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Jay Young
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Senior Director of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for Common Cause. Ultracrepidarian. My views and opinions (particularly on Arsenal Football Club) are my own.
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"[S]tability is honestly the most important thing we get from law. And when you live in a country where the president can turn the huge might of federal law enforcement against anyone he wants, then you’re kind of betting it’s not going to be you."
www.vox.com/podcasts/470...
How Trump made his Justice Department a tool for retribution
Thousands of DOJ attorneys have left since Trump took office. Here’s where that leaves the department.
www.vox.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"At least 225 judges have ruled in more than 700 cases that the administration’s new policy, which also deprives people of an opportunity to seek release from an immigration court, is a likely violation of law and the right to due process."
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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"The ruling could determine whether access to the internet -- today's lifeline for education, work, and civic life -- can be taken away as punishment for digital misdeeds."
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The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Rewrite Internet Access
That is not a dystopian fantasy, but a real possibility raised by a case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday.
slate.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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“There is a general feeling by the Trump administration that SNAP and Medicaid programs are overly generous and that they are not needed by the recipients who receive them,”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Struggle of Living on SNAP as Trump Attacks Food Assistance
SNAP recipients struggle to make ends meet as Donald Trump and Republicans slash the crucial federal food assistance program.
www.rollingstone.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The Santa Monica City Council said it will pay a $350,000 settlement to the family of a Black entrepreneur whose land the city acknowledged was seized through eminent domain in the 1950s
Santa Monica to pay $350,000 to family of displaced Black entrepreneur as part of larger reparations effort
As part of a larger reparations effort, the city has agreed to settle a claim filed by the family of a Black entrepreneur who invested in opening a Black hotel and beach club in the 1950s.
www.latimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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"The new conditions placed on the program would also give HUD the ability to deny funding for organizations that acknowledge the existence of transgender or nonbinary individuals."
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding
A coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new conditions and cuts to a Department of Housing and Urban Development permanent housing program.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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“A court filing from the Department of Justice revealed that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the decision to continue sending detained Venezuelan migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador in March, despite court orders halting their removal,”
www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immi...
www.newsnationnow.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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"Online voting is not secure. We should advance efforts that increase voter turnout but we should not be implementing a system that threatens the security of our elections."

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Voting Technology Experts Respond to New York Times Article on Anchorage "Vote by Phone" Experiment #ELB
The following statement was shared with me from some leading voting technology experts in response to this NY Times article: As experts who have studied online voting for years, we were disturbed to s...
electionlawblog.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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“These aren’t criminal illegal aliens. These are taxpayers, working mothers... They were living the American dream and now it’s a dystopian nightmare that we’re dealing with.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
ICE Detains Woman With Family Ties to White House Press Secretary
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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“ICE has been acting in a lawless fashion across the state of Colorado,”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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“Transferring an individual is an action initiated by the Colorado Department of Corrections, not an outside entity,”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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"It kind of takes away from the joy," he said. "I don't feel it this year. To be honest, I'm just trying to stay above water."
www.npr.org/2025/11/27/n...
For many, the holidays this year means having to make do with less
With job losses, food benefit reductions and higher prices, many in the U.S. are having to scrimp this holiday season.
www.npr.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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“The federal administration should stop violating the law so blatantly,”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants’ SNAP eligibility
Democratic attorneys general in states like California and New York argue that new guidance illegally blocks legal permanent residents from receiving food stamps.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"[The bill] include[s] a prohibition on law enforcement inquiring about citizenship status when it doesn’t relate to an investigation, and a ban on local law enforcement from participating in ICE’s 287(g) program"
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Immigration Protections Are Uncertain in New Jersey even as Democrats Keep Governorship - Bolts
Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she'd continue them.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Terrible news.

Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share

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Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America’s local TV news landscape.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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What time do you get in?
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Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Don't start with me...
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Felt a little down this morning and then remembered Manchester United lost to a team that was playing with 10 men because someone was sent off for slapping their own teammate and immediately felt better
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Shoutout to good people doing good work.
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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"On Monday, Dec. 1, in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, the Supreme Court will consider... whether a federal court of appeals must defer to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ judgment on an asylum seeker’s claims of persecution when it reviews the individual’s case."
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court to consider federal courts’ role in asylum cases
On Monday, Dec. 1, in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, the Supreme Court will consider the federal judiciary’s role in asylum cases as it weighs whether a federal court of appeals must defer […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Just a reminder: make sure you know everyone on your Zoom call or Signal chat and have vetted them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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"In Illinois, we follow scientific evidence, and the science is clear: Vaccines are safe, effective and save lives."
www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article...
State's top doc, others blast change in CDC site linking vaccines to autism
The state's leading health official is blasting changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website that removes statements denying any link between autism and vaccines.
www.myjournalcourier.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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"[The ARDC Administrator] concluded that the former speaker deserved to be disbarred for having “committed criminal acts that reflect adversely on his honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer”
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9 months after federal bribery conviction, former Speaker Madigan disbarred
Article Summary Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is no longer a lawyer after the Illinois Supreme Court officially disbarred
capitolnewsillinois.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“ICE was just the tip of the iceberg... My ceiling is caving in. This building is being destroyed from the inside out.”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/r...
Raided South Shore Building's Tenants Say They Haven't Received Court-Ordered Help
The remaining tenants have formed a union seeking immediate repairs and $7,500 each so they can move out, claiming the building's new manager has done nothing so far to meet court orders.
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM