Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Hey, fair's fair.

"Utterly unprecedented. As far as anyone can tell, no one in the last 100 years has EVER been charged with misdemeanor improper entry under 8 USC 1325 years after they entered the country, & certain never for asylum seekers who already have legal permission."
-A Reichlin-Melnick

"Venezuelan couple is arrested & charged with illegal entry💔— 2 years after crossing into the US. The couple had been granted protected status-."

#Deportations #DueProcess #Immigrants #USPol

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-12/venezuelan-couple-charged-with-illegal-entry-two-years-after-crossing-the-border

We don’t need snarkers, we need warriors

Via Anna Bower:

NEW: Judge Chutkan GRANTS a request for discovery in the case brought by state AGs alleging that the conduct of #Musk and DOGE violates the Appointments Clause.

The permitted discovery includes documents and interrogatories related to the scope of Musk/DOGE's authority.

How Risky Are Repeat COVID Infections? What We Know So Far.

February 13, 2024

What we do know is that COVID is here to stay, and infection doesn’t give people permanent immunity. It affects multiple organs, and each infection increases the risk of long-COVID.

Source: https://archive.md/UZ4uY

@auscovid19

Drop the food, lady, and no one gets hurt!

#Caturday

"Judge Chutkan has granted a request by several state attorneys general for discovery on DOGE — namely the identities of DOGE personnel and the “parameter’s of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
-K Cheney

#Courts #DOGE #Discovery #USPol

#ElonMusk didn't show up to the House Oversight Committee to explain what he is doing to #SocialSecurity
Rep Larson (D-CT) demands he explain.

It's time to call your Reps & Senators today folks!
Here's a link to @5calls on the issue of Social Security & DOGE office closures.

https://5calls.org/issue/social-security-ssa-doge-office-closures/

By purchasing a Tesla with Taxpayer funds, Trump just signaled that the federal government is going to financially guarantee its future success.

The question isn't whether Mahmoud Khalil has the right to protest. The question is whether government agents can now seize legal residents, hold them incommunicado, move them from prison to prison, and sneer at the courts. Apparently they now can and will. https://mas.to/@gleick/114151675445173005

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta."

Judge Beryl Howell issued the temporary restraining order from the bench at the conclusion of a two-hour hearing over Trump's executive order against Perkins Coie.

New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-coie-trump-order-tro

Chick fil-A-owner drove 400 miles to North Carolina to get his freak on with a 15 year old girl

tRump is wrong. The Stock Market is not gonna go up. But it will keep going down as long as he is running things.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/what-is-even-going-on-at-this-point/60229/

Good

Senate Democratic leader #ChuckSchumer said on Wednesday that #Democrats would refuse to help #Republicans pass a stopgap bill to fund the govt through Sept 30, significantly raising the chances of a #GovernmentShutdown at the end of the week.

#USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/politics/government-shutdown-funding-bill-senate-democrats.html?smid=url-share

Senate Democrats must vote against the Republican's continuing budget resolution https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-must-vote-against-the?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Via @jefftrnka.bsky.social