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Cait
@caitesq.bsky.social
Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.
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Apologies to my followers who are not here for the beansposting
We are approaching February so I need to share my February holiday takes:
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:

“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day

Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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In 20 years, you're going to look back at pictures of yourself as you are now and realize how stupid you were for thinking you weren't hot.

Start living like you already think that now.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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GO THERE, PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS
Leading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.

After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
January 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Since the first of the year.
Whoa. D.Minn's chief judge Patrick Schiltz dockets a list of "96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases."

www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120...
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social—I just finished last week’s podcast, in which you said six states recognized the tort of alienation of affection. As of two days ago, it’s down to five.
This is somewhat topical given the lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema for sleeping with her married bodyguard--the New Mexico Supreme Court just issued an opinion abolishing the tort of alienation of affection in NM
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
a) ICE needs to let him go immediately.
b) Children should not be in jail.
c) ICE is apparently incapable of running jails, and every ICE detention facility should be shut down.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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For example the video yesterday of "ICE IS GASSING A DAY CARE RIGHT NOW!!" is the daycare right up the street from my house. I about shit my pants and raced out the door until I saw it was actually from Saturday. I already dealt with that daycare gassing, thank you. Please don't lie to me for likes
Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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He hates federalism for the same reason he hates free speech, civil society, most pop culture, and the Constitution. He fundamentally, deep in his bones in a way he could never coherently articulate, is animated by all-consuming hatred for the idea that anybody doesn't have to do what he commands.
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.

The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:

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January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I really thought at first that the whistles were kind of cosmetic, but it seems like they work
one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Radicalization data point: My mom just emailed me about a national strike on Friday.
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Early Arthropods

xkcd.com/3199/
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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we've got Schumer calling for Miller's head, folks

we're dragging them kicking and screaming in the right direction, keep it up
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.

I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.

Send them a valentine.

It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.

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January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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This is notable to me because I've heard from some other lawyers that they're not worried about AI hallucinations because they only use the premium Westlaw or Lexis versions. Supposedly, they are limited to the real case databases

This clerk used Lexis+ and Lexis Protege and got 8 hallucinations
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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This is a favorite genre of mine -- Trump incredulous that someone is STILL being mean to him after they had such a nice talk.
January 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A line I use frequently at work is “If things were different, they wouldn’t be the same.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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9 city prosecutors band together to bring charges against federal officers. Called Fight Against Federal Overreach, or FAFO, which NYT says is a "slang term for negative consequences."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM