Mudbug
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Just an old girl trying to keep up.
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri’s top election official held in contempt for defying court’s gerrymander order
The development was the latest embarrassment for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), after being thwarted in his attempt to force the gerrymander on Missourians.
www.democracydocket.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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September 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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If you want to know what the first public hearing ever in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court was like, it went *exactly* like @Lawfare's Peter Beck describes here. Standout dispatch:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/disp...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/disp...
Dispatch: Setting Up Secret Courts
The first public hearing of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its stumbles.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
If you want to know what the first public hearing ever in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court was like, it went *exactly* like @Lawfare's Peter Beck describes here. Standout dispatch:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/disp...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/disp...
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Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body.
People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
www.stlpr.org
July 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body.
People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Let's see if the regime can screw this up. www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/b...
Balcony solar spreads across most of the US as $29 membership unlocks at-cost plug-in kits
Balcony solar may soon become much easier to buy across most of the United States, as California nonprofit Bright Saver says a new $29 annual membership could give shoppers access to at-cost kits.
www.thecooldown.com
July 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Let's see if the regime can screw this up. www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/b...
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Instead of changing the language in their legacy scholarship, the Upperman family has decided to pull their $1M endowment from a North Carolina university
They plan to move the scholarship to a school where it is likely a Black student will receive it
They plan to move the scholarship to a school where it is likely a Black student will receive it
UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW. Linda Upperman Smith said the way the university wanted to rewrite the language around the application ...
www.whqr.org
July 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Instead of changing the language in their legacy scholarship, the Upperman family has decided to pull their $1M endowment from a North Carolina university
They plan to move the scholarship to a school where it is likely a Black student will receive it
They plan to move the scholarship to a school where it is likely a Black student will receive it
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Who needs to "drill baby drill"?
This is how you turn solar into night-time power.
This is how you turn solar into night-time power.
First US sodium-ion grid storage factory will power 4 million homes
Peak Energy has recently announced a 183,000-sq-ft facility in Sacramento to manufacture sodium-ion batteries.
interestingengineering.com
July 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Who needs to "drill baby drill"?
This is how you turn solar into night-time power.
This is how you turn solar into night-time power.
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Today’s DC Cir oral argument in @anthropic.com v. Dept of War, went better for Anthropic than I expected, thought that might not mean victory.
The panel was Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson (Reagan/George HW Bush); Greg Katsas (Trump); Neomi Rao (Trump).
1/11
The panel was Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson (Reagan/George HW Bush); Greg Katsas (Trump); Neomi Rao (Trump).
1/11
May 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Today’s DC Cir oral argument in @anthropic.com v. Dept of War, went better for Anthropic than I expected, thought that might not mean victory.
The panel was Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson (Reagan/George HW Bush); Greg Katsas (Trump); Neomi Rao (Trump).
1/11
The panel was Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson (Reagan/George HW Bush); Greg Katsas (Trump); Neomi Rao (Trump).
1/11
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I wish I could put this on blast
Incompetent interim U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith is up for confirmation
CALL YOUR SENATORS, even if in a RED STATE:
Ask your Senator if people accused of possessing prepubescent child pornography or murder should be prosecuted
oilcity.news/community/wy...
Incompetent interim U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith is up for confirmation
CALL YOUR SENATORS, even if in a RED STATE:
Ask your Senator if people accused of possessing prepubescent child pornography or murder should be prosecuted
oilcity.news/community/wy...
Judges toss charges against 9 over US Attorney Darin Smith’s ‘deeply concerning’ misconduct
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile Three federal judges dismissed felony grand jury indictments against nine defendants Friday, citing misconduct by
oilcity.news
May 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I wish I could put this on blast
Incompetent interim U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith is up for confirmation
CALL YOUR SENATORS, even if in a RED STATE:
Ask your Senator if people accused of possessing prepubescent child pornography or murder should be prosecuted
oilcity.news/community/wy...
Incompetent interim U.S. Attorney for Wyoming Darin Smith is up for confirmation
CALL YOUR SENATORS, even if in a RED STATE:
Ask your Senator if people accused of possessing prepubescent child pornography or murder should be prosecuted
oilcity.news/community/wy...
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Nobody here needs me to tell them not to do this but Jesus Christ in a Cadillac do not do this.
ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account and See All Your Transactions https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-can-now-connect-to-your-bank-account-and-see-all-your-transactions-2000759306
ChatGPT Can Now Connect to Your Bank Account and See All Your Transactions
OpenAI unveiled a new feature on Friday that will allow users to share detailed financial information with the chatbot.
gizmodo.com
May 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Nobody here needs me to tell them not to do this but Jesus Christ in a Cadillac do not do this.
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"Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reassure parents that the vitamin K shot is safe.
He refused and pushed back..."
www.propublica.org/article/more...
He refused and pushed back..."
www.propublica.org/article/more...
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.propublica.org
May 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reassure parents that the vitamin K shot is safe.
He refused and pushed back..."
www.propublica.org/article/more...
He refused and pushed back..."
www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Kevin Morris, a researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice, said that Alito’s claim is “simply not factual,” and that the turnout gap had “exploded” over the last three years.
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May 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Kevin Morris, a researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice, said that Alito’s claim is “simply not factual,” and that the turnout gap had “exploded” over the last three years.
trib.al/8N53FLm
trib.al/8N53FLm
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Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country
May 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country
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It's time to talk about that thing I spent most of my PhD studying:
OPEC!
This is going to be a bit of a messy situation though I think, overall, this is a positive development for energy transition so here goes my take on what to expect. 1/x
#EconSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky #Greensky
OPEC!
This is going to be a bit of a messy situation though I think, overall, this is a positive development for energy transition so here goes my take on what to expect. 1/x
#EconSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky #Greensky
BREAKING: The United Arab Emirates has said it has quit OPEC and OPEC+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil-exporting groups after the US-Israel war on Iran triggered a historic energy shock.
April 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
It's time to talk about that thing I spent most of my PhD studying:
OPEC!
This is going to be a bit of a messy situation though I think, overall, this is a positive development for energy transition so here goes my take on what to expect. 1/x
#EconSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky #Greensky
OPEC!
This is going to be a bit of a messy situation though I think, overall, this is a positive development for energy transition so here goes my take on what to expect. 1/x
#EconSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky #Greensky
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SPLC provided FBI a 45-page memo in advance of Unite the Right.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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April 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
SPLC provided FBI a 45-page memo in advance of Unite the Right.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is how the United States Department of Justice writes now.
April 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is how the United States Department of Justice writes now.
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Trump pressured Republican states to rig their electoral maps, because he saw a midterm disaster coming for his party. He knows they will lose big without rigged districts. Virginia can level the playing field and stop his newest scam tomorrow by voting YES for fair election maps. #VoteYesVirginia
April 20, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Trump pressured Republican states to rig their electoral maps, because he saw a midterm disaster coming for his party. He knows they will lose big without rigged districts. Virginia can level the playing field and stop his newest scam tomorrow by voting YES for fair election maps. #VoteYesVirginia
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New: Maryland ordered Washington County to freeze all sewer expansion today, finding the county's infrastructure cannot handle waste from the proposed ICE detention facility — and that its sewerage plan, last updated in 2009, is too outdated to evaluate whether it ever could.
Maryland Orders Washington County to Freeze Sewer Expansion for Planned ICE Detention Center
A state environmental order bars the county from expanding its sewer system, the latest obstacle in a legal fight over the federal government's plan to detain immigrants in a warehouse there
open.substack.com
April 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
New: Maryland ordered Washington County to freeze all sewer expansion today, finding the county's infrastructure cannot handle waste from the proposed ICE detention facility — and that its sewerage plan, last updated in 2009, is too outdated to evaluate whether it ever could.
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Critics dumbfounded as Trump suffers 'complete collapse' among his strongest voter group #RawStory
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Critics dumbfounded as Trump suffers 'complete collapse' among his strongest voter group
twp.ai
April 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Critics dumbfounded as Trump suffers 'complete collapse' among his strongest voter group #RawStory
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The conclave really knew what it was doing when it elected an American Pope huh
Like, only a guy who has endured Chicago winters and the indignity of rooting for the White Sox could meet this moment
Like, only a guy who has endured Chicago winters and the indignity of rooting for the White Sox could meet this moment
April 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The conclave really knew what it was doing when it elected an American Pope huh
Like, only a guy who has endured Chicago winters and the indignity of rooting for the White Sox could meet this moment
Like, only a guy who has endured Chicago winters and the indignity of rooting for the White Sox could meet this moment
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Netanyahu has been running this play trying to drag the US into war with Iran for literally decades and Trump is the one who was stupid enough to fall for it
April 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Netanyahu has been running this play trying to drag the US into war with Iran for literally decades and Trump is the one who was stupid enough to fall for it
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The Artemis II crew just gave us an 80's sitcom intro and it's absolutely hilarious! Freeze frames, cheesy grins, theme song energy. These are the four humans who are about to around the Moon. NASA said fun and we are here for it!
April 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The Artemis II crew just gave us an 80's sitcom intro and it's absolutely hilarious! Freeze frames, cheesy grins, theme song energy. These are the four humans who are about to around the Moon. NASA said fun and we are here for it!