Rich Solomon

Everyone: ICE and CBP cannot be more hated

ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses]

Everyone:

A rock in the middle of a pond with gum trees reflection on water.

#RockinTuesday

DOJ has a new plan to attack the 1st Amendment. Indivisible isn’t backing down. Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

DOJ has a new plan to attack the 1st Amendment. Indivisible isn’t backing down.
open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...

Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean… The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…

Speaking as a guy who spent 20 years building industrial cogeneration… plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Behind the fence clean energy ain’t new, nor are the utility objections. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.

Violet-tailed Sylph, Ecuador
#birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #photography #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #birdsofecuador #hummingbirds #birdsoftheworld

Roughly a decade ago, the term "atmospheric river" seemed to enter common usage. But today is the first time I ever heard reference to a specific strength—I guess we've got a category 5 atmospheric river in Seattle right now. Is this new, or have I just not been paying attention?

“We’re locked up in 1000 ft2 cages. There are 32 people in each cage, and 8 cages inside the tent. The lights are like stadium lights; they’re always on, they’re never turned off or even dimmed. It’s very cold, the air conditioning is very strong. There are a lot of mosquitos.”197 Individual previously detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” “We didn’t have access to any sort of media. There are no televisions or newspapers. We didn’t have the ability to practice our religion; there are no bibles. We were locked up in the cages for almost 24 hours a day. We couldn’t have any visits, not even our lawyers or family members.”198 Individual previously detained at “Alligator Alcatraz”

From Amnesty International:

Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained - TechStock²

A massive sunstorm (G3 - G4) is underway. ts2.tech/en/strong-g3...

How long are we as a civil society going to let ICE do what they are doing.?

196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.

Today’s “One First” tackles the grant of certiorari in one of the birthright citizenship cases, and then Justice Kagan’s TX redistricting dissent—“yet another warning about the majority’s seeming willingness to do … whatever it wants, at least where rulings on emergency applications are concerned.”

a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.

The Merced River at Superintendent’s Bridge #mercedriver #superintendentsbridge #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #yosemitevalley #yose #rangeoflight #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography

the attempt by the attorney representing Rebecca Slaughter to use Trump v. United States for good is going sideways hard and it is making me even more confident in my opinion that there's no real upside to using Republican legal doctrine

it won't convince Republican judges

it's not meant for us

I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS

Emil Bove, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am submitting this declaration in response to the court's November 28, 2025 order. ECF No. 196. 2. On March 15, 2025, I was serving as DOJ's Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. I left that role at DOJ in late-August 2025. DOJ has not authorized me to disclose privileged information in this declaration. 3. Beginning during the morning of March 15, 2025, and throughout that weekend, I monitored developments related to this case. 4. On the evening of March 15, 2025, I was aware of statements by the court during proceedings that day, the court's minute entries, and other public filings on the docket sheet. See, e.g., ECF No. 195 1 3.

Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 199 Filed 12/08/25 Page 2 of 2 5. Based on my evaluation of those materials, I contributed to privileged legal advice provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security on March 15, 2025—by communicating with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara- regarding the transfer of custody of aliens who had been detained pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and removed from the United States. See ECF No. 195 1 4. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated: December 5, 2025 /s/ Emil Bove Honorable Emil Bove Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

NEW: Emil Bove — former DOJ official turned Third Circuit judge — files declaration in ongoing contempt inquiry by Judge Boasberg re: Alien Enemies Act planes.

Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.

Got another lunar halo, this time with added Jupiter!

#nature #photography #astrophotography #moon #sky

Abrego is asking Judge Crenshaw to let him tell the criminal jury the full story of his immigration saga—which govt seeks to exclude. Says it explains the witnesses' bias & how they've won extraordinary favors from the govt in their own crim/immigration cases.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.

Is it too much to hope that Congress is regrowing some backbone? Baby steps here, but important ones. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

A photograph of the tan sand, and blue sky and water framed it equal stripes

Doran Regional Park, Sonoma County, California
#art
#photography
#beach
#water

Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum

Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)

Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)

STATEMENT FROM ALINA HABBA, ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY AND SPECIAL ATTORNEY TO THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL For the past five years, I've fought for justice on behalf of the American people, and in my tenure under our great Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, we made New Jersey safer. Camden had its first murder-free summer in 50 years. We drove down crime, took violent offenders off the streets, caught terrorists, and put away child predators. While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized left. For months, these judges stopped conducting trials and entering sentences, leaving violent criminals on the streets. They joined New Jersey senators, who care more about fighting President Trump than the well being of residents which they serve. For four years, I fought against lawfare aimed at President Trump and against politics infecting our justice system. What these obstructionists misunderstood is that my loyalty is not to politics, a title, or a ZIP code. It is to this great country. As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling, and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love, I have decided to step down in my role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. But do not mistake compliance for surrender. This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me. My fight will now stretch across the country. As we wait for further review of the courts ruling, I will continue to serve the Department of Justice as the Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys. Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl. -DECEMBER 8, 2025-

Habba out

Good morning! I’m currently at Beaverton High School in OR where a mass student walk out has just started to demand a proactive ICE protocol for their school and district.

Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.

A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Huntington to trim Cadence staff after acquisition, CEO says Huntington Bancshares will cut some jobs at Texas-based Cadence Bank after its $7.4 billion acquisition, which expands the Ohio lender's presence in what it sees as one of the three most attractive U.S. markets, Huntington's chief executive said.

Huntington to trim Cadence staff after acquisition, CEO says reut.rs/4pmKT33

The Judges are performing their constitutional duty & following the law. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about the Justice Department in this regard.

The State of Politics: The Fight Over Wisconsin’s House Districts Can they be redistricted in just 4 months? Maybe, but it won't be easy.

The State of Politics: The Fight Over Wisconsin’s House Districts

Justice Barrett is asking SG Sauer, do we really have to decide today which clause of the Constitution is the basis for our unitary executive theory? Can't we just continue "not being very specific about it," as we've been doing?

Question captures something v. important about originalism and text.

Allred: "I feel a responsibility to do what I think is best for the state and party, and to me going through a bruising primary and in Texas we have a runoff was not in the best interest of the state or the party"

Just so we're clear how this works 👇