Patrick G. Eddington
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Out now: The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley through Eisenhower. Order direct from GU Press & use code TGUF to get 30% off: https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Triumph-of-Fear
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Views mine alone.
This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is why the entire court manufactured doctrine of a "presumption of regularity" in statements made by Exec branch officials never passes the laugh test.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
So, giving in on the government funding fight....how's that working out for House/Senate Dems?
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So, giving in on the government funding fight....how's that working out for House/Senate Dems?
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
@bloomberg.com $DJT $WLFI
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
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Nothing absolutely nothing bad has ever happened when governments asked for lists of Jews.
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Nothing absolutely nothing bad has ever happened when governments asked for lists of Jews.
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Rhode Island: “ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
www.wfla.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rhode Island: “ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
Trump's America, 2025.
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump's America, 2025.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Citizens & immigrants whose rights are trashed by state sponsored #ICE terror squads deserve legal redress. Legal loopholes & insane court-created police violence shields like #qualifiedimmunity make it nearly impossible. My colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social has the fix.
www.cato.org/blog/what-go...
www.cato.org/blog/what-go...
What Good Is a Right Without a Remedy?
Flagrant civil rights abuses are enabled by a legal scheme that makes it all but impossible to sue federal agents for constitutional violations and shields them with immunity should that barrier ever ...
www.cato.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Citizens & immigrants whose rights are trashed by state sponsored #ICE terror squads deserve legal redress. Legal loopholes & insane court-created police violence shields like #qualifiedimmunity make it nearly impossible. My colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social has the fix.
www.cato.org/blog/what-go...
www.cato.org/blog/what-go...
In 1954, the Congress passed & Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, which banned the Communist Party of the USA. It has not, to the best of my knowledge, ever been repealed.
Quick question, what the actual fuck
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In 1954, the Congress passed & Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, which banned the Communist Party of the USA. It has not, to the best of my knowledge, ever been repealed.
Abolish #qualifiedimmunity NOW.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Abolish #qualifiedimmunity NOW.
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“It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction … The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses.”
Immigration agents claim routine reporting violates federal law
Officers who can’t handle public scrutiny should get a job that doesn’t involve publicly abducting people.
freedom.press
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction … The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses.”
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If only this had been easily foreseeable and Senator Cassidy had been in a position to directly stop it.
GOP Senator Condemns Trump Admin Over RFK-Led Attacks on Vaccines: ‘Wrong, Irresponsible’ and Making ‘Americans Sicker’
GOP Senator Condemns Trump Admin Over RFK-Led Attacks on Vaccines: ‘Wrong, Irresponsible’ and Making ‘Americans Sicker’
Bill Cassidy condemned the Trump administration's latest attack on vaccines, arguing that they're "wrong, irresponsible" and making "Americans sicker."
The post GOP Senator Condemns Trump Admin Over RFK-Led Attacks on Vaccines: ‘Wrong, Irresponsible’ and Making ‘Americans Sicker’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If only this had been easily foreseeable and Senator Cassidy had been in a position to directly stop it.
Another example of police misconduct that would likely not take place if the court manufactured #qualifiedimmunity doctrine did not exist. If cops knew for certain they'd face criminal and/or civil penalties for rights violations, many would likely leave policing....which would be a good thing.
Feds Move to Drop Charges Against Woman They Shot Multiple Times, Accused of Ramming Car Into Border Patrol Vehicle
Feds Move to Drop Charges Against Woman They Shot Multiple Times, Accused of Ramming Car Into Border Patrol Vehicle
Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to dismiss a case against a woman who had previously been accused of ramming into a border patrol vehicle.
The post Feds Move to Drop Charges Against Woman They Shot Multiple Times, Accused of Ramming Car Into Border Patrol Vehicle first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Another example of police misconduct that would likely not take place if the court manufactured #qualifiedimmunity doctrine did not exist. If cops knew for certain they'd face criminal and/or civil penalties for rights violations, many would likely leave policing....which would be a good thing.
SO MUCH WINNING!
Jarring swings keep rocking Wall Street, and U.S. stocks erased a big morning gain to drop on Thursday as the market remains skittish following weeks of doubts and erratic moves.
Big swings keep rocking Wall Street as US stocks drop sharply after erasing a morning surge
Jarring swings keep rocking Wall Street, and U.S. stocks erased a big morning gain to drop on Thursday as the market remains skittish following weeks of doubts and erratic moves.
www.scrippsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
SO MUCH WINNING!
I agree, but given how SCOTUS has eviscerated Bivens & embraced QI, I don't see anything changing unless 1) Congress overturns anti-4A court confected doctrines & 2) we get judges with far more rounded legal backgrounds on the bench (like KBJ, for example).
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I agree, but given how SCOTUS has eviscerated Bivens & embraced QI, I don't see anything changing unless 1) Congress overturns anti-4A court confected doctrines & 2) we get judges with far more rounded legal backgrounds on the bench (like KBJ, for example).
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The FBI spied on eight US senators’ phones. And how did the senators respond? Not new privacy protections. Instead, they paid themselves $500,000 each with taxpayer money. Congress needs to set new search warrant rules for metadata.
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Senators’ surveillance payday exposes flawed privacy laws
Senators who were spied on by the FBI were awarded half a million dollars in taxpayer money, while ordinary Americans were left without any relief from similar abuses.
thehill.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The FBI spied on eight US senators’ phones. And how did the senators respond? Not new privacy protections. Instead, they paid themselves $500,000 each with taxpayer money. Congress needs to set new search warrant rules for metadata.
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There was litigation, which involved the usual insane level of "judicial deference" to the Exec branch.
Real ID Is Useless, Unconstitutional, and Finally Here
Among other problems, a REAL ID requirement potentially creates an end-run around direct regulation of the right to travel.
www.cato.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There was litigation, which involved the usual insane level of "judicial deference" to the Exec branch.
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Now that a court has found this guy to be a serial liar, ideally the media would adopt that as Bovino’s Homeric epithet.
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Now that a court has found this guy to be a serial liar, ideally the media would adopt that as Bovino’s Homeric epithet.
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NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” revealing new information glean…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Back to basics. TSA has no need to know who you are & where you're going unless you're wanted for a federal crime. REAL ID should be repealed, and TSA should be downsized to nothing more than a "red team" that covertly tests airline security measures.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Back to basics. TSA has no need to know who you are & where you're going unless you're wanted for a federal crime. REAL ID should be repealed, and TSA should be downsized to nothing more than a "red team" that covertly tests airline security measures.
thehill.com/homenews/nex...
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.