TerpieCat
@terpiecat.bsky.social
Proud pet parent to felines Ziggy & Marley, panda lover, nature photographer, attorney, political and legal news junkie, occasionally snarky and sarcastic.
DHS has a manual that governs how it weighs environmental harm before it carries out projects. ICE releases it only upon request. We uncovered a copy through federal court filings and are publishing it so attorneys, activists, journalists, and the public can read it.
Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01 Rev 01
documentcloud.org
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger opened an investigation into a local race after officials discovered a memory card with uncounted votes that flipped the result to a Republican win.
Georgia State Race Reversed After Votes Surface on Memory Card
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who rebuffed President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, opened an investigation into a local race after officials discovered a memory card with uncounted votes that flipped the result to a Republican win.
bloom.bg
A judge said she intends to appoint a prosecutor to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by administration officials in a lawsuit challenging the renovation of a historic golf course.
Judge wants former US attorney to investigate whether the government misled her in Trump golf case
A judge said she intends to appoint a prosecutor to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by administration officials in a lawsuit challenging the renovation of a historic golf course.
scrippsnews.com
Unless RFK Jr. is interested in spending the next two years in front of Congressional committees, he should go ahead and resign now.
Exclusive: ICE investigated how dozens of detainees died. The findings are ‘damning’ www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...
Exclusive: ICE investigated how dozens of detainees died. The findings are ‘damning’
The failures that preceded the deaths of these three immigrant detainees are described not in civil lawsuits but in scathing and blunt reports written by ICE’s internal investigators.
sfchronicle.com
More of Qing Bao with her treat feeder. #QingBao #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
A former aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told podcaster Joe Rogan that key advisers to President Donald Trump took special-interest money while shaping policy.
Ex-RFK Jr. aide spills tea to Joe Rogan on ugly workings inside Trump administration
A former aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told podcaster Joe Rogan that key advisers to President Donald Trump took special-interest money while shaping policy.Calley Means told Rogan that pollster Tony Fabrizio, whom he called one of the most powerful people in the ...
bit.ly
Democrat Scott Colom now leads Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,010 votes, further eroding the Mississippi incumbent’s path to victory. She had hoped to make up lost ground as affidavit ballots trickle in, but so far, Colom’s lead has steadily grown with each new batch of votes counted.
Scott Colom's Lead Surpasses 2,000 Votes in Mississippi's U.S. Senate Race - Mississippi Free Press
Democrat Scott Colom now leads Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,010 votes, further eroding the incumbent's path to victory. Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 467,066 to 465,056, or 49.1%-48.8%, the Associated Press reported in an update at 11:36 a....
mississippifreepress.org
The People giveth and the People will taketh if Democrats don’t pull their heads out of their collective asses for appropriate leadership appointments. We are not messing around.
BREAKING: The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee says Democrats have officially won a majority of state legislative seats nationwide, flipping more than 500 seats across the country.
Judge Chutkan’s temporary restraining order (TRO) last night, blocking any “construction-related activity” on Trump’s Arch for 14 days, is restrained, iron-clad, & likely unappealable at this stage. Some thoughts … 1/7 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum & Opinion – #111 in LEMMON v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00544) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION re: the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Case No. 26-cv-3838, ECF No. 2. Signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on 11/5/2026...
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Also important: Rep Adam Smith, next Armed Services Committee chair, says a deep investigation of Trump's illegal boat bombings is coming. Crucially, defunding these boat strikes is also on the table: newrepublic.com/article/2176...
A new story starts today! It's a re-telling of Goldylocks and the Three Bears! I hope you enjoy it! www.yourbrainonpandas.com/the-truth-ab...
The TRUTH About the THREE BEARS and GOLDYLOCKS - The Panda Chronicles
A story of bears, housing shortages, and snoring. What's a bear to do when their winter's sleep is interrupted?
yourbrainonpandas.com
South Carolina Senator-elect Annie Andrews confirms to Fox News anchor Bret Baier that she will not support Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader. Andrews says it’s time for generational change on both sides of the aisle.
“Before we pick anybody as the Senate Democratic leader, we need to have a conversation among ourselves — an open, honest conversation about the direction of the country.” Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov explains why he became the first Democratic senator to speak out against a Schumer coronation.
An FBI agent hit a pedestrian with their agency car in New York early one morning in February, before moving the man to a nearby bench and speeding away, according to a federal indictment handed up this week.
FBI agent hit man with car, moved him to a bench and left without calling for help, DOJ says | CNN Politics
An FBI agent hit a pedestrian with their agency car in New York early one morning in February, before moving the man to a nearby bench and speeding away, according to a federal indictment handed up th...
cnn.it
More big news: Gadi Eisenkot has received enough endorsements from the Knesset to form a government in Israel. We still have to wait for him to be officially given the mandate on Sunday, but this should mean that Benjamin Netanyahu has been defeated and is out as Prime Minister.
The American people didn’t just transform our political landscape in order for Democrats to turn around and return to business as usual. Tell your Democratic senators that this new era demands new leadership – there can be no Schumer coronation. act.indivisible.org/...
Hoo boy. Despite a court order prohibiting any work -- without court notification - at the site of Trump's Monumental Arch..... the Administration acknowledges there's been some work.
A federal panel will meet to consider the arch for final approval on Thursday, and the government said it may begin construction later that same day. Critics hope a judge will intervene last-minute. n.pr/4AimRLX
Trump's arch is on the verge of federal approval. But a judge could block construction
A federal panel will meet to consider the arch for final approval on Thursday, and the government said it may begin construction later that same day. Critics hope a judge will intervene last-minute.
n.pr
Bao Li, sitting next to the howdy window eating bamboo: Maybe if I ignore her, she will notice me. Sigh. #BaoLi #GiantPandas #NationalZoo
This has to happen. In order to make the changes the American people want and voted for, Hakeem Jeffries cannot be Speaker. Please sign this petition. www.change.org/p/house-demo...
Sign the Petition
House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER
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President Trump has sought to deflect blame for the sweeping Republican losses. But within the party, some are beginning to ask whether they have been too deferential to the president. https://to.pbs.org/4iCDLxm
OKC's Republican mayor says election wipeout is 'rejection of Trumpism'
President Trump has sought to deflect blame for the sweeping Republican losses. But within the party, some are beginning to ask whether they have been too deferential to the president — and whether th...
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Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson says he won’t sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills to Texas.
Nathan Johnson won’t sue out-of-state abortion pill providers
Current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued multiple out-of-state doctors for illegally mailing abortion pills, which abortion advocates say has chilled access.
texastribune.org
It’s implicit that Trump enjoyed the prospect of a blue tsunami because it would reveal to the GOP that they were mere slithering worms without him. He kneecapped them in many ways, including withholding campaign funds (intentionally or negligently) for candidates until too late.
Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse in the 2026 Midterm Elections (Gift Article)
How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.
nytimes.com
