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This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.

Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...

Damn, this is good.

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

AFTER 25 YEARS, HUBBLE HAS LOOKED AT THE CRAB NEBULA AGAIN AND GIVEN US A BEAUTIFUL NEW LOOK!!

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

⚡️Update: 11 people have reportedly been injured as a result of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian ballistic missile factory. The attack was carried out with Flamingo missiles, and it targeted the Votkinsk plant in Russia’s Udmurtia region, where Iskander-M missiles are produced.

Healthy democracies punish authoritarians. They don't reelect them. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

NEWS: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection tied to his 2024 martial law declaration that triggered a constitutional crisis and military raid on the National Assembly.

RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this. MAHA was always a con. Started / Going

Democrats and pro-voting advocates reacted with outrage and unwavering opposition after House Republicans unveiled the Make Elections Great Again Act — a sweeping proposal that would dramatically restrict voting access and remake federal elections in ways designed to suppress turnout.

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

Judge James Boasberg said the U.S. denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador after President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. n.pr/3YaVn9X

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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

Release the transcript.

Trump’s order that DOJ investigate ties between Epstein and Democrats is deviously brilliant—an ongoing investigation can be used as a reason, even if pretextual, to block public disclosure of the file. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

This.

California is where bold ideas become world-changing breakthroughs. One in four U.S. Nobel Prizes in science has gone to a California institution, and California is home to more Nobel Prize winners than any country in the world.

How many lies can you fit into one sentence?

⚡️Russian soldier allegedly executes unarmed civilian in Donetsk Oblast, footage shows. Ukraine’s 1st Azov Corps said the victim was clearly in civilian clothing and unarmed, describing the incident as a direct violation of the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians.

⚡️Ukraine liberates 3 villages in Donetsk Oblast, military reports on Independence Day. Ukrainian troops have liberated the villages of Zelenyi Hai, Mykhailivka, and Volodymyrivka, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on Aug. 24.

A tale of two vibes.

Alec Luhn is an old friend. I know some ppl in Norway read me. Please share. The search for him is ongoing: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

If you have information about cases or investigations paused or dropped by either the Department of Justice or the Securities and Exchange Commission, contact Corey G. Johnson at corey.johnson@propublica.org or 917-512-0287.

The decades of granted powers that lead to a US dictatorship.

Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts. He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan. Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.

Of the infinite reasons Bove should be rejected, one I can't stop thinking abt. Fed judges aren't req'd to be members of a state bar. Pres can't pardon away prof'l ethics offenses. But he can give them lifetime appts that make bar licensure unnecessary. It makes his lawyers effectively undeterrable.

Senator Ossoff: “You can't claim to be for working men and women when you defund their hospitals and nursing homes…. You definitely can't claim to be for working men and women when you do these things so you can cut taxes for the richest people in the country.”

Behind every President, there’s a First Lady.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Exclusive: Kerr County, where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every cellphone in the area into a blaring alarm, but officials did not do so before or during the river level rising to record heights.

AAAAAAA I JUST RECORDED THIS!!!! best lightning capture of my life

A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA

Disabled veteran who is a U.S. citizen taken during Camarillo immigration raid

this is how civilizations end