Crazy Italian Lady

Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.

This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.

England health officials identify newly evolved variant of mpox Virus caught by person who travelled to Asia combines more severe form of mpox with less virulent type

Do you enjoy finding new ways to change and evolve? Love to travel? Always up for meeting new people? You could be the next new mpox variant. 🦠

When multiple strains of a virus are circulating at the same time, they can recombine in novel ways…this time it’s mild, but next time?
(Ahem, vaccines!)

We no longer have the right to complain about anything the criminal regime does because...we continue to fund it through our income tax. Maybe an uncomfortable reality, but a reality, none-the-less.

The DOJ has confirmed that President Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured January 6 police officers.

With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF

This UCSD story is driving the national conversation around math education right now. There is plenty of evidence that math outcomes are not nearly where we'd want them to be, but Matt has a predictably nuanced and research-backed take. #edusky

Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...

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America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage

OK, seriously. This is wild.

Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;

In Newsom, we concluded that we had the power to review the President's decision to deploy troops to enforce federal law in Los Angeles. 141 F.4th at 1045- 47. What standard of review do we use? We concluded that courts must defer to the President's determination that a statutory precondition for federalizing the National Guard has been met so long as that determination "reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (citing Sterling, 287 U.S. at 399). Although we did not "further specify the precise standard that governs our review," id., we described the standard as one that is "especially deferential," id. at 1047. I am concerned that such deference sounding in horizontal separation of powers concerns-cannot be reconciled with vertical separation of powers principles found in the Domestic Violence Clause. And no matter the appropriate standard of review, one thing is clear: It does not require courts to turn a blind eye to pretext. Courts are "not at liberty to shut [their] eyes to an obvious mistake, when the validity of the law depends upon the truth of what is declared." Baker v. Carr,

The question in this case is not how the President directs the National Guard, but whether the National Guard may be deployed to Oregon against the wishes of the state in the first place. The President has made certain statements in support of his › In her dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc in Newsom, Judge Berzon provided a thoughtful analysis explaining why exceptional deference to the President's determinations is not appropriate in this context. See Newsom v. Trump, - F.4th --, 2025 WL 2977104, at *3-10 (9th Cir. Oct. 22, 2025) (Berzon, J., dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc). 50 25-6268 Case: 25-6268, 12/08/2025, DktEntry: 100.1, Page 53 of 93 proposed course of action. The issue for us is how much deference do we owe to those justifications? There are, of course, circumstances where the judiciary, as a coordinate branch of government, must accord great respect to Presidential determinations of fact. But the cases in which we have been "especially deferential" are largely limited to national security and foreign affairs. Neither context is implicated here.

The upshot of all this is that although there are certainly circumstances where the President's findings deserve substantial deference, in the context of the interpretation and invocation of the constitutional terms at issue, the President's findings cannot be the last word. Absolute fealty is not required here. We have the capacity both to define constitutional terms and to make findings as to whether the President's asserted basis for action comes within that definition. Just as we would not entrust the President to judge for himself whether a tax was proportional, art. I, § 8, cl. 1, whether a regulation gave preference to one port over another, art. I, § 9, cl. 6, or whether a rule was properly within the scope of the Commerce Clause, art. I, § 8, cl. 3, there is no reason for the judiciary to accept at face value the President's determination that a condition of insurrection or rebellion exists within a state or that he is unable to execute the law through ordinary means.

(3) concludes that the standard applied by the Ninth Circuit panel in Newsom v. Trump was likely wrong (and praises Judge Marsha Berzon's dissent to that en banc request) because "there is no reason for the judiciary to accept at face value" a presidential determination on these issues; and

There are, of course, circumstances where the judiciary, as a coordinate branch of government, must accord great respect to Presidential determinations of fact. But the cases in which we have been “especially deferential” are largely limited to national security and foreign affairs. Neither context is implicated here. For example, we have long recognized that “the Executive’s evaluation of the underlying facts is entitled to” additional deference “in the context of litigation involving ‘sensitive and weighty interests of national security and foreign affairs.’” Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. 667, 708 (2018) (quoting Holder v. Humanitarian L. Project, 561 U.S. 1, 33–34 (2010)). This deference is due in part because we assume that the President has superior access to information, including information for which we have few tools for assessing. See United States v. Curtiss-Wright Exp. Corp., 299 U.S. 304, 320 (1936). Thus, “when it comes to collecting evidence and drawing factual inferences in this area, ‘the lack of competence on the part of the courts is marked,’ and respect for the Government’s conclusions is appropriate.”

Full disclosure: Bybee does hype up the president's powers in the national security/foreign affairs context — but, for today, to say, "Neither context is implicated here."

Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump

Excellent

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The grift goes on.

Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE

“Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE:
“Taking children from their families is not normal,” a speaker told the crowd in Queens, where Yuanxin Zheng attended school until being detained.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...

The people need to quit funding this.

I have and I will continue to cut off anyone, family or otherwise, who supports the horrors going on. I don't associate with people who perpetrate crimes against humanity and I don't associate with those who support people who perpetrate crimes against humanity. Evil. This is evil; not political.

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Wait, you forgot the part about everyone who is complaining about it still sending their tax dollars to the feds to fund it. Who does this? Who complains about criminals while funding them? We do. It is us. We are their funders. We are just as guilty.

Wait, you forgot the part about everyone who is complaining about it still sending their tax dollars to the feds to fund it. Who does this? Who complains about criminals while funding them? We do. It is us. We are their funders. We are just as guilty.

BLS to Skip October PPI Report The BLS will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation, and will instead roll those figures into a postponed November report to be published on Jan. 14.

"The Bureau of Labor Statistics will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation..."

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Trump's America 2025

Rural America is getting what it voted for. If it means they won't be around to vote again, I see no problem.

A protest turns into chaos as ICE terrorize a neighborhood.

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This just happened so location isn’t known yet. If someone recognizes this neighborhood please tell me. I’m still trying to find out. There were children in the crowds when ICE deployed gas.

OSU alumni hold photos of billionaire Les Wexner with Jeffrey Epstein while demanding testimony “We believe Wexner’s testimony will shed light,” former OSU wrestler Tom Lisy said about the abuse allegations against Dr. Richard Strauss.

“We're here today to express dismay that Leslie Wexner is avoiding service of a court ordered subpoena for deposition in the case of Richard Strauss," a former campus doctor said to have abused dozens of men.

OSU’s board chair is both the father & law partner of Wexner’s lawyer, Matthew Zeiger.

First Amendment.

The 22-day gap in the pipe bomber affidavit: the government's desperate attempts to cover up that he's MAGA. If you missed it live yesterday, you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/_uiK9fz...

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

Trump's own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud, records reveal:

The Trump admin has argued Fed governor Lisa Cook may have committed fraud by declaring more than one primary residence. ProPublica found Trump once did that very thing he called "deceitful and potentially criminal."

Karoline Leavitt’s Brother Had Grim Custody Fight With ICE-Arrested Ex ICE arrested Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, in November.

Oh, yes, KL, not CL. The Caroline with a C had class and grace.
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