It's December 2025, the Trump regime is engaged in a vicious and lawless pogrom, destroying the lives of immigrants and children of immigrants, creating a reign of terror and cruelty, and the New York Times assails ... Biden. For not being tough enough on immigrants. I won't link to it.

I imagine Judge Currie gnashing her teeth at this framing in the NY Times. She ruled with utter clarity that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed as US Attorney and “has been unlawfully serving in that role since September 22, 2025.” She ruled that "all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment” are invalid. There's nothing else to say. Lindsey Halligan is not now and never was US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Officially, the US has Immigration Courts and immigration judges. Trump has fired the immigration judges and explicitly turned them into deportation centers staffed by "deportation judges.”

TPM – Talking Points Memo

Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....

They can't use the word, but this is a $14 billion tax fraud—theft from Americans who actually DO pay taxes—by our untouchable oligarch Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders

The philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.

Yesterday Pete Hegseth thought he could murder with impunity. Today he suddenly thinks accountability might come. He’s scared. Five (5) “officials” hiding behind anonymity come forward to assure the NY Times that he really didn’t give that order. Honest.

Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say

Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.

This is heartbreaking, cruel, pointless, and criminal. The monsters responsible for seizing and deporting these innocents are doing incalculable harm. They are disregarding the courts and making America worse in every way possible. A college freshman who has lived in the US most of her life. Who will speak now for Any Lucia López Belloza?

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgi...

This phrase is doing a lot of work. If you were a NY Times copy editor, could you suggest any improvements?

This was at one time a serious newspaper.

Hatred of Black people is one of the few constants in Trump’s life. Will any other G20 member come to Mar-a-Lago if South Africa is kept out?

Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026

The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks.

Even if you already assume that Trump is Putin’s toady, doing his bidding at every turn, the details of their so-called “peace plan” must shock you. It sells out not only Ukraine but all of Europe. And it is crafted to shift billions of dollars into the pockets of shady oligarchs.

The Atlantic

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?