Brenda Flanagan

Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless

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DOJ sues five more states—Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey—for failure to surrender their full voter registration lists upon request. That totals 29 states and DC so far, whose voter rolls DOJ says legally “can be cross-checked effectively for improper registrations.”

Armed with billions of dollars, ICE expands footprint with Roxbury warehouse | NJ Spotlight News Republican leaders seethe, say Kean failed to 'provide the advocacy our residents deserve'

Armed with billions of dollars, ICE expands footprint with Roxbury warehouse.
"Kean voted for the federal law that made the Roxbury purchase possible." From @bhulac.bsky.social
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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace

"With the possibility of peace now at least on the table, it is a moment of some hope for Ukraine — but less so for the roughly 190,000 people, including 12,000 children, who live in the area that would change hands if Ukraine were to surrender it in a settlement."

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Four years...

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CSPAN on X: "Former ICE attorney Ryan Schwank on why he left the agency: "I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution when I joined ICE…I followed it when I resigned…The legally required training program at the ICE academy is deficient, defective, and broken." https://t.co/uhjko3Hlim" / X Former ICE attorney Ryan Schwank on why he left the agency

Listen to his testimony:

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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84

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RIP, Jesse Jackson
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Tom Malinowski on X: "I spoke with Analilia Mejia this morning and congratulated her on her win in our primary. See my full statement below. I will be forever grateful to everyone who supported and believed in me in this race, and in the fight for our democracy that must go on! https://t.co/J7tIjgmDq1" / X I spoke with Analilia Mejia this morning and congratulated her on her win in our primary. See my full statement below. I will be forever grateful to everyone who supported and believed in me in this race, and in the fight for our democracy that must go on! https://t.co/J7tIjgmDq1

Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia in CD11 special primary election:

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The Gateway Dev Corp stated it's "pleased with the court’s decision today. We thank our partners in New York and New Jersey for taking action to help us access the federal funding...As soon as funds are released, we will work quickly to restart site operations and get our workers back on the job."

The fed govt has argued the case should be tried in a Washington DC federal claims court--not Manhattan.
Meanwhile, several news outlets reported POTUS has offered to release the funds--in exchange for Democrats' agreeing to rename Penn Station and DC's Dulles International Airport after Trump.

"has granted temporary relief...lifting the freeze of billions of dollars of federal funding for Gateway. ...we will continue to pursue full relief so the nation’s most urgent transportation project can keep moving forward — and workers can keep putting food on the table."

...and that forcing construction to shut down now would cause plaintiffs/public interest to suffer irreparable harm. Vargas granted a Temporary Restraining Order, but set 2/11 date to hear further briefs/motions. @govsherrill.bsky.social stated she's "thrilled that the court...

TRO granted in Gateway tunnel funding lawsuit: US District Judge Jeannette Vargas agrees w NJ & NY Attys Genl that Trump Adm exceeded its authority and was “arbitrary and capricious” when it froze fed funding for the $16B Gateway tunnel project...

Francesca Ebel on X: "Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war. https://t.co/F2CvvlnQe8" / X Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war. https://t.co/F2CvvlnQe8

" I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. "

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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This is just devastating. All of the layoffs are brutal. Words cannot describe the value of the work done by WaPo’s climate desk

Last day to choose 11th District contenders for Sherrill's seat | NJ Spotlight News The special primary election will narrow the field for an April contest, whose winner will serve through Jan. 3

A plethora of Dem candidates crowd the special 11CD primary field in NJ....and one Republican. Read @colleenodea.bsky.social's rundown:

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lizzie johnson on X: "I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated." / X I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone."

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WaPo guts 1/3 of its staff--300 souls--eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage, among other positions. Read their goodbyes, and this reaction from former editor-in-chief Marty Baron, via @benmullin.bsky.social:

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After plowing the driveway. For reference, I’m 5’1”

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

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So much snow! So little dog!

First pass. He’ll be back. It’s still snowing hard. No sleet in Sussex County.

PS. Don’t drive in this.

Shoveled a path from the front door and cleared a few feet more so there’ll be less to wrangle later. It’s fluffy stuff. Maybe a foot, so far. Cleared a potty spot in the yard for Shih Tzu Ming, too. Snowing hard in northern Sussex County.

Ming the Merciless reports the snow’s a full Shih Tzu high and still falling hard up by Wawayanda Mtn.

Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article) Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

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Several advocacy groups made much the same argument as you do, but lawmakers agreed with the company's request.

Thank you. Inaugurations are the fun part. Budgets --not so much...