Holly Hexter

One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.

Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency

Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents. The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

USDA’s website spreads more propaganda saying that Democrats choose “genital mutilation procedures” over feeding mothers and babies.

#Autocracy

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

More on this AP blunder from me and @susanrinkunas.com:

And here I was, thinking it was just known as “breaking the law.”

You’re telling me there’s a *strategy* here? Golly, I’m such a rube.

A not insignificant number of people knew the demolition was coming, including people at the White House Historical Association, and did nothing to stop it.

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.

I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.

The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)

Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.

“The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago … The use of thousands of active-duty troops in Chicago also has been discussed”

What could go wrong?

So let me get this straight: Jack Smith investigates a guy who tried to overturn an election and incited an insurrection… and he’s the one being investigated?

We’re not a serious country. We’re a banana republic with better branding…but that’s going to shit, too.

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

it's never been about antisemitism

FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

1/ Very moving interview.

Coach of a college prep baseball team on UWS NYC speaks about half dozen armed ICE agents approaching and harassing the kids (Latino and black youth, all U.S. citizens).

"I am willing to die today" to protect the kids.

2/2 Coach Wilder asks to speak about Tom Homan's statement about going after people based on appearance.

Moving personal account, also discusses chilling effect, absence of people in the park today, kids not showing up to baseball practice Monday after ICE intimidation.

BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.

She orders the agencies to stop.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to implement plans to significantly reduce the federal workforce The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement an executive order calling for mass reductions in the federal workforce. In a brief unsigned opinion, […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement an executive order calling for mass reductions in the federal workforce.

Hey, NYT editors and writers:

Someone is going to look back, 20 or 30 years from now, and ask what you were considering worth your time, and the paper's huge influence, and the readers' attention, in the US of 2025.

Do you want it to be ... *this* ???

BREAKING:

CASA (plaintiff in Maryland birthright citizenship case) has now filed an amended complaint seeking class certification for similarly situated individuals impacted by Trump’s EO.

www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...

Today SCOTUS limited the scope of court orders (called injunctions) blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship order. To be clear, Trump's order is plainly unconstitutional & courts continue to have the power to stop its enforcement. /1

Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.

The Justice Department has demanded that the president of the University of Virginia resign to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Without comment. Keep hammering this.

Can’t there be anything left untainted by this man??

ICE is now posing as the electric company to get access to people’s houses. tucson.com/news/local/b...

Experts Say CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives This Medical News article discusses how recent workforce and program reductions at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will affect public health.

Experts inside and outside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health.

Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky