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    from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10241521319905829&set=a.1081768080380

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    Fred Biery is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
    He is the judge who ordered the release of Liam Ramos and his father and he wrote a scathing opinion targeting the Trump Administration. Here are some excepts:

    “The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”
    “Apparent also is the government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence. Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were:
    1. “He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People.”
    2. “He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.”
    3. “For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us.”
    4. “He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our Legislatures.”
    “We the people” are hearing echos of that history.”
    “And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:
    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.”
    “Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the hen house. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
    “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.”
    “Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: “Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?” “A republic, if you can keep it.”
    “With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,It is so ORDERED.”

    Thank you Judge Biery!

    February 3, 2026 at 10:36 am #161956
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    Judge calls DOJ’s statements on slavery exhibit ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/american-national-park-service-philadelphia-justice-department-donald-trump-b2911294.html

    A federal judge has warned Justice Department lawyers that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites.

    The sharp exchange erupted during a hearing in Philadelphia over the abrupt removal of an exhibit on the history of slavery at the site of the former President’s House on Independence Mall.

    The city, which worked in tandem with the park service on the exhibit two decades ago, was stunned to find workers this month using crowbars to remove outdoor plaques, panels and other materials that told the stories of the nine people who had been enslaved there.

    Some of the history had only been unearthed in the past quarter-century.

    “You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush.

    The removal followed President Donald Trump’s executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks.

    In Philadelphia, the materials were put in a pickup truck and then into storage, leading Rufe to voice concerns about whether they were damaged.

    “Although many people feel strongly about this (exhibit) one way, other people may disagree or feel strongly another way,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory in den Berken.

    “Ultimately,” he said, “the government gets to choose the message it wants to convey.”

    Rufe swiftly cut him off.

    “That is a dangerous statement you are making. It is horrifying to listen to,” she said.

    “It changes on the whims of someone in charge? I’m sorry, that is not what we elected anybody for.”

    Rufe heard hours of testimony Friday from former city officials who had helped plan the exhibit, and said the city had kicked in $1.5 million toward the project.

    She plans to visit both the storage area and the site before ruling on the city’s request to have the exhibit restored. But she asked the Justice Department lawyers to ensure that nothing else is disturbed.

    In den Berken said the Park Service routinely changes its exhibits and tours, and argued that the government cannot be forced to tell a certain story. But lawyers for the city and other advocates said the park service does not have “carte blanche” to interpret the nation’s history as it sees fit.

    The exhibit includes biographical details about the nine people enslaved by George and Martha Washington at the presidential mansion. Now, only their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall.

    Michael Coard, an attorney representing one of the advocacy groups supporting the exhibit, said the president was ignoring the power held by Congress, the judiciary and the American people.

    “It’s one thing to whisper that type of dictatorial power. But to send lawyers into a public courtroom to make that argument is absolutely frightening,” he said. “I’m really worried about the state of America.”

    Rufe said she planned to rule quickly, noting the surge of visitors expected to visit the nation’s birthplace this year to mark its 250th anniversary of being founded.

    Residents who have visited the site have shed tears, left flowers and left a handmade sign that said “Slavery was real.”

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    March 12, 2026 at 9:52 am #162787
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    ‘MMA Culture,’ Kristi Noem’s special blanket, Huggie Bear, ‘Smelling War’, and our President.

    June 7, 2026 at 4:40 pm #164388
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    Mike Levin@MikeLevin
    This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

    The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

    And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

    Record-breaking temperatures.

    A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

    The response?

    Yank out the instruments and walk away.

    That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

    For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

    The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

    That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.

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