@bvaello.bsky.social
Pediatrician that believes in science and human rights. Doing my best to survive in my beloved Texas, ruined by 30 yrs of GOP rule.
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My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has BLOCKED the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, that aimed to release hundreds detained by ICE, under the terms below.
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
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During the Obama administration, we sued to force the release of the flawed legal analysis they used to justify illegal drone strikes abroad.
Now we’re suing the Trump administration for the secret memo they claim allows them to murder civilians at sea.
The public deserves answers.
Now we’re suing the Trump administration for the secret memo they claim allows them to murder civilians at sea.
The public deserves answers.
ACLU files lawsuit seeking legal basis for Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes
Trump’s vessel strikes claim to combat US drug trafficking, but experts argue their impact on drug flows is negligible.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
During the Obama administration, we sued to force the release of the flawed legal analysis they used to justify illegal drone strikes abroad.
Now we’re suing the Trump administration for the secret memo they claim allows them to murder civilians at sea.
The public deserves answers.
Now we’re suing the Trump administration for the secret memo they claim allows them to murder civilians at sea.
The public deserves answers.
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When Time is calling them "thinking machines," it's because Time doesn't understand thinking or machines.
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When Time is calling them "thinking machines," it's because Time doesn't understand thinking or machines.
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Donald Trump is an anti-constitutional president, pass it on.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Donald Trump is an anti-constitutional president, pass it on.
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I’d also like to announce that I am issuing a pardon for all criminals convicted of state charges in, oh, let’s say, Arizona?
Thank you for your attention to this delusion!
Thank you for your attention to this delusion!
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’d also like to announce that I am issuing a pardon for all criminals convicted of state charges in, oh, let’s say, Arizona?
Thank you for your attention to this delusion!
Thank you for your attention to this delusion!
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Would be really nice if we had a functioning federal government.
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Would be really nice if we had a functioning federal government.
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JUST IN: Tesla sales have dropped to a nearly 3-year LOW, despite launching cheaper models of its Model Y and Model 3 cars.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
JUST IN: Tesla sales have dropped to a nearly 3-year LOW, despite launching cheaper models of its Model Y and Model 3 cars.
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Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
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This presidential “pardon,” as it’s for a state crime, is the equivalent of digital toilet paper, only flimsier and serving a less useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This presidential “pardon,” as it’s for a state crime, is the equivalent of digital toilet paper, only flimsier and serving a less useful purpose.
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Fuck norms and tradition. Just do the right thing and help people. www.oliverexplains.com/p/eff-rules-...
Eff Rules, Do Good: Towards A New Liberalism
Be Super, Man
www.oliverexplains.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fuck norms and tradition. Just do the right thing and help people. www.oliverexplains.com/p/eff-rules-...
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
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Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
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Trump seizing an oil tanker in Venezuelan waters. Let's call it what it is, its an act of PIRACY!! It's stealing property from another country. Its taking resources from another country at gunpoint.
We're a bunch of thieves now?
Impeach Trump.
We're a bunch of thieves now?
Impeach Trump.
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Trump seizing an oil tanker in Venezuelan waters. Let's call it what it is, its an act of PIRACY!! It's stealing property from another country. Its taking resources from another country at gunpoint.
We're a bunch of thieves now?
Impeach Trump.
We're a bunch of thieves now?
Impeach Trump.
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Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.
There's still room to drop further. "Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling" apnews.com/article/trum...
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
Trump's handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling
A new AP-NORC poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen substantially since he reentered the White House.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.
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Wisconsin's Sen. Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said. www.propublica.org/article/ron-... @megomatz.bsky.social
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wisconsin's Sen. Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said. www.propublica.org/article/ron-... @megomatz.bsky.social
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The firehose of lies strategy in action (as it is every day). Straight out of the Russian KGB/FSB playbook. Trump does everything the Russian way.
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The firehose of lies strategy in action (as it is every day). Straight out of the Russian KGB/FSB playbook. Trump does everything the Russian way.
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BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”
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I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
"The Russian President expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people and confirmed his support for [the Maduro] government's course in defense of the country's sovereignty."
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
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Revolution Wind “stop work” order already struck down, as unlawful. Trump DOJ declined to appeal.
Now the underlying executive order struck down, as unlawful.
Unlawful political services to fossil fuel industry donors is a recurring Trump behavior.
Now the underlying executive order struck down, as unlawful.
Unlawful political services to fossil fuel industry donors is a recurring Trump behavior.
Judge strikes down Donald Trump's executive order on wind energy
The court vacated the wind order on the basis that it was unlawful.
www.newsweek.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Revolution Wind “stop work” order already struck down, as unlawful. Trump DOJ declined to appeal.
Now the underlying executive order struck down, as unlawful.
Unlawful political services to fossil fuel industry donors is a recurring Trump behavior.
Now the underlying executive order struck down, as unlawful.
Unlawful political services to fossil fuel industry donors is a recurring Trump behavior.
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Exactly. And this has been true of much of the Republican Party for some time.
This is a fault line I wrote about for @liberalcurrents.com.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Exactly. And this has been true of much of the Republican Party for some time.