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Jillian Jalali

@jillianjalali.bsky.social
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I tell stories about our criminal justice system - Host of Court Junkie podcast (currently in my “mom of little kids” era though)

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Jillian Jalali @jillianjalali.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sick sick sick
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/07/2025
Breaking News: The Supreme Court said the U.S. could deport eight migrants to South Sudan, even though they have no connection to the war-torn nation.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan
The court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The United States announces the approval of a $510 million sale to Israel of bomb guidance kits and related support, after Israel expended significant munitions in its recent conflict with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Via AFP
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them. Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/06/2025
NPR speaks with a British orthopedic surgeon who just returned from his fourth medical mission to Gaza. He says many people he operated on were civilians and were shot while trying to reach food aid.
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British doctor says many he treated in Gaza were civilians shot trying to reach aid
NPR speaks with a British orthopedic surgeon who just returned from his fourth medical mission to Gaza. He says many people he operated on were civilians and were shot while trying to reach food aid.
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
If you ever wondered why @harvard.edu is so vigorously defending the right for international students to enroll here, just read about Magaga Enos, a new HGSE admit from Kenya. Our whole community benefits when students like him are among us. Excerpts here, full story linked below.
Description of a Kenyan man feeling devastated when he found out about Trump's presidential proclamation banning international students from enrolling in Harvard. He had been admitted, granted a visa, and bought a plane ticket departing July 4. He did not know what to tell his grandmother, who had sold her farm and cattle to help pay for his education.Description of the man's dedication to girls' education, motivated by his mother's experience. Explanation that he and his family and friends are financing his education by selling land and possessions, a GoFundMe page, and financial aid from Harvard.Picture of the new admitted student and his grandmother.Description of the Harvard International Office's message resonating with the man and his family, including his grandmother, who has hope that he might be able to attend.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Great question
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025
It’s not just Gambia. We got internal cables, notes and other records that show how U.S. diplomats have intervened on behalf of Starlink in at least four other developing nations. All while the U.S. has withdrawn foreign aid from those same countries.
Article excerpt: In Bangladesh, U.S. diplomats pressed Starlink’s case “early and often” with local officials, partnered with Starlink to “build an educational strategy” for their counterparts and helped arrange a conversation between Musk and the nation’s head of state, according to a recent cable. The embassy’s work started under Biden but bore fruit only after Trump took office.

Their efforts resulted in Bangladesh approving Starlink’s request to do business in the country, the top U.S. diplomat there said last month, a sign-off that Musk’s company had sought for years.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It’s amazing how this 25-year-old system was working fine *right* up to the point where DOGE started fucking with it, and then it suddenly broke. They’re like arsonists who set fires so just they can rush in and save people
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Honestly this is just incredible content.
Tweet from Charlie Spiering @charliespiering: "Photos show Mike Waltz literally checking Signal during the cabinet meeting (via Reuters)" UNderneath is a zoomed in picture of a phone with the chats open. You can see chats with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, someone whose last name ends with "cheidt," and a group chat labeled "NSC Scheduling." You can see You can see that JD Vance's chat has a text saying "I have confirmation from my counterpart it's turned off. He is going to be here..."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A well-oiled machine 🫠
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/04/2025
Over 1,000 international students had their legal status snatched by the Trump admin—no warning, no hearing, no due process. This ain’t immigration policy. It’s a power trip.
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More than 1,000 international students have had their visas or legal status revoked
More than 1,000 international students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I did not think this was real
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration for nearly eight weeks. She fears arrest if she is deported.
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She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Welcome to the dumbest administration
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
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Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Police in Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who lost her pregnancy at 19 weeks. They then charged her with concealing the death of another person and abandonment of a dead body in a case that has alarmed reproductive-health experts and other advocates. My latest: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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A Disturbing Advance in Fetal Personhood
Authorities arrested a Georgia woman they acknowledge had miscarried and brought charges over how she disposed of the remains.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/03/2025
"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77q
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H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 26/03/2025
Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed” The chat:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Apparently to be war plans you have to say “ok guys check out these War plans”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Democratic leaders: What would Republicans do if a Democrat did what Hegseth did? Fucking do that.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2025
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 23/03/2025
Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ
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Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Joe Gallina: If you could speak directly to Donald Trump, what would you tell him? Gov. JB Pritzker: What does Vladimir Putin have on you?
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Jillian Jalali @jillianjalali.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Sigh
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The current priorities
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.
Logarithmic chart showing the case and death rates for measles in the USA per 100,000 population. The chart maps dramatic near total declines in both over the last century.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
truly beyond parody
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
There is none. I just DOGEd that shit. Saved you hundreds of millions
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
AP jaw-dropper: “In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan” apnews.com/article/dei-...
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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/02/2025
As I warned: it's the bullshit "Twitter files" all over again. Take uninteresting, unsurprising documents, give them to the dumbest, most gullible people... And watch them craft conspiracy theories out of their own ignorance.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The guy who essentially just won the next chancellorship, Friedrich Merz, has been doing a press tour for the past week or so talking about how America under Trump can’t be trusted and promising to investigate Musk for meddling in the German election.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/02/2025
The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.
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Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling
Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.
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Jillian Jalali @jillianjalali.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I still can’t believe people elected this idiot
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans"
The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/02/2025
A coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked President Trump for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke
After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.
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