Invi (she/her)
@invicat.bsky.social
law student
agender enby
radicalized by basic human empathy
agender enby
radicalized by basic human empathy
”In fact, outside of the second Trump administration, I can really only think of two other instances where the government so fastidiously protects anonymity: The death chamber and the shadow docket."
Yeah, this went quickly from happening to me seeing it to “I should write about this” to me being unable to do anything else until I got this out.
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM
”In fact, outside of the second Trump administration, I can really only think of two other instances where the government so fastidiously protects anonymity: The death chamber and the shadow docket."
I'm sure the right TOTALLY won't care if women stop changing their names when (if) they marry so they don't have to deal with this extra crap 🙃
It shouldn’t be harder for a woman to register to vote than a man…
February 15, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I'm sure the right TOTALLY won't care if women stop changing their names when (if) they marry so they don't have to deal with this extra crap 🙃
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I miss the Equal Protection Clause
It shouldn’t be harder for a woman to register to vote than a man…
February 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I miss the Equal Protection Clause
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Roses are red
Roses are yellow
Roses are white
Roses are oh no too many roses
Roses are yellow
Roses are white
Roses are oh no too many roses
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Roses are red
Roses are yellow
Roses are white
Roses are oh no too many roses
Roses are yellow
Roses are white
Roses are oh no too many roses
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Relatedly: That Thanksgiving psych torture story that came out yesterday? People who hear that story fixate on how they KNOW they’d react if someone did that to their kids. There is no counter-narrative
Stephen Miller is never gonna be able to solve his average-guy-from-Camden-New-Jersey-who-has-never-protested-but-just-saw-ICE-hurt-children problem. That's not solvable for him
February 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Relatedly: That Thanksgiving psych torture story that came out yesterday? People who hear that story fixate on how they KNOW they’d react if someone did that to their kids. There is no counter-narrative
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At least once a week now I read something that is so appallingly cruel it breaks my brain all over again
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
At least once a week now I read something that is so appallingly cruel it breaks my brain all over again
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Do you reckon ethically non-monogamous clowns form ridicules?
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Do you reckon ethically non-monogamous clowns form ridicules?
Age verification?
I know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. An owl told me.
I know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. An owl told me.
Age verification?
I used a payphone to call my parents from boarding school.
I used a payphone to call my parents from boarding school.
Age verification?
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Age verification?
I know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. An owl told me.
I know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. An owl told me.
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she's free to become a private citizen if she wants to keep her morality a private issue.
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
she's free to become a private citizen if she wants to keep her morality a private issue.
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I've just discovered that there's a scottish island called Unst and now I will always think of it whenever I hear techno. UNST UNST UNST UNST UNST UNST etc
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I've just discovered that there's a scottish island called Unst and now I will always think of it whenever I hear techno. UNST UNST UNST UNST UNST UNST etc
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ethics professor here, can confirm
"should the government kidnap 5 year olds and deport them? We asked seventeen ethics professors and they all just screamed"
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
ethics professor here, can confirm
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
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While we're on the topic of videos, Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) has less than 500 YouTube subscribers. What can we do to get those numbers up?
February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
While we're on the topic of videos, Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) has less than 500 YouTube subscribers. What can we do to get those numbers up?
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chat is it a good thing when the US Attorney representing the DOJ is also afraid of getting disappeared by the same organizations they're representing
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
chat is it a good thing when the US Attorney representing the DOJ is also afraid of getting disappeared by the same organizations they're representing
oh my god
this will probably be the highlight of my day lol
this will probably be the highlight of my day lol
Wondered what the hell this was flying overhead. Turns out it’s an aptly named Airbus Beluga
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
oh my god
this will probably be the highlight of my day lol
this will probably be the highlight of my day lol
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
So it's fine to support it as government action, though it is condemned for individuals?
Christian Republicans suddenly make a lot more sense.
Christian Republicans suddenly make a lot more sense.
Speaking on behalf of a religion that actively sought to spread itself to every country in the world whether invited or not, Speaker Johnson would like to share with you the Biblical case for strong borders.
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
So it's fine to support it as government action, though it is condemned for individuals?
Christian Republicans suddenly make a lot more sense.
Christian Republicans suddenly make a lot more sense.
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My full report on this news is now up at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-j...
BREAKING: Judge Jia Cobb issues a TRO blocking DHS Sec Noem's Jan 8 memo purporting to require 7-day notices by members of Congress to perform oversight visits to immigration detention facilities.
The effect is that congressional oversight visits are allowed on request, as is required by Sec. 527.
The effect is that congressional oversight visits are allowed on request, as is required by Sec. 527.
February 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
My full report on this news is now up at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-j...
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My generation grew up with a show that helped us see a beautiful image of our country…that’s why our hearts are breaking now. 💔
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
My generation grew up with a show that helped us see a beautiful image of our country…that’s why our hearts are breaking now. 💔
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that tracks because i am never not hearing about you
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
that tracks because i am never not hearing about you
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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give Stacey a gundam
I’m old and have a lot less at stake than many people. If I get arrested, I won’t lose my pension. If I get shot, I’ll lose 10-20 years of arthritis getting worse and worse. I have no reason not to rouse a little rabble.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
give Stacey a gundam
