Carolyn Ostrander

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Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem

The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.

There is also absolutely nothing about Helen's physicality that Lupita Nyong'o does not fulfill. Have you seen the glow of her skin? Her bone structure? Her goddess-like stance and presence? She absolutely sparkles.

And we know from Homer's other work that he wrote about the beauty of Ethiopians.

The story is almost 3,000 years old. "Accuracy" doesn't matter. Myths are meant to evolve. What "heroic" meant to the ancient Greeks is almost incomprehensible to us now. Heracles, for example, would be an insufferable jackass depicted faithfully.

Also the Mediterranean has always been very diverse

he "clarifies" further down that ne knows this but still wants "fidelity."
No mention of all the pale white dudes.

"what Homer wrote"
ahahahahahaaaaa

Trump ordered this. To hurt them for speaking.

Before they were down it included SSN etc it was AWFUL.

Order AND ~Util - Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings – #101 in United States v. Epstein (S.D.N.Y., 1:19-cr-00490) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM as to Jeffrey Epstein. To: Attorney Henderson and U.S. Attorney Clayton. Thank you for your recent letters, dated January 30, 2026, January 31, 2026, February 1, 2026, and February 2, 2026....

Judge Berman scheduled a hearing on the matter for Wednesday.

"You are invited to bring your clients," Berman tells the lawyers for the survivors.

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The phenomenon where people describe a pattern of harmful and then—bizarrely—say it is or should be considered a mental health disorder.

It's so revealing about how folks view mental illness diagnoses as punishments or tags to mark out harmful people.

Instead of as ways to help people.

(broken accent) I really don't care do you

There's a presumption of good faith here that seems...overly generous

Absolutely. I've been 100% on this. And will continue to be. From the court. It's Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

On January 8, 2026, Defendant Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a memorandum purporting to reinstitute the seven-day notice requirement. ECF 39-1 at 2. Secretary Noem acknowledged this Court's December 17, 2025, opinion and order, but claimed in her memorandum that the January 8 policy was to be "implemented and enforced exclusively with money appropriated" for DHS and ICE by the July 2025 reconciliation bill, also known as the OBBBA, the text of which does not contain the Section 527 rider. Id.; see One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"), Pub. L. No. 119-21, tit. X, § 100052, 139 Stat. 72, 387-89 (2025); ECF 36 at 9. On January 26, 2026, Plaintiffs moved for leave to amend and supplement their complaint to incorporate a challenge to this new policy, which the Court granted. See ECF 48; January 26, 2026, Min. Order.? That same day, Plaintiffs filed their motion for a temporary restraining order. ECF 49. 2 The First Amended and Supplemental Complaint has expanded the list of Plaintiffs to include Representative Kelly Morrison. ECF 48-1. 2 Case 1:25-cv-02463-JMC Document 52 Filed 02/02/26 Page 3 of 9 Plaintiffs argue that despite Secretary Noem's statements in the January 8 memorandum, the current version of the notice requirement is unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for similar reasons as the old policy: the notice requirement prevents Members of Congress from entering covered facilities, and the requirement was promulgated, implemented, and continues to be enforced using funds subject to the Section 527 rider. ECF 49-1 at 23-41.3 Plaintiffs seek a temporary restraining order or, in the alternative, request a stay of the notice requirement under 5 U.S.C. § 705. The Court has considered Defendants' response, ECF 50, and Plaintiffs' reply, ECF 51.4

Plaintiffs have made a strong showing that the January 8, 2026, notice requirement was also promulgated, implemented, and is presently being enforced with the use of Section 527 funds. Because "[t]he government... cannot actl] other than by appropriation," the "use of any government resources whether salaries, employees, paper, or buildings—to accomplish a" purpose "entail[s] government expenditure" for that purpose. Env't Def. Ctr. v. Babbitt, 73 F.3d 867, 871-72 (9th Cir. 1995). Plaintiffs present evidence regarding the vast numbers and types of expenditures including portions of the salaries of a wide array of DHS and ICE personnel— likely necessary to devise and enforce the notice policy. See ECF 49-2 11 20-23. The types of expenditures implicated also likely extend to the more incidental but nevertheless necessary ones that make creation and enforcement of the policy possible. See id. 1 20 (suggesting that relevant expenditures would include "salaries" as well as "information technology systems and contracts, office supplies, utilities, and building infrastructure"); Babbitt, 73 F.3d at 871 (discussing use of "paper" and "buildings" as the types of expenditures prohibited by a similar limitation rider);

Plaintiffs have accordingly shown, based on the limited record before the Court at this juncture, a likelihood of success on the key factual issue of the use of Section 527-restricted funds to promulgate, implement, and enforce the January 8 notice policy. As for the other factors for preliminary relief, the Court finds that they are easily satisfied. The Court previously found that the policy imposes irreparable harm upon the Plaintiffs in denying them the ability to carry out timely oversight of covered facilities. ECF 36 at 66-69. If anything, the strength of that finding has become greater over the intervening weeks, given that ICE's enforcement and detention practices have become the focus of intense national and congressional interest. And as before, the public interest and the balance of equitable considerations weigh strongly in favor of granting Plaintiffs the limited preliminary relief of a temporary restraining order." See ECF 36 at 70-72.

Noem tried to get around an earlier court order by saying that all funds to implement a 7-day requirement were to come from the OBBBA and not the appropriations bill (which has the Sec. 527 visitation requirement).

Cobb decided that the plaintiffs proved that was likely impossible.

Case 1:25-cv-02463-JMC Document 52 Filed 02/02/26 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOE NEGUSE, in his capacity as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-2463 (JMC) V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, et al., Defendants. ORDER Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, or in the alternative, for a stay under 5 U.S.C. § 705. ECF 49' For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS the motion for a temporary restraining order pending further proceedings on Plaintiffs' request for a Section 705 stay.

ORDERED that Defendants are TEMPORARILY ENJOINED from enforcing against the Plaintiffs the oversight visit policy as announced on January 8, 2026, or otherwise requiring any Plaintiff to provide advance notice before conducting oversight visits at any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens; and it is further ORDERED that this Order shall apply to the maximum extent provided for by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2); and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 65(b)(2), this Order shall expire in 14 days, subject to any further order from the Court; and it is further ORDERED that, should Defendants intend to file a supplemental brief in support of their opposition to Plaintiffs' request for a Section 705 stay, they shall have until February 8, 2026, to do so. Plaintiffs shall have until February 11, 2026, to file any additional reply in support of their request for a Section 705 stay. The Court will shortly contact the Parties regarding a hearing. Should the Parties confer and agree on an alternative briefing schedule, they may request alternative dates by submitting a joint status report. SO ORDERED. ЛА М. СОВВ United States District Judge

BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb issues a TRO blocking DHS Sec Noem's Jan 8 memo purporting to require 7-day notices by members of Congress to perform oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.

The effect is that congressional oversight visits are allowed on request, as is required by Sec. 527.

I would add that anyone trying to “take over the voting” would be involved in a criminal conspiracy. Anyone whose mind such a thing might enter should constantly be made aware of that fact and its consequences. Especially those who do not enjoy SCOTUS-conferred immunity (i.e., everyone, save one).

Dunno if I'm sorry or glad to say, males as well as females can develop random tissue we "typically associate" with nipples. Some are born that way; on some it shows up later. People looking for a Hustler/Penthouse special issue on the topic can selfie their backs to maybe get a peek for free.

“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”

Epstein victims’ lawyers ask judges to force takedown of released Epstein files, citing ‘thousands of redaction failures’ | CNN Politics Lawyers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein are asking judges to force the Justice Department to take down the millions of Epstein-related documents it has posted online, saying in a letter dated ...

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Absolutely convinced this was intentional and a further humiliation and brutalization of impoverished girls and women who were trafficked, raped and abused by the most powerful and wealthiest men in the world. It reinforces class & gender domination and exploitation. Intended to silence.

white people who believe in their own supremacy and claim by association the works of a Mediterranean country with strong North African heritage see characters as white while not seeing the modern descendants in those regions as white? Because racism isn't logical? Unpossible!

thinking no one from north Africa and Greece could have interacted in antiquity is about as ridiculous as acting like no one from Memphis and Nashville ever encounter each other. We have proof of the trade happening by boat.

It really feels like all of our theories of conspiracy are coalescing.

Refer to one as Eve/Even and one as Ed/Edit[h]?

My event planner and my editor have the same name. Sure, this is going to be great for my workflow.

Although the article unequivocally shows the Illini Republicans are bigoted edgelords, it also demonstrates they are weak cowards, unwilling to support their words and scuttling like cockroaches when light is shone on them.

Nothing about this is accidental

Part of this is frank indifference to the victims, part is that the people remaining in DoJ are dregs.

Great thank you