Chris Law

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When the next case commenced minutes later, Xu again refused to state the ICE lawyer’s name, and Gonzalez Venegas, also on Webex, argued that the legal record would be incomplete without it. Xu again said that the two attorneys could message each other confidentially. The government’s mystery attorney, who was prosecuting both Okun’s and Gonzalez-Venegas’s clients, wore glasses and a navy blue suit; her hair was pulled back primly from her face. She spoke quietly, with a tinge of vocal fry. Her name, according to Gonzalez Venegas, was Cosette Shachnow. Shachnow, 33, began working for ICE in 2021, shortly after she graduated from law school, according to public records and her LinkedIn account. The latter lists “Civil Rights and Social Action” among her “favored causes.”
Bloomberg's John Authers on "The problem, as many traders war-gamed out as they read the post, is that the president's position perversely makes it harder for the Fed to cut unless the case to do so is overwhelming. Otherwise, it will lose even more credibility and appear to buckle to political pressure, doing much more damage to confidence in the dollar."
Text excerpt from the Wall Street Journal's obituary of Pope Francis: "Francis' decisions over whom to appoint as cardinals—the men who will elect his successor—were notably strategic. He passed over prominent conservative bishops installed by his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI in dioceses such as Los Angeles and Venice, and appointed others from places such as Tonga and Laos, far from the church's major population centers. By the time of his death, the pope had named about two-thirds of the cardinal electors. A two-thirds majority of electors is required to select the next pope."
Screenshot of a New York Times article passage where Senator Van Hollen of Maryland responds to Democrats critical of his trip and his focus on the Abrego Garcia case, including Gov. Gavin Newsom who called it a "distraction". Van Hollen is quoted saying Americans are tired of politicians "putting a finger to the wind" and "Anyone who can't stand for the constitution doesn't deserve to lead."
Excerpt from Axios article from March 21, 2025, with the headline "'They hate us': Congressional Democrats confront their own furious Tea Party" by Andrew Solender "Democratic members of Congress, back home in their districts for the last week, have been encountering a level of anger and hostility that some see as reminiscent of the 2010 Tea Party wave. "Why it matters: The dynamic could spill over into 2026 primaries, lawmakers tell Axios, with the infuriated grassroots attempting to throw out House and Senate Democrats they see as unprepared to take on Trump." https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/democrats-house-senate-tea-party-trump