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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#NoKingsNYC #HandsOffNYC No Kings, NYC 3.28.2026 WE THE PEOPLE MARCH AGAIN THE ABUSES HAVE NOT STOPPED NEITHER WILL WE! We affirm our right to speak freely, to publish the truth, and to gather in protest.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR)
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President
Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United
States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS
holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.?
eSec Noem
I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views
' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783).
2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word)
"damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary
Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90
Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination).
Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or
entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching
Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software
engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology
department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law.
Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome
of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a
substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a
stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See
Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not
cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959
lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them.
For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under
5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on Sunrise Wind offshore Long Island. With the ruling, all five under-construction offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration have been allowed to resume work.

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mkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Another protest tomorrow; 5:30; Foley Square.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 22/06/2025

Alright, I expect everyone who was with me a month ago about the risks of individual GFMs, to give to WCK now that they're back operating, yeah?

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Lander is being release now from DHS/ICE custody now.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 17/06/2025

FYI: Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, and Scott Stringer have all turned up at Federal Plaza to protest Lander's arrest. I deleted my other skeet because it was shared before Myrie spoke so I didn't know he was there

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/06/2025

This is Manhattan specifically which is the largest rally. But there were protests in all 5 boroughs

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/06/2025

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

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mkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I can’t make this but you should go.

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mkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Brooklyn Tesla protest less than 100 people today. I guess it’s raining?

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This thread and the piece at the end are incredible. SCOTUS ruled just before 1am and Chris wrote a thread through the night and published a full, polished analysis at 4:41am. I must note that Chris wrote this on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride — to the hour.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Tens of thousands of Anti-Trump protesters met at Bryant Park and are marching in Midtown Manhattan. "Protect Migrants, Protect the Planet - Marcha por los migrantes y por el planeta" Our City, Our Fight! Nuestra ciudad, Nuestra lucha!

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Ivan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This is interesting. Most national pollsters haven’t yet produced surveys on Trump approval post tariff-induced market meltdown. Rasmussen, on the other hand, though they are notoriously skewed to the right, polls every day, rolling tracker style. Here’s their data for the last 10 daily tracks…

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mkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Sounds like the next protest is April 19th.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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Sansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 02/02/2025

Person who's only lived through three era-defining crises before: "getting some era-defining crisis vibes from this"

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Elon's involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race cost his candidate around 5% of the vote--even though he spent $25 million dollars on his behalf. Elon's endorsee ran 5 points behind the other statewide Republican candidate. That's an unbelievably negative return on investment.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise. “Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”

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A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior

Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...

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Andrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Every single person I know who's smarter than me about computers read this headline and began levitating. Their eyes turned black and they started speaking like the oracles in a Grecian play.

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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

AOC has done a great job of communicating on here what is it isn’t effective, and after a phone campaign to tank a bill that would’ve criminalized being gay on the Internet, she confirmed that it was the calls that did it.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 11/03/2025

the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The study has been published in Science. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An illustration of the bispecific antibodies the Stanford-led research team developed to neutralize the virus that causes COVID-19. Named “CoV2-biRN,” these two antibodies work together by attaching to different areas of the virus. Credit: Christopher O. Barnes/Adonis Rubi

The bispecific antibodies target two areas of the virus: One attaches to the “NTD,” or Spike N-terminal domain, an area on the virus that does not change very much. This allows the second antibody to attach to the “RBD,” or receptor-binding domain, essentially preventing the virus from infecting human cells. Credit: Christopher O. Barnes/Adonis Rubio

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The push for *another* continuing resolution from Trump/Johnson is a good reminder that one of Republicans key weaknesses is that they just suck at legislating. Dems had already passed the American Rescue Plan and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by this time their last two trifectas

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

My favorite Harris campaign invention is how everyone got furious in the immediate aftermath about ground game and how worthless it was and blah blah blah. And then once the map was complete and the votes were counted, it turns out that good ground game is worth like 3-4 points.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This does *not* mean no flu shots in the US next year - not by itself, anyway. The WHO picked and published their recommended strains as always. This year. It’s an A/H1N1, an A/H3N2, and a B/Austria (+ a B/Phuket for quadrivalent shots*). US manufacturers *can* still use the WHO guidelines.

who.int

Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025–2026 northern hemisphere influenza season

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025–2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The announcement...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.

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mkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I thought this thread was interesting (and of course detour into time zones is always good time)

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Reporters, commentators, etc. not quite understanding the actual work ability of a programmer is one of these problems that I think is starting to surface. A fair portion of my work is leading engineering teams doing automations interfacing with very complicated government regulations.

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hold off on USAID obituaries and suggesting staff have gone. Most actions so far are under legal challenge, only Congress can get rid of USAID (and its funding), the staff are on administrative leave. What has happened is terrible, but it is time to push back, not give in.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

As a patriotic American, I would like my country to stop doing bad, harmful things and start doing good, constructive things. Making good policy is hard and well-intentioned people can be unintentionally cruel. But avoiding intentional cruelty is not hard.

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