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gtconway.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Death at a GEO Group-operated ICE detention center. Even before ICE this company had a terrible reputation for mistreatment and neglect in their for-profit prisons.
whetmoser.com whet moser @whetmoser.com · 1d
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
People who fish: You cool with this? Now’s your turn to become an activist. We’ve been waiting for you.
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d
WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”
Requirements and Expectations – Review of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sec. 1 What is the background and purpose of this Order? a. The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) are national treasures providing wildlife habitat for th...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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mikebaker.bsky.social
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:

Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.

The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector.

And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.

There is no middle ground.

That is who you are.
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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muellershewrote.com
Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Weather doesn’t care about politics, but preparedness absolutely does.
Intent to restructure critical weather science infrastructure
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that the agency is reviewing the structure of the research and observational capabilities operated by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric...
www.nsf.gov
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor.

The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
NEW: The gov’t is still trying to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. Now they are claiming that Judge Xinis’s injunction on his removal is moot.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Petitioner’s Position: Abrego Garcia opposes the Government’s Motion to Dissolve the Preliminary Injunction for the reasons previously briefed, see ECF No. 88, and for additional reasons in light of developments since that briefing. Abrego Garcia respectfully requests an opportunity to submit supplemental briefing in light of those recent developments. The preliminary injunction remains necessary to protect the relief this Court granted when it issued the writ of habeas corpus on December 11, 2025. See ECF Nos. 110, 111. As this Court is now well aware, immediately upon his release, the Government directed Abrego Garcia to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement at 8:00 am the following morning, asserting in the documentation it gave him upon release that he had a final order of removal issued October 10, 2019. ECF 112-1. A few hours later, an immigration judge sua sponte issued an order purporting to create an order of removal effective as of October 10, 2019. ECF 112-2. When Abrego Garcia sought emergency relief to prevent his re-detention, the Government made clear in its opposition brief that it intended to re-detain him. See ECF 115 at 1. Then, late in the afternoon on December 17, 2025, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed Abrego Garcia’s appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reopen, reasoning that because the immigration judge’s December 11, 2025 order amended the October 10, 2019 decision, “the Immigration Judge’s October 10, 2019, order is not final” and therefore “the respondent’s motion to reopen is moot.” Ex. 1 (B.I.A. Dec. 17, 2025). The events described above, when taken alongside the Government’s conduct throughout this case, illustrate why the preliminary injunction remains essential. As this Court has already recognized, “even if Abrego Garcia could have been lawfully removed to a third country, Respondents do not appear to have held him to fulfill that purpose. For if they had wished to remove him, they cert… Respondents’ Position: Respondents, in their Motion to Dissolve, argued that this court should dissolve the preliminary injunction to allow the Petitioner to be removed to Liberia. ECF No. 72 at 1-2. The Court’s August 27, 2025, Letter Order provided that the Respondents were enjoined from removing Petitioner from the Continental United States and required the Petitioner must be detained within 200 miles of the courthouse. This Court, in granting Petitioner’s habeas petition, found inter alia that Petitioner could not be removed as there was no final order of removal present in the October 10, 2019, immigration decision. See ECF 110 at 20. Thus, the Court concluded, the Petitioner could not be lawfully held in detention pending removal. Id. at 24-27. The Court’s order demanded the Petitioner be released immediately. ECF No. 111 at 1. Respondents submit that the Court’s August 27 injunction should still be dissolved. In addition to the arguments previously raised, Petitioner is no longer subject to a final order of removal. Because this Court found there was no removal order and ordered the Petitioner to be immediately released, the Court’s injunction is now moot. Petitioner cannot presently be removed. While an order of removal has now been issued (and such issuance is beyond the Court’s jurisdiction), it is not currently final, as Petitioner has 30 days to appeal the immigration judge’s order, 8 C.F.R. § 1003.39. Indeed, the cover letter accompanying the order reminds the Petitioner of the availability of an appeal, which, if he avails himself of that opportunity, the order of removal will continue to be nonfinal. See ECF No. 112-2 at 2. Indeed, Petitioner now points out that the Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed his appeal from the denial of his motion to reopen specifically because the immigration judge’s order of removal is not final. See infra at 1. That results in new grounds for the dismissal of the injunction, namely: 1) Respondents are no longer in…
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The Florida supreme court today rejected challenges to a recent law that allows death sentences by split juries.

Nearly all other states with the death penalty require juries to be unanimous.

flcourts-media.flcou...
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social
On yet another week where gun violence has claimed far too many lives, a gun advocacy group and Michigan Republicans are trying to repeal my commonsense Red Flag Law, a law that is **saving** lives.

Not on my watch.
McMorrow: Red flag law is saving lives
I will never forget the devastated parents I met with after the Oxford High School and Michigan State shootings. Their lives were shattered.
www.detroitnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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governor.ca.gov
Trump tonight:

Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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joshgerstein.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Cobb (DC/Biden) blocks recent ICE policies on Congressional visits, lifts 7-day advance notice requirement & ICE attempt to exclude field offices. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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parkermolloy.com
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"

Before (left), after (right)
The FCC's Mission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. An independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the Commission is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing America’s communications law and regulations. The FCC's Mission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. A U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the Commission is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing America’s communications law and regulations.
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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daviddoniger.bsky.social
Congressional appropriators must stop this.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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gemcitygem.bsky.social
every single app wants a way to either import contacts from your phone/other accounts or send the things you post to the contacts from your phone/other accounts and it cannot be stressed enough that no one sane wants this
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · 4d
v1.112 is live!

We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.

Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.

Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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muellershewrote.com
No blood for oil
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
just the kind of day where you wake up, read about Jews at a Hanukkah celebration being gunned down in a hate crime, take your toddler to their Hanukkah party, and feel grateful you've got another few years before they can clock what's going on around them
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.

In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Thread

Oh wow what a thread
drewmcweeny.com Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 6d
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
crobertcargill.bsky.social C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 6d
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.

All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM