KandyZ
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A former Justice Department lawyer accused the Trump administration of “thumbing its nose at the courts,” saying his former colleagues were being pressed to mislead judges and choose between the president’s agenda and their ethical obligations as attorneys. nyti.ms/4llkkcy
July 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A former Justice Department lawyer accused the Trump administration of “thumbing its nose at the courts,” saying his former colleagues were being pressed to mislead judges and choose between the president’s agenda and their ethical obligations as attorneys. nyti.ms/4llkkcy
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The FEMA director hasn’t been seen in public since the flooding began in Texas. But more than that, he hasn’t really been seen doing his job at all since his appointment in early May. www.eenews.net/articles/fem...
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The FEMA director hasn’t been seen in public since the flooding began in Texas. But more than that, he hasn’t really been seen doing his job at all since his appointment in early May. www.eenews.net/articles/fem...
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The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k... via @statnews.com
HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest
RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.
www.statnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k... via @statnews.com
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🚨BREAKING: The Texas Legislature will redraw its congressional maps beginning this summer, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he added mid-decade redistricting to the state’s upcoming special session agenda.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Texas Legislature will redraw its congressional maps beginning this summer, after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he added mid-decade redistricting to the state’s upcoming special session agenda.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The divide between Justice Kagan and Justices Sotomayor and Jackson over #SCOTUS’s “clarification” in the third-country removal case reflects a broader debate over the role law (and legal arguments) should play in response to mounting executive branch lawlessness.
More in a July 4 “One First” post:
More in a July 4 “One First” post:
164. Justice Kagan's D.V.D. Concurrence
Thursday's denouement in the third-country removals case was not surprising. But the split between Justice Kagan and Justices Sotomayor and Jackson highlights a deeper (and July 4-appropriate) debate.
www.stevevladeck.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The divide between Justice Kagan and Justices Sotomayor and Jackson over #SCOTUS’s “clarification” in the third-country removal case reflects a broader debate over the role law (and legal arguments) should play in response to mounting executive branch lawlessness.
More in a July 4 “One First” post:
More in a July 4 “One First” post:
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'Landmark US study reveals sewage sludge and wastewater plants tied to Pfas pollution...
“We have an indication of very widespread problems and significant exposures that people are going to be facing,” said Kelly Hunter Foster, an environmental attorney'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“We have an indication of very widespread problems and significant exposures that people are going to be facing,” said Kelly Hunter Foster, an environmental attorney'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Landmark US study reveals sewage sludge and wastewater plants tied to Pfas pollution
New study finds troubling levels of Pfas near wastewater plants and sludge sites in 19 states
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'Landmark US study reveals sewage sludge and wastewater plants tied to Pfas pollution...
“We have an indication of very widespread problems and significant exposures that people are going to be facing,” said Kelly Hunter Foster, an environmental attorney'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“We have an indication of very widespread problems and significant exposures that people are going to be facing,” said Kelly Hunter Foster, an environmental attorney'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Total spending on prisons across all fifty states? That system that holds 1.4 million ppl per year? The (until recently) largest incarceration rate in the world?
$60 billion.
ICE alone will get 2/3 of that.
$60 billion.
ICE alone will get 2/3 of that.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Total spending on prisons across all fifty states? That system that holds 1.4 million ppl per year? The (until recently) largest incarceration rate in the world?
$60 billion.
ICE alone will get 2/3 of that.
$60 billion.
ICE alone will get 2/3 of that.
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I have a letter to the editor in today's @wsj.com about how the collusive lawsuit DOJ filed (and quickly settled) in Texas effectively blocking in-state tuition benefits for Dreamers is even more disturbing than the WSJ Editorial Board already made it out to be:
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s DOJ Goes ‘Judge Shopping’ in Texas
Prof. Stephen Vladeck replies to ‘A Legal Ambush Against Dreamers.’
www.wsj.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I have a letter to the editor in today's @wsj.com about how the collusive lawsuit DOJ filed (and quickly settled) in Texas effectively blocking in-state tuition benefits for Dreamers is even more disturbing than the WSJ Editorial Board already made it out to be:
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
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Hate to tell you this Mr. Sheriff-Man but the NO KINGS non-violent, peaceful, political protest is not a riot, it’s a non-violent, peaceful, political protest.
#Florida
www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...
#Florida
www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...
‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters | CNN
As protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators ...
www.cnn.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hate to tell you this Mr. Sheriff-Man but the NO KINGS non-violent, peaceful, political protest is not a riot, it’s a non-violent, peaceful, political protest.
#Florida
www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...
#Florida
www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...
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This is bad. Republicans have fixed the contempt provision in the billionaire bailout bill so bond has to cover the costs. It can’t be $1 anymore. This will neutralize the court’s ability to hold Trump in contempt, and only rich people will be able to file injunctions against the government.
As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.
June 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is bad. Republicans have fixed the contempt provision in the billionaire bailout bill so bond has to cover the costs. It can’t be $1 anymore. This will neutralize the court’s ability to hold Trump in contempt, and only rich people will be able to file injunctions against the government.
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There's a lot going on so you might have missed the fact that the Chinese hack into most of our major telecom companies was found to be much worse than publicly stated
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
US agencies assessed Chinese telecom hackers likely hit data center and residential internet providers
Data center giant Digital Realty and mass media titan Comcast were documented as likely victims of the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group, people familiar say, marking a potentially major expansion of ...
www.nextgov.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There's a lot going on so you might have missed the fact that the Chinese hack into most of our major telecom companies was found to be much worse than publicly stated
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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Oklahoma receives about $3 billion more in federal spending than it pays in federal taxes. That's nearly $8,000 per Oklahoman--only 9 states have a higher per capita balance of payments. Subsidies from MA, NJ, WA, CA, and a few others are how OK remains a "low tax state."
Sen. Lankford: "The Senate is not really excited about the SALT deduction piece ... we want to be able to say if you live in a high tax state, the option for you is to move out of a high tax state."
June 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Oklahoma receives about $3 billion more in federal spending than it pays in federal taxes. That's nearly $8,000 per Oklahoman--only 9 states have a higher per capita balance of payments. Subsidies from MA, NJ, WA, CA, and a few others are how OK remains a "low tax state."
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Protesters being arrested in Dallas now
June 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Protesters being arrested in Dallas now
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If you’re watching @maddow.msnbc.com’s A Block you understand that people who stand up for other people can change the course of those people’s lives & our history. We have the power to refuse Trump’s path forward. Protesting actually works. Let’s go.
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you’re watching @maddow.msnbc.com’s A Block you understand that people who stand up for other people can change the course of those people’s lives & our history. We have the power to refuse Trump’s path forward. Protesting actually works. Let’s go.
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.
bloom.bg
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up
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Jennifer Lyell, a former executive at a Southern Baptist publishing house who became an early whistle-blower against sexual abuse in her denomination, died on Saturday in Nashville.
Jennifer Lyell, Southern Baptist Church Sexual Abuse Whistle-Blower, Dies
Jennifer Lyell died at 47 on Saturday. As her denomination started its annual meeting this week, there was no mention of her from the dais.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Jennifer Lyell, a former executive at a Southern Baptist publishing house who became an early whistle-blower against sexual abuse in her denomination, died on Saturday in Nashville.
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A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.