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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.” (Published July)
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. n.pr/4Aw2pYX
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Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 13/09/2026
WaPo reports Kennedy Center may close by Tuesday and faces bankruptcy if Trump's name is not added to the center. "Trump is unlikely to provide “fundamental oversight” of that project or lead a financial rescue without “appropriate recognition” of his role." GIFT LINK: wapo.st/4cLnDHP
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cleavon Little taking himself hostage at gunpoint in "Blazing Saddles"
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In the seashells case, the FBI tried for a year to prove Comey was exposed to slang use of “86” to mean “kill” in Mafia cases. They found zero. Indicted anyway. Now a true expert says govt theory is “preposterous.” By me in @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The FBI proved Comey’s innocence. The DOJ indicted anyway.
In the seashells case, the FBI searched for proof that gangsters used “86” to mean “kill” and that Comey knew it. Now an expert says their theory is “preposterous.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
The Trump administration is poised to loosen controls on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from low-producing “stripper wells.” Critics say the deregulation will significantly increase climate pollution while doing little to boost energy output.
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EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 12/09/2026
In a rare move, Chancellor Frenk just publicly and boldly affirmed academic freedom. Oh, wait, no. He did the opposite. The idea that anyone was advancing support for the attacks is absurd and obscene and that’s what they should be ashamed of. Use archive.ps for non-paywall.
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UCLA chancellor rebukes law school event featuring attorney of alleged 9/11 'mastermind'
After a UCLA law school symposium on 9/11 that featured an attorney who represented alleged 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk issued a rare message distancing the u...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel announces his interview with James Talarico has been censored and will not air on television today after Trump’s FCC threatened ABC. It will go on YouTube instead.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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abbymqt.bsky.social @abbymqt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
US DOT to NPR: "…we are [taking down website resources such as the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool]…This is a common sense approach despite the Left's belief that everyone should ride a bike to their shoebox-sized apartment to eat crickets to achieve a phony climate agenda."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We’re suing to bring transparency back to Trump’s State Department—and you can help! Are you aware of an international agreement that the U.S. may have concluded since Jan. 2025? Have you been unable to locate it on the State Department’s site? Let us know 👇 ⬇️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
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Why We’re Suing the State Department Over International Agreements
Lawfare is suing to bring transparency back to international agreements—and you can help.
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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
2018 during Trump 1.0: “This judiciary committee is no longer an independent branch of Congress, and we’re supposed to be,” Leahy said. “The Senate is supposed to be. But we’re an arm, and a very weak arm, of the Trump White House. A resemblance of independence has just disappeared. It’s gone.”
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Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Last American Road Trip @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Democrats: CBS must not be invited/allowed to host any debate in which Dem candidate appears. The penalty for gutter racism and toadyism to a MAGA/fascist regime is that you do not get accorded treatment as a real news outlet. PERIOD.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
DOJ election monitors reportedly tried to access voting machines in Wyoming last week. I’ve spent thousands of hours reporting on past efforts by Trump allies to access machines & copy data. Mark my words: State officials need to be ready for this to happen again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring (Gift Article)
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Damn, dude. You're telling me that when you join a fascist movement you run the risk of having the state apparatus turned against you in a factional dispute? This is the first I'm hearing of this.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From the opinion: “Paying hush money to an adult film star or engaging in a cover-up of an embarrassment are not subsumed in presidential immunity…”
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Who wore it better?
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group are in court for @repbeatty.bsky.social at 2pm ET today, because the Kennedy Center belongs to the American people, not to one man's ego Trump's hand-picked Board is about to find that out. I'll get into it on @ms.now at 12:35ET👇
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Beatty decries ‘breathtaking assault on the rule of law’ ahead of Kennedy Center hearing
The lawmaker said the institution’s Trump-backed board is effectively saying: “What a nice Kennedy Center you have here. What a shame should something happen to it.”
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Ryan Little @ryanlittle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Two ex-DHS officials described the practice of repeatedly rebooking immigrants into two Florida jails as an attempt to evade detention standards. “What it shows is that they were very aware that they were breaking a rule,” a former DHS staffer said. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lutnick is standing outside of the D.C. federal courthouse where Judge Cooper is about to hold a hearing in the Kennedy Center case. Lutnick has no role in the case.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reuters: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SAYS MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS REGULATION NOW IN EFFECT AS COURT CHALLENGES CONTINUE
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is wild. In late 2025, federal and state officials kept a Mexican woman in custody for almost a month by repeatedly rebooking her just before her 72-hour time limit ran out. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026
Stephen Miller said a Chicago apartment building raided by immigration agents was “filled with terrorists.” So why is it that not a single person arrested that night was charged with a crime? 🎧 This is the real story behind the midnight raid. Listen on “Paper Trail”:
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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/08/2026
Tariffs are set to cost the average American family over $2,500 this year.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/08/2026
A German doctor whose hospital treated an unvaccinated boy who later died of diphtheria told our reporter of the infection: “It was taught as history,” he said. In the U.S., measles was taught as history, too. Now it isn’t.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18/08/2026
Election deniers have no place in California's elections, especially when they've already been convicted of interfering in other elections.
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Tina Peters offered job as elections consultant in California
Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters was offered a new role Monday as an assistant registrar of voters for a county in Northern California following her release from prison over efforts to s…
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NPR @npr.org · 17/08/2026
Federal officials acknowledged that ICE special agents tracked a New York man to his house, the airport and a hotel to question him about a critical email he sent to the former head of ICE in January. n.pr/4g0bGQG
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DHS defends investigating agency critics and giving them warning notices
Federal officials acknowledged that ICE special agents tracked a New York man to his house, the airport and a hotel to question him about a critical email he sent to the former head of ICE in January.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
From The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This one is:
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Luxx Noir London's Chef's Kiss
ALT: Luxx Noir London's Chef's Kiss
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
That’s the gist of it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Here's what I think about how Marco Rubio is doing:
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“Sandwich guy case” “Harvard clawed frog embryo smuggling case” “Olympic canoeist reflecting pool vandalism case” “James Comey seashells Instagram post case” New rule: If the case sounds like a Mad Libs story, it’s probably about to implode.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think ... in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.”
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/07/2026
Federal judges say they are losing faith in the Justice Department’s trustworthiness, legal scholars say. “Judges simply don't believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys,” one former federal judge said.
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The way republicans are going after Dr. Fauci you’d think he was prominently mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/07/2026
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. (Published May)
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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Don Jr.’s firm jumping from $200M to $3B in assets since Trump retook office isn’t a sudden burst of business acumen The American people deserve answers I explain on @ms.now w/ @nicollewallace.bsky.social👇
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When US had wildfires, Canada sent us firefighters. When Canada has wildfires (and I personally experienced the DC purple alert), Trump tariffs them. Says it all. My sincere apologies to our Canadian friends. This nightmare will eventually end for us all. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke in US cities
Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This account of how the legislation took shape shows the previously unreported steps that first Lutnick, then Hines took that benefited Tether. Both Hines & Lutnick have rec'd significant benefits from the company.
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