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Retired translator, writer, and editor with a 1970-vintage BS in physics.
newrepublic.com/post/202613/...
'A panel of judges on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Judge Aileen Cannon needs to rule on motions to release Volume II of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the classified documents case within 60 days, noting an “undue delay” thus far.'
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
'The Treasury Department said Monday that inflation "remained above the target of 2 percent in the third quarter," even as President Donald Trump and administration officials continue to assert that there is "no inflation."'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
'[T]he Colorado Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the incident in Durango, putting ... Colorado on a potential collision course with the Trump administration, which has threatened to prosecute any local officials if they charge federal agents.'
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Will Nigeria be this century's Sudetenland?
www.rawstory.com/justice-depa...
DoJ tried to introduce evidemce that *their* witness said he had no knowledge of and tried to exclude evidence that it had already stipulated to.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
This [expletive deleted] is keeping health officials from, among othrr actions, notifying persons who mihht have been exposed to the illness.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
'... and have blocked members of Congress, faith leaders and journalists from entering the building, creating a “black box” they say has allowed authorities to act “with impunity.”'
Blocking Congress members is probably illegal due to Congress' oversight duties.
apnews.com/article/trum...
'“Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her opinion.'
ICE agents looming over several children, saying "It's easier putting children in zip ties than it was storming the Capitol."
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newrepublic.com/post/202531/...
'The U.N. human rights chief has taken the unprecedented step of condemning America’s military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, accusing the U.S. of violating international law.'
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
'According to the ProPublica tally published two weeks ago (which has not been independently verified by MSNBC), more than 170 American citizens had been [detained, including] nearly 20 children ....'
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
'U.S District Judge John McConnell's ruling from the bench came shortly after another federal judge in a separate case said that the Trump administration's plan not to pay out SNAP benefits beginning on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing shutdown was "unlawful" ....'
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Noem doesn't care if her agents use tear gas on children ...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/chuc...
'“$6 billion is a lot of money, and they’re using it for other things — $20 billion for Argentina, hundreds of millions for Kristi Noem’s plane — who are we kidding here? ... The bottom line is they can fund it just as in 2019, just as in other shutdowns ....”'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
'It is illegal for the U.S. military to deliberately target civilians — even those suspected of being criminals — who do not pose a threat of imminent violence. ... This is according to U.S. laws ... and international law accepted by the U.S. military.'
www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
'The details of the agreement, which haven’t previously been reported, show it contains alarmingly few guardrails to ensure accuracy and scant specifics on how the data will be kept secure, election and privacy lawyers who have reviewed it say.'
fortune.com/2025/10/30/a...
'Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to produce exact change. Meanwhile, banks are unable to order fresh pennies and are rationing pennies for their customers.'
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
'On October 23, a federal judge blocked ICE from deporting him while he challenged his arrest and detention, but he was put on a plane for Laos the next day.'
