Ken with the apple bottom boots

BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.

Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

At least people have stopped asking when Trump will pivot, when he is clearly getting worse.
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“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame.

“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/c... #copolitics #coleg

Due to the metering policy, asylum seekers began to accumulate on the Mexico side of the border. Many camped near the bridges at ports of entry. In an at- tempt to impose some order, Mexican government offi- cials and nonprofits made lists of people waiting to be processed. U.S. border officials sometimes coordi- nated informally with those keeping lists, but they did not keep lists of their own. Asylum seekers waited in Mexico for days, weeks, or months. Many were subject to persecution and crime, and they often lacked adequate food and shelter. Some were murdered in Mexico while waiting for an oppor- tunity to be processed by U.S. officials. Some at- tempted to reach U.S. soil by other means, such as run- ning down vehicle lanes at ports of entry, so that they could apply for asylum. Others, including young chil- dren, tried to swim across the Rio Grande River and drowned.

The 9th Circuit’s description of what happened after the government introduced the “metering” policy to block asylum seekers at the border. Incredibly bleak. www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/u...

Noem v. Al Otro Lado Issue: Whether an alien who is stopped on the Mexican side of the U.S.–Mexico border “arrives in the United States” within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., which provides that an alien who “arrives in the United States” may apply for asylum and must be inspected by an immigration officer.

The Supreme Court takes up a major immigration case that asks whether the U.S. government can effectively prevent migrants from applying for asylum by blocking them at the border. I am very, very worried about this one. www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...

Alaska Owns Dozens of Deteriorating Schools. Now It Wants Under-Resourced Districts to Take Them On. Rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

NEW: Alaska Owns Dozens of Deteriorating Schools. Now It Wants Under-Resourced Districts to Take Them On.

Rural superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

Former FCC boss Ajiit Pai wearing a suit and holding his giant Reese's coffee mug, which apparently he thought was a funny thing to do while destroying broadband consumer protections and corporate oversight.

Jon Oliver is auctioning off a bunch of stuff to fund public media.

Including Ajit Pai's giant goofy coffee mug (which he used as a stand in for having a personality while he destroyed U.S. corporate oversight during Trump's first term).

bidding is up to $2,125.

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What really, truly sucks is that, from here on out, this person will only be able to fail upwards. That's the system we've created.

MONACO IL SUPPLI • MADElI® CHARLOTTE FOOD AND DRINK 'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's Bakery owner closes store to protect customers Updated 5 hours ago POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Updated 5 hours ago

LOCAL Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee Updated 5 hours ago LOCAL 'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart Updated 6 hours ago LOCAL Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:

“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”

“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”

“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”

“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”

“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

What If the Trump-Epstein Relationship Was Even Worse Than We Thought? Four questions about Trump and Epstein.

"I have four questions, about Trump’s level of culpability, Epstein’s reliability, and what the Good Republicans will do now." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...

if you’re a journalist who wants to talk about how embarrassing this week has been for our profession (the michael wolff, landon thomas jr, nuzzi/bernstein of it all) message me on signal

It's going to be modestly unpopular. The moderates are going to feel real queasy about it.

But the next Democratic admin needs to come in ready, not just to investigate, but to punish legally.

People have to go to prison. There's no argumen that nonconsenusal surgery and med abuse is LE activity.

D.C. Circuit won't review Trump admin contempt appeal further, sending matter back to Boasberg The latest order over the Trump administration's actions sending flights to El Salvador on March 15.

The judge who oversaw the initial challenge to Trump’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly remove people from the country will soon have the authority to continue any contempt proceedings over whether the admin violated his first orders in the case on March 15.

I explain:

Rooftop tent company 4×4 Colorado files bankruptcy, blaming tariffs for closure Rooftop tent company 4×4 Colorado filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, blaming tariffs for closure. The Lakewood-based business owes millions to creditors.

Rooftop tent company 4×4 Colorado files bankruptcy, blaming tariffs for closure trib.al/HyPMJcw

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I can't say I've ever heard v-fib described as a "flare up", usually that's for a chronic condition that occasionally gets temporarily worse. Unlike A-fib, V-fib cannot be a chronic condition, it's either quickly resolved or you die, because blood can't effectively circulate.

True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer

Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...

Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption

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< To help keep abuse off Linkedin, we need a little more info from you I think it's adult content Ex: someone displays sexual images I think it shows or promotes extreme violence or terrorism Ex: torture, rape or abuse, terrorist acts, or recruitment for terrorism I think it's hate speech or harmful conduct Ex: includes racist, homophobic or sexist slurs I think this member is deceased I'm concerned this person may be suicidal Ex: someone threatens to harm themselves I think this features or promotes child exploitation or nudity Ex: Featuring or promoting child exploitation or nudity I think this is an attempt to sell illegal or regulated goods and services EX: Attempts to sell illegal or regulated goods and services, including solicitation of escort services, prostitution and content that depicts and/or promotes sex trafficking or human trafficking

Infuriatingly, you CAN report regular messages for violating this policy — I took this from the report screen from a normal message — you just can’t report ads for it. So I guess @linkedin.com is fine with people soliciting prostitution as long as they pay LinkedIn for the privilege?

Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”

Okay. Here's the thing with Aaron. The transcriptions aren't always accurate.

Miran says "disinflationary," not "deflationary." Disinflationary is when the rate of inflation declines; deflationary is when inflation goes negative. The latter is REALLY BAD; the former, not so much.

A Berlin court ordered Google to pay $542 million to German price comparison platform Idealo after finding the tech giant had abused its dominant market position reut.rs/3M2KGmP

We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.

This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.

Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
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OK but (a) lie detector tests are junk science and (b) they don’t work if the subject is crying

I had the thought myself, yeah!

Yeah like oh geez, one wonders why a teenager either in high school or working their ass off for crap pay, who didn't have a lawyer, failed to respond to the request for supplemental briefing.

You are understanding it correctly! Through no fault of their own, despite being approved for SIJS, they may still be deported because Congress decided to link SIJS to visa availability, visas are so backlogged that that means a multi-year wait, and SIJS itself doesn't protect from deportation.

Yep, the 10,000 limit on U Visas is so patently absurd. There are people who will have their application for a U Visa approved this year who won't get their visa until the 2040s.

This backlog is less about streamlining and more about how Congress set visa numbers in 1990, and has made effectively ZERO changes to this system in the last 35 years.

In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.