🤨 BUSY DAY, DONALD⁉️
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🤨 BUSY DAY, DONALD⁉️
Teaching National Security Law... With an emphasis on avoiding that pesky "torture" bugaboo. (Probably)
Pine community here has a similar scragginess, had me going for a moment.
Known to me as "Castle Rocks", view from the south west… Any chance we're in the same forest? (San Jacinto State Park Southern California) 🤔
Is it just me or is it imperative that one download TikTok and create an account to view this? 🤔
If it happens today, we’ll already have a built-in holiday that can simply be extended to a week
Wow! I have observed this in the Border Patrol but not been able to break it down like this. 1/2
Cruelty as virtue
"An active assault on virtue, wherever it exists" www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...
And a huge thank you to @annabower.bsky.social , @kyledcheney.bsky.social , @joshuajfriedman.com and other reporters who chronicled today’s hearing live, so we could track the malfeasance in real time. Here is Bower’s full report www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
when a judge gets woken up at two in the morning to deal with your bullshit it is generally advisable to stop producing new bullshit such that they can get some sleep at some point the next day
Can we stop to talk about how remarkable the timing was? Compliant at 1am, Judge engaged at 2am, ex parte call to the Government at 2:30am (they did not answer), TRO at 4am? On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
👊GRATITUDE👊 Wish I could be there with y'all!
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Anna’s threads on these legal proceedings are great. If you follow me you have likely seen me repost more than one. More info about the non-profit she does this work through:
Happy Caturday everyone!
@kdbyproxy.bsky.social Hope you're enjoying the weekend ;-)
In other news:
Bobby Brainworm, Eugenics Czar of the USA In 1964 Erich Fromm defined these personality-disordered as “the quintessence of evil”. He characterized the condition as “the most severe pathology and the root of the most vicious destructiveness and inhumanity.”
A fortuneteller says: “You will die on a national holiday.” The tyrant asks: “How do you know?”
DAILY MEMO: Agents Arrest San Bernardino Man 2 Weeks After They Fired Gun Shots at Him @eltragon.bsky.social
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Truth. Stand up for our children and their children. Stand up for our country. Call and write your congressmen. Stand up in protest. Don’t give up!
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me:
It's another Emptywheel Friday when Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel.bsky.social and I recap as much of the important news of the week to help keep you informed as we can fit in. Join us today at 3ET/noon PT at youtu.be/DJYD3l8GTUk, nicolesandler.com, pod later, emptywheel.net, nicolesandler.substack.com
Cops are great
TLDR but wondering what the diluent was 🤔
So I'm reading this NY Post story, "Newsom’s wife, Jennifer, raking in as much as $300K a year from political mega-donors and nonprofit"… "$150,000 a year for a 40-hour work week… Huge companies… [charity] fundraising gala… up to $25,000 each" and I start laughing 😁… 1/ nypost.com/2025/08/27/u...
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
This is a brilliant thread, the marshmallow test analogy should be used relentlessly!
Don't look away
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Today is Friday, Aug 29. Good morning ❤️ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
The Conspiracists is an Official Selection at the 2025 Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival this November in New Orleans. This one’s meaningful—it’s my chance to share the ethnography behind the film at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting. #documentary #film
wrote about thunderbolts, which really shows the MCU's utter exhaustion and irrelevance at this point. 9/11 imagery, confused dreams of american resurgence, vague acknowledgement of fascism before running after nonsense...even the fight scenes are rote. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/thunderbol...
The Seasteading Institite?!? Y’all I cannot express in fewer than 20,000 words just how fucking BONKERS the Seasteading crowd is.
The spin will be interesting
Doomers: The 2026 election doesn't matter, Republicans are just going to rig the whole thing anyway Various red state republican incumbents: I'm just going to quit now because if I run in 2026 I'm going to get absolutely killed
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
Colorado, you in danger, girl.
a person offering teens free advice on how to take their own life: a monster, immediate jail for life at best a person who owns a company that makes money off giving teens advice on how to take their own life: a genius, this will save civilization, we must give you all the money
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
“Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.” Jesse Merkel spoke at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where his 8-year-old son, Fletcher, was one of two children fatally shot at a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday. Read more: nyti.ms/45HBSKN
Can’t wait to hear the report
8/28/25😳 second time this month, Justice Department dropped charges against a client represented by Pam’s brother abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
America’s Mussolini.
Absolutely Fuck this guy.
‘Lacking Legitimacy’: Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With RFK Jr. After CDC Leadership Exodus He called on a key government vaccine panel to postpone its upcoming meeting. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Point taken. It does mention a "Biden era decision" denying her the ceremony but no background. My final analysis 🧐 a symbolic cherry on top of the fecal cream sundae that was the $5 million settlement Ms Babbitt received in the "wrongful death" case.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Another disgusting move from the traitor in the White House.
@noellecook.com
Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.
Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”
Russia has lost its mind a long time ago.Today,#Ukraine is the only country actively&directly fighting against Putin.Ukraine is successfully resisting&shielding Europe Ukraine is fighting a monster.Russia planned to defeat Ukraine in 3days, yet more than three years have passed
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
This is kidnapping. Outright criminal kidnapping. www.latimes.com/california/s...
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
The recently selected chair of a North Carolina county Board of Elections was charged for allegedly drugging ice cream from Dairy Queen with MDMA and Cocaine and giving them to his two grandchildren
What does one even say?
A judge just ordered the U.S. to repay Jan. 6 rioter Yvonne St. Cyr $2,270. Because her case was on appeal, Trump’s clemency vacated her conviction—not just pardoned it. Vacatur “wipes the slate clean.” Her story is central to The Conspiracists film & my forthcoming book. noellecook.com/book
Anyone else notice a pattern in the government officials Trump is firing?
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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I always thought it was an empty boast to crow about being blocked by a fuckery account... Until today. 😎
One of those takes that seems intuitively wrong to everyone except for $TSLA investors, and is also flat out absurd to anyone who's taken even an undergraduate level course in sensors. Truly a Musk special.
Marc Elias for US AG 2028!
Never thought I'd be reposting a National Review piece, but...
Fuuuuh 🤦🏻♂️
This memo is being sent to Democratic leaders/elites, arguing that directly attacking Trump's deployment of the National Guard in DC is politically unwise. It encourages the use of terms like distraction and stunt. (I am not endorsing this kind of thinking at all. ) www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bz9d8...
what
bsky.app/profile/kern...
Keep this in mind as Glendale heads into local election season and the same folks who rioted over lgbtq inclusive books at the school district & screamed about bike lanes at city council rally around candidates who promise to protect parking lots above all else. More on likely candidates here:
17 democratic senators voted to confirm this woman as labor secretary
Despite backsliding in the US, global investment in renewable energy stayed strong in the first half of 2025. This is the energy of the future, and the GOP is letting the rest of the world develop it.
News Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan loses her bid to dismiss her indictment on immunity and 10th Amendment grounds. The judge will hold a hearing on Sept. 3 to discuss scheduling. Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reno to LA, amazing weather the whole way. How is Horace?
When vandals destroyed The road signs on my street they Pulled out all the stops #haikufeels #haiku
In “The Lord of the Rings, a ‘palantír’ is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth & present selective visions of reality. During the War of the Ring, a palantír falls under the control of Sauron, who uses it to manipulate & deceive. Thiel’s Palantir is falling under the control of Trump.”
So when we first showed up at the Union Station today, we ran ICE off as soon as we got here.
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I think so. Just spent 8 hours in the car🫠
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“Trump suggested late on Sunday on social media that Disney-owned ABC (DIS.N) and Comcast-owned (CCZ.N) NBC are biased and mostly air ‘bad stories’ about him, and as a result, should, ‘according to many, have their licenses revoked by the FCC.’” 8/25/25 www.reuters.com/business/tru...
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis is leaning toward issuing another restraining order to block Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate deportation to Uganda at least through this week — she wants an evidentiary hearing on Friday.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during check-in www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...
Exactly?!
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I cannot remember a time in my lifetime when the leadership of the Democratic Party was more ill-equipped to face the moment We should be well into a strategy by now, instead we have historic declines in registration despite Trump doing something every day that should be building support
I think there’s a word for this. . . Hmm, maybe he’s a fucking SPY!!!!! 🙄
Ten minutes out here and my adrenal glands ache. 🙃