Rabbi Benjamin Kelsen

Regardless of your views on abortion, we should all be able to agree that we cannot afford to allow NJ's courts to follow those of states where women die in parking lots because they cannot access medical treatment. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

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But since Trump made his own deal with the Houthis, no one else matters. Right?

The change is especially dangerous considering the precarious nature of the situation in the Middle East and that Israel is still being attacked by missiles from the Houthis.

Carrier’s move to South America leaves Mideast, Europe with none It's a stark change after the U.S. joined Israeli strikes on Iran in June and engaged in some of the most intense operations since WWII in the Red Sea.

Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean at a very dangerous time. The U.S.will have only 1 aircraft carrier deployed & none off Europe or the Middle East. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

If the Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act, we’ll all pay the price

A Marine’s father, wearing a “Proud Marine Dad” hat, was detained while visiting Camp Pendleton and later deported. New reporting suggests the dad was a victim of mistaken identity. This is NOT how we should treat military families in the United States of America.

Trump’s MAGA makeover of the Third Circuit is complete | Opinion Two right-wing loyalists give the federal appeals court an 8-6 conservative majority.

OPINION: "Less than a year into his second term, Trump has finished what he started in his first ... The people of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and perhaps the country as a whole, will be living with its consequences for decades to come." — John P. Collins Jr.

Why does ICE need such weapons for customs and border enforcement?

Trump's ambassador nominee struggles to explain antisemitic record in contentious Hill hearing Both Republican and Democratic senators grilled Amer Ghalib over his extremist comments; GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said he’ll vote against him

Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Kuwait:

- Denied the scope of the Oct. 7 attacks
- Suggested that Oct. 7 was justified
- Liked a comment on Facebook referring to all Jews as “monkeys”

Antisemitism and extremism have infected the Trump administration. We wish we were surprised.

The Ballroom and the Bubbles Chalk another one up for the hollow men

open.substack.com/pub/contrari... brilliant!!

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

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“Betty Ford had the best quote for how special the East Wing is: ‘If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart,” Anita McBride, who was chief of staff to Laura Bush when she was first lady, told East Wing Magazine.” - NYTimes

What a metaphor, indeed. 💔

The grotesque metaphor of Trump tearing apart the figurative seat of American democracy The horrifyingly haphazard manner in which he had the East Wing demolished, with no respect shown to history or the historic structure, is the poisonous icing on a rotting cake.

The grotesque metaphor of Trump tearing apart the figurative seat of American democracy ... marvelous piece open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

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The Demolition of Democracy Trump doesn’t realize he’s a renter, not an owner, of the White House.

Trump’s East Wing demolition is the perfect metaphor for his attempts to demolish our democracy. He is disregarding existing regulations and democratic norms to pursue his self-serving agenda.

More from JDCA CEO @haliesoifer.bsky.social:

Why is it taking the NJ Teachers’ union so long to act? Why is there even a question of how to respond?How was this person hired in the first place? - Congressman Gottheimer urges N.J. teachers’ union to dismiss editor over antisemitic, pro-Hamas posts

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

These actions are endangering the lives of every American and every human on the planet. This is not leadership, it is sheer lunacy. www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/h...

ICYMI: On Oct. 10, Judge Paula Xinis held an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s habeas corpus case to determine whether the government is unlawfully detaining him for punitive and political reasons.

Read @rparloff.bsky.social's play-by-play of the hearing below

Exactly.

Nothing about family values or demanding that the cheerleaders dress more appropriately. Just so there is no confusion about the organization’s beliefs and priorities…

The lies never quit

This is who they are.

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

Trump Appoints New Head of Immigration Courts

Trump has often complained that offering due process to every undocumented migrant in the country through the immigration courts will thwart his plans for mass deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

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DOJ Urges SCOTUS to End Key VRA Protection for Minority Voters Read more here.

The DOJ argued in a new legal filing for a Louisiana redistricting lawsuit that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, as it’s currently being used, is unconstitutional. It urged the Supreme Court to weaken its power to block racial gerrymandering.

Government funding runs out in 2️⃣ days.

Instead of pushing us toward a shutdown, Speaker Johnson should work across the aisle to find real compromise.

I’ve been clear: I’ll support a budget that protects healthcare, invests in our public schools, and lowers costs for hardworking families.