The Public Interest

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Today, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT to hide from US courts; Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the California National Guard; Miami elects its first woman mayor and the first Democrat since the 90s; Democrats flip a Georgia state house seat Republicans won by 22 points last time; the DOJ responded to my Epstein files lawsuit arguing that there’s not any public interest in the Epstein case; the US plans to scrutinize visitors’ social media; Kushner and the Saudis are backing a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers for Paramount Skydance; Federal prosecutors in Chicago say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer committed multiple “gunpoint sexual assaults”; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

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Stories
Judge Dismantles Trump's Legal Argument for Deploying the National Guard|Allison Gill
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-dismantles-trumps-legal-argument

Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant|Popular Information
https://popular.info/p/kushner-and-saudis-back-hostile-takeover

O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims|Chicago Sun Times
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/ohare-based-border-patrol-officer-sexually-abused-robbed-women-in-2022-indictment-claims

Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors|NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History|NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html

NEW: DOJ Responded to Our Epstein Training Materials Motion, Arguing There's No Public Interest|Allison Gill|The Breakdown
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-doj-responded-to-our-epstein

Miami elects first woman mayor, marking first win by Democrat in 28 years|POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878

Good Trouble - https://near.tl/sm/ik-ZushRa
On December, 10th, 2025, articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr were introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Haley Stevens from Michigan’s 11th congressional district. The quack is endangering the health of so many residents, and he's got to go!

Stand Up For Science is supporting the action, and trying to mobilise pressure to collect 218 votes.
You can find an easy-to-follow action manual under the link.
https://www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

From The Good News
Democrats notch gains in another state-level special election|NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-gains-state-level-special-electioon-georgia-rcna248358

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