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E.A.R.
@primateyell.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, future lawyer, resident of Los Animals.
BUSTA RHYMES and NINJA TURTLES? yes. all is forgiven.
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I never feel more middle aged than when I am watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

who the heck are these people? what is this song? why won't they get off my lawn
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"

Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... via @cidrap.bsky.social @lizszabo.bsky.social and Laine Bergeson
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Government documents obtained by @KFFHealthNews show the agency overseeing Medicare Advantage does little to enforce long-standing rules intended to ensure about 35 million plan members can see doctors in the first place.
Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare. - KFF Health News
Health systems drop out of Medicare Advantage plans all the time. Yet government documents obtained by KFF Health News show that federal regulators rarely warn plans that their networks of health prov...
kffhealthnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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NEW:

The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:

“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
so after being asked to explain waaaay too much about death in the last two weeks, I am relieved that my 5-year-old asked me a nice, easy question this morning: "who is Spiderman?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I have no words

or maybe the only words I have are profane
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.

Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.

ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.

A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
more of a limited series, but you get me
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
instagram / reality
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The Trump administration's definition of a "professional degree" may not include nursing. Here's what the term means and who could be impacted. bit.ly/48f1DC2
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"challenge scientific orthodoxy" is an absurdly irresponsible way to frame medical misinformation that will kill children
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The decision by the DOJ to dismiss the charges against Martinez and Ruiz came a day after a federal judge in Chicago ordered the government to turn over to the defense additional text messages by the CBP agents involved in the incident.
Judge dismisses charges against 2 people accused of ramming vehicle of federal agents conducting Chicago immigration sweeps
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the indictment against two people accused last month of "ambushing" federal agents conducting an immigration sweep in Chicago.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"In response to a Freedom of Information Act request covering the past decade, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services produced letters it sent to only five insurers from 2016 to 2022."

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare. - KFF Health News
Health systems drop out of Medicare Advantage plans all the time. Yet government documents obtained by KFF Health News show that federal regulators rarely warn plans that their networks of health prov...
kffhealthnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
the weird thing about going to law school in 2025 is you spend all day trying to understand promissory estoppel and res ipsa loquitur and then you check the news for a minute and decide that actually torts and contracts are easier to understand than whatever the hell is happening
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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In 'Out of Plain Sight,' a toxic threat off California's coast comes into view
Review: In 'Out of Plain Sight,' a toxic threat off California's coast comes into view
Produced by L.A. Times Studios and reported by Pulitzer finalist Rosanna Xia, the documentary exposes improper waste disposal by DDT manufacturer Montrose.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Good thing we have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control

(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
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A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said.

Read more: https://cnn.it/4o796sL
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.

Unreal hearing on this earlier:

www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The CDC has updated its vaccine safety page to promote long-discredited claims about vaccines—namely that they cause autism.

The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr.

www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
CDC Changes Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to attack vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
someone needs to inform Apple Music that a "chill electronic beats for studying" playlist should *not* include the Severance theme song
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM