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Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

17.11.2025 00:26 — 👍 2864    🔁 1047    💬 53    📌 59
Fork on a red and white checkered cloth napkin, on light green plate, a two-egg omelette cooked in butter and olive oil, tri-folded filled with Wisconsin parmesan cheese and topped with chili crunch and toasted white sesame seeds, corner piece of focaccia covered in dark green vegetables smelling of garlic from Talking Bread at the DuPont Circle Farmers' Market, salad of grape tomatoes, halved, Virginia cucumber slices, crushed garlic, cilantro, extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar. Knife to right of plate. Can of pink Guava Sao Paola Pa Croix (guava scented sparkling water), all on wooden table with dark window behind it

Fork on a red and white checkered cloth napkin, on light green plate, a two-egg omelette cooked in butter and olive oil, tri-folded filled with Wisconsin parmesan cheese and topped with chili crunch and toasted white sesame seeds, corner piece of focaccia covered in dark green vegetables smelling of garlic from Talking Bread at the DuPont Circle Farmers' Market, salad of grape tomatoes, halved, Virginia cucumber slices, crushed garlic, cilantro, extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar. Knife to right of plate. Can of pink Guava Sao Paola Pa Croix (guava scented sparkling water), all on wooden table with dark window behind it

Omelette, broccoli and kale focaccia, salad

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i want to put this in front of conservative pundits who defended this raid bsky.app/profile/raws...

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Is this losing? Feels like losing

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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

16.11.2025 09:14 — 👍 8859    🔁 4396    💬 668    📌 404
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'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.

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Border Patrol protest today in Charlotte, NC. 11/15

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Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.

Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

16.11.2025 12:39 — 👍 7223    🔁 967    💬 435    📌 573
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

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
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Federal Border Patrol sweep across
Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

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”

16.11.2025 04:25 — 👍 2811    🔁 1440    💬 61    📌 99
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Now: Thousands of people in Charlotte have gathered to let Border Patrol & ICE know they’re not welcome here. We will not bow down in the face of Trump’s terror tactics. When our communities are under attack we stand up and fight back!

📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻

15.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 1363    🔁 514    💬 28    📌 11

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.

Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

14.11.2025 02:37 — 👍 1101    🔁 311    💬 34    📌 7

the scramble for GOP hopefuls to distance themselves from Trump as the ship goes down is going to be crazy and the most important thing to do is sink all the lifeboats

none of them are allowed to escape his legacy

15.11.2025 03:05 — 👍 596    🔁 150    💬 15    📌 7

Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him

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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:

✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.

Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀

14.11.2025 16:25 — 👍 6874    🔁 2726    💬 432    📌 154
Headline from CNN that reads Trump administration drops plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights

Headline from CNN that reads Trump administration drops plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights

Of course they did.

15.11.2025 16:28 — 👍 7558    🔁 1758    💬 264    📌 67
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I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.

15.11.2025 16:47 — 👍 12539    🔁 3436    💬 1010    📌 317

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

15.11.2025 01:14 — 👍 46913    🔁 11844    💬 1193    📌 480
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.

14.11.2025 22:10 — 👍 20235    🔁 7229    💬 1777    📌 516

Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.

15.11.2025 00:33 — 👍 27927    🔁 7017    💬 925    📌 303
We remain steadfast in our demands for freedom:

We demand the immediate release of those detained.
We demand an end to regional ICE activity.
We demand human dignity for all people, without exception.
We demand the right to offer spiritual care to those detained — because even in confinement, every person deserves compassion, prayer, and presence.
God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom.

We remain steadfast in our demands for freedom: We demand the immediate release of those detained. We demand an end to regional ICE activity. We demand human dignity for all people, without exception. We demand the right to offer spiritual care to those detained — because even in confinement, every person deserves compassion, prayer, and presence. God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom.

From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:

"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."

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06.11.2025 13:11 — 👍 1287    🔁 761    💬 73    📌 175
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Look around.

14.11.2025 22:30 — 👍 9163    🔁 2276    💬 104    📌 69

my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia

14.11.2025 14:47 — 👍 3575    🔁 952    💬 54    📌 22
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Murphy: "It's clearly the biggest scandal in presidential history. He wouldn't be acting this way if he wasn't so deeply worried about what's in those files. What we've already seen is immensely incriminating. Clearly Trump was at the center of a child sex ring ... the scandal could bring him down."

14.11.2025 17:01 — 👍 3371    🔁 1038    💬 189    📌 70
MTG tweet

MTG tweet

Agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene is when your brain hits “shuffle” on reality, but here we are.

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Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.

He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.

13.11.2025 20:58 — 👍 11384    🔁 2855    💬 310    📌 101
Most of the hearing was routine. At one point, however, Straw's attorney, Christopher Parente, lodged a largely symbolic objection over his client having to turn in his passport, calling him a "boring suburban dad" and saying his whole reason for going to the protest in the first place included objecting to the government checking people's passports and papers.
Parente said it wasn't fair for Straw "to sit here now and ask him to turn his passport over to the government for no reason other than they think they can," adding that "landscapers arrested by ICE cannot stand up to the government."
"Mr. Straw can, and your Honor can, too," Parente said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg said the passport was about bond conditions, not about what ICE is doing on the streets, and that defendants have turned in their passports "in every case I've had for 19 years."
After McShain decided Straw did not have to turn in his passport, Mecklenburg said she'd drop the requirement for all defendants to ensure Straw was not receiving special treatment.

Most of the hearing was routine. At one point, however, Straw's attorney, Christopher Parente, lodged a largely symbolic objection over his client having to turn in his passport, calling him a "boring suburban dad" and saying his whole reason for going to the protest in the first place included objecting to the government checking people's passports and papers. Parente said it wasn't fair for Straw "to sit here now and ask him to turn his passport over to the government for no reason other than they think they can," adding that "landscapers arrested by ICE cannot stand up to the government." "Mr. Straw can, and your Honor can, too," Parente said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg said the passport was about bond conditions, not about what ICE is doing on the streets, and that defendants have turned in their passports "in every case I've had for 19 years." After McShain decided Straw did not have to turn in his passport, Mecklenburg said she'd drop the requirement for all defendants to ensure Straw was not receiving special treatment.

I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.

for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...

13.11.2025 02:59 — 👍 1948    🔁 433    💬 15    📌 18

people gotta lose their positions of power and influence

people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles

above all, people gotta go to jail

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