Justin McCarthy

Attorney @NewMexicoDOJ | Previously @WeBuildProgress | @Oregon_Law + @univofstandrews alum | Sports aficionado | Views are my own

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

I’ve met many of these Afghan vets - both in Afghanistan and here in the U.S. - as have many lawmakers from both parties. They risked their lives alongside U.S. forces and believed the U.S. would honor its commitments. This is a stunning blow to this community.

[Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine]

One can only think here of what the Delphic oracle said to Croesus of Lydia in the Histories: if you march against the Persians, you will destroy a great empire. I hope someone remembers how this prophecy was fulfilled.

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

“Even the apartheid regime in South Africa did not dare to say that if a black man kills a white man, he will be executed. But if a white man kills a black man, he will not be. What Israel did…it is exactly that saying that a Palestinian could be sentenced to death penalty, but an Israeli no for the same crime.” -@MustafaBarghou1 on Israel’s new death penalty law.

[Justin McCarthy @jmac1893]

Extinction is forever.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: A committee led by the interior secretary voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which could threaten species facing extinction. https://t.co/79UeLW5wCZ

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

Mamdani is modeling a new style of next-gen leadership -- one we're going to see more and more of as millennials & gen Z take on positions of power in the next 5+ years. https://t.co/uRCPSEgI9J

[Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw]

Jaw-dropping DOJ admissions to court

DOJ admits repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge. ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses!

DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations"

DOJ blames ICE

[ABC News @ABC]

A widespread transition to renewable energy could mitigate a major cause of international conflict in a future that moves away from fossil fuels, energy and climate change experts told ABC News.

Read more: https://t.co/ASZdlyrUuH

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

42 new immigration judges and NOT A SINGLE ONE hired from the immigrant defense bar. Zero. One new judge’s last job was compliance at a biotech firm.

This comes after they fired/pushed out at least 100 experienced judges they thought might be too willing to grant relief.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Remember, if it’s a war of choice, it’s illegal.

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

After MN's US Atty Rosen attacked the accuracy of his figures, Chief Judge Schiltz double-checked his list of 96 violations of court orders in 74 cases in MN for January. The recount showed 97 violations in 66 cases. But there’s more ...
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[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

The stock market is up so we don’t have to prosecute pedophiles is one of the worst political messages i have ever heard.

[Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike]

NEW:

Working as a federal prosecutor used to be one of the most apolitical positions in govt.

Now, when you apply for one of the many vacant positions for those posts at DoJ, you're required to weigh in on Trump’s policies.

“How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role?” read one of the queries on an application for a job in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota.

“Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired,” reads another.

https://t.co/ODRzrkAdnF

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

Wow. https://t.co/XZMfDXhmau

[Ian Darke @IanDarke]

Timothy Weah is right. World Cup tickets are too costly by far for ordinary fans. Why does his USA boss Mauricio Pochettino think he should not express a universally-held opinion ? What boat is Weah rocking by empathising with fans ?

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees

With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.

By @LeeMordechai & Liat Kozma https://t.co/1gXal1T11k

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

It’s not American oil. It’s Venezuelan oil.

Oil companies entered into risky deals to develop oil, and the deals were canceled by a prior Venezuelan government.

What’s happening: lives of US soldiers are being risked to make those oil companies (not Americans) more profitable.

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

Let us demand greatness from those who work in government.

[Justin McCarthy @jmac1893]

“We may not succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking then courage to try.”

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Mayor @ZohranKMamdani: In writing this address, I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less.

I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations. Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mamdani: "I cannot blame anyone who has come to question the role of government, whose faith in democracy has been eroded by decades of apathy. We will restore that trust by walking a different path ... "