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 16h

"at the transgender coffee shop"

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

Until now, Social Security disability benefits got easier to qualify for as a person reached 50+. A new Trump plan would end that.

Under the plan, millions, particularly in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.

➡️ More: propub.li/4oeO7VO

Graphic titled "States with high percentages of people receiving disability benefits, many of them Trump voters, will feel the sting if future eligibility is tightened." It shows a map of the United States where each state is a square, and its color corresponds to the percentage of disability beneficiaries in each state’s population. The percentages range from 2% in yellow to 8% in brown. West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama are all in purple, with the highest percentages in the country.

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(Un)Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 5h

There’s a whole mass of people who have a psychological need to write off anyone with power as corrupt in order to justify their own disengagement.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

"It means his heart is failing."

How does something that doesn't exist fail?

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5h

Officers on scene claimed the building had been under surveillance for three months, according to the witnesses, yet “they didn’t know who lived there.” During the operation, two people in the alley were described by officers as possibly suffering epileptic fits, the witnesses said.

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 7h

Hadn't seen any coverage of this before Migrant Insider reported it today; happened Oct 24. Did anyone see prior coverage? migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-lati...

SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid

Witnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10–12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the hallway, and tenants told to vacate.

migrantinsider.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

"One wonders if they’ll be mystified by Humphrey Bogart’s assumption that we’re entitled to expect government officials to act under legal authority. Because we’re the ones who now say that we don’t need no stinking badges." www.thebulwark.com/p/under-trum...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

NEW REPORT finds America’s 10 richest billionaires have gotten even richer under President Trump, with their collective wealth increasing by nearly $700 billion in the past year. trib.al/igupaQn

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5h

Look, it's impossible to get just how stupid this is into a single headline, but I tried, okay?

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 5h

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is currently being described as “nuts.” There are all sorts of crazy moments to call out, but let’s start with the recursively meta nonsense. 60 Minutes edited out a segment where Donald Trump tells them to edit out a segment in which he brags about getting CBS to pay him because of them editing out part of an answer by Kamala Harris, and he notes that CBS clearly did the wrong thing in editing Harris in the same fucking sentence he tells them to edit out what he’s saying.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

The motions have been fully briefed since like early April, but for some reason Cannon gets at least until the new year to do something.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: 11th Circuit politely tells Judge Aileen Cannon to get moving on motions seeking to unseal remainder of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report. Basically, gives her 60 days to act or appeals court will take further action. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#11 in In re: Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Unive (11th Cir., 25-13403) – CourtListener.com

ORDER: Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner American Oversight is HELD in abeyance. [10567702-2] in 25-13400, Motion for writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Knight First Amendment Institut...

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

There's nothing "moderate" about surrendering in exchange for "strong assurances" from congressional Republicans. That's just stupid political malpractice. Republicans are losing this fight, and Dems should hold the line!

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

Source here: thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 4h

Putin wants everyone to think he’s a tough nut – unbreakable. The Oreshnik missile system is an extension of his threat and bluster, even say symbolic of his authority and virility. But the Oreshnik appears to have been cracked / destroyed by Ukraine. youtu.be/QiRJVALhqMU

Oreshnik Obliterated in Daring Raid by Ukraine on Secret Russian Base

YouTube video by Silicon Wafers

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