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unseriously mac @mactalksbb.bsky.social · Jan 5

It’s time

#GameChangers #Survivor34

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today I learned that on Super Bowl Sunday, broadway shifts their matinees to be earlier for the kickoff??? equal parts crazy and hysterical

February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM

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ROSS AVENGE YOUR MOTHER!!!

February 5, 2026 at 3:42 AM

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Claudia calling out the traitors for seducing another man, she literally read my mind 😭

February 5, 2026 at 3:39 AM

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Jaz clocking Harry being a traitor because of the Paul convo and being laughed at for it is taking me outttt

February 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM

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I just love Claudia, orange face and all

February 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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I’m glad Andrew is pissed he’s a traitor, I am too #TraitorsUK2

February 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM

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I love this mannnnnnnn

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 1d

Yesterday we kicked off NYC’s Free Tax Prep season. That means filing your taxes at zero cost, keeping every dollar of your refund, and not getting ripped off by for-profit companies.

Nearly half of all New Yorkers qualify. Get help—virtually or in person—at nyc.gov/TaxPrep

Mayor Mamdani stands behind a podium with other administration officials and community leaders with large signs saying Free Tax Prep.

Dr. Nichola Davis smiles at Mayor Mamdani while speaking behind a podium.

Mayor Mamdani speaks to reporters while behind a podium.

February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM

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Michael Sainato

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Starbucks workers are asking customers to delete the mobile app amid their ongoing strike to push the corporation to reach a first contract with the union and to stop union busting
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app

Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month

www.theguardian.com

February 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM

unseriously mac

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“I know fizzy rose is lethal because I’ve had a few bad mornings after drinking that stuff…”

February 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM

unseriously mac

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my sister is sending me Pitt edits hourly on both TikTok and reels

February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM

unseriously mac

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omfg Ross has to watch his mother get closed in a coffin #TraitorsUK2

February 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM

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abby

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i will see the downfall of this technofascist pedophile cabal in my lifetime. i will see the downfall of this technofascist pedophile cabal in my lifetime. i will see the downfall of this technofascist pedophile cabal in my lifetime. i will see the downfall of this technofascist pedophile cabal in m

February 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM

unseriously mac

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I went from insane travel to an insane work week so we are feeling a little insane rn!!!!!!!

February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM

unseriously mac

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just met with my new PCP after both my long time pcp and gyno left their practices last year and I’m relieved to say SHES A REAL ONE 😭😭 god bless a good doctor!!!!!

February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM

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🪷Lexie🪷 MARK BALLAS CASTLE UPDATES

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the loser bowl my god

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3d

Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett

February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM

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Steve Vladeck

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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90
Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination).

Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law.

Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem

has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]

Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly
scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously
does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs
will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to
take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section
IV.B.2.b.
Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not
cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains
unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959
lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our
economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into
the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn
the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of
them.
For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under
5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM

unseriously mac

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this mother/son reveal?!!!!! LOVE #TraitorsUK2

February 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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molly conger

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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once