I saw someone criticizing a very funny poster for making jokes instead of posting about politics, and I am reminded of a favorite line from E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries
NEW: The government seeks a prison term of 87 months—7+ years—for George Santos: "Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidrbilpu5tuz2oo7yp4lng6ha3wyewl2fu22gzp4oqnubbew7z6si
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg holds a "show cause" hearing on whether the government defied his orders when it deported Venezuelans accused of being members of Tren de Aragua to a nightmarish Salvadoran prison https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiffbfhqldo6uo7m77xinjxdyvbalpwmlmwyyoheel3niopoi4gc3q
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." [www.tufts.edu/president/sp...](
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
Tufts University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support o...
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NEW: DOJ goes full "technically correct, the best kind of correct" in a new brief telling Judge Boasberg why it didn't violate his orders—e.g., the court wrote that the govt couldn't "remove" anyone, not "undo removals that have already occurred"! [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiatxvabr5oqhbwm6kzhia6sr5b6ihpzx5dy3evf4p6fvsb74phzxq
NEW: The Trump administration has started new deportation proceedings against Mahmoud Khalil in Louisiana, now claiming he failed to disclose his membership in UNRWA and Columbia U Apartheid Divest and the precise length of his employment at the British Embassy in Beirut. (Links to docs in 🧵 below) [Trump Administration Lodges Ne...](
U.S. Lodges New Accusations Against Detained Columbia Protest Leader
The Trump administration is now accusing the Columbia University graduate and protest leader of having withheld information when he applied for per...
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NEW: Judge Boasberg orders DOJ to file by noon tomorrow, under seal (and ex parte), more info about the two planes that were in the air when the judge issued his temporary restraining order, to assess whether DOJ violated his order. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreib2wahez4i7zxxiwustyugccdldkgsnyjdfnskau6ou7aib7pwgby
HEARING STARTING SOON (5 p.m. ET). Listen on the public line: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816 (then press the pound sign). RE:
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!!! NEW: DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that he should CANCEL the 5 p.m. hearing "because there has been no violation of the Court's orders, and because ...
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!! NEW: DOJ demands that the DC Circuit immediately reassign the case from Judge Boasberg, calling his questions "flagrantly improper" [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidwvd6zffe3ynhmxoycxihucki7337pyxxrbzstbj7a2ush4iuyuu