Margo Fabtastic

If anybody gets visited by the ghost of Charles Dickens this Christmas Eve can you please please please be nice and watch a Muppet Christmas Carol with him? I think he’d really love it thx

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

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If you're in the USA, you can no longer watch the Dutch TV special about my theories on fascism and pro wrestling on YouTube! Oh no!!

But fear not, for I have uploaded the full thing to my Vimeo for American viewing and sharing

Go forth:

So many layers of corruption.

RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.

With No Real Policy, Trump Asks Drugmakers to Lower U.S. Prices

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the U.S., which was viewed as something of a win for the pharmaceutical industry. But Trump offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...

Aaaand there it is.

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.

Not the same indeed.

Alito and Thomas automatically vote in favor of free airfare

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Wow! HHS is hitting new levels of recklessness and incompetence…

U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security.

Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.

"Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power," Judge AliKhan says.

She adds other firms are "capitulating" due to "coercion, plain and simple."

"The govt cannot hold lawyers hostage to coerce lawyers to agree with it."

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Abortion becomes more common in some US states that outlawed it Shield laws have profound implications for how federalism works

www.economist.com/united-state...

‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

Sounds like he voted for this - so, while I’m appalled - it couldn’t happen to a better demographic than the people who “thought it would be better” under this treasonous and felonious a**hattery…

The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..

If you love your library, listen up…

US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk ...

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"

Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”

“I’M PISSED!”

Over $10 trillion.

I mean.

oh this is a big mystery

X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

Has the Trump Admin Officially Defied Court Orders? Read more here.

NEW: This past weekend, the Trump administration proceeded with deportations, seemingly defying court orders.

Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.

If House #Republicans won’t meet with the people who elected them, Democrats will.

Link in bio for more information!

🚨 BREAKING: 26 Americans dead from yesterday’s storms—and #Trump says nothing.

But he found time to brag about a made-up award.

Priorities.

I have tried to call to listen and either receive the tone that indicates out of order - or “your call did not go through” 😪