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The judges, lawyers, and clerks of this country moving quickly in response to Trump’s haphazard lawbreaking are one of the things keeping America America. I wish I could buy them all cookies.

Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.

Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order that could loosen radiation limits.

SCOOP: NPR has learned that the Trump Administration has tightened its control over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

NRC rules on reactor safety are now subject to White House review before they can be finalized.

www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...

India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream - bellingcat A manipulated video falsely claiming to show a General in the Pakistani army stating two of its fighter jets had been shot down was picked up and spread by Indian media outlets.

New from Bellingcat - How deepfake videos are getting mainstream coverage in the conflict between India and Pakistan
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To confirm the video was a deepfake, we found video of the same press conference, then compared the position of flags, microphones, and other details in relation to each other, and then identified sections of the video where the movements of the speaker and audience synced up.

FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

What is happening at FEMA? Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

Pam Bondi Thinks Trump Saved Your Life Evaluating the dizzying math behind the attorney general’s fentanyl claims.

@katherinepomps.bsky.social investigates AG Pam Bondi’s claim that in President Trump’s first 100 days, the Department of Justice has saved more than 258 million lives, about 75% of the American population, through its seizure of 22 million fentanyl pills. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pam-...

Your Questions Answered: Trump’s First 100 Days | ACLU Can Trump change the law with an executive order? Erase DEI at the federal level? Target dissent? ACLU experts answer.

President Trump signed a record number of executive orders in his first 100 days back in office.

Our experts break down your questions about what this means for our rights and our democracy.

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Topics @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social cover in this guide:

- Encrypted Communications
- Encrypted Devices
- Cloud Storage
- Online Anonymity
- Location Data
- Financial Privacy

and more:

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.

CBP quietly revoked protections for at-risk people in custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions—calling them “misaligned” with enforcement priorities. The rules required basics like diapers, formula, and water.

www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...

I’m kind of hoping India and Pakistan cool it when they realize they can’t count on the U.S, the way siblings might stop squabbling when they realize dad’s on a meth binge again.

SCOOP: ICE tried to raid Chang Chang restaurant in Dupont (Washington, D.C.) but the manager ran then off.

“My client is a violent drug user but by no stretch of the imagination is he (looks at indictment) okay he kind of did do that yeah”

The Presidential Proclamation, in order to empower the Executive beyond the provisions of the AEA, subtly changes the clause "shall be liable to be ... removed" in the AEA, 50 U.S.C. § 21, to "shall be subject to immediate... removal," in the Presidential Proclamation, 90 Fed. Reg. at 13,034. This change is ultra vires; the Proclamation gives the President no more authority than the act of Congress prescribes. See Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579, 637 (1952) (Jackson, J., concurring). If the President wishes to bypass the INA and use 14 Case 1:25-cv-02886-AKH Document 84 Filed 05/06/25 Page 15 of 22 the AEA, he must do so according to the requirements of the AEA and Constitutional due process.

Accordingly, I hold that the predicates for the Presidential Proclamation, that TdA has engaged in either a "war," "invasion" or a "predatory incursion" of the United States, do not exist. Others courts have resolved this issue similarly. See, e.g., J.G.G. v. Trump, No. 25-5068, 2025 WL 914682, at *8-10 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 26, 2025) (Henderson, J., concurring); J.A.V. v. Trump, 25 Civ. 72, 2025 WL 1257450, at *12-18 (S.D. Tex. May 1, 2025); D.B. U. v. Trump, 25 Civ. 1163, 2025 WL 1163530, at *9-11 (D. Col. Apr. 22, 2025). There is nothing in the AEA that justifies a finding that refugees migrating from Venezuela, or TdA gangsters who infiltrate the migrants, are engaged in an "invasion" or "predatory incursion." They do not seek to occupy territory, to oust American jurisdiction from any territory, or to ravage territory. TdA may well be engaged in narcotics trafficking, but that is a criminal matter, not an invasion or predatory incursion.

NEWS: Federal judge continues blocking Alien Enemies Act removals or transfers from S.D.N.Y. — ruling that the notice being given is constitutionally insufficient *and* that Trump's AEA proclamation does not describe an "invasion" or "predatory incursion."

The judge had previously issued a TRO.

The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life Keep your logins locked down with our favorite password management apps for PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, and web browsers.

In response to this... here's a guide for the best password managers to secure your digital life.

The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.

A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app. www.wired.com/story/tm-sig...

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, ...

NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.

Second federal judge rules against dismantling IMLS. In response to a lawsuit from 21 state Attorneys General, a federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is likely illegal. This is the second federal court to rule against the slashing of the agency, following a ruling in ALA’s separate legal case in Washington. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association.

NEW: A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the gutting of the Institute of Museum & Library Services is likely unlawful. This is the SECOND federal court to rule against the slashing of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding.

Learn about ALA's own legal case: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit

Our Defense Against Trump: 100 Days In With 53 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and counting, we will not surrender our freedoms to a lawless executive branch.

We said we’d fight Trump’s attacks on our rights at every turn, and we meant it.

100 days in and over 110 legal actions under our belt, we’re just getting started.

i was initially like "nice gesture but what use is a popemobile in providing medical care in Gaza" but then i remembered it was built specifically to resist gunfire and explosives so yeah they might need this

The Situation: 100 Days, 100 Acts of Menace and Inanity An impressionistic painting.

In the Situation, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org marks the first 100 days of the Trump administration with a timeline listing one action from the president on each day of his second term thus far. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban Following ProPublica’s reporting, Republicans acknowledged women were denied care because medical providers were unsure what Texas’ abortion ban allowed. But the new legislation doesn’t remove what…

Following ProPublica’s reporting, Republicans acknowledged women were denied care because medical providers were unsure what Texas’ abortion ban allowed. But the new legislation doesn’t remove what doctors say are the biggest impediments to care.

By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social & Lizzie Presser

A Witch Hunt at the State Department Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.

"American officials have now been explicitly asked to make lists of their contacts with other Americans, for no practical, legal, or national-security reason"
Read @theatlantic.com on a State Dept witch hunt

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Yeah that's right we're getting meta now

You can see our documentary partnership with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org covering the border patrol raids that took place 300 miles from the border in California here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...

Border Militarization Blurs the Distinction Between ‘Policing’ Immigration and ‘Combating’ Immigrants NSPM-4, President Trump’s order on the military’s “mission for sealing the Southern Border,” obscures the fine-grained limits that ought to clearly and unambiguously regulate lethal force.

"[T]he president has militarized the border in ways that reflect his political view that illegal immigration constitutes a national security threat and does it in a way that circumvents the Posse Comitatus Act without having to invoke the Insurrection Act," writes @danmaurerlawprof.bsky.social.

I insist that that the next pope thank me for killing the last one.

by JD Vance

In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.