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Here is a ‘clean’ copy of the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment originating from the Global TV app.
This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
archive.org/details/60mi...
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, LIYANARA SÁNCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Respondents-Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) MEMORANDUM OPINION Nine months ago, six Venezuelan men were hustled out of a detention center in Texas, loaded onto planes, and shipped to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador with no explanation and no opportunity to challenge the reason for their hasty removal. On behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated detainees, they have turned to the courts to vindicate their constitutional right to due process. These efforts have precipitated multiple trips up and down the assorted tiers of the federal judiciary, complicated by their subsequent transfer to and release in their native Venezuela. After the D.C. Circuit vacated this Court's prior preliminary injunction, Plaintiffs have again moved for an order enjoining the Government to facilitate their return to the United States to pursue their individual habeas claims. The parties then agreed to consolidate this Motion into Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment.
The Court ultimately finds that the United States maintained constructive custody over Plaintiffs while they were imprisoned in El Salvador, thus affording the Court habeas jurisdiction 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 215 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 43 over this action. In addition, it will certify a class of Plaintiffs who were removed on March 15 and seek to enforce their right to a hearing. On the merits, the Court concludes that this class was denied their due-process rights and will thus require the Government to facilitate their ability to obtain such hearing. Our law requires no less.
![ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS
that:
1. Plaintiffs' [177] Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED;
2. Plaintiffs' [178] Motion for Class Certification is GRANTED;
3. Defendants' [182] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and
4. The Government shall submit its proposal either to facilitate the return
of Plaintiffs to the United States or to otherwise provide them with
hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process by January 5,
2026.
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Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB
Document 214
Filed 12/22/25
Page 2 of 2
/s/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
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ORDER For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs' [177] Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED; 2. Plaintiffs' [178] Motion for Class Certification is GRANTED; 3. Defendants' [182] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and 4. The Government shall submit its proposal either to facilitate the return of Plaintiffs to the United States or to otherwise provide them with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process by January 5, 2026. 1 Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 214 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 2 /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG United States District Judge
BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.
Putinian POTUS
ugh
Fixed it for you @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Greetings from Kyiv.
No power at home, so I’m having a warcoffee in a nearby café.
Caught the moment when the lights went out here too (they’ve already switched to the generator).
Light rain outside.
Scoop: Texas AG Ken Paxton — someone positioning themselves as anti-Big Tech — is quietly using state antitrust law to pressure a company into giving up land for construction of a gigantic data center campus outside of Dallas
My latest for @heatmap.news
A satellite picture of a mountainous desert landscape. The upper and central areas feature rugged mountain ridges, while the lower right displays sandy dunes and eroded valleys in warm brown and orange tones.
Mali
🌍 : maps.app.goo.gl/SMoZ3ZihRGPN...
4K link : i.imgur.com/5VDRm0k.jpeg
🌊 I've been working on the SWOT satellite for some time, and on ocean waves even longer, including as the science lead for @esaearth.esa.int SeaState Climate Change Initiative. This paper is about the largest ocean waves, looking back at 34 years of data www.umr-lops.fr/en/SWOT-reve...
@loworbittourist.bsky.social have you visited the geoglyphs of California?
Cerulean.vc just dropped an update with new news, upcoming events and a podcast with PopularPower.io
open.substack.com/pub/cerulean...
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship now accepting applications. Deadline Dec 2 www.mbari.org/about/career....
My pre-labor day reward was to get laid off, do me a favor and sign up to get my now-independent reporting and writing
3 Gorges
You want to see this new geologic map of the contiguous US that the USGS just released.
What an absolute waste of time and money — the definition of bureaucratic waste. About 3 in 4 Americans live with at least one of these chronic health conditions or risk factors: Obesity (42%), smoking (30%), mental health conditions (20%), physical inactivity (25%), and diabetes (11%) and so on.
If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them):
www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...
⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️
This is figure 1, which shows the Southern Patagonian Icefield and the location of Glaciar Perito Moreno, its bedrock topography and frontal change.
The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina — often described as one of the most stable glaciers in Patagonia — is retreating far more rapidly than previously thought, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/45tPiZu ⚒️ 🧪
Can’t say that we saw this coming as part of our earth observation investment thesis at cerulean.vc
Cerulean Ventures is targeting $50 million for early stage investments in “physical AI” and nature tech.
“When people look at us, they go, ‘This is crazy. This is going to work?’ And that’s how we know that we’re on the right track,” says @mlstotts.bsky.social.
impactalpha.com/with-second-...
🧁 Happy birthday to Elinor Ostrom!
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
I’ve known the founders of LGND.AI for years. They’re thoughtful, capable, and working on a huge problem: making Earth data useful, searchable as the Internet.
Thrilled to join their $9M round.
👉 Details: techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/l...
#LGND #GeoAI #ArtificialIntelligence #EarthObservation
Great write-up of LGND - the AI for Earth startup unlocking the exponentially growing data from Earth-observation (satellite, sensor, drone, etc). @againstutopia.bsky.social and I are honored to have the team join the Cerulean.vc portfolio of Nature-tech and Nature-positive companies.
hmm. not really. given how long it takes to build, doubtful many if any will skirt establish practices.
Hammers are for building. ⚒️
