Minou Roufail
@minouroufail.bsky.social
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Minou Roufail
@minouroufail.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law.
On the “postliberal” future of the federal courts
newrepublic.com
Posts on #ChristianNationalism and #Integralism go here.
First up: a succinct intellectual history of the theo-judiciary by
Peter Hammond Schwartz, February 3, 2021.
newrepublic.com/article/1611...
First up: a succinct intellectual history of the theo-judiciary by
Peter Hammond Schwartz, February 3, 2021.
newrepublic.com/article/1611...
Le Monde is on it.
Barack et Michelle Obama représentés en singes dans un montage raciste diffusé par Donald Trump
Barack et Michelle Obama représentés en singes dans un montage raciste diffusé par Donald Trump
La vidéo, consacrée à la présidentielle de 2020, a été postée à l’origine par le site d’extrême droite américain Patriot News Outlet, et repostée à deux reprises par le président américain.
www.lemonde.fr
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Le Monde is on it.
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Campaign says Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn raised more than $500,000 in the first 24 hours of his campaign for Congress in Maryland
NEW: Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn is running for Congress in Maryland.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn running for Congress
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn — who emerged as a national figure after the Jan. 6 riot — announced a second bid for Congress on Wednesday.
www.cbsnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Campaign says Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn raised more than $500,000 in the first 24 hours of his campaign for Congress in Maryland
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NYTImes Op-Ed board finally comes close to saying what others have already realized.
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
NYTImes Op-Ed board finally comes close to saying what others have already realized.
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Looks like Disney’s warning about fewer foreign tourists to the US was no joke.
@financialtimes.com #$DIS
www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
@financialtimes.com #$DIS
www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Looks like Disney’s warning about fewer foreign tourists to the US was no joke.
@financialtimes.com #$DIS
www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
@financialtimes.com #$DIS
www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Yet more evidence if any were needed that powerful MAGA Catholics, most conspicuously the Supreme Court cabal & Project 2025 ideologues, but also the reactionary Catho ecosystem generally, don’t give fuckall what the Pope says. MAGA First! And complacent Catholics are enablers. Not my parish fam.
Bonne synthèse, à la faveur des récentes déclarations de prélats américains au sujet de l'immorale politique US, sur les inflexions de la pol. étrangère vaticane entre François et Léon XIV, avec ses forces et ses limites.
Les cardinaux contre Donald Trump : comprendre la stratégie de Léon XIV aux États-Unis
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Yet more evidence if any were needed that powerful MAGA Catholics, most conspicuously the Supreme Court cabal & Project 2025 ideologues, but also the reactionary Catho ecosystem generally, don’t give fuckall what the Pope says. MAGA First! And complacent Catholics are enablers. Not my parish fam.
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DHS keeps touting a program that offers free plane tickets and “exit bonuses” to immigrants who self-deport.
But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
➡️ Read their stories: https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF
But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
➡️ Read their stories: https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
DHS keeps touting a program that offers free plane tickets and “exit bonuses” to immigrants who self-deport.
But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
➡️ Read their stories: https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF
But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
➡️ Read their stories: https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF
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If you can, take a few minutes to watch us run through the parade of lies from DHS.
“The official story—promulgated by Kristi Noem, and Stephen Miller and JD Vance—was a lie. They are lying to you. They're lying to us. They know it. And in fact, they seem proud of it,” says Chris Hayes on JD Vance saying he won’t apologize for labeling Alex Pretti an “assassin.”
‘For what?’: JD Vance refuses to apologize for smearing Alex Pretti
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 AM
If you can, take a few minutes to watch us run through the parade of lies from DHS.
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🚨Jeff Bezos' wedding last summer cost about $50M. That, alone, could have saved all 300 positions cut today at The Washington Post for a year. Actually, he could have ensured there were no staff cuts for the next decade and he'd still have net worth of 249B.
Thank you Lizzie Johnson.
Thank you Lizzie Johnson.
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
🚨Jeff Bezos' wedding last summer cost about $50M. That, alone, could have saved all 300 positions cut today at The Washington Post for a year. Actually, he could have ensured there were no staff cuts for the next decade and he'd still have net worth of 249B.
Thank you Lizzie Johnson.
Thank you Lizzie Johnson.
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So far, only two have spoken up in favor of the concentration camp. The crowd booed the hell out of them. The mayor told people to stop booing and they booed him too.
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 AM
So far, only two have spoken up in favor of the concentration camp. The crowd booed the hell out of them. The mayor told people to stop booing and they booed him too.
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Haïti : des navires de guerre américains dans la baie de Port-au-Prince sur fond de crise sécuritaire
Haïti : des navires de guerre américains dans la baie de Port-au-Prince sur fond de crise sécuritaire
Trois bâtiments militaires américains ont jeté l’ancre mardi dans la baie de Port-au-Prince dans le cadre de l’opération "Southern Spear". Washington affirme vouloir soutenir la stabilité du pays, alors qu’Haïti s’enfonce dans une grave crise politique et une violence endémique des gangs.
la1ere.franceinfo.fr
February 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Haïti : des navires de guerre américains dans la baie de Port-au-Prince sur fond de crise sécuritaire
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Top Goldman lawyer referenced Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Russians’ in email ft.trib.al/5dGtaM8
Top Goldman lawyer referenced Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Russians’ in email
Exchanges are further evidence of Kathy Ruemmler’s apparent ties to convicted sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Top Goldman lawyer referenced Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Russians’ in email ft.trib.al/5dGtaM8
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After the Trump administration formally withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization, the New York City Health Department joined a WHO network aimed at countering new pathogens and emerging outbreaks.
New York City Partners with W.H.O. as U.S. Withdraws From Global Effort
City health authorities are joining a network that counters new pathogens and emerging outbreaks.
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 AM
After the Trump administration formally withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization, the New York City Health Department joined a WHO network aimed at countering new pathogens and emerging outbreaks.
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This is a real loss. I sent my students to look at the Factbook all the time. reporting indicating this is a result of budget/staffing cuts and a directive to cut anything that doesn’t align w CIA’s “core mission” … yet they somehow managed to do this for 60+ yrs w/o neglecting their mission.
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This is a real loss. I sent my students to look at the Factbook all the time. reporting indicating this is a result of budget/staffing cuts and a directive to cut anything that doesn’t align w CIA’s “core mission” … yet they somehow managed to do this for 60+ yrs w/o neglecting their mission.
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How about some love on Bluesky for Karl-Anthony Towns, who dropped 24-12 (+12) while rocking a gaping head wound.
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
How about some love on Bluesky for Karl-Anthony Towns, who dropped 24-12 (+12) while rocking a gaping head wound.
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The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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This man is so awful.
Vance: There was a moment in the Oval Office, I wasn't even in there, but Trump was talking to Kaitlan Collins. Trump says, 'Why don't you ever smile?' And it's actually, like, so perceptive. Have some fun.
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
This man is so awful.
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Get on the horn 📲 with your representatives, propose additional measures, ask to meet with them, they have local offices.. press..
This should also include a GAO audit of DHS, particularly ICE, CBP, the office of the secretary, and the funds provided in the OBBA. How has/is the money being spent, how effective is it, where are there patterns of waste, fraud, & abuse.
Congress controls the GAO. Let's go!
Congress controls the GAO. Let's go!
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Get on the horn 📲 with your representatives, propose additional measures, ask to meet with them, they have local offices.. press..
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Karl Marlantes is one of the great writers of our time ('Matterhorn' et al). I'm glad to say that he has been a friend for decades
For him—USMC combat vet of Vietnam, author of unforgettable novel about combat—to write this, for NR, about Noem/Bovino/ICE/CBP cosplaying, is significant. Pls read
For him—USMC combat vet of Vietnam, author of unforgettable novel about combat—to write this, for NR, about Noem/Bovino/ICE/CBP cosplaying, is significant. Pls read
Getting officers out of combat gear will help cooler heads prevail.
Our DHS secretary cosplaying in full combat gear and ICE and CBP officers costumed like Delta Force have only raised the temperature in what’s already a heated situation. | Karl Marlantes
https://ow.ly/zP7j50Y7otc
Our DHS secretary cosplaying in full combat gear and ICE and CBP officers costumed like Delta Force have only raised the temperature in what’s already a heated situation. | Karl Marlantes
https://ow.ly/zP7j50Y7otc
The Troubling Trend of Combat-Uniform Creep | National Review
What law enforcement officers wear matters.
ow.ly
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Karl Marlantes is one of the great writers of our time ('Matterhorn' et al). I'm glad to say that he has been a friend for decades
For him—USMC combat vet of Vietnam, author of unforgettable novel about combat—to write this, for NR, about Noem/Bovino/ICE/CBP cosplaying, is significant. Pls read
For him—USMC combat vet of Vietnam, author of unforgettable novel about combat—to write this, for NR, about Noem/Bovino/ICE/CBP cosplaying, is significant. Pls read
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Federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies.
Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country
Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies.
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“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist — MarketWatch
Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business, says Matthew Tuttle
apple.news
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
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AOC: Why haven’t so many people been prosecuted? Why are Pam Bondi and the DOJ continuing to hide the majority of the Epstein files, which they admit contain even more direct evidence of genuinely shocking crimes and abuse of women, minors, and increasingly men…
February 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
AOC: Why haven’t so many people been prosecuted? Why are Pam Bondi and the DOJ continuing to hide the majority of the Epstein files, which they admit contain even more direct evidence of genuinely shocking crimes and abuse of women, minors, and increasingly men…
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Today is the final day to send us your questions about local and state responses to Trump’s immigration crackdown and to violence by federal immigration officials. Share them with us by the end of the day and we will do our best to answer you.
Send Us Your Questions on Local and State Responses to ICE
How are neighbors jumping into action and what powers do state and local officials have to restrict ICE or hold agents accountable? We want to know what you’re wondering.
boltsmag.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Today is the final day to send us your questions about local and state responses to Trump’s immigration crackdown and to violence by federal immigration officials. Share them with us by the end of the day and we will do our best to answer you.