Mike
@mcgwh.bsky.social
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map…
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered Texas to rely instead on the boundaries legislators drew in 2021. The new map, the majority concluded, appears likely to be unconstitutional… www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered Texas to rely instead on the boundaries legislators drew in 2021. The new map, the majority concluded, appears likely to be unconstitutional… www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map
The decision is a massive blow in the White House’s push to redistrict across the country.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map…
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered Texas to rely instead on the boundaries legislators drew in 2021. The new map, the majority concluded, appears likely to be unconstitutional… www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered Texas to rely instead on the boundaries legislators drew in 2021. The new map, the majority concluded, appears likely to be unconstitutional… www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.”
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 31, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 31, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.”
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 31, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
~President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 31, 1956.
Image: Eisenhower Presidential Library.
The pose of anyone who’s been in the field and living on MREs for ten days straight without a bowel movement.
Day 5: no poop - mild concern
Day 10: no poop - mild alarm
Day 11: imagine if you will, a bowel movement harder than granite and more painful than your last divorce.
Day 5: no poop - mild concern
Day 10: no poop - mild alarm
Day 11: imagine if you will, a bowel movement harder than granite and more painful than your last divorce.
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The pose of anyone who’s been in the field and living on MREs for ten days straight without a bowel movement.
Day 5: no poop - mild concern
Day 10: no poop - mild alarm
Day 11: imagine if you will, a bowel movement harder than granite and more painful than your last divorce.
Day 5: no poop - mild concern
Day 10: no poop - mild alarm
Day 11: imagine if you will, a bowel movement harder than granite and more painful than your last divorce.
Three acting FEMA chiefs in less than a year. Another failure, another crack in the country’s ability to respond to a crisis.
Starting Dec. 1, FEMA chief of staff Karen Evans will assume the role of acting administrator.
No paywall. wapo.st/4nYPtDa
Starting Dec. 1, FEMA chief of staff Karen Evans will assume the role of acting administrator.
No paywall. wapo.st/4nYPtDa
FEMA head resigns. Richardson had been hard to reach during Texas floods.
David Richardson resigned Monday after a brief tenure leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency
wapo.st
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Three acting FEMA chiefs in less than a year. Another failure, another crack in the country’s ability to respond to a crisis.
Starting Dec. 1, FEMA chief of staff Karen Evans will assume the role of acting administrator.
No paywall. wapo.st/4nYPtDa
Starting Dec. 1, FEMA chief of staff Karen Evans will assume the role of acting administrator.
No paywall. wapo.st/4nYPtDa
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That’s the bummer about extrajudicial violence, it turns out there are no rules to prevent it from turning on you
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
That’s the bummer about extrajudicial violence, it turns out there are no rules to prevent it from turning on you
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“But I never thought the enemy would be ME!” cried the leopard after running for office as a member of the Friend-Enemy Distinction Party
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“But I never thought the enemy would be ME!” cried the leopard after running for office as a member of the Friend-Enemy Distinction Party
Stochastic terrorism hits differently when it’s directed at you rather than the other way around.
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Stochastic terrorism hits differently when it’s directed at you rather than the other way around.
If the DoJ opens (or reopens) investigations that involve prominent figures in the Epstein files, can the DoJ then refuse to release the files as they are, once again, evidence in an open federal investigation?
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If the DoJ opens (or reopens) investigations that involve prominent figures in the Epstein files, can the DoJ then refuse to release the files as they are, once again, evidence in an open federal investigation?
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“I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Since this plastered all over my timeline.
Reads like a fanfic fever dream written while in the throes of a bad ayahuasca experience.
No paywall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Reads like a fanfic fever dream written while in the throes of a bad ayahuasca experience.
No paywall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Since this plastered all over my timeline.
Reads like a fanfic fever dream written while in the throes of a bad ayahuasca experience.
No paywall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Reads like a fanfic fever dream written while in the throes of a bad ayahuasca experience.
No paywall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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A Happy 175th Birthday to...
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A Happy 175th Birthday to...
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
• Robert Louis Stevenson •
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Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts Sunday night on WTTW-Ch. 11 and carries on over the next five nights. Clear your calendar.
Column: Ken Burns documentary explores the blood, courage and hope of ‘The American Revolution’
Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ken Burns is back with “The American Revolution,” a six-part, roughly 12-hour documentary that debuts Sunday night on WTTW-Ch. 11 and carries on over the next five nights. Clear your calendar.
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Everyone’s like “so what do these pardons DO??” and honestly I’d say it probably has more to do with this than anything substantive, at least for now
It’s a communicative pardon
It’s a communicative pardon
Notably, this pardon comes just days ahead of a Nov. 14 deadline for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to appoint a replacement prosecutor for Fani Willis, who was disqualified from pursuing the case.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Everyone’s like “so what do these pardons DO??” and honestly I’d say it probably has more to do with this than anything substantive, at least for now
It’s a communicative pardon
It’s a communicative pardon
The stopgap spending measure needs to be approved by the House. While this appears to be a fait accompli it remains to be seen if Johnson will call the HoR back into session before 17 NOV and if this CR will face speed bumps getting through the HoR.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Highlights Senate Votes to Advance Measure to End Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The stopgap spending measure needs to be approved by the House. While this appears to be a fait accompli it remains to be seen if Johnson will call the HoR back into session before 17 NOV and if this CR will face speed bumps getting through the HoR.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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CONFIRMED: FedEx follows UPS in grounding MD-11 fleet after Boeing safety recommendation. Western Global expected to follow. Boeing statement expected shortly. (Via @theaircurrent.com)
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
CONFIRMED: FedEx follows UPS in grounding MD-11 fleet after Boeing safety recommendation. Western Global expected to follow. Boeing statement expected shortly. (Via @theaircurrent.com)
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KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
This is some serious @jimmyperezshetland.bsky.social shit. Rated ‘P’ for Pepto.
Sometimes America is so beautiful it just makes you want to cry. From beauty.
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is some serious @jimmyperezshetland.bsky.social shit. Rated ‘P’ for Pepto.
The stay to stop the disbursement of SNAP benefits is a short term Pyrrhic victory on the longer road to national self-immolation.
Suspending judgement on SCOTUS/Jackson as this may prevent a longer delay.
No paywall.
wapo.st/47TDWPM
Suspending judgement on SCOTUS/Jackson as this may prevent a longer delay.
No paywall.
wapo.st/47TDWPM
Supreme Court temporarily blocks order on releasing SNAP benefits
The order pauses, for now, a lower court ruling directing the Trump administration to release November benefits in full on Friday.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The stay to stop the disbursement of SNAP benefits is a short term Pyrrhic victory on the longer road to national self-immolation.
Suspending judgement on SCOTUS/Jackson as this may prevent a longer delay.
No paywall.
wapo.st/47TDWPM
Suspending judgement on SCOTUS/Jackson as this may prevent a longer delay.
No paywall.
wapo.st/47TDWPM
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I think what is happening here is that Jackson is doing the 48hr pausing so the First Circuit (hopefully) declines to place a stay pending appeal (which would be a longer stay) and then the Court will be in the tougher position of delaying SNAP for a longer stay period.
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I think what is happening here is that Jackson is doing the 48hr pausing so the First Circuit (hopefully) declines to place a stay pending appeal (which would be a longer stay) and then the Court will be in the tougher position of delaying SNAP for a longer stay period.
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This is a big deal, although a lot will depend on what #SCOTUS does in the Illinois case (in which we don’t expect a ruling until the week of November 17 at the earliest).
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is a big deal, although a lot will depend on what #SCOTUS does in the Illinois case (in which we don’t expect a ruling until the week of November 17 at the earliest).
Tuberville represents Alabama ranked as the 45th worst state in education. It shows.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tuberville represents Alabama ranked as the 45th worst state in education. It shows.
As the admin push to deny SNAP
benefits fails on appeal.
benefits fails on appeal.
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
As the admin push to deny SNAP
benefits fails on appeal.
benefits fails on appeal.
The House will be out of session until at least November 17th.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The House will be out of session until at least November 17th.