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Public sector lawyer.

A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed ⁠by Trump's administration against Los Angeles over a city ordinance making it a "sanctuary city" and limiting ⁠its cooperation with federal ⁠immigration ​authorities. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

First Thing: Judge thwarts Trump administration attempt to overthrow LA ‘sanctuary city’ policy

Central California US district court rejected claim policy was ‘unconstitutional’

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The atmosphere at the Los Angeles stadium was electric when Iran played in front of a passionate crowd. Fans across the stadium cheered loudly for Iran, creating a strong show of support and making it feel like a home game for the team.

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field

Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

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Beautiful Lola #A5696403 initially landed in Lancaster CA as a stray. She was then transferred to Castaic CA and has waited there for two months and out of time. An urgent plea has just gone out for her. This beautiful girl is just 2 years old and her behavior notes at Lancaster were wonderful.

I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers. Easy money, no risk. Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.

Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

An extraordinary reputation of Trump, Bondi & Bove— from a conservative Scalia clerk who was chosen by Trump to lead SDNY. While longer than Robert Welch’s famous, “have you no shame” response to Joe McCarthy, no less historic. If the GOP Congress had as much … 1/2 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Annotated (Gift Article)

Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

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