ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Not to weather post but DC has to update its housing regulations to allow apt buildings to turn heat off before May 1

The Next Attorney General Has an Impossible Job Just like the last one

BREAKING: Before she was fired, Pam Bondi gave Attorney General's Awards to two K-9s www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Thinking about how small USAID's budget was compared to this and how much good it did is just so infuriating

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Currently being 84 degrees but tomorrow having a 75% chance of snow feels vaguely apocalyptic

The Law of Going to War with Iran, Redux The Trump administration’s attack on Iran pushes even the executive branch’s generous understandings of the President’s legal authority to their limits.

For the second time since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has gone to war with Iran. @sranderson.bsky.social delves into the international and domestic law surrounding the strikes and what congressional opposition could look like.

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0.

Republicans are still stuck at zero.

Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death “Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found.

After Trump officials cut food aid to Kenya, children starved to death in an American-made hunger crisis.

(Published Dec. 2025)

It’s crazy that it’s basically just a combination of the single worst most disastrous parts of every administration in history

if only there were some kind of join comprehensive plan of action that could have reduce the likelihood of nuclear iran without military action

"Until circumstances compel the other branches of government to adjust their posture...the executive branch is unlikely to see itself as legally constrained from participating in Israel’s military campaign against Iran, if Trump ultimately opts to do so."

Imo what is happening on x is that the algorithm loves racist and anti semitic content, and the people who are on there marinate in it all day, and the epstein files has offered an excuse for even left identified people to indulge in the trangressive pleasure of public bigotry as a little treat

Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior Netflix is ditching a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board deemed a revised bid by Paramount to be superior.

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

The next president needs to make antitrust & monopoly breaking a priority

Deeply obsessed with my parents old dog who has to be tucked in for his naps

This simple cannot be a comfortable sleeping position

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Tariff opinion is out!

6-3 overturning the tariffs with Thomas/Kavanaugh/Alito dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

I'd prefer it not have taken decades but personally I like blows being struck against elite impunity and would like that for us in the US very much

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I have a theory that the reason 2028 primary is already being litigated is that people just desperately want the Trump years to be over and discussing the Democratic primary makes it seem closer to being over than it is

Trump Administration Litigation Tracker Lawsuit Executive Action Status Last Updated Summary Docket Number Jurisdiction Date Filed Kelly v. Hegseth Investigation of Mark Kelly PI Granted February 12, 2026 Senator Mark Kelly filed a civil suit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth over the military disciplinary proceedings initiated against him which argues that the government retaliated against Kelly for First Amendment-protected speech. 1:26-cv-00081 District Court, District of Columbia January 12, 2026 The Advocates for Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Whipple Federal Building Detention Conditions TRO Granted February 12, 2026 The Advocates for Human Rights sued the Trump administration over barriers in place preventing detainees at the Whipple Federal Building from contacting and conferring with attorneys. 0:26-cv-00749 District Court, D. Minnesota January 27, 2026 National TPS Alliance v. Noem, et al. TPS Cancellation Appeal of 3:25-cv-05687 Vacation of TPS Termination Stayed February 9, 2026 The government appealed Judge Thompson's order vacating the TPS terminations for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. 26-199 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 9, 2026 The Interfaith Alliance v. Trump Composition of the Religious Liberty Commission Suit Filed February 9, 2026 The Interfaith Alliance sued the Trump administration over the creation of the Religious Liberty Commission, alleging that it has taken actions that violate the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 1:26-cv-01075

Lawfare's Litigation Tracker follows legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive actions that deal with national security issues, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them.

View it here: www.lawfaremedia.org/trumptracker

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

i simply do not think the "2016 and 2024 prove america will never elect a woman" people in the QTs are expressing a savvy political wisdom as much as they are expressing cope

There's no reason for there to be discourse about the 2028 democratic primary before literally anyone has announced their candidacy

the hope rests almost entirely on the backs of ordinary Americans who have served admirably on juries (both petite & grand) as well as judges who have served as a bulwark of liberalism and democracy over the past year

I feel both more hopeful about the future of American democracy than I did in February 2025 and much more scared about what the Trump administration will do as it becomes more obvious they will lose