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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · Feb 25

@law360.bsky.social is launching a live tracker of legal challenges to every action & EO coming from the Trump admin. Updating daily, and we’re keeping score of how POTUS fares in court.

Reporting @bykatiebuehler.bsky.social, editing by @hp-zz.bsky.social, gfx by me. www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

Web graphic titled “Trump's Legal Battles”

UPDATED Feb. 25, 2025 -- States, federal employee unions, various advocacy groups and several individuals have filed over 80 lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's implementation of executive orders and other initiatives. Law360 has created a database of those lawsuits, separated into categories based on their subject matter.

SCORECARD
Trump's record
Wins -10
Losses - 21

Relief obtained
Temporary restraining orders - 11
Preliminary injunctions - 10
Final judgments - 0

Table and subheds below showing Civil Rights cases related to DEIA programs (challenging E.O. 14151 and E.O. 14173)

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

The anti-Zohran crowd went from: "Zohran isn't visiting any synagogues," to "he isn't visiting the right kind of synagogues" (or to quote JG: "he isn't visiting any mainstream synagogues" [sic]).

To now just protesting that he is actually engaging with mainstream synagogues 🤦‍♀️

Screenshot of a Twitter post from @Olivia_Reingold.

It reads:
"Outside of Congregation Beth Elohim, where congregants are protesting Zohran Mamdani's upcoming speech this afternoon.

"Does anyone think CBE would invite a white Proud Boys member to speak?" - Ramon Maislen

Reporting for @TheFP"

Followed by a cropped photo of a small group of protesters outside the synagogue, holding US and Israeli flags.

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 1h

cop, lying: Me and my friends, who are troops, will delete Candy Crush if Zohrani 'Hussein' Mamdani is mayor of New York City. We are the most active users on the platform and this could affect the stock market

Bari Weiss: Chilling. And not the cool weed kind of chilling. This week on 60 Minutes

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Rich Trott @palacefamilysteakhouse.com · 1h

"Business leaders – panicked to the point of paranoia about a candidate whose most radical position seems to be 'free bus fares' and not, you know, 'seize the means of production' or 'wheel out the guillotines' – will surely salt the earth out of spite, but they'll just be hurting themselves."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

"Too Young to Die"

As the seemingly endless NYC mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the howls of the Democratic establishment in the city are only getting louder. They've really convinced themselves that the elect...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 1h

Tackling congestion in #TOpoli needs the relevant levels of government & our elected reps to flex their #PoliticalWill & speak honestly to their constituents that are drivers.

Creating space for bikes lanes, investments in public transport, doesn’t cause traffic.

Your singe occupy vehicle does!

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 6h

The biggest takeaway from this graph is that six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we've had*

Does this look like the politics of a functional democracy?

Six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we have had*

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1h

Mr. Trump sir I found it

Women walking under sign that says
DEI COLLEGE
University of Sunderland

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 5h

Bryce Miller, who is their most rested starter on three days rest

The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 5h

That’s why the package is brown

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Eephus Tosser @eephustosser.bsky.social · 20h

A lot of anti-labor responses to this, but it is not Alonso's job to give out realistic contract expectations. He's anchoring before teams have a chance to.

MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 22h

Pete Alonso Expected To Seek Seven-Year Deal In Free Agency

First baseman Pete Alonso is ticketed for a second consecutive trip through free agency, as he told reporters when the regular season came to a close that he intends to opt out of the final year of his contract and return to the open market. He won’t officially become a free agent until five days…

dlvr.it

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 21h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 1d

Here's my recap of Mariners/Tigers Game 5. Somehow this is the image that is sticking with me the most.

blogs.fangraphs.com/mariners-fin...

The Mariner Moose lifts Humpy the Salmon up in celebration after Humpy won the Salmon Run for the first time ever. Mariners fans can be seen going wild in the background.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

few people realize that the hank williams song Jambalaya actually takes place at a bar mitzvah

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

This bollard was knocked down before & reinstated less than a year ago. Either drivers so incompetent that they can't stay off the pavement or doing it on purpose so they can drive on the pavement to the car park. Meanwhile I get a load of earache about cyclist entitlement & the cost of bike lanes.

Black bollard that has been crashed into and uprooted from pavement, bollard and loose broken paving stones lying on pavement. Former pub behind.

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

Good morning to all of the other survivors of last night's Mariners game

The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

She sat on the back of the chair after the rat left

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

This video is AI.

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

CBC will absorb NPR if the Jays win, vice versa if the M’s win

raina douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social · 1d

the blue jays will devour the mariners. i am going to be extremely aggressive. no NPR host before or after me will match my insane energy

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

Oh no Game 6 of the ALCS is on my anniversary

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1st Viscount Craigavon @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 1d

the goal is to play baseball, not end the game, sorry

Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

This is part of why I like the regular season extra runner because .. in theory, extra inning games that go on very long sounds fun, but in practice, they all just start to look like *this.*

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

Can’t lose if you don’t field a pitcher in the 13th 😎

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

If you insist on ending tie games earlier the following are all better ideas than the free runner on second:

- ending game in tie after 12
- runners left on base return for next inning
- teams have to pull a fielder every inning after 10 or 12

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Clayton @nixon.computer · 1d

Mariners player Ruppert Jones digging in with a Mariners jersey on and a Blue Jays helmet.

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The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

Only music from 1977 is allowed during the ALCS youtu.be/vYUn3jJ21S8

The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

How are you getting to the ballpark for the ALCS?

The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️ @benjayingly.com · 1d

Eddie, the dog from Frasier, wearing a little party hat