Kira
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- Reposted by KiraEXCLUSIVE: Previously unreported remarks from the Civil Rights Division AAG, @HarmeetKDhillon run directly counter to what the President said recently, Congressional Republicans’ SAVE Act, and the conduct of her own office. mimsnewspod.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
- Reposted by KiraIt genuinely seems like the Democratic leadership thinks American are too stupid to understand this stuff. But Senators Kim and Gallego are doing a damn fine job and breaking it down and showing how nakedly corrupt this shit is in a way that would make people insane if they actually saw it.
- Reposted by Kira"Schumer needs to get the hell out": House Democrats fume over DHS funding talks
- Reposted by KiraTrump: "They say, 'Donald Trump is using the Justice Department to get even!' And I don't. But wouldn't I have a right to?"
- Reposted by KiraA tool. A dull one.
- Reposted by Kira‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/do-yo...
- Reposted by KiraImportant: the longstanding Department of Justice manual on election offenses emphasizes respecting states' lead role, not doing voter interviews that might chill voting, and, vitally, not seizing ballots or machines until states have certified a result. But now the manual has gone missing.
- Reposted by Kira*reads the White House post* *chuckles at folks questioning whether Christian nationalism exists*
- Reposted by KiraPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: "More and more leads, more and more information, and more and more commentary in the global press all relate to the suspicion that this unprecedented paedophilia scandal was co-organised by Russian intelligence services."
- Reposted by Kirathinking about the dems' plan to fully fund ice on condition they stop doing already-illegal crimes
- Reposted by KiraThis. Dude is straight up howling at the moon bonkers.
- Reposted by KiraCORRECTION: This rule does not go into effect tomorrow, it goes into effect 30 days after tomorrow. My apology.
- Reposted by Kira🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
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- Reposted by KiraThe Minnesota Lawyer Backlog Arises from ICE Kidnappings emptywheel.net/the-minnesot...
- Reposted by KiraI am running out of ways to convey how disconnected from reality Trump's judicial nominees are. They can't say that Trump lost the 2020 election, they won't say that the January 6 insurrection happened, they don't acknowledge any fact about anything if Trump hasn't authorized them to believe it
- Reposted by KiraFor today's bonus issue of "One First," I wrote about Monday's @nytimes.com scoop regarding Chief Justice Roberts having clerks and other employees sign non-disclosure agreements, and why #SCOTUS's transparency problems run far deeper and wider than just NDAs: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-207-...
- Reposted by KiraThat's what we have to guard against again: Trump goons making it impossible to count votes from places they think they're losing or trying to mess up the EC votes.
- Reposted by KiraRemember? That was the plan in 2020. It wasn't too declare himself the winner of the contested states, it was to throw out those states' EC votes, which would lower the threshold so he could declare himself the winner on Jan. 6.
- Reposted by KiraThis is correct on the numbers. But what happens when Trump's goons seize ballots from just a few places and then declare "oops, we can't rely on the vote count from [likely blue state] bc of irregularities so that states electoral college votes must be discarded"?
- Reposted by Kira“If you read or share only one article today, make it this: HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.” @leahmcelrath.bsky.social No paywall: archive.is/ZmfJC
- ”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.” @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Reposted by KiraMy family was imprisoned behind barbed wire and armed guards by our own government. Not for what they did. But because of who they were. I was born in that internment camp. My family history lives with me every day. It drives me to fight for my neighbors—for their rights and for their dignity.
- Reposted by KiraIn November 2020, the (dumb, baseless) theory was that this involved Smartmatic. It’s useful to reiterate that no matter what lies the incessantly lying Gabbard offers, there’s no evidence that there was anything suspect about the election AT ALL, much less Involving some conspiracy linked to VZ.
- Reposted by KiraIncredible work here by local Chicago journalists investigating two of the especially violent DHS agents terrorizing people in Chicago & MSP. Using body cam footage, after-action reports, social media videos & much more, @unraveledpress.com tells a jarring and must read story:
- Reposted by KiraWe need a fighter, not a Schumer.
- Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. No, masks are never okay. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
- Reposted by KiraThank you to the person (perhaps @danielsuitor.com?) who made public the transcript from yesterday's hearing in front of Judge Blackwell. Here's a link to it:
- If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
- Reposted by KiraYou know, @seancasten.bsky.social is very good at this.
- Reposted by KiraJEFFRIES: We can do this the easy way or the hard way. TRUMP: The hard way. [ONE WEEK LATER] JEFFRIES: I was not prepared for that.
- Reposted by Kira"Senate Dems considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as a demand in negotiating the DHS funding bill. But that was not included in their final list..." Crazy idea: Given what Trump's said, update the "final list" to include it. politi.co/4t6pxt0
- Reposted by Kira(cartoon from the archives)
- "We’re witnessing a murder," writes @ashleyrparker.bsky.social. "Jeff Bezos ... and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by KiraBoth the Wash Post & CBS News are being intentionally destroyed by corporate owners who care more about Trump's approval & their rankings on the most wealthy in the world list than America. One meaningful response is to quit Amazon & Paramount+. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
- Reposted by KiraRefugees allege DHS dragged feet & imposed onerous conditions on those released, retaining their IDs & work permits. DHS has moved to dissolve the TRO, alleging “detain-and-inspect” policy is lawful & mandated by statute below, even if never before interpreted that way. /3
- Reposted by KiraIn Jan. DHS started subjecting 5,600 MN refugees to warrantless mandatory detention 1 year from admission if they hadn't yet become permanent legal residents. On 1/28 Judge Tunheim issued TRO to stop the policy & immediately release those detained. ... /2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by KiraAttys for class of refugees have asked Judge Tunheim in MN to hold govt in civil contempt for alleged failure to comply with his 1/28 order to unconditionally release refugees detained under a new DHS policy that, they say, departs from 45 yrs of practice. /1 www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
- Reposted by KiraThis is what he was willing to do in front of a news crew. Imagine when the cameras are gone.
- Reposted by KiraThis.
- Spencer Cox has been feted by the Times, the Kennedy School and Josh Shapiro as a different kind of Republican. But in his actual job, he just signed a court-packing law. We have to stop inventing "good" Republican pols and accept this is where the party is now. newrepublic.com/article/2061...
- Reposted by KiraThis might as well be called the monument to white supremacy. That's the point. Like the confederate monuments and renaming of military bases and war against DEI.
- Reposted by Kira11/ so fuck this whole thing. Then the self-immolation cuts start. If there’s one thing a local paper needs, a metro paper needs its sports. If you can’t do sports, which has a mass audience, you can’t do anything. When you cut your sports section it’s because you actually don’t want the paper …
- Reposted by KiraCampus leaders say they don’t police “The Rock” unless the content is threatening or profane. The decision has some students and faculty questioning what administrators view as threatening and whom they see as worthy of protection.
- Reposted by KiraThe hallmark (the “brand”) of the Washington Post has been accountability journalism. Thus, today’s staff decimation is Bezos’s greatest gift to Trump, so much more valuable than the Melania movie, inauguration money, etc. This disaster began, for real, with the Harris endorsement he killed.
- Reposted by KiraExtraordinary: In audio recording, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak tells Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Summers he told Russian President Putin that he wanted a million Russians to convert to Judaism and become Israeli; seems to disparage Sephardic Jews. www.threads.com/@middleeaste...
- Reposted by Kira...and when Republicans whine that this wasn't one of the earlier conditions Democrats specified, Democrats simply have to say 1) my bad, and 2) they're adjusting in light of Trump's and Bannon's comments, and this is now a red line for them.
- Reposted by KiraDemocrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall.
- Reposted by KiraIt’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question
- Reposted by KiraIt shouldn’t need to be said, but: Kristi Noem as DHS secretary is not a prosecutor. Criminal charging decisions should only be coming from the Justice Department. This is like saying the Commerce Secretary “ordered” the arrest of someone.
- Reposted by KiraMore here: abcnews.go.com/US/2007-memo...
- Reposted by KiraHere is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- Reposted by KiraI am calling on @icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.
- Reposted by Kira"A 30-year-old Bergen County native, Fox joined the Justice Department in January 2025 as the Chief of Staff and Counsel in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, and was serving as the Associate Deputy Attorney General when Bondi named her to the New Jersey post."
- This is beyond unusual. newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/jo...
- Reposted by KiraI don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.
