Res Ipsa Loquitter

From: Thomas Jr., Landon Sent: 9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM To: Subject: Got another call from Connelly.. Importance: High Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too. Anyway, for what its worth... Landon Thomas, Jr. Financial Reporter New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h tml

Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."

In other words, the Court is trying to buy itself two more days to see if the House approves the shutdown deal (which may well moot this case), rather than having to rule *now* on whether USDA can be forced to fully fund SNAP for November. And KBJ objects because she’d just deny the application now.

What counts as work drama at my job would just be incomprehensible to anyone who is not an appellate attorney. I tell my coworkers "They filed a motion to publish!" and my coworkers gasp and yell "Those bitches!"

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Trump's average disapproval rating has hit 56% in our tracker at fiftyplusone.news. He is now just a point off his (then historically low) net approval rating at this point in 2017, and nearly meeting the high point of Joe Biden's disapproval rating in 2022/late 2024 (57.3%).

Is it so wrong for me to want to own a house just so that I can install cute little wall sconces from Anthropologie

SNAP benefits will restart, but it will be half the normal payment Courts ordered SNAP payments to restart, and the Trump administration said Monday the food benefits would be half the normal payment. About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person on SNAP.

JUST IN: Courts ordered SNAP payments to restart, and the Trump administration said Monday the food benefits would be half the normal payment. About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person on SNAP.

Shih Tzu mix and Rat Terrier puppy snuggling while napping on the couch

THEY SNUGGLED TODAY

Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.

Breaking news: More Americans blame President Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats for the nearly month-long government shutdown, according to a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately' The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

BREAKING: Trump orders the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.

#6 in Kristi Noem v. Sara L. Ellis (7th Cir., 25-2936) – CourtListener.com ORDER re: 1. Petition for a writ of mandamus. 2. Emergency motion for a stay pending a ruling on the government’s petition for a writ of mandamus and an immediate administrative stay. The government’s...

JUST IN: Anonymous 7th Circuit judge(s) block Chicago federal district judge Sara Ellis' order requiring Border Patrol commander to come to court each evening to report on public interactions during immigration enforcement. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Report: Government shutdown will cost the economy up to $14 billion The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the longer the government stays closed, the more costly the pause will be.

Breaking news: The United States economy will lose between $7 billion and $14 billion due to the federal government shutdown, according to a report released by Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper.

Even if this was an unusual way to frame his relationship to this relative - it's not, I have a second cousin I've always called my aunt - it's such a meaningless distinction. They're bending over backwards to label Mamdani as untrustworthy, and they're getting away with it because he's not white.

Jolly Pants 🥰 Of COURSE they remember her

He's mad at me because I told him to stop licking my elbow

This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.

Had the once-in-a-lifetime experience last night of scream-singing the chorus of Unwritten while dancing in the rain on the patio at my wedding reception

i love the protest frogs

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

They look like they sold you the elixir and they're getting ready to skip town before the weird side effects kick in

The new Supreme Court term starts today, meaning that -- in a novel twist -- the justices will hear oral arguments in some cases before they issue rulings that actually explain what they are doing.

They terrify me.

Again these are the officers under JB’s authority. Don’t need name patches “with this uniform.” At least five of the protesters arrested yesterday were arrested by ISP or CCSO.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

@evanbernick.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social this is such an amazing paragraph from the First Circuit.
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...

This won't be my favorite album. But I like plenty of the songs well enough.
I think the lyrics of Wood are very reminiscent of Blank Space, mocking the public perception of her. But I don't know how many people will think the same.

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

You could not more perfectly invert the whole point of the power of the purse than this false notion the legislature cutting off appropriations means the executive gets more power.

This is insane that someone is actually commandeering their out-of-office responses to violate the Hatch Act.