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Marissa
@marissamadness.bsky.social
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I'm an anime/manga nerd who collects figures and cosplays at conventions.
I love to learn about Japanese culture, language, history, and music.
I'm also a new student of Ryushin Shouchi Ryu Iaido.
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Saving this for when the library doesn't carry the volumes anymore. Right now I'm up to volume 35 of Yona!

I picked this up completely blind to anything about it except that I'd heard the title before.

This manga started in 2009 and I'm right on time for the announcement of the final volume!
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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She was appointed as interim US attorney after several other interim attorneys before her. They have a limit of 120 days before they have to be confirmed by the Senate. Govt was trying to circumvent but the court found that the 120 day rule applies from the first appointee in May, not hers in Sept.
Congress has also established a mechanism, set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 546, for appointing interim U.S. Attorneys when a vacancy arises.2 Section 546 essentially “divide[s] the responsibility for making interim appointments between the Attorney General and the district courts.” United States v. Baldwin, 541 F. Supp. 2d 1184, 1192 (D.N.M. 2008). It provides in full: (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General may appoint a United States attorney for the district in which the office of United States attorney is vacant. (b) The Attorney General shall not appoint as United States attorney a person to whose appointment by the President to that office the Senate refused to give advice and consent. (c) A person appointed as United States attorney under this section may serve until the earlier of— (1) the qualification of a United States attorney for such district appointed by the President under section 541 of this title; or (2) the expiration of 120 days after appointment by the Attorney General under this section. (d) If an appointment expires under subsection (c)(2), the district court for such district may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall be filed with the clerk of the court. In sum, the text, structure, and history of section 546 point to one conclusion: the Attorney General’s authority to appoint an interim U.S. Attorney lasts for a total of 120 days from the date she first invokes section 546 after the departure of a Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney. If the position remains vacant at the end of the 120-day period, the exclusive authority to make further interim appointments under the statute shifts to the district court, where it remains until the President’s nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Ms. Halligan was not appointed in a manner consistent with this framework. The 120-day clock began running with Mr. Siebert’s appointment on January 21, 2025. When that clock expired on May 21, 2025, so too did the Attorney General’s appointment authority. Consequently, I conclude that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid and that Ms. Halligan has been unlawfully serving in that role since September 22, 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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He needs the printouts of the tweets to mark where he should have put more exclamation marks and random caps. It's very introspective work.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Lincoln looks infinitely better than trump with his jowls and nasty neck look in profile. Also presidents normally need to be dead before they get to be on a coin...😒
Ew
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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All I think of is
KWYJIBO
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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What I come out of the train station into. Only in NY...
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Here you go 🐈‍⬛
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Yeah I'm surprised he hasn't brought up this again
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Cuomo sunk to many new lows since the summer and the perfect way to regard him is to not.
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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The exododus!
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This is what we get when we have a mayor who makes deals with the devil:
Adams commits to welcoming ICE back to city jail facility Tom Homan sat down with the New York City mayor just days after federal officials intervened in the Democrat’s criminal case. Tom Homan, Kenneth Genalo and Eric Adams meet. Incoming border czar Tom Homan (from left), ICE official Kenneth Genalo and New York City Mayor Eric Adams meet at Gracie Mansion. The mayor hosted Trump’s border czar in December where the two committed to ridding the city of undocumented immigrants who had committed crimes. | Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Yes, he does.
Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday that he had instructed the US Department of War to prepare for "possible action". He warned that he might send the military into Nigeria "guns-a-blazing" unless the Nigerian government intervened, and said that all aid to what he called "the now disgraced country" would be cut. Trump added: "If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!" US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth replied to the post by writing: "Yes sir. "The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities." Trump's threat has triggered alarm across Nigeria. Many on social media are urging the government to step up its fight against Islamist groups to avert a situation where foreign troops are sent into the country.
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Especially the Bronx...we need the "it won't happen to me" to stop. He thinks the same thing of Hispanic people, that is, if he thinks of them at all
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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They gave me extra :)
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Because the average American does not know offhand how many soybeans we sell to China every year, nor the fact that we even grow and export them at all. And big numbers sound big
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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It's my birthday today ✌🏼🌸
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Ah, the oh so very dangerous neighborhood of...Whitestone. Pfft.

Or it could be one of the 10 other places he lies about living
George Santos may have lived in Elmhurst or Whitestone George Santos claims to have lived in Whitestone, Oyster Bay (Long Island), and Huntington (Long Island)
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Not one reply acknowledges the dril reference

My very online self is disappointed
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Helga 2028
October 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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And he already says he wants to punish people for it. That's why we need plans like what Zohran supports.
On July 24, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) entitled, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” This regressive order aims to increase punishment through policing and institutionalization of people who are unhoused and criminalization of programs that offer harm reduction services. It also seeks to pressure state and local governments, nonprofits, and other service providers to use these costly, punitive methods instead of proven strategies to reduce homelessness, such as “housing first” programs What are the Limits of this EO? Executive orders do not create, amend, or change existing law, and this order is no exception. The executive order cannot change how state and local governments address homelessness on their own. While the Trump administration can threaten to limit federal funding, state and local governments have the power to choose the housing policies that are best for their communities. The federal government cannot direct local or state law enforcement agencies. Federal grant programs are created and funded by Congress, and federal agencies may not be able to impose new conditions on grants without congressional approval. tHE REALITY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS The EO promotes false and negative stereotypes about people who are unhoused. The EO claims, without support, “[n]early two-thirds [or 66%] of homeless individuals report having regularly used hard drugs like methamphetamines, cocaine, or opioids in their lifetimes.” However, according to 2022 HUD data, only 16% of people who are unhoused (unsheltered, in emergency shelter, or transitional housing, or 95,001 of 582,484 people) report chronic substance abuse. It also claims without support, that “[a]n equally large share of homeless individuals reported suffering from mental health conditions.” Yet, according to 2022 HUD data, only 21% of people who are unhoused (122,888 out of 582,484 people) have severe mental illness. Moreover, the relationship between substance use, mental illness and lack of housing is complex. According to the National Coalition for Homelessness, many people who are unhoused develop mental health or substance abuse issues after prolonged periods of homelessness due to the lack of safe and affordable housing.
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Case in point, 4 incidents of him coming after NYC within the past year. No Mamdani required.
Trump has continued his quest to kill off congestion charging in his native city, however, prematurely declaring success in this endeavor in a memorable February post on X in which he was depicted in an oil painting wearing a crown, triumphantly standing in front of the Empire State Building. “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” the president wrote. Trump’s Department of Transportation has attempted to withdraw federal approval of the scheme but its deadlines to end congestion pricing have so far been thwarted by the courts and the department has, in frustration, replaced its own lawyers, accusing them of undermining its case. Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, has said the charge is unfair to drivers and is “classist” against the working poor (even though they overwhelmingly take buses or trains, rather than drive), and threatened to cut federal funding to New York transit. The Trump administration canceled $188 million in federal grants meant to reimburse New York City for sheltering migrants, saying the money was being spent to support illegal immigration and leading the city’s mayor to vow to fight the clawback. In a letter sent April 1 and shared with The Associated Press on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency informed city officials that it was canceling the grants, which included roughly $80 million that the agency withdrew from city’s bank account in February. The latest move would require the city to return an additional $106 million that officials said was used to house and care for migrants. Mayor Eric Adams, whose administration has sued for the return of the initial $80 million, said his office would also fight the wider grant cancellations. “Like their previous actions clawing back appropriated funds, these steps are unlawful, and the New York City Law Department is currently determining the best legal recourse to take to ensure that this money remains in New York City, where it was allocated and belongs,” he said in a statement Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts Gov. Kathy Hochul had said the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, made “all of America more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” Listen to this article · 7:39 min Learn more N.Y.P.D. officers stand in a line wearing helmets. The $187 million in funding cuts included $90 million for the New York Police Department.Credit...Vincent Alban/The New York Times By Grace Ashford and Tyler Pager Oct. 3, 2025 The Trump administration will restore $187 million in cuts it had made to law enforcement funding, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, following a bipartisan push to reinstate the funds. The cuts, which represented the largest federal defunding of police operations in New York in decades, were made by the Department of Homeland Security, without explanation and without the approval of President Trump, White House officials said. Indeed, President Trump was blindsided by the decision to defund the police, not learning of the cuts until Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York called him on Sunday to protest the change after the fact, according to three people with knowledge of the call. The frantic effort to undo the rolling cuts made to the Homeland Security Grant Program, with the last $100 million slashed over the weekend, underscored the chaos unfolding as the Trump administration moves to punish political adversaries by stopping the flow of billions of dollars in federal funds that had already been allocated nationwide. NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the City of New York has filed an amicus brief supporting the State of New York’s ongoing case to prevent the Trump administration from revoking $12 million in grant funding that would be passed from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for counterterrorism policing in the subway system. In the brief, the city supports the state’s motion for a preliminary injunction in New York v. Noem, which the federal government opposes. “The subway system is the lifeblood of our city, making it one of the biggest terrorist targets in the nation, so we cannot afford to lose a single dollar — let alone $12 million — when it comes to protecting 5.5 million daily riders,” said Mayor Adams. “Extremist behavior is taking place across the globe, and these funds are crucial in both being proactive and reactive to the threats to the safety of everyone in our city. We filed this amicus brief to support our state partners in the fight to stop the federal government’s dangerous funding cuts.”
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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On a celebratory note, on Tuesday I obtained the rank of Sankyu in my first RSR test. 🖤

(I'm second from the right)
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I'd rather watch Zohran have a hard time fighting, with the people having his back, than have us bend over and take...this:
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has positioned himself as the only candidate in the New York City mayor’s race who can forcefully go toe-to-toe with President Trump. But in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with some of the city’s biggest business leaders, Mr. Cuomo suggested he might adopt a more conciliatory strategy. As he made a case for his candidacy, Mr. Cuomo said he was not “personally” looking for a fight with the president and compared their yearslong relationship to a “dysfunctional marriage.” “I think he wants to be accepted by New York City, and I think there’s an opportunity there,” Mr. Cuomo said, according to four people who shared accounts of the private meeting with 50 corporate executives gathered at Rockefeller Center. He added: “I know, personally, he doesn’t want to fight with me. Personally, I don’t want to fight with him, right? So I don’t think he’s going to be eager to create a conflict with us.” Mr. Cuomo also made the case that Mr. Trump cared about his hometown and wanted to “find a way to be a hero in New York City.” Mr. Trump knew, he said, that confronting Mr. Cuomo would lead to a “nasty, ugly, drawn-out fight.” David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells Andrew Cuomo, asked about ICE in New York: “They are going to do things that are illegal and unconstitutional. But let’s not overreact.”
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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It managed to include most of New Zealand
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM