Nomadic Academic

‘The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking and influence peddling scandal in our history, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.’- House Oversight Democrat Rep. Stansbury

Koh: I wish that Kristi Noem had as much passion for homeland security as she has passion for Corey Lewandowski.

1/3 "PUBLIC CITIZEN:" We just sued the Trump regime over another element of its illegal immigration “policy.”

It's the 32nd lawsuit Public Citizen has filed against the administration since Donald Trump returned to power.

The Trump regime is waging a campaign of terror against people in America

Pretty sure he wears his racism proudly… an “inner racist” would be harder to recognize.

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

No, that wasn't Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show A publicist for Bad Bunny confirmed to NPR that the little boy in a blue bunny hat detained by ICE in Minneapolis last month did not participate in the Super Bowl halftime show.

While not literally true, the collective imagination of the American people has made this symbolically true.
Bad Bunny likely wanted us to make that connection and ask that question. His performance was both an explicit and subtle rebuke of the way this administration has demonized immigrants.

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.

Finneas and Billie

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.

New bill aims to allow California AG to sue oil companies for disaster costs “We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag,” said the author of the measure.

Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.

A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wishing former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn the best in his run for Congress. If anyone deserves to win, it's him.
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.

Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs

1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"

The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

HRC knows what all Twilight fans know.

Vampires are scared of the sunlight.

Reminder:
A bunch of rich powerful men abused dozens of young girls, and the only person doing time for it is a woman.

#EpsteinFiles

It’s also historical fact that the elite circle uses, abuses and dehumanizes people they think are “beneath them” and in the case of the Epstein files, where there is smoke, chances are there is fire. This man thinks we are all idiots. “What the American people need to understand”? Please. 🙄

YouTube video by stin 7 - Teach your Children - Crosby, Stills and Nash 1970

An all time favourite!

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Last night, GOP Senator Rand Paul went on national TV to flatly reject DHS's lies about the Pretti execution:

"My advice to [DHS], if they're watching:

If you come into [our hearing] and try to justify that [Pretti] was assaulting a police officer, that cannot be acceptable."

How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed?

That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward.

Lots of interesting perspectives in the comments on this one. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. 🙏🏼

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This is what embodying the American spirit looks like.

Alex Pretti is America.
Renee Good is America.
Liam Ramos is America.

We are all the disenfranchised, downtrodden, and despondent. They are us.

H/t @jamestalarico.bsky.social

🚨 Pritzker: The monsters responsible for unleashing this havoc on American cities, whether they were firing at civilians in the streets or calling the shots from their cushy offices in Washington, need to be investigated and prosecuted.