Mario Bruzzone
@bruzzone.bsky.social
VP of Policy at @thenyic.bsky.social at all three levels of government. Also the least useful kind of doctor
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DHS is diverting money appropriated to fighting terrorism and child trafficking to deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
DHS is diverting money appropriated to fighting terrorism and child trafficking to deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Not to get too philosophical here but nullification has at least 3 possibilities:
-jury denies that the action merits the legally mandated consequence
-jury denies that the specific law itself is morally valid
-jury denies the case law interpretation of what qualifies as the crime
-jury denies that the action merits the legally mandated consequence
-jury denies that the specific law itself is morally valid
-jury denies the case law interpretation of what qualifies as the crime
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not to get too philosophical here but nullification has at least 3 possibilities:
-jury denies that the action merits the legally mandated consequence
-jury denies that the specific law itself is morally valid
-jury denies the case law interpretation of what qualifies as the crime
-jury denies that the action merits the legally mandated consequence
-jury denies that the specific law itself is morally valid
-jury denies the case law interpretation of what qualifies as the crime
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New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
Remember the New York woman who gave ICE two middle fingers while wearing a polka dot dress?
The New York Immigration Coalition is auctioning off her iconic dress to support immigrants in need. Comme des Garcons! Please RT!
The New York Immigration Coalition is auctioning off her iconic dress to support immigrants in need. Comme des Garcons! Please RT!
The Polka Dot Lady Dress made history. Now it can be yours. Bid today to own the Comme des Garçons dress that fought ICE: nyic.me/auction
All proceeds benefiting the NYIC Emergency Justice Fund: nyic.me/fund
All proceeds benefiting the NYIC Emergency Justice Fund: nyic.me/fund
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Remember the New York woman who gave ICE two middle fingers while wearing a polka dot dress?
The New York Immigration Coalition is auctioning off her iconic dress to support immigrants in need. Comme des Garcons! Please RT!
The New York Immigration Coalition is auctioning off her iconic dress to support immigrants in need. Comme des Garcons! Please RT!
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Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This game is wild
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This game is wild
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BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
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Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Public Inspection: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
www.federalregister.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
I am literally “Uncle Mario” to two kids I am not related to (children of friends from high school)
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am literally “Uncle Mario” to two kids I am not related to (children of friends from high school)
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USDA is legally required to use the contingency funds on SNAP benefits for November.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
USDA is legally required to use the contingency funds on SNAP benefits for November.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
In July, President Trump and Congressional Republicans enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
The reason they aren't planning on providing SNAP benefits is that they don't want to.
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NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
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i think i am pretty good at tiktok style vertical video. i speak extemporaneously and coherently in a way that flows quite naturally. you might even say i am “authentic.” this is 100% the product of constant practice. you have to *work* at translating your feeling and belief into a message.
People keep saying this but I strongly disagree that most people can successfully perform an emotion on camera or speaking in front of a crowd if you merely authentically experience that emotion. It's much harder than you think it is. bsky.app/profile/inep...
It's still galling that a Democratic politician would need speech training and acting classes to learn how to convey anger at the demolition of the East Wing of the White House. So many Dem politicians are Turing Test failures, trapped somewhere in the uncanny valley between human and robot.
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think i am pretty good at tiktok style vertical video. i speak extemporaneously and coherently in a way that flows quite naturally. you might even say i am “authentic.” this is 100% the product of constant practice. you have to *work* at translating your feeling and belief into a message.
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NEW: Chaos erupted in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon as dozens of masked federal agents targeting street vendors on Canal Street were met with droves of spontaneous counter- protesters.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
www.thecity.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: Chaos erupted in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon as dozens of masked federal agents targeting street vendors on Canal Street were met with droves of spontaneous counter- protesters.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...
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My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
Not a critique of Emily at all, but this is a bad infographic!!
Confusing to read (why this flow chart??), and gives the impression that gutting the VRA would benefit Dems when gutting the VRA would benefit Republicans (numbers should be red, not blue)
Confusing to read (why this flow chart??), and gives the impression that gutting the VRA would benefit Dems when gutting the VRA would benefit Republicans (numbers should be red, not blue)
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not a critique of Emily at all, but this is a bad infographic!!
Confusing to read (why this flow chart??), and gives the impression that gutting the VRA would benefit Dems when gutting the VRA would benefit Republicans (numbers should be red, not blue)
Confusing to read (why this flow chart??), and gives the impression that gutting the VRA would benefit Dems when gutting the VRA would benefit Republicans (numbers should be red, not blue)
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There has been basically no (public) reckoning with the democratic strategists who said that "raising the salience" of immigration/deportations in ~March would help Trump, which was obviously wrong at the time and has been proved wrong over the last 6 months www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There has been basically no (public) reckoning with the democratic strategists who said that "raising the salience" of immigration/deportations in ~March would help Trump, which was obviously wrong at the time and has been proved wrong over the last 6 months www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
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If your political strategy rests on ignoring what Trump is doing to immigrants & refugees, then you are not only morally off but you’re also leaving tens of millions of votes on the table.
93 million U.S. residents are immigrants or are U.S. born and have at least one immigrant parent.
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.
October 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If your political strategy rests on ignoring what Trump is doing to immigrants & refugees, then you are not only morally off but you’re also leaving tens of millions of votes on the table.
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There has been a pronounced increase in GOP pessimism about the direction of the country over the last month. This is like Democrats under Biden in 2023 levels of dissatisfaction under a co-partisan president. Independents are more sour on direction than any pt in 2024 apnorc.org/projects/pes...
September 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There has been a pronounced increase in GOP pessimism about the direction of the country over the last month. This is like Democrats under Biden in 2023 levels of dissatisfaction under a co-partisan president. Independents are more sour on direction than any pt in 2024 apnorc.org/projects/pes...
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WOW. Judge Kelly takes the Trump admin to task for their outrageous effort to deport children in the dead of the night. Not only does he say their justification "crumbled like a house of cards," he also says the admin was not engaging in "conduct ... that reflect[s] good faith."
September 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
WOW. Judge Kelly takes the Trump admin to task for their outrageous effort to deport children in the dead of the night. Not only does he say their justification "crumbled like a house of cards," he also says the admin was not engaging in "conduct ... that reflect[s] good faith."
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trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...
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“Agents who should be investigating financial fraud and public corruption aren’t doing that work."
Seems like this would be a positive to Trump and friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Seems like this would be a positive to Trump and friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Trump’s D.C. Show of Force Diverts Agents and Prosecutors From Casework
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Agents who should be investigating financial fraud and public corruption aren’t doing that work."
Seems like this would be a positive to Trump and friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Seems like this would be a positive to Trump and friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
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D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation from @bellingcat.com and @evidentmedia.org shows how much that's changed. 51st.news/dc-police-wo...
WATCH: MPD collaborates with ICE
D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation shows how much that's changed.
51st.news
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
D.C. used to limit police collaboration with immigration enforcement. This video investigation from @bellingcat.com and @evidentmedia.org shows how much that's changed. 51st.news/dc-police-wo...
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The Trump-appointed federal judge “told Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch that he was ‘struck’ by the Justice Department’s briefing, which had conceded its representation that the removals were at family members’ request was false.”
Federal judge grills DOJ over attempted Labor Day deportation of Guatemalan children @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/federal-judg...
Federal judge grills DOJ over attempted Labor Day deportation of Guatemalan children
The case is nearly identical to another effort to deport 137 men to El Salvador, but federal judges have clearly taken lessons from that case to move faster than the government to prevent wrongful dep...
www.courthousenews.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Trump-appointed federal judge “told Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch that he was ‘struck’ by the Justice Department’s briefing, which had conceded its representation that the removals were at family members’ request was false.”
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I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves.
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct.
I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...