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In case y'all were wondering what that meeting between trump and Ramaphosa was REALLY all about...
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Oh my GOD.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Apr 24
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Re: MTA v. Duffy, No. 25 Civ. 1413 (S.D.N.Y.) Dear Erin: We write with respect to the above-referenced litigation brought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA") against the U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT"), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA"), and Executive Director of the FHWA, Gloria Shepherd, to provide you with information concerning (1) the litigation risk that DOT faces in defending the Secretary's February 19, 2025 decision to terminate the New York City Central Business District Tolling Program ("CBDTP") agreement, and (2) a process for terminating the CBDTP agreement outside of the current litigation for DOT to consider. As discussed below, there is considerable litigation risk in defending the Secretary's February 19, 2025 decision against plaintiffs' claims under the Administrative Procedure Act, that the decision was contrary to law, pretextual rocedurally arbitrary and capricious, and violated due process. For the reasons outlined below, it is unlikely that Judge Liman or further courts of review will accept the argument that the CBDTP was not a statutorily authorized "value pricing" pilot under the Value Prising Pilot Program (" ar FHWA may, however, be able to properly terminate the CBDTP value pricing pilot pursuant to established Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") regulations concerning the termination of cooperative agreements. Termination of the CBDTP agreement pursuant to these OMB regulations would still allow FHWA to end the CBDTP for the Secretary's stated reasons, but would do so as a matter of changed agency priorities rather than arguing the CBDTP was not statutorily authorized in the first instance. Importantly, DOT can seek termination of the agreement pursuant to the OMB regulations in addition to, and not in place of, defending the rationale laid out in the Secretary's letter. Case 1:25-cv-01413-LJL Document 65 Filed 04/23/25 Page 2 of 11 Page 2
April 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
pthell.bsky.social
Anybody hear what happened to the Epstein files? Weren't we promised those on "Day 1?"

Narrator: "Bondi had to order more white out to expunge the references to trump."
April 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
pthell.bsky.social
Trump slump
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
pthell.bsky.social
This is how you do it.
March 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.

Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!
January 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
pthell.bsky.social
My best friend's trumpy neighbor just planted American flags in all the front yards in their neighborhood. How should she respond?

Somehow, us blues need to recapture our flag.
January 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
pthell.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky!

Love the app but, as a left-thumbed doom scroller, your "zoom to the top" arrow is annoying. Please move it anywhere else!
December 13, 2024 at 3:45 PM