In today's "One First," I wrote about Chief Judge Sutton's brusque dismissal of DOJ's misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg—and what it tells us about the lengths to which DOJ will go to get headlines even when its legal claims are specious: stevevladeck.com/p/207-the-just…

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for decades; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

“After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel.” A chilling warning from Janine di Giovanni theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Worth noting that if the MOST VULNERABLE Senate Democrat is talking like this, the rest of the party shouldn't be so risk-averse.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Across California, local elections administrators are running table-top exercises to prepare for once unthinkable threats — not from local rabble-rousers, remote cyberattackers or foreign adversaries, but their own federal government. In today's Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/politics/story…

That we spent years obsessing over Biden’s age and health while Trump gets a pass for looking like… whatever this is… will never not amaze me.

Jamaican architecture has never stood still. It has always responded to climate, culture, and necessity. From timber board houses raised off the ground to catch the breeze, to deep verandas that soften the sun and welcome community, the built environment has long reflected how

Trump says he owns the current U.S. economy: “I’m very proud of it”… meanwhile US employment in the worst downtrend in 5 years, with largest change in negative employment and lowest active job postings.

Happy Super Bowl day. Here's something from last October to help the fucknuts get their roids flared up over the Super Bowl halftime show. GO SEAHAWKS! #SuperBowl #SuperBowlHalftimeShow #BadBunny #Trump #StephenMiller

Unusual movements today and yesterday by the U.S. Air Force, with a train of at least dozen C-17A Globemaster IIIs arriving at or enroute to locations in Armenia and Azerbaijan, five just today, almost all coming from Ramstein Air Base, Germany though most originated from Dulles

Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to several more years in prison, her lawyer says. News of the extended years of imprisonment comes after Mohammadi embarked on a hunger strike. p.dw.com/p/58JHz

Well, now it turns out that it’s no longer enough for Russia for Ukraine to hand over what remains of Donbas without a fight, its strongest fortified region, so that “the war can end.” Now, “suddenly” it turns out that the Kremlin must also receive international recognition of

Netanyahu's cherry-picked quotes aim to cast fog around October 7, not lift it | Amos Harel haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

Saudi Arabia orders 20 high-speed trains from Spain's Talgo reut.rs/3ZkXU1U reut.rs/3ZkXU1U

La tradición de usar dos apellidos ayuda a identificar claramente las relaciones familiares en gran parte del mundo de habla hispana, pero en Estados Unidos, esto puede ser un dolor de cabeza burocrático. univision.com/noticias/estad…

Sounds like these movements are all related to this week’s trip to Armenia and Azerbaijan by Vice-President JD Vance. Lots of airlift capability for just one person, though that person does happen to be the Vice President of the United States.

Ahead of the #SuperBowlLX today, here's a great listen from Vox on Bad Bunny and the significance of his music and his message for Puerto Rico and for this political moment at large open.spotify.com/episode/00oNwk…

Indian refineries avoiding Russian oil in pursuit of trade pact with U.S. reuters.com/business/energ…

TODD BLANCHE SAID HE DIDNT SEE ANYTHING IN THE EPSTEIN FILES FOR WHICH ANYONE COULD BE PROSECUTED NOW. GUESS TODD BLANCHE DIDNT SEE REFERENCES TO UNDER 12 YEAR OLDS? THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR RAPING KIDS. TELL TODD BLANCHE: GET TO WORK