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Jon Frandsen

@jcfrandsen.bsky.social

Dismayed retired journalist/writer; dog walker; cat herder. Proud father, grandfather & partner. “Not long lines. Long tables!”—Chef and future Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Andres.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Taking a hit for the team: Watching Caligula at Mt. Rushmore. The "idea" part of the speech, read from script, is extended, Joe McCarthy-toned denunciation of Communism as the era's greatest threat. Recall that his three closest chums internationally are: -Putin -Xi Jinping -Kim Jong Un

Michael Karlik@michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wow. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak ordered a bond hearing w/this note: "If the Court is wrong, let another court declare that a noncitizen with no criminal history, no history of flight, & an adjudicated right to asylum may be detained indefinitely without running afoul of the Due Process Clause."

IV. Conclusion As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Court notes that the demarcation of the rights of noncitizens in this country has not always been clear. Indeed, nearly fifty years ago the Supreme Court noted: [D]ecisions of this Court with regard to the rights of [noncitizens] living in our society have reflected fine, and often difficult, questions of values. As a Nation, we exhibit extraordinary hospitality to those who come to our country, which is not surprising for we have often been described as “a nation of immigrants.” Foley v. Connelie, 435 U.S. 291, 294 (1978). Fifty years later, it is difficult to reconcile the rights acknowledged by Zadyvdas with certain statements from Knauff and Thuraissigiam. This Court has done its best to do so. If the Court is wrong, let another court declare that a noncitizen with no criminal history, no history of flight, and an adjudicated right to asylum may be detained indefinitely without running afoul of the Due Process Clause.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In public health, you learn an awful lot about people willing to profit off of harms to children. But my jaw is on the floor. It never occurred to me that the sentence “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital” would ever be followed by the phrase: “But here’s the thing.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago

NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”