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Alan Charlton
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
Maybe the US Government owed him a duty of care and failed
mikeeckel.bsky.social Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 14h
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

When is an order an ‘unlawful command’?

And why has Trump reacted so furiously to six members of Congress correctly stating the law?

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

(In which I go and look at the actual law and guidance in US and also UK.)

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
What the six members of Congress said was correct—indeed it went no further than that the Department of Defense’s own court martial manual guidance. No particular order is mentioned: the video is framed in general terms. In any normal circumstance, the response of the US president and the administration generally would be to say “of course”. But Donald Trump and the administration did not respond in that sensible way. The president said that the six legislators should be tried and executed for sedition. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating. There is even the proposal that one of the six, Senator Mark Kelly, is recalled to service so he can be punished and dismissed, notwithstanding his exemplary military service. This is nasty political intimidation on a grand scale. But the six are standing firm in the face of this bullying onslaught. They are right to do so. Although the video is a political act, to which there should be political responses, the content of the video aligns with the US government’s own formally published understanding of when orders should be disobeyed.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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amandaweavernovels.com
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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jeradwalker.bsky.social
i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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lizdye.bsky.social
Lindsey Halligan quietly thanking Santa for the gift of not having to disclose those grand jury transcripts
andrewtorrez.bsky.social P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING
1/ Judge Currie rules that Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully appointed as Interim US Attorney for the EDVa & therefore dismisses James Comey's indictment without prejudice.

Much more TK!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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andrewtorrez.bsky.social
BREAKING
1/ Judge Currie rules that Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully appointed as Interim US Attorney for the EDVa & therefore dismisses James Comey's indictment without prejudice.

Much more TK!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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lizdye.bsky.social
Turns out the DOJ was lying its face off when it said it couldn't deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica.

Don't faint!

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/doj-we-can...
DOJ: We Can't Send Abrego To Costa Rica. Costa Rica: ¡Falso!
False declarations in court? What DOJ lawyer will they find to do that????
www.lawandchaospod.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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gjabberbox.bsky.social
THE BOROWITZ REPORT: Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-refu...
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him
"This turkey is a terrible person," Trump said.
www.borowitzreport.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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spinninghugo.bsky.social
The "shadow docket" under which SCOTUS overturns lower court decisions without giving reasons is straightforwardly a violation of the rule of law (in its true sense).

I wonder if Americans realise how out of line this practice is from that applicable everywhere else in the common law world?
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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paulginva.bsky.social
Surprise!

Reuters confirms that Kushner & Witkoff met in private with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy in Miami to help draft the new “peace plan” for Ukraine. This leaves the administration wide open to serious counterintelligence & influence-risk concerns.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...
The image is a screenshot of a news article from November 22, 2025, discussing a meeting between Trump officials and a sanctioned Russian individual in Miami, which has raised questions about a new Ukraine proposal. A meeting involving Trump officials, including Witkoff and Kushner, and a sanctioned Russian resulted in a 28-point plan. The proposal has caused confusion in Washington and Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine faced losing its dignity and freedom. The plan reportedly includes demands for Ukraine to surrender territory, reduce its military size, and abandon NATO aspirations.
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.

Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦

Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here;
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A Blue Tit flying straight towards the camera with wings and legs tucked in like a dart
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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tobyontv.bsky.social
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
Mr Men x Agatha Christie crossover with Mr Poirot in Mischief on the Nile SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP Mr Men x Agatha Christie crossover with Little Kiss Marple in Muddle at the Vicarage SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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garybrannan.bsky.social
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
One guy got locked up in immigration detention without his medication. He went blind. Lost all his vision. He wasn’t deported. They threw him out of detention for being blind and made him homeless
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.

Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
agcstoat.bsky.social
I am in a Sports Bar.
In a hotel.
In Bracknell.

Pray for me.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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mattthr.bsky.social
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.

As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.

Now government policy
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM