@ashchaf.bsky.social
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You want to President by Truth?
Well, then you are Presidenting by Truth.
Well, then you are Presidenting by Truth.
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
You want to President by Truth?
Well, then you are Presidenting by Truth.
Well, then you are Presidenting by Truth.
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This is quite a quote from @rickhasen.bsky.social on possibility of Trump seizing ballot boxes:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is quite a quote from @rickhasen.bsky.social on possibility of Trump seizing ballot boxes:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
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Democracy dies in tax cuts
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Democracy dies in tax cuts
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February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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NYPD Patrolman in subway stations on the platforms are confronting ICE, pulling off their masks and warning them to to put a finger on anyone. Cops are getting in their faces, shouting, This is New York, it’s our business, not yours.🤬 A blush of embarrassment reveals them when they’re unmasked.
It continues to gain momentum. Double down…NOW…and don’t let up. The message it gaining traction…and traction…is desperately needed.
apple.news/A8ezpITRWTom...
apple.news/A8ezpITRWTom...
Anti-ICE chant erupts at AEW pro wrestling show in Las Vegas, pausing main event match — NBC News
Brody King, competing against wrestler MJF in the ring at the Vegas match, has been outspoken against ICE and organized campaigns to raise money supporting immigrant communities.
apple.news
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
NYPD Patrolman in subway stations on the platforms are confronting ICE, pulling off their masks and warning them to to put a finger on anyone. Cops are getting in their faces, shouting, This is New York, it’s our business, not yours.🤬 A blush of embarrassment reveals them when they’re unmasked.
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NEW: 150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse.
Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.
This evening, at Law Dork:
Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.
This evening, at Law Dork:
150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse
Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.
www.lawdork.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
NEW: 150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse.
Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.
This evening, at Law Dork:
Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.
This evening, at Law Dork:
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Oh.
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Oh.
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In his first National Prayer Breakfast speech, in 2017, Trump went on this deranged sidebar about ISIS and “the cutting off of heads”
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
In his first National Prayer Breakfast speech, in 2017, Trump went on this deranged sidebar about ISIS and “the cutting off of heads”
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Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
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Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
'I am their voice'
NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman whom a Border Patrol agent shot five times last year, says despite her physical and mental suffering, she at least survived her attack.
"I am Renee Good. I am Alex Pretti. I am Silverio Villegas González. I am Keith Porter. They should all be here today."
"I am Renee Good. I am Alex Pretti. I am Silverio Villegas González. I am Keith Porter. They should all be here today."
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman whom a Border Patrol agent shot five times last year, says despite her physical and mental suffering, she at least survived her attack.
"I am Renee Good. I am Alex Pretti. I am Silverio Villegas González. I am Keith Porter. They should all be here today."
"I am Renee Good. I am Alex Pretti. I am Silverio Villegas González. I am Keith Porter. They should all be here today."
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More attention here, please.
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
More attention here, please.
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A UAE firm backed by a member of the royal family secretly bought a 49% stake in the Trump family’s crypto company — to the tune of $500 million.
Then the U.S. gave the UAE access to tightly guarded AI chips.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Then the U.S. gave the UAE access to tightly guarded AI chips.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Trump's crypto corruption is off the charts.Here's how the president's latest grift could endanger our democracy and cra
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A UAE firm backed by a member of the royal family secretly bought a 49% stake in the Trump family’s crypto company — to the tune of $500 million.
Then the U.S. gave the UAE access to tightly guarded AI chips.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Then the U.S. gave the UAE access to tightly guarded AI chips.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
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Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
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The whole reason this is being discussed is because ICE unilaterally decided in a memo last year that they could operate outside of the Fourth Amendment.
ICE's Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more
The Trump administration's cruel, lawless immigration enforcement efforts were on full display this week. So was the pushback.
www.lawdork.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The whole reason this is being discussed is because ICE unilaterally decided in a memo last year that they could operate outside of the Fourth Amendment.
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Tom Homan in August: ICE agents “need a judicial warrant for a search” ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Tom Homan in August: ICE agents “need a judicial warrant for a search” ⬇️
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They may smell some disciplinary issues coming on.
Breaking news: Top Justice Department officials have stripped Ed Martin of most of his expansive responsibilities, sidelining the staunch Trump ally from many of the controversial investigations he has championed.
Justice Dept. demotes Ed Martin, stripping Trump ally of most authority
Top Justice Department officials have stripped Ed Martin of the bulk of his expansive responsibilities.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
They may smell some disciplinary issues coming on.
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It happened so fast it made everyone's head spin in the legal profession—and no doubt caused the panic that led other firms to capitulate.
It never really made sense.
It never really made sense.
Paul Weiss was one of the first major law firms to bend the knee to Trump.
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
And, yup, connected to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...
Wall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It happened so fast it made everyone's head spin in the legal profession—and no doubt caused the panic that led other firms to capitulate.
It never really made sense.
It never really made sense.
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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What a strange coincidence that Harlan Crow, the billionaire with the collection of Nazi memorabilia, is also the patron of Charles Murray, the guy who thinks Black people are not a part of "western civilization."
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
What a strange coincidence that Harlan Crow, the billionaire with the collection of Nazi memorabilia, is also the patron of Charles Murray, the guy who thinks Black people are not a part of "western civilization."
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Lawyer: “Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?”
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Lawyer: “Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?”
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."