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We Will Watch The Launch Live, In The Wee Hours Tomorrow, US Time — To The ISS, For Jonny Kim, And The Cosmonauts — On a Soyuz Rocket…

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NASA+ TV streaming promises to have the whole she-bang, come tomorrow.

See the below. And assuming Jonny Kim’s time at ISS is uneventful (from a health / space fitness perspective), he is presently slated to ride the first 21st Century crewed ship to the Moon, for NASA. Here’s the latest:

…NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space Station, accompanied by cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, where they will join the Expedition 72/73 crew in advancing scientific research.

Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will lift off at 1:47 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 8 (10:47 a.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Watch live launch and docking coverage on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms.

After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the station, the spacecraft will dock automatically to the station’s Prichal module at approximately 5:03 a.m. Shortly after, hatches will open between Soyuz and the space station….

Now you know — but in truth I’ll watch (the launch, at least) from my bed, on the iPhone. Heh.

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Mr. Abrego Garcia Should Already Be On His Way To An Airstrip — Protected By US Guards, Inside El Salvador… Right Now.

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“This case is certainly important to Abrego Garcia and his family,” the judge said. “In recognition of that, I feel like I can’t wait on giving my order….”

Updated — but now, we have the formal written order; and he is due back in the USA by midnight tonight, April 7, 2025:

…Defendants are hereby ORDERED to facilitate and effectuate the return of Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7, 2025….

This preliminary relief is issued to restore the status quo and to preserve Abrego Garcia’s access to due process in accordance with the Constitution and governing immigration statutes….

Indeed, it must be said — when ~4.5 million Americans march nationwide, many in cold, windy weather — to chant “Hands Off!” — Ms. Noem, you and your tangerine handler should… take heed — and take care, that you hear the will of… the people, here.

He better be on a government secured flight — headed home, by 7 pm Eastern Daylight time, tonight, Mademoiselle.

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Hinderaker Pretends The GOP Didn’t Just Slam Americans With The Largest Instant Tax Increase In A Century!

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Hey knucklehead. Uh, John…

Your boy calls them tariffs… But they are in fact instant, non-legislated, tax hikes. Tax hikes on ordinary working Americans — on what they have to pay for everyday goods.

The GOP is now the highest “taxing-est” party in one year — in over a century.

So our slogan — “hands off” means just what it says, hands off our money, hands off women’s bodies, hands off real science, and hands off people who have papers to be here, that you are snatching and putting in Salvadoran hell holes.

And yes, they were very well attended (well over 1.2 million nationwide).

The MAGA trade… is now dead.

Of its own stupidity — and hubris.

And so, you should be ready to get slaughtered in 2026 — at the midterms.

Cheers, chucklehead.

The Idiot Pam Bondi Places AUSA In Maryland On Leave, For Failing To “Zealously Advocate” A Patently Unlawful Course, In That Grabbed Dad Case… OMG!

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Well — at least the lawyer will get full pay indefinitely, now — and not have to go to the office.

And… they will have preserved their… integrity. They will be snapped up by any number of great law firms. Law firms that still respect the rule of law, in America. Here’s that story. In any other era, this would be considered “Twilight Zone” stuff. In the time of Tangerine 2.0, it is… a regular Friday:

…Sources said Erez Reuveni, the acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, was told by officials at the DOJ that he was being placed on leave over a “failure to zealously advocate” for the government’s interests.

“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Saturday. “Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences….”

Since when does the “government interest” include KNOWINGLY dumping the WRONG MAN in a hell-hole Salvadoran prison without so much as a due process hearing?! Since… it embarrassed Kristi Noem and her $50,000 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex, in front of lots of shirtless prisoners — on her prison porn tour, in El Salvador last week. Damn.

Heh — old Pammy’s gonna find out that these [nationwide] AUSAs are not just political hacks [in Ruby-red Florida districts] any more. They are in the main — a much higher caliber of counsel. Ones who will not traffick in their integrity.

Buckle up, butter-cup.

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[U] With Duke’s Loss, Both 44 And I Are Done Scoring. I Win 118 to 107.

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Update: I’ve won the women’s bracket too, as UConn takes down the favored Gamecocks. Woot! End, update.

So… I get one. Finally. But in the women’s brackets, Mr. Obama bests me if South Carolina wins it all.

In any other women’s outcome… I beat him, even though my ultimate pick for the national champion, UCLA, is already out.

In truth, am pretty far ahead now, but I’d say the Gamecocks… are likely to be the women’s champ — giving BHO44 that crown. We shall see.

G’night, one and all — I am hearing there were probably 200,000 people marching in the Chi today — and maybe nearly a million, nationwide. Excellent.

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USW Local 10-86 President: Merck Offering “Worst Set of Proposals Ever” During Collective Bargaining…

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It is a highly uncertain time, for unionized labor, in general — with attacks from Trumpians, on all sides. This is then a “knock-on effect” story, as big businesses are no longer sure of their profit margins, under this insanely chaotic tax/tariff regime. So they “pull back” — in labor cost projections.

And so too, it seems, are large pharma concerns (and their CEOs) — via tough bargaining stances, with union workforces. In this case, at WestPoint, PA. Here’s the latest, locally:

…More than 200 members of the United Steelworkers Union Local 10-86 at Merck & Co. rallied outside Building 53 near Gate 1 at the Upper Gwynedd pharmaceutical giant Wednesday afternoon in support of its collective bargaining team, who are in middle of negotiations with the company on a five-year contract, which, according to the union president, has been “one of the worst set of proposals ever put across the table….”

“In light of the company’s insulting, one-sided proposals, it’s time we made our position loud and clear,” said the flyer. “We’re calling on every union member to stand together and show our strength.”

Local 10-86 President Kevin McCafferty said the rally is part of the action items the union does with every contract to show support…

“We’re at a midway point, with little to no movement on either side,” McCafferty said. “I’m in my fifth contract negotiation, and this is the worst set of proposals ever put across the table….

[T]he announcement of the impending closure of the Cherokee plant in Danville, PA, which will affect 163 employees starting next month, is on the minds of Local 10-86 as well. McCafferty said the Upper Gwynedd location continues to expand and build more facilities.

“The Cherokee plant in Danville was sold and bought back and closed,” he said. “A lot of the same proposals we are getting now, they were given as well….”

Now you know — back from a protest at Daley Plaza here, at noon — marched south. Onward, resolutely.

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[U: Hinderaker, Too] Meanwhile, The Otis/Mirengoff’s “Penguin Update” — For What Is Only “Tariff Day Two”, Here On Friday…

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Updated: Hinderaker revels in having intentionally voted for a man bereft of even a fifth grader’s understanding of economics. Classy. End update.

This is so far beyond maddening… I don’t even know what to say. “These f-in’ goise….”

D A M N.

Again, we must point out that with each passing post, Mirengoff, Otis, Johnson and Hinderaker are openly bleating to the world that they CHOSE to elect a moron — a guy who can’t read above a fifth grade level — and who would have failed out of Wharton’s Macro-Econ. 101 if his sister hadn’t ghost written all his exams.

They think we should feel sorry for THEM?! Because these A-holes intentionally elected a reprobate?! Nope and nope.

That said — they are finally being honest here, that Trump will kill the shining Camelot that Kennedy largely created by himself, in 1962. As Otis’s buddies (unnamed) put it:

…Trump’s action can be looked upon as one more component of his forfeiture of American leadership in world. Discounting or leaving NATO? Letting Putin have his way with Ukraine (and then what else)? Making the complaint that America has been “taken advantage of”? That might well be true, but is that what a leader says? To lead is, in a sense, by nature to be “taken advantage of”: You have to be strong while others, weaker or poorer or merely less courageous, get the advantage of your being in front — in front where it’s at a minimum costly, often dangerous, and sometimes mortally dangerous….

But that is the America that saved the world. It saved it first by beating the Nazis and then the Soviets…. And we didn’t ask how much.

Did the country really elect Trump to so casually say goodbye to that America?….

Apparently the feckless rich whyte boys who write blogs… did.

Out.

Ms. Chung Is About To Show The World That Kristi Noem Had No Plausible Basis To Grab Her Off The Streets Of Manhattan…

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We’ve all seen it, on video, via TikTok and YouTube and the legacy TV-news stations — a broad daylight snatch and grab — by ICE and DHS. Yunseo Chung’s a lawful resident student at Columbia, for chrissakes. Tonight, her lawyers have filed to get a look at the (largely bogus) documents ICE says it was relying on, for a warrant to detain her, and search her residence.

This should concern every person in America who believes we all have the right to peaceably oppose the policies of our government. Here’s that filing, and a bit:

…[We] respectfully request that the Court: (1) unseal the rider, supporting affidavit, application, and any other materials underlying the warrant issued on March 13, 2025, authorizing federal law enforcement to search for and seize documents from Ms. Chung’s Columbia University-owned residence (“the Warrant”); (2) provide those materials to the parties for 24 hours so that the parties may propose limited redactions; and (3) after reviewing and deciding any request for limited redactions, order the release of the materials to the public….

[The Warrant was executed] at Ms. Chung’s Columbia-owned residence, ostensibly seeking documents including any occupancy or lease agreements, travel records, and immigration records. The Warrant cited only one law that had supposedly been violated, 8 U.S.C. § 1324. This provision, known as the “harboring” statute, criminalizes the harboring of persons unlawfully present in the country.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche then publicly stated that Columbia University is under investigation for “harboring and concealing illegal aliens on its campus.” The Warrant would only have been properly supported factually if the materials submitted to the issuing Magistrate Judge, including under oath, stated that Ms. Chung was unlawfully present in the United States. But Ms. Chung is a lawful permanent resident, see Compl. ¶ 23, and Secretary Rubio does not have the unilateral authority to revoke her status, see id. ¶¶ 91-92, 153-75. Ms. Chung remains a lawful permanent resident unless an immigration judge rules otherwise, and a final order of removal ensues.

Until then, Ms. Chung, a lawful permanent resident, cannot be “harbored,” and the statute in question could not have been properly cited to support a warrant to search her residence.

Therefore, it is difficult to imagine how a warrant could have been lawfully obtained to authorize the search of Ms. Chung’s residence in connection with an ostensible investigation into Columbia’s supposed violation of the harboring statute.

The materials underlying the Warrant will supply much needed clarity to Ms. Chung and the public….

Democracy… dies… in darkness. Let us see them. These are our courts, and our streets, afterall. Onward.

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[U: Hinderaker Thinks Due Process Is Only For X-tian Whyte Guys] The Maryland Dad, Grabbed For Having A Bulls Jersey On… Has Been Ordered Flown Home From The Salvadoran Prison Just Now. Stick It, Kristi!

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Updated @ 5 PM EDT: Now Hinderaker has joined JD Vance in trashing this man. This man below, who is lawfully here, working as a welder — and no doubt paying his taxes — while raising his family, in suburban Maryland — all for the offense of… wait for it! — for traffic tickets.

R-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ght.

I am pretty sure Johnnie’s racked up his share of them, too over 65 years. But his good femme buddy, ex-Gov. Kristi Noem… did NOT come grab him under the cover of night — even if he had a Michael Jordan 23 jersey over his otherwise dapper, crisply Whyte… polo.

Nope. John thinks due process is only for him — and fellow X-tian Whyte Guys, here in ‘Murica. A$$hat. End updated portion.

“This case is certainly important to Abrego Garcia and his family,” the judge said. “In recognition of that, I feel like I can’t wait on giving my order….”

Here’s the latest, from The Guardian (UK):

“…To all the wives, mothers, children who also face this cruel separation, I stand with you in this bond of pain,” she said during the rally at a community center in Hyattsville, Maryland. “It’s a journey that no one ever should ever have to suffer, a nightmare that feels endless….”

Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation, described by the White House as an “administrative error”, has outraged many and raised concerns about expelling noncitizens who were granted permission to be in the US.

Abrego Garcia had a permit from the Department of Homeland Security to legally work in the US, his attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said. He served as a sheet metal apprentice and was pursuing his journeyman license….

We are better than this, America. You KNOW we are.

[Second graphic here is from five years ago, when then MAGA SD Gov. Kristi Noem tried to arrest indigenous tribal leaders for refusing the feds passage across their tribal lands and roads, to reach Rushmore. It was Tangerine they were not granting permission to, so she threatened to arrest them (claiming they were “illegals”) on their own private property. Damn.]

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As Of 3 PM Eastern On Friday… Mr. Khalil Must Wait Until Next Week, For An Order Of Release…

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Updated — the able USDC Judge in Newark has ruled that Mr. Khalil’s orders are immediately appealable. That mightily speeds the case along, but thus far, he has not ordered Mr. Khalil’s return to Newark, from Jena, Louisiana — in a private prison. His habeas petition though, may be properly heard in Newark, starting next week. End, update.

That’s all for now. But it is all rather hard to understand — since Mr. Khalil is charged with NO CRIME — how his detention remains… appropriate. We are coming up on three weeks without any offer for bond — on a non-violent civil matter. That’s unusual (at least in the prior four years — and the eight before the four of Tangerine) in immigration matters.

He has a green card — and that status cannot be revoked without due process of law (no matter what Kristi Noem bleats on and on about).

Onward.

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