Mario Bruzzone

Every generation gets the "Miss Cleo went bankrupt? How did she not see that coming?" it deserves

Or, to butcher Keynes:

The public can remain irrational, misinformed and just plain wrong longer than you can remain credible.

I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.

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Ravioli again for Thanksgiving 2025. Homemade, handmade, with homemade sauce.

Would love to participate if this is open to strangers

Federal judge orders ICE agents in Colorado to follow law, stop ‘pattern’ of illegal arrests The 66-page decision came three weeks after four immigrants testified that ICE agents had arrested them without warrants and without first checking to see whether they were likely to flee.

Federal judge orders ICE agents in Colorado to follow law, stop ‘pattern’ of illegal arrests trib.al/PT1xLFK

This is pure evil. Even for this administration. Imagine fleeing persecution, leaving everything and everyone you know, beginning a new life from scratch. Then, when you finally think you are safe, learn you are forced to relive the nightmare all over again for no legitimate reason

Refugees already endure 14+ months of rigorous vetting before entering the U.S. Why punish people who followed every rule? Re-interviewing 200,000 Biden-era refugees isn’t about security. This is Political theater.

This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.

Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says The Trump administration plans to review all refugees admitted during the Biden years, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. This move could...

The AP also has the story here:

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Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!

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A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.

I’ve been REALLY reticent to use the term “disappear” to refer to people arrested by immigration enforcement, even when there’s now routinely a lag of hours or days before loved ones know where they’re being held.

This is an actual literal disappearance. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/i...

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

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NILC Statement on Trump’s New Attempt to Resurrect Harmful “Public Charge” Wealth Test

The Trump administration today proposed to end a 2022 public charge policy that had given immigrants certainty about how this centuries old wealth test will apply to them.

It appears they are replacing it with chaos and only allowing 30 days for public comment

Ty!

That’s helpful, thanks. I’m assuming nothing about adjusting assignments to asynchronous? I know it’s a contested topic

Professional curiosity: what guidance (if any) have you got from your District or your union (if any, sigh)?

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations

DHS is diverting money appropriated to fighting terrorism and child trafficking to deportations.

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Not to get too philosophical here but nullification has at least 3 possibilities:

-jury denies that the action merits the legally mandated consequence
-jury denies that the specific law itself is morally valid
-jury denies the case law interpretation of what qualifies as the crime

New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.

Remember the New York woman who gave ICE two middle fingers while wearing a polka dot dress?

The New York Immigration Coalition is auctioning off her iconic dress to support immigrants in need. Comme des Garcons! Please RT!

Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

This game is wild

Having to go and teach is a very fair constraint!

So #2 is a 1st person narrator (“my eyes”) which means that the evaluation is different — “does this convey a personality through voice?” is key, not just control of language. That feels the strongest of the 4?

#3 shifted metaphors or had a disjuncture (hedges -> cassette tapes) that jarred my ear

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL., Plaintiffs, V. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL., Defendants. * * * * * * * * * * * Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT MEMORANDUM AND ORDER October 31, 2025 TALWANI, D.J. Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc. No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4]; Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138 Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L. No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available 10 Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 26 Filed 10/31/25 Page 11 of 15 through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at 93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" (emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

Public Inspection: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents

Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.

Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated

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