Michael Zigismund
@michaelzigismund.bsky.social
I practice immigration law and criminal defense, and I love avocados.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelzigismund/
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🎙️ Attorneys Discuss: IMMIGRATION x CRIMINAL LAW: Detentions and Deportations ⚖️🚨
YouTube video by Darian Immigration Law
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I was recently on a podcast talking shop with a fellow immigration attorney. It was fun! Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIPL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIPL...
Some encouraging news about our not-as-divided-as-we-seem society (from last July)
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Some encouraging news about our not-as-divided-as-we-seem society (from last July)
As his approval ratings decline, Trump keeps “joking” about canceling the midterm elections and threatening to militarily invade Democratic jurisdictions, just in time for those elections.
Glad my family escaped the Soviet Union for this.
(quote via Reuters, 1/15/2026)
Glad my family escaped the Soviet Union for this.
(quote via Reuters, 1/15/2026)
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
As his approval ratings decline, Trump keeps “joking” about canceling the midterm elections and threatening to militarily invade Democratic jurisdictions, just in time for those elections.
Glad my family escaped the Soviet Union for this.
(quote via Reuters, 1/15/2026)
Glad my family escaped the Soviet Union for this.
(quote via Reuters, 1/15/2026)
Wait til he hears what the rioters he pardoned did to federal police on Jan 6, 2021 🙈
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Wait til he hears what the rioters he pardoned did to federal police on Jan 6, 2021 🙈
What would it look like if The Most Transparent Administration in History!™ acted as if it was not transparent?
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
What would it look like if The Most Transparent Administration in History!™ acted as if it was not transparent?
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
Daniel Shapiro: I didn’t realize how much I love what this country is supposed to stand for until I watched Trump dismantle it over the past year. Let’s not let the “land of the free and the home of the brave” disintegrate. 🎯❤️
prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Balko's Nightmare Happening
A guest post by Daniel Shapiro
prosociallibertarians.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Daniel Shapiro: I didn’t realize how much I love what this country is supposed to stand for until I watched Trump dismantle it over the past year. Let’s not let the “land of the free and the home of the brave” disintegrate. 🎯❤️
prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
Hypothetically speaking, what would it look like if our president acted like a mafioso and disguised the fact by simply calling his behavior “tough” and “strong”?
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Hypothetically speaking, what would it look like if our president acted like a mafioso and disguised the fact by simply calling his behavior “tough” and “strong”?
Your latest dispatch from The Most Transparent Administration in History!™
(Politico)
(Politico)
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Your latest dispatch from The Most Transparent Administration in History!™
(Politico)
(Politico)
Everyone knows the key to deescalation is escalation
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Everyone knows the key to deescalation is escalation
A hypocrisy two-fer!
Concern from this administration for federal law enforcement is tough to swallow after the J6 pardons.
And remember all the flack Hillary Clinton got for her “vast right-wing conspiracy” comment?
Concern from this administration for federal law enforcement is tough to swallow after the J6 pardons.
And remember all the flack Hillary Clinton got for her “vast right-wing conspiracy” comment?
Leavitt: “The deadly incident that took place in Minnesota yesterday occurred as a result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country, where our brave men and women of federal law enforcement are under organized attack.”
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
A hypocrisy two-fer!
Concern from this administration for federal law enforcement is tough to swallow after the J6 pardons.
And remember all the flack Hillary Clinton got for her “vast right-wing conspiracy” comment?
Concern from this administration for federal law enforcement is tough to swallow after the J6 pardons.
And remember all the flack Hillary Clinton got for her “vast right-wing conspiracy” comment?
I feel personally attacked, South Korea
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I feel personally attacked, South Korea
tfw Tom Homan (yes, that Tom Homan) is more level headed about immigration enforcement
Trump, before watching the video: "she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over."
(NY Times, 1/8/2026)
Trump, before watching the video: "she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over."
(NY Times, 1/8/2026)
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
tfw Tom Homan (yes, that Tom Homan) is more level headed about immigration enforcement
Trump, before watching the video: "she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over."
(NY Times, 1/8/2026)
Trump, before watching the video: "she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over."
(NY Times, 1/8/2026)
The dust seems to be settling on a story less about regime change than about resource extraction.
If so, celebrations over the end of #Venezuelan repression, socialism, corruption, drug trade, and global destabilization will have been premature.
I’m sure we’ll learn from this.
If so, celebrations over the end of #Venezuelan repression, socialism, corruption, drug trade, and global destabilization will have been premature.
I’m sure we’ll learn from this.
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The dust seems to be settling on a story less about regime change than about resource extraction.
If so, celebrations over the end of #Venezuelan repression, socialism, corruption, drug trade, and global destabilization will have been premature.
I’m sure we’ll learn from this.
If so, celebrations over the end of #Venezuelan repression, socialism, corruption, drug trade, and global destabilization will have been premature.
I’m sure we’ll learn from this.
I can be stubborn to a fault, but remaining MAGA after the Epstein coverup and promiscuous foreign adventurism is a whole other level
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I can be stubborn to a fault, but remaining MAGA after the Epstein coverup and promiscuous foreign adventurism is a whole other level
Thank heavens the US is finally respected among the nations
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Thank heavens the US is finally respected among the nations
An anecdote from John Kenneth Galbraith's introduction to a later edition of his The Great Crash, 1929 😅
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
An anecdote from John Kenneth Galbraith's introduction to a later edition of his The Great Crash, 1929 😅
Your latest dispatch from The Most Transparent Administration in History!™
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Your latest dispatch from The Most Transparent Administration in History!™
More Peace Prize material:
"the US has bombed seven countries this year, on top of the airstrikes targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean"
"the US has bombed seven countries this year, on top of the airstrikes targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean"
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
More Peace Prize material:
"the US has bombed seven countries this year, on top of the airstrikes targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean"
"the US has bombed seven countries this year, on top of the airstrikes targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean"
A few days ago, Stephen Miller advocated immigration restrictions after watching Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin – whose parents were... immigrants.
Also watch this warm WW2-era Sinatra short celebrating inclusivity as central to the meaning of America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwH...
Also watch this warm WW2-era Sinatra short celebrating inclusivity as central to the meaning of America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwH...
The House I Live In
YouTube video by Library of Congress
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A few days ago, Stephen Miller advocated immigration restrictions after watching Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin – whose parents were... immigrants.
Also watch this warm WW2-era Sinatra short celebrating inclusivity as central to the meaning of America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwH...
Also watch this warm WW2-era Sinatra short celebrating inclusivity as central to the meaning of America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovwH...
Our Christian, America-First #PresidentofPeace demonstrates what it’s like to avoid foreign entanglements and contribute to peace-on-Earth this Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our Christian, America-First #PresidentofPeace demonstrates what it’s like to avoid foreign entanglements and contribute to peace-on-Earth this Christmas
He seems to be driven purely by love for his country. What else could explain any of it?
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
He seems to be driven purely by love for his country. What else could explain any of it?
The logic seems to be that when a single immigrant does something horrific, thousands of other people must suffer, at a minimum, and US law should be disregarded.
Some people simply believe our country is safe only if it’s cruel and lawless.
Some people simply believe our country is safe only if it’s cruel and lawless.
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The logic seems to be that when a single immigrant does something horrific, thousands of other people must suffer, at a minimum, and US law should be disregarded.
Some people simply believe our country is safe only if it’s cruel and lawless.
Some people simply believe our country is safe only if it’s cruel and lawless.
He is an authoritarian parody.
Btw, in The Hunger Games, the Capitol city is the actual enemy of the people.
And wait ’til he learns what happens to the President at the end 🤦♂️
Btw, in The Hunger Games, the Capitol city is the actual enemy of the people.
And wait ’til he learns what happens to the President at the end 🤦♂️
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
He is an authoritarian parody.
Btw, in The Hunger Games, the Capitol city is the actual enemy of the people.
And wait ’til he learns what happens to the President at the end 🤦♂️
Btw, in The Hunger Games, the Capitol city is the actual enemy of the people.
And wait ’til he learns what happens to the President at the end 🤦♂️
Thankfully this didn't happen.
The House unsurprisingly folded and a state of war has existed for months, replete with statutory, criminal, and constitutional violations.
Yet it's nice not to have an explicit presidential usurpation of Congress's power to declare war - for now.
The House unsurprisingly folded and a state of war has existed for months, replete with statutory, criminal, and constitutional violations.
Yet it's nice not to have an explicit presidential usurpation of Congress's power to declare war - for now.
The House is voting on a bipartisan Resolution today to block President Trump from illegally attacking #Venezuela.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thankfully this didn't happen.
The House unsurprisingly folded and a state of war has existed for months, replete with statutory, criminal, and constitutional violations.
Yet it's nice not to have an explicit presidential usurpation of Congress's power to declare war - for now.
The House unsurprisingly folded and a state of war has existed for months, replete with statutory, criminal, and constitutional violations.
Yet it's nice not to have an explicit presidential usurpation of Congress's power to declare war - for now.
The House is voting on a bipartisan Resolution today to block President Trump from illegally attacking #Venezuela.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The House is voting on a bipartisan Resolution today to block President Trump from illegally attacking #Venezuela.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
Please take a few minutes to call your representative [house[dot]gov/representatives/find-your-representative] and the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.