Chase Madar
@madar.bsky.social
Author, attorney, translator. Teaching law ~and society~ at NYU Gallatin. Make the Road NY legal alum.
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Chase Madar
@madar.bsky.social
· Dec 28
I like how a dead tree is the star of this one, gesturing like an elated lottery winner in front of their new house
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Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
It is never too late to take something’s budget away
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It is never too late to take something’s budget away
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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
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Our local NYC public school is doing such a great job educating both our kids, not to be a Debbie Downer
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Our local NYC public school is doing such a great job educating both our kids, not to be a Debbie Downer
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Ahhh. The timing of the bogus arrests all begins to make sense.
Blanche says that any Epstein document that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation" is not being released by the DOJ
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Ahhh. The timing of the bogus arrests all begins to make sense.
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What the fuck
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
What the fuck
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The constitutional prohibition on using federal law to abridge the freedom of the press is unusually explicit and really does mean what it says.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The constitutional prohibition on using federal law to abridge the freedom of the press is unusually explicit and really does mean what it says.
It’s the 24hr Roy Eldridge birthday broadcast on WKCR, a holy day
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It’s the 24hr Roy Eldridge birthday broadcast on WKCR, a holy day
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In addition to all our stolen neighbors back, Minneapolis needs billions in federal reparations for the economic damage the US government has intentionally inflicted on this city for no reason beyond exacting some kind of bizarre political and racial retribution
January 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
In addition to all our stolen neighbors back, Minneapolis needs billions in federal reparations for the economic damage the US government has intentionally inflicted on this city for no reason beyond exacting some kind of bizarre political and racial retribution
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"De-escalation" was always complete bullshit. White House has been escalating all week.
This is an OUTRAGEOUS assault on the press and just goes to show that Convicted Felon Donald Trump doesn’t want people to see the truth about what is happening in our country when he tries to silence us!
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"De-escalation" was always complete bullshit. White House has been escalating all week.
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
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🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
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In a nutshell, the thesis of Gross’s chapter is that “the story of the moral decline of German universities and professors in general, and of German law professors in particular, was one in which professional myopia, personal opportunism… and jurisprudential claims had been inexorably intermingled.”
For today's bonus issue of "One First," I wanted to follow up on a post from last August that looked at legal pedagogy and the dual state by reflecting on the relationship between legal *scholarship* and governmental lawlessness—with a particular focus on how I think about my own work:
Bonus 206: Legal Scholarship and the Dual State
A few thoughts on the responsibilities of legal academics in a time of increasing governmental lawlessness.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
In a nutshell, the thesis of Gross’s chapter is that “the story of the moral decline of German universities and professors in general, and of German law professors in particular, was one in which professional myopia, personal opportunism… and jurisprudential claims had been inexorably intermingled.”
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This is already illegal. So he's saying we should be thankful. He's the guy who thinks JD Vance is right when he says "you should say thank you". Whoa
Jeffries: "We believe there should be a prohibition on ICE deporting or detaining American citizens. We believe that ICE should conduct itself like every other law enforcement agency in the country. We believe ICE shouldn't run around with masks ... "
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This is already illegal. So he's saying we should be thankful. He's the guy who thinks JD Vance is right when he says "you should say thank you". Whoa
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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Press attention is *absolutely vital* to securing and keeping public opinion.
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Press attention is *absolutely vital* to securing and keeping public opinion.
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cover of The Economist this week
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cover of The Economist this week
The budget and capacity to do this must be taken away.
"Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities… Currently, there are more than 73,000 people in ICE custody, a record. The new sites could give the agency an additional 76,500 beds."
If the existing beds remain, that would be space to detain 150,000 humans.
bloom.bg/4qd7Mpn
If the existing beds remain, that would be space to detain 150,000 humans.
bloom.bg/4qd7Mpn
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The budget and capacity to do this must be taken away.
To call the organized citizens of Minnesota “activists” or “agitators” is pretty obtuse. The forced removal of ~4% of any community (that’s our national share of undocumented immigrants) can only be done through thuggish violence and in any healthy society (like MN) will provoke community resistance
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
To call the organized citizens of Minnesota “activists” or “agitators” is pretty obtuse. The forced removal of ~4% of any community (that’s our national share of undocumented immigrants) can only be done through thuggish violence and in any healthy society (like MN) will provoke community resistance
Who will last longer, Tom Homan or Bari Weiss?
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Who will last longer, Tom Homan or Bari Weiss?
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Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death.
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death.
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It’s a miracle they didn’t make him a job offer on the spot.
More: DOJ files federal charges against man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
DOJ files federal charges against man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar
Anthony Kazmierczak was hit with a charge alleging he “forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States ”
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It’s a miracle they didn’t make him a job offer on the spot.