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North Korea has become a primary source of ammunition for Putin’s war machine — a clear sign of deepening military and political ties between two of the world’s most heavily sanctioned regimes.

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Schumer slams the brakes on Dictator Donald’s attempt to weaponize the justice system by refusing to greenlight his corrupt prosecutor picks. Trump wants loyalists, not lawyers; enforcers, not prosecutors. Schumer finally shows spine as democracy dangles over the abyss.

politico.com/news/2025/04/16/s

Holy shit, the UK Supreme Court's ruled that trans women aren't really women under the law, and it did so in a manner that enshrines the idea that discrimination against women is rooted in the capacity to become pregnant. This is the insane consequence of transphobia, this ruling is an attack on every feminist victory in the UK throughout history, attempting to erase the truth that gender discrimination is founded in social hierarchies that go beyond biological capacity. This necessarily raises questions about whether women who can't become pregnant for other reasons are full women in the eyes of the law in the UK. This reinforces rhe most insane retrograde theocratic beliefs about women.

In perhaps the darkest way, this ruling shows the horror that transphobia inflicts on all women. The UK courts have spoken: women are defined solely by their serviceability as birthing vessels.

He will proceed to identify specific individuals who have caused executive branch noncompliance with his orders. He will conduct fact finding , requiring sworn declarations, and if necessary, live witness testimony under oath.

This is brilliant from Boasberg. Keeps everything in the public spotlight, puts any number of Trump lackeys on the spot. If they stonewall, they create further grounds for contempt finding. 16/16

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Four of the law firms targeted by Trump have challenged his attacks in court. At this point, they're undefeated.

There's a lesson here for the firms that chose appeasement. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m

There is a much too rarely mentioned but essential difference between Donald Trump and Abrego Garcia: Abrego Garcia is not a convicted felon.

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that probable cause exists to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willful violation of his March 15 orders regarding Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation and sets next steps toward possible prosecution.

More to come: lawdork.com/

The problem with christianity is that it traps people in a perpetual state of childish helplessness... shifting all responsibility to god, declaring that whatever happens is 'god’s will,' and branding any attempt at independent thought or self-determination as sinful hubris. The only acceptable posture becomes one of submission: get in line, kneel humbly before the church, the bible, the deity - and relinquish your own agency, capability, and responsibility.

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Rappel : si vous trouvez des magazines d'extrême droite dans une salle d'attente ou équivalent, vous les prenez avec vous. Ils vont pas partir tout seuls au recyclage.

“Only the people of Ukraine can decide on our territory,” – Zelensky delivers a firm rebuke to Trump’s envoy.

A clear message to Witkoff, who’s been openly floating a “settlement on five regions” in Ukraine.

BREAKING: DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed.

The lawsuit against the Mississippi state Senate alleged a brazen pattern of racial discrimination against a Black woman, but AAG Harmeet Dhillon ended the case.

New, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/doj-dismisses-ke

An organization representing 72,000 academic professionals at 125 Canadian universities and colleges advises its members to avoid non-essential travel to the United States. caut.ca/latest/2025/04/caut-ad

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Apr 15, 2025, 10:24 AM

"there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that 'someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia' doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words."

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