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(JEWISH GROUP)-Who is having Chinese food today?
Happy Elena-Kagan-Eats-Chinese-Today Day to all who celebrate!
— Howard Mortman (@howardmortman.bsky.social) 2024-12-25T14:55:42.120Z
Russian General killed by car bomb in Moscow
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1915698447669211593https://x.com/saintjavelin/status/2003044141929058513
Please wish Dr. Fauci a Happy 85th Birthday!
happy 85th birthday Dr Anthony Fauci, a true hero who dedicated his life to immunology and virology, and saved countless lives
— rudy.ca (@rudydotca.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T21:31:24.572Z
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Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
Mark Zaid is a great attorney and has been doing some amazing work.
https://x.com/Meidas_LaurenA/status/2003869659066761567
https://apnews.com/article/trump-whistleblower-security-clearance-mark-zaid-2a6f7d23dc85d7e1db2ac9a38e548b8e
The decision marked the administration’s second legal setback on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court declined to allow Trump to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area, capping a first year in office in which President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose a sweeping agenda and pursue retribution against political adversaries have been repeatedly slowed by the courts.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction, after he sued the Trump administration in May over the revocation of his security clearance. Zaid’s request called it an act of “improper political retribution” that jeopardized his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases.
The March presidential memorandum singled out Zaid and 14 other individuals who the White House asserted were unsuitable to retain their clearances because it was “no longer in the national interest.” The list included targets of Trump’s fury from both the political and legal spheres, including former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, New York Attorney General Letitia James, former President Joe Biden and members of his family.
trump-hosted Kennedy Center honors just did its "smallest audience ever", roughly half of the previous record low
What would someone who is mentioned in the #Epstein files do, if he or she believes that he or she is totally innocent
Lawrence asked the question "With the world now wondering about the 10 co-conspirators who Jeffrey #Epstein referred to in some of the #EpsteinFiles released today, it is worth considering...what would someone who is mentioned in the #Epstein files do, if he or she believes that he or she is totally innocent of any wrongdoing with Jeffrey Epstein?"
Former President Bill Clinton's office (told DOJ to release everything)...and there it is, that's the model for how you handle the situation if...you believe you did nothing wrong...Donald Trump has never demanded that
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein youtu.be/mhPvffgGBbc?...
— The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (@lastwordmsnow.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T04:44:38.269Z
What would someone who is mentioned in the #Epstein files do, if he or she believes that he or she is totally innocent
Lawrence asked the question "With the world now wondering about the 10 co-conspirators who Jeffrey #Epstein referred to in some of the #EpsteinFiles released today, it is worth considering...what would someone who is mentioned in the #Epstein files do, if he or she believes that he or she is totally innocent of any wrongdoing with Jeffrey Epstein?"
Former President Bill Clinton's office (told DOJ to release everything)...and there it is, that's the model for how you handle the situation if...you believe you did nothing wrong...Donald Trump has never demanded that
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein youtu.be/mhPvffgGBbc?...
— The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (@lastwordmsnow.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T04:44:38.269Z
Lawmaker sues to stop Trump from adding name to Kennedy Center
Rep. Joyce Beatty argues that without an act of Congress, the Kennedy Center’s board does not have the power to add the sitting president’s name to the institution.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/2003458104655057288
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/12/23/trump-kennedy-center-beatty-lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center’s board, claimed that a vote by the board last week to rename the institution “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” exceeded its statutory authority and requested that a judge declare it to be void. Beatty had called into the meeting but was muted when she tried to speak out about the name change, the lawsuit says. The Washington Post reported on the incident last week.
“Because Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy Center’s name requires an act of Congress,” the lawsuit says, adding that “Congress intended the Center to be a living memorial to President Kennedy — and a crown jewel of the arts for all Americans, irrespective of party.”.....
Attaching a sitting president’s name breaks with conventions for U.S. presidential memorials. (“The Kennedy Memorial is not impacted at all,” Daravi said.)
The lawsuit, which was filed by Democracy Defenders Action and the Washington Litigation Group on behalf of Beatty, requested that a judge order all physical and digital branding changes to be reversed. Trump had acted surprised about the change, but his name was added to the center’s website and the exterior of the building within 24 hours.
The Kavanaugh Stop's Legacy: 50 Days, 170+ Detained Citizens, Zero Answers
Kavanaugh Stops were violative of due process and should had never been allowed to take place
— Above The Law (@abovethelaw.com) 2025-10-31T15:32:49.127Z
The Kavanaugh Stop’s Legacy: 50 Days, 170+ Detained Citizens, Zero Answers
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/10/the-kavanaugh-stops-legacy-50-days-170-detained-citizens-zero-answers/
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/10/the-kavanaugh-stops-legacy-50-days-170-detained-citizens-zero-answers/
The key bit from him that has stood out is this:
Importantly, reasonable suspicion means only that immigration officers may briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status. If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings.
It’s this weird, privileged, out-of-touch statement that if ICE or CBP stop you for being brown, they’ll let you go as soon as you show them that you’re an American citizen. Of course, we knew at the time that wasn’t true. Hell, there were details that Kavanaugh ignored in that very lawsuit, which Justice Sotomayor called out in her dissent. But literally in this very lawsuit was the documentation of how it wasn’t so simple:
To give just one example, Plaintiff Jason Brian Gavidia is a U.S. citizen who was born and raised in East Los Angeles and identifies as Latino. On the afternoon of June 12, he stepped onto the sidewalk outside of a tow yard in Montebello, California, where he saw agents carrying handguns and military-style rifles. One agent ordered him to “Stop right there” while another “ran towards [him].” The agents repeatedly asked Gavidia whether he is American—and they repeatedly ignored his answer: “I am an American.” The agents asked Gavidia what hospital he was born in—and he explained that he did not know which hospital. “The agents forcefully pushed [Gavidia] up against the metal gated fence, put [his] hands behind [his] back, and twisted [his] arm.” An agent asked again, “What hospital were you born in?” Gavidia again explained that he did not know which hospital and said “East L.A.” He then told the agents he could show them his Real ID. The agents took Gavidia’s ID and his phone and kept his phone for 20 minutes. They never returned his ID.
Drexel law professor Anil Kalhan quickly dubbed these bullshit pretextual stops of US citizens as “Kavanaugh stops” and the name has stuck....
It feels like every day we hear about another few:
ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨â€ðŸ’» (@longtimehistory.bsky.social) 2025-10-27T20:14:38.989Z
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
......But, for now at least, that stain should stick to Brett Kavanaugh. He’s justified this. He’s insisted these kinds of stops are no big deal, even as there was evidence then, and even with more mounting evidence now, that immigration officials don’t give a shit if you are an American citizen. If you’re darker skinned, they can treat you like shit, lock you up, beat you up, ignore your protestations and even evidence of American citizenship.
It is a deep, dark stain on America as a supposed land of freedom, and it should be tied up with Brett Kavanaugh’s legacy forever.
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