Karen Palmer

Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it

Wow

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.

So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.

Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.

The Mississippi GOP's main project has been to roll back the civil rights movement, starting with the re-segregation of public schools. ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 mn over 6 years from state coffers.

As respiratory virus season sets in and the holidays approach, we are reminding everyone to protect themselves against COVID-19, influenza (flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by getting updated vaccines for the 2025-26 respiratory virus season. More at doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh...

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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:

I just unlocked a new level of rage.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning.

They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:

No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism

AND

Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”

"kristi noem and corey lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together"

absolutely cursed sentence

“.. The ECB found that around 26% of its survey respondents reported switching away from U.S. products.”

“.. High-income households are more likely to switch away from U.S. goods ..”

@reuters.com
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I wish people would stop fixating on causes and cures for Autism and neurodiversity more broadly. It's time people listen to us, especially Neurodivergent people of color, women and others who are often excluded. Let actually Autistic and Neurodivergent people take the lead. This shouldn't be hard.

And right on time, too.

Federal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore all National Institutes of Health grants to UCLA, roughly $500 million, that the government suspended in July.

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Pentagon's Attack on Free Speech Doesn't Have To Work When it comes to things the government can’t do without violating the First Amendment, imposing prior restraints on what the media can report is near the top of the list, absent a compelling rationale...

The Pentagon Papers case gives us important insight into why having a free press matters so much. This week has taught us that we have a role to play in protecting the 1st Amendment, & (to quote a woman who would have made a great president), when we fight, we win. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Executive Branch cannot whitewash a vindictive and selective prosecution by running it through a prosecutor who turns a blind eye to the motivations that launched it. And this is hardly the only time the President has sought to use DOJ to get revenge: The U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia was forced from office for not vindictively charging New York Attorney General Letitia James.1 In our case, the Chief of the Criminal Division resigned rather than bring this vindictive prosecution himself. That Mr. McGuire professes to believe that this case is a righteous one, while claiming ignorance of its origins, is no answer to our motion. It’s a dodge. In the government’s telling, this case started on April 27, 2025, when HSI Nashville presented the case to Mr. McGuire. (Dkt. 121-1 ¶ 4). That ignores weeks of retributive government conduct punishing Mr. Abrego for challenging his unlawful deportation: officials’ statements that he is a “gangbanger,” “monster,” “predator,” “terrorist,” and “wife beater”; an Oval Office Abbott and Costello routine about how neither President Trump nor President Bukele nor Attorney General Bondi—Mr. McGuire’s ultimate boss—had the power to return him; and the ultimate decision, made by officials senior to Mr. McGuire before the case was presented to him, to gin up an investigation and prosecution. (Dkt. 105 at 8-12). On the facts, the government’s perspective is conveniently tunnel visioned. On the law, what Mr. McGuire may believe is irrelevant. Despite the government’s many distractions, Mr. Abrego has presented clear, unrebutted evidence of vindictiveness warranting dismissal or, at a minimum, discovery and a hearing.

Lawgeeks, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's reply filing in support of his motion to dismiss the criminal case in Tennessee for vindictive and selective prosecution is an excellent, powerful (and short) read.

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11-Year-Old Expelled After Taking Gun Away from Classmate, Friend Says He 'Acted Out of Courage and Compassion' The mother of a Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her 11-year-old son was expelled for taking a gun away from a classmate. Savitra McClurkin said her son was expelled after admi...

An 11-year-old Michigan boy was expelled from school for a year after he took a gun away from a classmate, disarmed and disassembled it, according to his mother

He’s now enrolled in a non-accredited online program as he tries to keep up

I SO loved this show. I'm probably going to have to watch it all again.

When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court.

Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.

Last night, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee forced language into the budget bill that would deregulate almost every weapon—not just silencers—regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA).

These protections on especially deadly firearms have existed for nearly a century.

“Fighting for Russia without a single Russian among us”

Moscow’s forced mobilization is wiping out indigenous men from colonized regions like the Yukaghirs, now with less than 2,000 left.

Make Moscow Pay The case for seizing Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defense.

Good work here. This must happen.
www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/make-...

Estimated Budgetary Effects of a Bill to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025

The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through:
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

Amusing because someone I know sent me screenshots from Duolingo being weird AF with anti-labor conversation scripts earlier this week.

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

The US is now almost alone in climate change denial. Worse, the Trump administration is destroying even our capacity to understand it
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/c...

We keep saying people are going to have to feel serious pain before they wake up. Alabama is about to find out…

House Republicans just passed legislation that would cut up to $300 billion from SNAP.

1 in 7 Alabamians rely on SNAP— Republicans are screwing their own constituents the hardest.

Ever wondered why Trump & MAGA always lie so wildly about numbers without a care in the world? Watch Angela Lansbury explain the reason. It’s crucial to understanding Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone” tactic.

From Verizon to CBS, from Meta and Google, corporations show that they are not people. Because people are protesting, calling out elected leaders and anyone trying to silence them or sacrifice our freedoms for the power profit! #civilrights protect everyone and these companies know it!

The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.

Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.

202-224-3121.