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Mirengoff (After Lots Of Irrelevant Gibberish) Admits Trump Is Violating Clear Con. Law, On Commanders’ NFL Naming Flap.

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As he did when the NFL franchise owners first changed the name (four years ago), Mirengoff again argues that public opinion among Native Americans should be the only relevant question about the naming of the franchise.

Poppycock.

Even if we were to assume that Paul is correct that some 90% of Native Americans don’t object to the prior name… he simply ignores the fact that in America, people who own businesses or other assets, including sports franchisees… have every right to name their sports team anything they choose in their own business judgment. This Paul never even mentions (once again).

He goes on to only mildly suggest that maybe the President of the United States should not be telling the owners of a private business what they are allowed to call their business, on pain of wrongfully denying that business financing for a new stadium deal despite the local government having voted in favor of the stadium deal.

In the end, though whiny cowardly terms, he does admit that Trump is 100% in the wrong here:

“…The key point, though, is that the president should not be using federal power to pressure sports-team owners to rename their teams. Nor should they use that power to jeopardize a legitimate business deal — construction of a stadium in D.C. — that, if consummated, would confer significant benefits on Washington, D.C., including the return of the team to the city and concomitant economic gains…”

Yikes. What a bunch of cowardly boot lickers.

Out.

Hinderaker Here Complains Of “Sexism” — But Then Plasters Two Very Nearly Undressed Pics Of Her — Full Sized — In His Piece. Hilarious.

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John captions his piece this morning “Sex Sells”.

He seems to believe that he is championing the right of very capable women athletes to do whatever it is they would like to do, in life…

Although in his editorial — he chooses to objectify her, not once, not twice — but three times.

He is certainly right that she is beautiful.

But it kind of defeats the purpose to write such a piece, if his whole goal is to sell her sex.

And that certainly seems to be what he’s doing here for his readership.

Also, in his third insult — while still completely and blissfully unaware of his own idiocy… he chooses to conclude his piece by noting that her “career” is “ taking off” in Pittsburgh — because she is dating the number one rookie drafted in Major league baseball, a pitcher — with whom she attended LSU.

In John’s mind, she’s not a world-class gymnast, she’s just “arm candy” for a heat slinger / flame-thrower.

Wow.

Not entirely surprising, but pretty disappointing — just the same.

Onward.

New Cases Of Clade 1 In Australia; Trump’s Ineptitude Causes Spoilation Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Mpox Vaccine Vials US Was To Ship To Africa…

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Yep, we are learning that up to 760,000 doses of the vaccine the US purchased for Africa under Mr. Biden cannot be shipped, because Trump has delayed — and delayed — and now all but 220,000 of them will be too close to expiration date, before they leave the US — so under WHO standards, they must be discarded, rather than administered. Charming. Well done, “Cartoon Don”….

Here’s the latest, on the second case near Queensland, down under:

…Health Minister Tim Nicholls said the infection was acquired in central Africa and contact tracing was underway.

“He was not contagious on the return journey to Australia from Africa and those close contacts that he has been in contact with, including at the emergency ward and in other locations, are being contact traced right now and identified,” Mr Nicholls said.

He said the department had identified 19 community contacts, including members of the man’s family, and 40 hospital staff contacts.

Head of infectious diseases at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Doctor Geoffrey Playford said he did not expect the number of community cases to increase….

Onward, driving deeper into the mountanins this morning, to see an 87 year old aunt struggling with a severe COVID bout. But all will be well. Grin.

नमस्ते

Mozambique Reports First Mpox Clade 1b Case; Now 24 Nations In Africa With Currently Active Outbreaks: CIDRAP

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In the last two days, eleven additional cases were seen — near the border with Tanzania — a known 2025 outbreak hotspot.

The first cluster in Mozambique included two men and one woman. Here’s the latest, from the superlative CIDRAP — but again, the Trumpian isolationism and penny-pinching on USAID is certainly going to kill high tens of thousands, globally — mostly children (who also face severe malnutrition):

…Mozambique last week confirmed its first mpox cases of the year, bringing the number of African nations reporting outbreaks to 24. Meanwhile, one of the top officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC) today described a mixed picture of outbreaks on the continent, with encouraging declines in high-burden countries, but cases trending upward in five nations.

Yap Boum, PhD, MPH, deputy incident manager for Africa CDC’s mpox response, said Mozambique’s three cases involve two men and one woman, none of whom had traveled recently, suggesting that transmission in the country has been ongoing. The cases were detected in an area near the border with Tanzania.

He said the country is taking a patient-isolation approach, which includes food and psychiatric care, to curb the spread and that so far sequencing results are not available….

Now you know — largely off-grid on holiday until the 29th in the evening. Smile.

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Blogging Forecast: Numerous Outages — On Holiday, With 90 Year Old Mom!

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I will duly note, though, in the interim… that in Nashville yesterday, before I flew to the Rockies… the able USDC Judge Crenshaw put a tentative trial date on the books, for the Noemites’ claim to continue to detain Abrego Garcia (if we ever get that far — not likely).

That date will be January 27, 2026, thus:

…Evidentiary hearing held on July 16, 2025 to review the decision of detention.

Trial date is set for January 27, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

Status conferences will be held in October and one in December.

A sample Scheduling Order was provided to the parties and shall be submitted to the Court by July 30, 2025.

One witness (and exhibits) presented.

Court to take government’s motion under advisement….

He did indicate that he doesn’t see how the Government was even entitled to a hearing on detaining Abrego Garcia, as the Bail Reform Act says “shall” receive… bail, under these circumstances.

He also said he is likely to rule some time next week — and if I have some non-dodgy WiFi, I’ll get that out to the readership. Onward. Be excellent to one another. We are all we’ve got.

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How To Teach Noem To Read… Plain English? Regarding The Khalil Matter…

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There are clear injunctions in force, in federal court in Newark, against the Noemites making any additional (collateral) efforts to “remove” Mr. Khalil (a lawful US resident), for his prior, peaceful First Amendment activities.

But she continues to say she may try, via specious administrative agency moves, to avoid that clear federal injunction. Not so, says the able USDC Judge this morning — by a clarifying opinion, and a further order:

…The “Respondents are preliminarily enjoined from seeking to remove the Petitioner from the United States based on the Secretary of State’s determination.” As a matter of plain meaning, “seeking” removal from the United States covers steps that come before physical removal from the United States. Detention is one example. Continuing to pursue charges is another.

Second, the “Respondents are preliminarily enjoined from seeking to remove the Petitioner from the United States based on the Secretary of State’s determination.”

Again as a matter of plain meaning, seeking removal “based on the Secretary of State’s determination” includes all efforts to remove the Petitioner that are predicated on (“based on“) the Secretary’s determination.

This is not qualified.

This covers all efforts. Those that are solely based on the Secretary’s determination. And also those that as a practical matter meaningfully rely on the Secretary’s determination. “Based” covers both….

Yikes. But dammit, if these people aren’t… tediously malignant pin-heads. Just… damn.

Onward, to the USDC here in Nashville — for Mr. Abrego Garcia’s evidentiary hearing — after I finish my breakfast. Stay tuned.

नमस्ते

In 2025 Alone, There Have Now Been Over 26,000 Cases Of Mpox Clade 1b In Central Africa. Additional Vaccine Supplies Are Urgently Needed.

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We all need to keep beating this drum. Incessantly.

It is primarily malnourished children under the age of 14 who are dying, in DRC now. Children — and paid sex workers. This is, by all modern medical standards — an entirely avoidable bolus of 26,000 newly-debilitated people, who will now likely have life long consequences. If they survive at all. Here’s the latest:

…More than 26,000 cases of mpox have been recorded across Africa since the start of 2025, with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) bearing the heaviest burden, according to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) via UN OCHA’s Reliefweb.

As of July, a total of 26,734 mpox cases and 115 deaths have been reported across 21 African countries. The DRC alone accounts for 13,545 cases and 38 fatalities, followed by Uganda (6,051 cases) and Sierra Leone (4,610 cases).

While WHO data indicates a recent decline in new infections—particularly in DRC and Sierra Leone—health authorities caution that the trend may be misleading due to testing delays, inconsistent surveillance, and waning response resources in many affected areas….

Onward. Now you know.

Please reach out to anyone you know who might in a position to do something — inside the UK, Japan, the EU or even China — these may be the most fruitful avenues of influence, now that Trump has utterly sidelined USAID. Damn.

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[U] History Will Record That The Dissent Was Correct, In McMahon v. New York. Damn.

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To be certain, Dred Scott was a vast malignancy / mistake. But it took decades to correct that evil / error.

So too, Roberts’ handing Tangerine the temporary discretion to keep cutting huge portions of the Congressionally mandated Education Department to ribbons. Damn:

…When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it. Two lower courts rose to the occasion, preliminarily enjoining the mass firings while the litigation remains ongoing. Rather than maintain the status quo, however, this Court now intervenes, lifting the injunction and permitting the Government to proceed with dismantling the Department.

That decision is indefensible. It hands the Executive the power to repeal statutes by firing all those necessary to carry them out. The majority is either willfully blind to the implications of its ruling or naive, but either way the threat to our Constitution’s separation of powers is grave.

Unable to join in this misuse of our emergency docket, I respectfully dissent….

Congress has also charged the Department with ensuring equal access to education. See §3402. The Department’s Office of Civil Rights, for example, enforces several anti-discrimination laws as to federally funded educational programs, see §§3413, 3441(a)(3), including Title VI, 42 USC §2000d et seq. (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin); Title IX, 20 USC §§1681–1689 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex); and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC §§12101–12103 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability). The Department additionally administers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which funds and supports special education services for more than 7 million students with disabilities….

Tens of millions of low-income families, too, rely on financial assistance programs administered by the Department under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Put simply, schools and students in every State rely on federal programs established by Congress and run by the Department.

Congress has prohibited the Secretary of Education from “aboli[shing] organizational entities established” in the Department’s organic statute. 20 USC §3473(a)(2). As for statutory entities “transferred to the Department,” the Secretary may only “consolidate, alter, or discontinue” a subset of entities specifically identified, after providing Congress with 90 days’ advance notice and a “statement of the action proposed… and the facts and circumstances relied upon in support of such proposed action.” §§3473(b)(1)(A)–(L), (b)(2)….

What a strange time in US (Orwellian) politics. [Do Roberts / Alito / Thomas appear as features, in the real Epstein files?!] Out — on a jet by 4 pm.
UPDATED: EmptyWheel is on fire — and correct, overnight: “…Plus, think of the optics of this! Trump has sicced a wrestling promoter currently fighting allegations of fostering sexual abuse of boys… on school children.

Let me repeat that: Trump has sicced a billionaire wrestling promoter, currently fighting allegations she overlooked sexual abuse of boys, who has absolutely no expertise on education, on school children. That’s the person who is going to start taking away educational opportunities for poor kids.

John Roberts just gave this billionaire wrestling promoter accused of letting an employee sexually exploit boys sanction to start destroying local school programs….” Damnation. She’s right.

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[U] In Nashville On Wed., Abrego Garcia Need Not — And Will Not — Call Any Witnesses. He Will Force The Noemites To Muster Their Evidence, Such As It Is. I’ll Be There.

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Just a quick note before I fly down tomorrow evening, to Union Station.

The Noemites aver tonight that they intend to call some older Tennessee State Troopers. That, and show some supposed emails, from incarcerated individuals (yawn). This all ought to be very droll.

But it will not likely sustain the government’s burden — and Kilmar is likely to be exonerated in Nashville, since the able USDC Judge is holding the hearing specifically to determine whether he may be held over for trial — on any charge at all.

Updated: in fact, overnight, the Noemites have admitted that the court has already once ruled against it, on the adequacy of the evidence: “…the Magistrate Judge found that the Government failed to prove by [even a] a preponderance of the evidence that the human smuggling crimes charged in the Indictment involved any minor victims….” That is the government’s own admission. Now you know.

…Defendant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia writes pursuant to this Court’s order (ECF 56) to disclose that he does not anticipate calling any witnesses or introducing any exhibits as part of his case-in-chief at the July 16, 2025 evidentiary hearing on the government’s motion to revoke Magistrate Judge Holmes’s order releasing him pending further proceedings in this matter.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 14, 2025
New York, New York….

So, do tune in at 1 PM Central, on Wed., from USDC Courtroom 3D. Out.

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Paul Is More Concerned, About A Candidate’s Trial Balloon, On Groceries — In NYC — Than The Sitting President’s Nationalization Of Entire US Industries. Charming.

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This is too precious for words. Mirengoff overnight wastes over 20 paragraphs to kvetch about one mayoral candidate’s idea for more local (but public/city/government run) groceries in food deserts around the tougher neighborhoods in the city.

This is not law.

This is a simple trial balloon — by a local candidate in his local city.

Meanwhile… Trump tries to nationalize the US/multi-national pharmaceutical industry (the envy of the world!), via punishing tariffs — if they won’t make their wares here stateside — ignoring comparative advantage economics. That smacks of nationalizing an entire industry.

AND MEANWHILE… Trump wrote on X overnight that “Obama WROTE the Epstein files!”

Who knows what in the fresh hell Tangerine meant by that — other than to distract from whatever DOES ultimately come out, about Tangerine hisself, in those files.

But a sitting CoC, losing his sh!t, over a Bondi screw up — and his own campaign promises AGAIN turning out to ALL be… lies… seems more important, where it involves alleged sexual felonies… than some idea to build some NYC groceries. Four or five of them.

D A M N.

Grow up Paul — and grow a pair. Call the Emperor… naked. We all know he is. You know he is. Damn.