Kristin Pearson

A group of former lawyers from the U.S. Justice Department and major law firms launched a new nonprofit on Monday to take on cases for free opposing actions by the Trump administration @davidjthomas.bsky.social reut.rs/4lgJTLc

NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.

Then the harassment began.

Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.

Six credible threats to his life.

More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:

AI warping time.

I also see “fokken,” fwiw.

The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...

This is an amazing thread

Love going to the brink for no reason on every issue with this admin

English translation: Trump was wrong about Putin

Paris.

I'm not sure a bunch of barely coherent deals full of ambiguities and impossible-to-deliver-in-spirit promises are going to make for a great long-term combo with a President who gets bored easily, lives to feel agrieved, and loves the power and attention he gets when wielding the US tariff code.

Most politicians from North Carolina are going to reference their faith and if that's something you -- someone who is not from North Carolina -- do not like, you are perfectly welcome to shut the fuck up.

Consider also how few professional women feel they have any safe margin to allow for mistakes or mediocrity in their work (both risks of AI-generated output). Especially in male-dominated fields, women can’t afford to use a machine that shits the bed even 5% of the time

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

girls only want one thing and it’s the railroad museum of pennsylvania

Congrats!! That’s awesome. 🎉

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

Okay, just generated another gift link. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

“The [IDF] soldier added, ‘We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there's no danger to the forces.’”

Here’s a gift link: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A USDA spokesperson just told me that out of the 1,400 USFS staffers with firefighting qualifications who took voluntary resignations and retirements this year, they were able to get only 65 back into active duty.

Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli has aggressively pushed for indictments in the high-profile prosecutions of people arrested during demonstrations against federal immigration actions in Southern California, le...

I cannot overemphasize how rare it is for both a) a grand jury to return no true bill and b) a reporter to get around grand jury secrecy rules to confirm it

Opening a sandwich shop but the sandwiches are arms control treaties.
SALT: Salami Avocado Lettuce Tomato
NPT: Nutella Peanut-butter Tahini
CTBT: Chicken Tomato Bacon Tzatziki
ABM: Arugula Beef Mustard
TPNW: Turkey Provolone Nectarine Watercress

Yep! It’s correct and I *love* it!! Thank you for making my day!!! ☺️

I just got home from seeing My Neighbor Totoro at the theater about 30 minutes ago! Such a great movie. Gotta love Studio Ghibli Fest, it’s great watching their films in the theater.

2001 I have not seen, but based on your clearly superb taste in movies will now check out.

The biggest divide in our politics is not left vs right — it's top vs bottom.

Billionaires are dividing us because our unity is a threat to their wealth and power.

I went on Joe Rogan’s show to bridge the divide and build a coalition big enough to take power back.

If that’s a fake it’s pretty epic.

Oh, and the “assault” is because the case falls in that nature of suit code description (basically the broad category that the suit falls in - they’re predefined and 320, the one involving libel and slander, also includes assault).

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Diversity jurisdiction allows federal courts to hear civil suits that involve state law when the parties are from two different states and the amount in controversy is over $75k

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The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Gift Article) This is the untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.

Here, here’s a gift link to the article: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Came here to say this. My sister is a veterinary surgeon and… yea. Cat bite -> antibiotics.

Folks want stuff like this to be a distraction so that you can safely put it in the box of "deal with this later", but the reality it is worse: It's all part of the same underlying goal of creating a state of terror in which the administration can terrorize anyone for any reason, or for no reason