Andrea Cabral
@criticalthawt.bsky.social
Lawyer, 4 legs>2. Me: Thurs @noon, Jim & Margery Show GBH Regular co-host. The power of the Rule of Law comes from those willing to respect it & those willing to enforce it when they don’t.
“A line appears, the Order wanes, The Family falls & Kaos reigns.”
“A line appears, the Order wanes, The Family falls & Kaos reigns.”
This is 💯🎯. Excellent analysis. Gobsmacking how few of our elected/appointed leaders figured it out but I guess that’s why the playground always has more enabling bystanders than bullies. Symbiotic relationship.
Here's a different take on Mamdani's meeting with Trump. It's by Bruce Fanger, on Facebook, via Rick Perlstein and Digby:
digbysblog.net/2025/11/22/w...
digbysblog.net/2025/11/22/w...
digbysblog.net
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is 💯🎯. Excellent analysis. Gobsmacking how few of our elected/appointed leaders figured it out but I guess that’s why the playground always has more enabling bystanders than bullies. Symbiotic relationship.
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A not exhaustive list of the illegal orders already given by Trump & Co. #NurembergRedux
The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A not exhaustive list of the illegal orders already given by Trump & Co. #NurembergRedux
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Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄
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The policy shift follows Trump administration directives to loosen hazing and harassment rules, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has argued were too broad. www.newsweek.com/coast-guard-...
Coast Guard ends hate symbol labels for swastikas, nooses: report
USCG won't classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, shifting them to “potentially divisive."
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The policy shift follows Trump administration directives to loosen hazing and harassment rules, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has argued were too broad. www.newsweek.com/coast-guard-...
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“We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage ‘Autism and Vaccines’ has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outright lies about vaccines and autism,“ the Autism Science Foundation said in a statement.
CDC Website Changed to Contradict Scientific Conclusion That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism
The change is the latest move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to revisit — and foster uncertainty about — long-held scientific consensus about the safety of vaccines and other phar...
news.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage ‘Autism and Vaccines’ has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outright lies about vaccines and autism,“ the Autism Science Foundation said in a statement.
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fwiw, when the district court judge in this same case blocked trump from deploying the guard in chicago, she based her reasoning in part on several instances in which a grand jury declined to indict protestors whom ice/cbp claimed attacked them
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
fwiw, when the district court judge in this same case blocked trump from deploying the guard in chicago, she based her reasoning in part on several instances in which a grand jury declined to indict protestors whom ice/cbp claimed attacked them
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Nothing to see here, folks! (No really, there’s literally nothing to see.)
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nothing to see here, folks! (No really, there’s literally nothing to see.)
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Best summary of the American Disgrace I’ve ever heard and every word is true.
Best summary of the American Disgrace I’ve ever heard and every word is true.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
💯 🎯
Best summary of the American Disgrace I’ve ever heard and every word is true.
Best summary of the American Disgrace I’ve ever heard and every word is true.
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Huge.
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Huge.
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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His... awareness of Zohran? what?
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
His... awareness of Zohran? what?
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A great resource from our @steveliesman.bsky.social -- in this period where we're flying in the dark on economic data.
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/altdata/
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/altdata/
Altdata
Alternative data to judge the state of the economy outside of the traditional government sources.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A great resource from our @steveliesman.bsky.social -- in this period where we're flying in the dark on economic data.
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/altdata/
@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/altdata/
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The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
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They never say this “liquid” bullshit when it comes to tax cuts for the rich or wars or giving money to their friends (in Argentina) etc
See through it
See through it
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
They never say this “liquid” bullshit when it comes to tax cuts for the rich or wars or giving money to their friends (in Argentina) etc
See through it
See through it
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
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The SCOTUS administrative stay is a terrible thing for 42 million Americans who are uncertain if they'll have food in November.
But make sure to blame the *real* villain: Convicted Felon Donald Trump. It was his decision to appeal in the first place.
Trump could just fully fund the SNAP benefits.
But make sure to blame the *real* villain: Convicted Felon Donald Trump. It was his decision to appeal in the first place.
Trump could just fully fund the SNAP benefits.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The SCOTUS administrative stay is a terrible thing for 42 million Americans who are uncertain if they'll have food in November.
But make sure to blame the *real* villain: Convicted Felon Donald Trump. It was his decision to appeal in the first place.
Trump could just fully fund the SNAP benefits.
But make sure to blame the *real* villain: Convicted Felon Donald Trump. It was his decision to appeal in the first place.
Trump could just fully fund the SNAP benefits.
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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Must read. Accurate, comprehensive, well-written truth. What the Roberts Court and its shadow docket have destroyed is likely beyond rebuilding. They will continue to use the tools of Democracy to kill Democracy.
www.vox.com/scotus/46027...
Must read. Accurate, comprehensive, well-written truth. What the Roberts Court and its shadow docket have destroyed is likely beyond rebuilding. They will continue to use the tools of Democracy to kill Democracy.
www.vox.com/scotus/46027...
The overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Court is on Donald Trump’s team
Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Calvinball era.
www.vox.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
💯!!
Must read. Accurate, comprehensive, well-written truth. What the Roberts Court and its shadow docket have destroyed is likely beyond rebuilding. They will continue to use the tools of Democracy to kill Democracy.
www.vox.com/scotus/46027...
Must read. Accurate, comprehensive, well-written truth. What the Roberts Court and its shadow docket have destroyed is likely beyond rebuilding. They will continue to use the tools of Democracy to kill Democracy.
www.vox.com/scotus/46027...
All of this, ALL of it, is fascist pretext for his plan to takeover elections & remain in power as a dictator. Lie about election fraud, lie about crime in heavily Dem voting cities, militarize the streets & never have another free & fair election in the U.S.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/n...
Trump says he’s going to send federal intervention to Chicago and Baltimore. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Asked by reporters if he had decided to send National Guard troops to Chicago, President Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say when.”
www.bostonglobe.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
All of this, ALL of it, is fascist pretext for his plan to takeover elections & remain in power as a dictator. Lie about election fraud, lie about crime in heavily Dem voting cities, militarize the streets & never have another free & fair election in the U.S.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/n...
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As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
August 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/