River Tide
@eastslope.bsky.social
Rejector of our ongoing political fecklessness. What happened to civic engagement? Tans more, rusts less these days.
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Interesting aspect of this one: Trump had argued his decisions on the Guard were effectively unreviewable by the courts. Apparently, SCOTUS isn’t quite ready to put itself completely out of business.
Finally a ruling from this Supreme Court that makes clear what all patriotic Americans know:
No Kings.
No Kings.
Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment
The Supreme Court holds that the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement purposes likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Interesting aspect of this one: Trump had argued his decisions on the Guard were effectively unreviewable by the courts. Apparently, SCOTUS isn’t quite ready to put itself completely out of business.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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A win! A judge in Oregon ruled that the Trump administration may not withhold emergency preparedness funding from states that declined to submit updated population counts accounting for deportations, because population estimates are the responsibility of the U.S. Census Bureau; not the states.
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A win! A judge in Oregon ruled that the Trump administration may not withhold emergency preparedness funding from states that declined to submit updated population counts accounting for deportations, because population estimates are the responsibility of the U.S. Census Bureau; not the states.
What are we going to do?
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was a Russian asset, what would he be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Vladimir Putin is the one who picked Steve Witkoff to be Trump's special envoy to Russia. Why would anyone think this is not a red flag?
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What are we going to do?
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What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
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Very normal for a future president.
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very normal for a future president.
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THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ll take immigrants over pederasts any day.
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honestly unbelievable how bad this is, because it won't happen, but it will detrail naval procurement for the third time in as many decades. First we had the failure of the rumsfeld era DD(X)/CG(X)/LCS architecture and then we slammed face first into sequester cuts and now this
the golden fleet stuff genuinely makes me vibrate with anger
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
honestly unbelievable how bad this is, because it won't happen, but it will detrail naval procurement for the third time in as many decades. First we had the failure of the rumsfeld era DD(X)/CG(X)/LCS architecture and then we slammed face first into sequester cuts and now this
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There are 78 Burke-class destroyers and we're planning to build 99. They say they're going to build "20-25" Trump-class thingys instead of the Burke's replacement.
Taking them at their word, that's a 75% reduction in surface combatant numbers.
Congratulations navalists, you played yourself.
Taking them at their word, that's a 75% reduction in surface combatant numbers.
Congratulations navalists, you played yourself.
this is just insane
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
There are 78 Burke-class destroyers and we're planning to build 99. They say they're going to build "20-25" Trump-class thingys instead of the Burke's replacement.
Taking them at their word, that's a 75% reduction in surface combatant numbers.
Congratulations navalists, you played yourself.
Taking them at their word, that's a 75% reduction in surface combatant numbers.
Congratulations navalists, you played yourself.
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Much easier to issue these kinds of decisions when the Trump administration is down. That's why you got to keep pounding them when they're down. *This* is when you run up the score.
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Much easier to issue these kinds of decisions when the Trump administration is down. That's why you got to keep pounding them when they're down. *This* is when you run up the score.
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"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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Everything Trump does makes sense when you view him as a Russian asset attempting to sabotage the United States
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Everything Trump does makes sense when you view him as a Russian asset attempting to sabotage the United States
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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What a flood of messages to wake up to.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What a flood of messages to wake up to.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
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Here it is
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Here it is
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On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"