CJ Ciaramella
@cjciaramella.bsky.social
Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties. Based in the fabulous Florida Keys.
Email: [email protected], [email protected].
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Email: [email protected], [email protected].
Signal: cjciaramella.68
I may not have a Pulitzer, but I did find out that I ACAB-pilled one of my coworker’s young children after they inadvertently saw one of my stories about police shooting dogs.
Thankful for the opportunity to educate the children, who are our future.
Thankful for the opportunity to educate the children, who are our future.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I may not have a Pulitzer, but I did find out that I ACAB-pilled one of my coworker’s young children after they inadvertently saw one of my stories about police shooting dogs.
Thankful for the opportunity to educate the children, who are our future.
Thankful for the opportunity to educate the children, who are our future.
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Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
Gut wrenching: “I had to take our baby from my crying wife’s arms,” Mr. Paul, 33, said, recalling the moment that agents said they were arresting his wife, Katie.
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
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slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
CBP agent, discreetly into phone: what does "pendejo" mean?
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines agents’ credibility and “may explain the inaccuracy of these reports.”
Judge’s Footnote on Immigration Agents Using AI in Chicago Area Raises Accuracy and Privacy Concerns
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wrote the footnote in a 223-page opinion issued last week, noting that the practice of using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports undermines agents’ credibility and “ma...
news.wttw.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CBP agent, discreetly into phone: what does "pendejo" mean?
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This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
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The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/19/t...
The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey • The Jersey Vindicator
A decade of shrinking access, weakened oversight and rising secrecy has left the public shut out of its own government.
jerseyvindicator.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/19/t...
You can find all of the unsealed docs here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You can find all of the unsealed docs here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
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Good morning. The full transcript of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been released.
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Good morning. The full transcript of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino's deposition has been released.
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
Three volumes, 400+ pages.
Volume 1: cst.brightspotcdn.com/30/6c/1349ab...
Volume 2: cst.brightspotcdn.com/b7/fb/4afdf1...
Volume 3: cst.brightspotcdn.com/a3/e0/a520af...
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If your Star Wars rankings don’t include The Glove of Darth Vader, I don’t think I can trust them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If your Star Wars rankings don’t include The Glove of Darth Vader, I don’t think I can trust them.
Updated with comment from Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project:
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Updated with comment from Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project:
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Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
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A few years ago we sued over an illegal traffic stop in Texas. What we found in discovery was somehow even worse than what we expected.
Our new video shows what we found: Pretextual drug-interdiction stops are violating people's rights every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChIr...
Our new video shows what we found: Pretextual drug-interdiction stops are violating people's rights every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChIr...
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A few years ago we sued over an illegal traffic stop in Texas. What we found in discovery was somehow even worse than what we expected.
Our new video shows what we found: Pretextual drug-interdiction stops are violating people's rights every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChIr...
Our new video shows what we found: Pretextual drug-interdiction stops are violating people's rights every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChIr...
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A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
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"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
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Utterly lawless
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Utterly lawless
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Your morning image
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Your morning image
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One woman chewed through her umbilical cord after giving birth in jail — another delivered into a cell toilet
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One woman chewed through her umbilical cord after giving birth in jail — another delivered into a cell toilet
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Sublime, no need to click, I got everything I need from the headline-pic combo
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Sublime, no need to click, I got everything I need from the headline-pic combo
Latest: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony on "shaken baby syndrome," absent evidence of impact or other trauma, is inadmissible because of lack of scientific consensus on the diagnosis
First state in the country to limit SBS evidence in courtrooms reason.com/2025/11/21/n...
First state in the country to limit SBS evidence in courtrooms reason.com/2025/11/21/n...
New Jersey becomes first state to bar 'shaken baby syndrome' testimony at trial
Dozens of "shaken baby syndrome" convictions have been overturned over the years, but until now, no state court system has limited its use in criminal prosecutions.
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Latest: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony on "shaken baby syndrome," absent evidence of impact or other trauma, is inadmissible because of lack of scientific consensus on the diagnosis
First state in the country to limit SBS evidence in courtrooms reason.com/2025/11/21/n...
First state in the country to limit SBS evidence in courtrooms reason.com/2025/11/21/n...
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This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
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I choose to believe this happened in the exact style of a movie about a musician getting their demo tape in the hands of a record exec.
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
University of Alabama freshman draws state's court-ordered Senate map | Alabama Reflector
TUSCALOOSA — Daniel DiDonato says he’s been passionate about elections since he was a young child. He submitted six maps to a federal court.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I choose to believe this happened in the exact style of a movie about a musician getting their demo tape in the hands of a record exec.
ICE and CBP are hiring thousands of guys to wear sunglasses, sit in idling SUVs, and bitch about the libs. The greatest conservative make-work program in history.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
ICE and CBP are hiring thousands of guys to wear sunglasses, sit in idling SUVs, and bitch about the libs. The greatest conservative make-work program in history.
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Oh, hey, some personal news: I'm now a guest columnist for @documentedny.bsky.social, the best nonprofit newsroom in America.
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/d...
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/d...
Documented Announces Newsroom Expansion With New Hires - Documented
Documented expands its team with new hires and a guest columnist to provide trusted journalism for immigrant communities.
documentedny.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oh, hey, some personal news: I'm now a guest columnist for @documentedny.bsky.social, the best nonprofit newsroom in America.
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/d...
documentedny.com/2025/11/17/d...
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Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...