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Read Rayne on the human cost of having a conspiracist crank as HHS Secretary. www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/23/n... (Not) Home for Christmas - emp...

Holy shit! On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy later in the day used a racial slur. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreiba4l5efhaifdzrektir3dk74pno364ugy5rwaryfs2zgiiv7g7ei

Politico's report that Amazon was stonewalling the Epstein investigation is one of the more interesting details to come out from the dumps. www.politico.com/news/2025/12... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreigkh4njgmktkl4f7r3ufjjo4igvk5hsjslk7jb25q7rwh6dz256um

Ut oh. DOJ posted a bunch of deliberative files on 2019 prosecutorial decisions, then took it all down. I guess Todd Blanche feels like he has to directly compete with Bari Weiss for stupidity? www.politico.com/news/2025/12... New trove of apparent Epstein ...

John Brennan is trying to preempt Aileen Cannon in the SDFL Grand Conspiracy conspiracy. Of particular note, Ken Wainstein notes that she may end up being a witness in any conspiracy theory tied to the MAL search. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep J...

It'd be really useful if someone could map out the various shades of antisemitism on the right currently and how that overlaps with Evangelical beliefs.

Another story about what a disaster Steve Witkoff is. nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sudden-trips-security-lapses-steve-witkoff-marco-rubios-clashing-diplo-rcna249464 Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio’...

Read @adamserwer.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreifpge6vcxlt2oo4wpbllmf4drnxdfeaem2j4tgk2hmmy3jgfzbz5a

Democrats in Congress have thus far failed to make a stink out of Pam Bondi's ethical conflicts (some of which she tried to hide during confirmation), most notably w/GEO and Qatar. But Luigi Mangione's defense team may force that issue, claiming she had conflict bc of past ties to United Health. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreifuph3mqkhsx7iovqh2vlplwc4hprpe55shuiab4g647b4dek4ire

Links to two stories @josephcox.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote on the new facial recognition tool. www.404media.co/ice-is-using... www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit... ICE Is Using a New Facial Reco...