There will be two Super Bowl halftime shows. Only Bad Bunny will embody the American dream. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
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There will be two Super Bowl halftime shows. Only Bad Bunny will embody the American dream. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.
08.02.2026 14:24 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Not many federal attorneys---and certainly no leadership---left in Minneapolis. I suspect a contempt order is imminent. Without middle managers, however, that contempt order may go pretty far up the chain.
08.02.2026 10:38 β π 421 π 132 π¬ 6 π 1Louse.
08.02.2026 01:58 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Hitting send right now."
08.02.2026 01:30 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0βRenee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,β Becca Good said. βYou know my wifeβs name and you know Alexβs name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you donβt know β their families are hurting just like mine, even if they donβt look like mine.β
07.02.2026 21:00 β π 11887 π 3769 π¬ 129 π 107βMy job is ski racing but thereβs another part to this β I hope my story gives women permission to chase their dreams and not give up on themselves at any age."
07.02.2026 14:11 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We will remember the cowards and appeasers β on both sides of the aisle.
07.02.2026 13:16 β π 17 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0It's also obvious but striking that 77 million people knew about that man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction and still voted for him.
07.02.2026 03:12 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The only thing worse than racists are apologists for racists.
07.02.2026 02:08 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Theyβre trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didnβt like it with Garcia and they really arenβt going to like it for Liam.
06.02.2026 02:51 β π 6919 π 2309 π¬ 10 π 41Yo, Robert Kraft, you better not have that racist POS in the Super Bowl box.
06.02.2026 19:38 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Trump has never hidden it. Ever.
06.02.2026 18:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Dementia doesn't make someone racist. Being a racist makes someone racist.
06.02.2026 18:02 β π 86 π 28 π¬ 0 π 2You know what else the Obamas aren't? In the Epstein files.
06.02.2026 17:34 β π 95 π 14 π¬ 1 π 2No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
06.02.2026 09:28 β π 14169 π 3410 π¬ 331 π 160The more that comes out about the Epstein files, the more it seems like the conspiracy theorists may have been onto something about his mysterious death in jail.
06.02.2026 11:42 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 3 π 1The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
04.02.2026 21:13 β π 112 π 42 π¬ 2 π 6Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. Thatβs why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. Itβs also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
04.02.2026 20:58 β π 9909 π 3029 π¬ 144 π 126The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
04.02.2026 14:35 β π 1709 π 420 π¬ 10 π 22I wrote about the widespread layoffs at The Washington Post, and how the elimination of its legendary sports department is just the latest in the erosion of in-depth, American sports journalism. @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/b...
04.02.2026 16:17 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
04.02.2026 14:34 β π 7502 π 2667 π¬ 237 π 229I'm getting tired of saying, "I've never seen anything like this."
04.02.2026 13:54 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesnβt want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
04.02.2026 11:53 β π 7897 π 1817 π¬ 211 π 76"Her 4-year-old twins screamed at the sight of someone holding spray-on deodorant, mistaking it for pepper spray... The 2-year-old jumps and cries when he hears a loud noise. The baby requires nasal drops to fight the effects of the chemicals that inflamed his sinuses."
04.02.2026 12:54 β π 9 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.
03.02.2026 20:32 β π 5439 π 1097 π¬ 25 π 74im building machines that i keep saying will both throw you out of work and allow masked special police forces in service to a lunatic i bought and paid for to recognize your face and check if i agree with your beliefs. im part of a pedophile ring that put this into motion. why are you rude to me
03.02.2026 15:58 β π 3116 π 752 π¬ 9 π 6Good.
03.02.2026 13:58 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. Β§ 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.
So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) "damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. Β§ 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. Β§ 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (Β§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.
Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many thingsβ in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. Β§ 705, Dkt. 81.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noemβs decision to end Haitiβs temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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