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I think Tolkien had said that Gondor was modeled on late Eastern Roman Empire. If, as I think is canon, there was a postwar renaissance and regaining of lost territory under Elessar Telcontar, you could imagine a more Byzantine level of state capacity.

UNITED 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. § 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. § 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. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 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 things— 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. § 705, Dkt. 81.

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s 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...

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for Haitians in the US A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S.

Today, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on Sunrise Wind offshore Long Island. With the ruling, all five under-construction offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration have been allowed to resume work.

IN BIRDS.

This is bad, but my god what a terrible headline.

Sounds like a great blog series!

Another protest tomorrow; 5:30; Foley Square.

NYC

It’s great. Just pirate it.

How does this work internally? Does this mean a majority of the judges voted to hear the case?

Someone at Mission Local?

I slept in the closet! (It had a window, too) (❤️)

!!! Wow. In nyc we’re at pretty much the lowest covid rates since the the beginning of the pandemic (thought it’s increasing www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/r... ) but a lot of flu.

Which infection rates are you looking at?

As a software engineer, yes. All code costs logistical effort and thus money to maintain. You have to keep it up to date with other code changing, fix bugs, patch security holes. The day you can delete code is a good day. This is irritating but their expalanation is really reasonable.

I’ll be curious to hear the answers.

I’m not saying you’re lying. I’m saying you’re wrong about how many people you know with long covid. Again, 6% of people who had covid have had some form of long covid.

Post COVID-19 condition (long COVID) WHO fact sheet on post COVID-19 condition (long COVID), including key facts, scope of the problem, symptoms, treatment, self-care and prevention.

It seemed to me like you were denying its existence.

I also don’t really believe you. Given that the WHO says 6% of people with covid have some form of long covid (www.who.int/news-room/fa... ) it’s much more likely you’re just not hearing about it.

I know several people with long covid. It’s been debilitating for them. What are you talking about??

Oh but you mean if they present the charges to the grand jury again. I meant in the original deliberations, can the GJ vote no on count one and yes on two and three? It seems like this thread is saying voting no on one invalidates the whole thing so they may not even have voted on two and three.

Can the federal grand jury not vote on later counts if they no-bill the first one? This is definitely a thing that happens in New York grand juries.

Thanks!

So on what sense is this a “new” indictment (which seems to be the heart of the issue)? Is it a new number or something? Or is it literally a different piece of paper?

In my New York grand jury instructions we were told a judge would review all the transcripts regardless. Is this not true federally?

But doctor! My senator *is* Chuck Schumer!

I think this really misses how 9/11 crushed the national mood. The 90s were objectively worse in many ways but it really was a moment of optimism for large parts of the country.

Sure but that’s very clearly marked as millennial as opposed to genx and boomer boxy suits or gen z more flowy wide lapel/pleated pants suits.

You can definitely get it every six months. You technically can get it every two months f you can convince a doctor you need it.

Not sure if you played bg3, but one of the major bosses sings his own fight music.

#NOKINGS

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