Mike Sacks
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NY-17 Congressional Candidate. Democracy advocate. Former political-legal journalist. Retired competitive air guitarist. Second-Best dad ever.
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Mike Sacks
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Unf*ck Our Country
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I’m running for Congress.
I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
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I’ve spent my career holding the powerful accountable as a political & legal journalist. I’m running for Congress to tell you the truth, fight for New York, and Unf*ck Our Country.
Join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/mbs-e...
Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...
This is the theme from this week’s oral arguments, both on Wilcox’s carve-out for fed independence and Bruen’s 2nd Amendment’s history and tradition test
Indeed, today's argument could be framed in at least some respects as the Court having to face (and stretch existing doctrinal understandings to account for) the consequences of its own incoherent jurisprudence.
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This is the theme from this week’s oral arguments, both on Wilcox’s carve-out for fed independence and Bruen’s 2nd Amendment’s history and tradition test
This is what I'm listening for this morning
Powell’s statement just considerably shifted the odds that Roberts and Barrett may join the liberals in refusing to give Trump the presumption of regularity over his bad faith firing of Lisa Cook.
Petty fascist who wants to illegally fire the white guy first trumps up charges to illegally fire the Black lady as a test run for the Roberts majority’s continued credulity
January 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is what I'm listening for this morning
18 impeachable offenses a day
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
18 impeachable offenses a day
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CA4 upholds much of MD’s sensitive places law, but GWB judge in dissent woulda struck down gun bans on public transport, within 1k ft of public demonstration, state parks/forests, museums, entertainment facilities, places that sell alcohol.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
CA4 upholds much of MD’s sensitive places law, but GWB judge in dissent woulda struck down gun bans on public transport, within 1k ft of public demonstration, state parks/forests, museums, entertainment facilities, places that sell alcohol.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241...
Trump’s Greenland Gambit shows yet again that Mike Lawler is the 3D Glasses Guy from Back to the Future. Let me explain:
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Trump’s Greenland Gambit shows yet again that Mike Lawler is the 3D Glasses Guy from Back to the Future. Let me explain:
ICE Kavanaugh stopped a cop of color.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE Kavanaugh stopped a cop of color.
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How fatally flawed are ICE and CBP? Here's a wild statistic: In rough terms, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even *greater* rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
How fatally flawed are ICE and CBP? Here's a wild statistic: In rough terms, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even *greater* rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
Gun lawyer pretty much saying guns have as much of a right to go into places of public accommodation as Black people, and KBJ ain't having it
KBJ: the right to exclude is superior to the right to carry your gun on private property. these laws are about licenses/consent are in the realm of property, not 2A
January 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Gun lawyer pretty much saying guns have as much of a right to go into places of public accommodation as Black people, and KBJ ain't having it
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Well, one of those was a law passed by Congress to help people, and the other is an unconstitutional power grab, but yes, otherwise the same.
Bessent on tariffs: "I think it's very unlikely that the Supreme Court is going to strike down a president's signature economic policy. It didn't with the ACA, also known as Obamacare."
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Well, one of those was a law passed by Congress to help people, and the other is an unconstitutional power grab, but yes, otherwise the same.
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Blood on the streets of Tehran, where the scent of freshly baked bread and flowers usually drifts through the air — the sound of traffic replaced by gunfire from Islamic Republic security forces acting, ultimately, on the orders of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.
Long Live Iran.
Long Live Iran.
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Blood on the streets of Tehran, where the scent of freshly baked bread and flowers usually drifts through the air — the sound of traffic replaced by gunfire from Islamic Republic security forces acting, ultimately, on the orders of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.
Long Live Iran.
Long Live Iran.
This story may top the times
-cops arrested our driver mid-ride and told us to figure out how to get to our destination
-the bus’s engine caught on fire
-our driver abruptly pulled over on the highway and sprinted into the woods only to return 15 minutes later as if nothing happened
-cops arrested our driver mid-ride and told us to figure out how to get to our destination
-the bus’s engine caught on fire
-our driver abruptly pulled over on the highway and sprinted into the woods only to return 15 minutes later as if nothing happened
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This story may top the times
-cops arrested our driver mid-ride and told us to figure out how to get to our destination
-the bus’s engine caught on fire
-our driver abruptly pulled over on the highway and sprinted into the woods only to return 15 minutes later as if nothing happened
-cops arrested our driver mid-ride and told us to figure out how to get to our destination
-the bus’s engine caught on fire
-our driver abruptly pulled over on the highway and sprinted into the woods only to return 15 minutes later as if nothing happened
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So let me get this straight
They spent months screaming about waste, fraud and abuse
Then tripled the ICE budget so they could give agents ridiculous bonuses and dangerous bounties
Which encouraged DHS to assault, arrest and even kill people-who turn out to be innocent
Waste
Fraud
And abuse
They spent months screaming about waste, fraud and abuse
Then tripled the ICE budget so they could give agents ridiculous bonuses and dangerous bounties
Which encouraged DHS to assault, arrest and even kill people-who turn out to be innocent
Waste
Fraud
And abuse
Jessica: The WSJ is reporting that there are incentives for ICE Agents because they need to meet that insane 3,000 people per day quota—they are getting rewarded even if they bring in people who then get released…
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 AM
So let me get this straight
They spent months screaming about waste, fraud and abuse
Then tripled the ICE budget so they could give agents ridiculous bonuses and dangerous bounties
Which encouraged DHS to assault, arrest and even kill people-who turn out to be innocent
Waste
Fraud
And abuse
They spent months screaming about waste, fraud and abuse
Then tripled the ICE budget so they could give agents ridiculous bonuses and dangerous bounties
Which encouraged DHS to assault, arrest and even kill people-who turn out to be innocent
Waste
Fraud
And abuse
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The clear lesson here: if your state stands up to Donald Trump & JD Vance's attempts to rig the midterms, you will be rewarded with a national championship!
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The clear lesson here: if your state stands up to Donald Trump & JD Vance's attempts to rig the midterms, you will be rewarded with a national championship!
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
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“ICE might not break into my house and try to take one of my family members, because we’re all white,” Fee told me. “But I’m not going to not care just because it’s not going to happen to me. That’s irresponsible, that’s disrespectful, and it’s sinful, honestly.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
“ICE might not break into my house and try to take one of my family members, because we’re all white,” Fee told me. “But I’m not going to not care just because it’s not going to happen to me. That’s irresponsible, that’s disrespectful, and it’s sinful, honestly.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Gran Torino rev up
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Gran Torino rev up
MAGADETH for the rare FB AI forcefeed win
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
MAGADETH for the rare FB AI forcefeed win
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18 impeachable offenses a day
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
18 impeachable offenses a day
They tried to make an example of Mark Kelly so to keep the rank and file in line when illegally ordered to turn against their fellow Americans.
Get out of line. Join us.
We will win.
Get out of line. Join us.
We will win.
The US President has ordered 1,500 active-duty army paratroopers to be on standby to deploy to…Minnesota.
Against Americans.
Our Congress, which has the Constitutional power and duty to stop this savagery immediately, watches flaccid and impotent.
Conservatives & Liberals reject military rule.
Against Americans.
Our Congress, which has the Constitutional power and duty to stop this savagery immediately, watches flaccid and impotent.
Conservatives & Liberals reject military rule.
Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Active-duty soldiers on standby, sources say
Trump went after Minnesota's Democratic leaders over the unrest that has taken place in the state following the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:57 AM
They tried to make an example of Mark Kelly so to keep the rank and file in line when illegally ordered to turn against their fellow Americans.
Get out of line. Join us.
We will win.
Get out of line. Join us.
We will win.
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bill cassidy traded countless lives of babies and children and grandmas so trump wouldn’t burn him. and trump just burned him.
Trump says he will endorse Julia Letlow if she runs against Bill Cassidy in a Republican senate primary.
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
bill cassidy traded countless lives of babies and children and grandmas so trump wouldn’t burn him. and trump just burned him.
Emperor Amarillo strikes again
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
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January 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Emperor Amarillo strikes again
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They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards
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People like to think of judicial decisions as occurring in a vacuum, but history shows us they don’t. This decision isn’t separate from the organizing happening on the ground—it’s a result of it. Who knows how long it will stand, but for now it’s a win for the people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Judge Restricts Immigration Agents’ Actions Toward Minnesota Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:13 AM
People like to think of judicial decisions as occurring in a vacuum, but history shows us they don’t. This decision isn’t separate from the organizing happening on the ground—it’s a result of it. Who knows how long it will stand, but for now it’s a win for the people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...