Nora V. Demleitner

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 17h

With the highest traffic fatality rate among highly developed & wealthy countries, shouldn‘t we use all avenues to save lives?

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3d

Cars are safer than ever but could be much safer if Republicans would care about safety.

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 17h

Obviously, the War on Drugs is over. This pardon proves it.

Going after drug money, government corruption & kingpins used to be the gold standard. This pardon questions all of this work & complements nicely the bomb-random-boats approach.

Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

www.theguardian.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 21h

Deeply offensive a claim. And unsurprisingly, false.

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 1d

“The official U.S. foreign population stands at 53 million… most are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”

This is factually incorrect and misleading.

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 1d

“The official U.S. foreign population stands at 53 million… most are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”

This is factually incorrect and misleading.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 1d

For those who always bemoan higher ed having lost its way, 👎🏽 is abreal reason, aka pro athletics embedded in universities.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 1d

First the Louvre & now this.
A tough year for France.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants

Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants

French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus

www.thetimes.com

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants

Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants

French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus

www.thetimes.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the most vetted to be re-reviewed.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?

35 min ago
Michael Birnbaum
In the wake of the D.C. shooting, the Trump administration will conduct a full review of Afghan nationals who were admitted to the U.S. under the Biden administration, President Donald Trump said. "We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden, and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here, or add benefit to our country"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 2d

One of the underreported issues: removal of legal status & now reconsideration of refugee status granted. It‘s an intentional policy to remove people‘s legal status & create uncertainty about who belongs. Same with threats of denaturalization & removal of birthright citizenship, however far-fetched.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

90% of the responses: "It's not about our public safety lies. It's just the fact they're here illegally." But that's a lie too! They're canceling millions of people's status. Every other week, it's 100K more stripped of status. FFS they're even trying to deport US-born children!

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

90% of the responses: "It's not about our public safety lies. It's just the fact they're here illegally." But that's a lie too! They're canceling millions of people's status. Every other week, it's 100K more stripped of status. FFS they're even trying to deport US-born children!

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3d

Cars are safer than ever but could be much safer if Republicans would care about safety.

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

If this were a movie plot, I’d call it silly, not happening. Yet, in real life,
Here we are.

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison.

Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...

Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request

The Colorado Department of Corrections is resisting federal pressure to transfer a former Mesa County clerk to federal custody, despite Trump's backing.

www.9news.com

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison.

Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...

Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request

The Colorado Department of Corrections is resisting federal pressure to transfer a former Mesa County clerk to federal custody, despite Trump's backing.

www.9news.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

Priorities matter. Resources are limited.

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 3d

Special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration

www.nytimes.com

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 3d

Special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration

www.nytimes.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 4d

College-age daughter: how about talking to some young people?

Her diagnosis: protests feel like a parade. Where‘s the concrete goal?

Data may not tell the entire story.

Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?

www.nytimes.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 5d

We underestimate the mental harm of ankle monitors and the profit margin involved.

Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 5d

ICE now using punitive GPS ankle monitors in almost highest numbers since 2021, nearly 35,000 people monitored this way compared to less than 5,000 in 2023.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...

Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 5d

ICE now using punitive GPS ankle monitors in almost highest numbers since 2021, nearly 35,000 people monitored this way compared to less than 5,000 in 2023.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 7d

How much have the 100 wealthiest Americans contributed to support the arts, local service organizations like food banks, local hospitals, the broader community?

ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 8d

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 8d

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 9d

Presidential pardons used to be carefully vetted to spare a president embarrassment.
The vetting tried to assure the pardoned wouldn’t commit any further crimes. In this case it hasn’t even been a year.

January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for child sexual abuse

Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say

www.theguardian.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 9d

Headlines about Abbott‘s declaration should start with its utter illegality.

John Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 9d

Since when do governors have the power to declare terrorist groups?

Forbes @forbes.com · 10d

Abbott is the first state leader to make such a declaration about the organizations, according to the New York Times.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 9d

There are things about the Epstein case I don’t need to know.

Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 10d

Epstein had a tiny & ‘extremely deformed’ fruit-shaped penis, victim says

House Oversight Committee releases photos with blurred faces.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 9d

A surprisingly effective safeguard in this DOJ meltdown has been the Grand Jury.

wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 9d

As the Comey indictment unravels amidst a flurry of revelations of possible improper prosecutorial conduct, it is worth remembering that this administration has systematically dismantled the safeguards designed to ensure ethics & prevent abuse of power at DOJ. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The Department of Justice’s Broken Accountability System

The Trump administration has dismantled its internal checks on abuses of power, and courts are grappling with the consequences.

www.brennancenter.org

John Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 9d

Since when do governors have the power to declare terrorist groups?

Forbes @forbes.com · 10d

Abbott is the first state leader to make such a declaration about the organizations, according to the New York Times.

Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group A Terrorist Organization

Abbott is the first state leader to make such a declaration about the organizations, according to the New York Times.

www.forbes.com

wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 9d

As the Comey indictment unravels amidst a flurry of revelations of possible improper prosecutorial conduct, it is worth remembering that this administration has systematically dismantled the safeguards designed to ensure ethics & prevent abuse of power at DOJ. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

The Department of Justice’s Broken Accountability System

The Trump administration has dismantled its internal checks on abuses of power, and courts are grappling with the consequences.

www.brennancenter.org

Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 10d

Epstein had a tiny & ‘extremely deformed’ fruit-shaped penis, victim says

House Oversight Committee releases photos with blurred faces.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 10d

The curious US pivot:
anti-crime rhetoric turns apologists with a flavor of demographic bias toward the wealthy.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11d

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

www.washingtonpost.com

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