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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"

This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · 9d

These Cody and Seth promos are some of the most interesting character work I can remember in a while #WWERaw

Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · 11d

Packed house at Proof for Jeremy Matlow’s campaign. Looks like everyday people are ready for @jeremymatlow.bsky.social to be mayor of Tallahassee.

A room full of people. Jeremy Matlow speaking at the podium

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · 12d

Virginia sends out the field team and get an entire play clock for free. I like that, we all have an oopsies sometimes :)

Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · 17d

Just now watching #Wrestlepalooza so two things:

1. Vaquer vs Skye was as good as I thought it would be. Holy hell

2. Stephanie Vaquer with that belt is MONEY

Stephanie Vaquer holding the WWE Women’s World Championship belt

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Sep 9

very few people can get an arena full of people to chant for therapy. AJ Lee is one of those people. #WWERaw

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 29

A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 29

ICE just released updated detention statistics.

As of August 24, ICE is holding 61,226 people at authorized facilities around the United States and its Territories.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

Detention Management

An official website of the United States government

www.ice.gov

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

Precedent’s been set, looking forward to the next Democratic president nationalizing Amtrak and giving us high speed rail

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 22

Trump: "I said, 'You know what? I think the United States should be given 10% of Intel.'"

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · Aug 22

AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable.

www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...

Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center With Preliminary Injunction

www.everglades.org

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · Aug 22

A point that's worth stressing again and again is that Democrats want a police state too

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Aug 19

In Illinois, 100+ police departments were awarded $15 million to fight organized retail crime.

$5.6 million went toward ALPRs and software, mostly with Flock Safety. Some cities, like Wheaton, installed dozens of cameras despite significantly low crime rates.

A pie chart titled “What cops bought” during 2023-2025 with a side note “100+ Illinois police departments spent state grants on ALPR cameras or related software and accessories. The purchases break down into the following categories:
ALPRs: $5.6 million (38%)
Fusus: $3.2 million (21%)
Overtime: $2.7 million (18%)
Video surveillance (PODS, etc.): $1.2 million (8%)
Cellphone/vehicle forensics (Cellebrite, Graykey, etc.): $399,352 (3%)
Vehicles: $421,889 (3%)
GPS tracking devices: $211,522 (1%)
Misc. tech: $154,053 (1%)

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

I didn’t take it as demeaning, no worries. Agree, we have to be thorns, obstacles, speed bumps, pebbles in their shoe even.

Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

And even if my work is a doomed effort and for all naught, the alternative is to just lay down and die and let them do whatever they want with no resistance. And I refuse to do that. I want them to work hard for every single thing they want to do. I want to be a nuisance every single time.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

I can’t tell the future.

What I do know is when decisions like this come down, it’s not business as usual. There are pauses for legal analysis, filings, etc. And every single day that people aren’t thrown into this abomination means human suffering is being reduced. And that has to mean something.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

You do this work knowing that there will always be more to do. We skim over our victories all the time. A win for peoples’ rights will be overshadowed by tomorrow’s horror.

So god damn, let us celebrate for a minute before saying nothing we do matters.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 22

Big news out of Florida tonight! An environmental challenge has brought the use of the Everglades detention camp to a halt.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · Aug 22

BREAKING: Judge blocks transfer of new detainees to Alligator Alcatraz, sets in motion 60-day wind down of immigration prison at Everglades airport. via @leonardkl www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The ruling would make it impossible to operate the immigration detention center in the Everglades west of Miami.

www.politico.com

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

Seeing something good happening and immediately negating it before it even happens will drive you down a path of despair and insanity.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

I gotta say something. I do civil rights work every day. In Florida. It’s demoralizing enough most days. I get the impulse for reactions like this but man, it really does a number on you.

It’s okay to celebrate good things happening. It’s necessary, even!

Make them work for every single inch.

How long before the Supremes demand that it be kept open. And make it twice as oppressive

Couple of weeks?

Now if they could please enforce

Oh let me guess, emergency appeal, stay of the Pl, appeal, en banc appeal, SCOTUS shadow docket, nothing happens.

Waiting for Roberts court to say this president can order imprisonment of people without charges and access to representation.

Not just Roberts. There are the other four who are fascistic racists.

u know SCOTUS will overturn all the lower court rulings that go against their king. They are the highest level TRUPPETS (Trump Puppets) in DC.

This would be incredible news if this criminal orange administration gave a damn about the law

Yeah, we know that isn't going to happen. It's staying open.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 22

I don’t care how many 🐊 emojis DeSimp Twitter throws in their handles. If someone reads this and doesn’t think “absolutely, hell yes” you can’t ever claim to be a Floridian.

CONCLUSION

In 1947, President Harry Truman dedicated Everglades National Park observing:

Not often in these demanding days are we able to lay aside the problems of the time, and turn to a project whose great value lies in the enrichment of the human spirit. Today we make the achievement of another great conservation victory. We have permanently safeguarded an irreplaceable primitive area. We have assembled to dedicate to the use of all people for all time, the Everglades National Park.

Twenty years later, a proposal for construction of the world’s largest jetport—at the site discussed in this case—was abandoned, and the Big Cypress National Preserve was created to protect this area.

Since that time, every Florida governor, every Florida senator, and countless local and national political figures, including presidents, have publicly pledged their unequivocal support for the restoration, conservation, and protection of the Everglades. This Order does nothing more than uphold the basic requirements of legislation designed to fulfill those promises.

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Tropical Depression @tropdeppod.bsky.social · Aug 21

Are you Team Tampa or Team St. Pete? Or do you just want both to try their best?

Check out the latest episode of Tropical Depression out now!

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our state Department of Transportation is wasting time and money bullying cities about rainbow crosswalks.

When local governments tell them to piss off, they waste more time and money painting over them in the dead of night.

Because that’s what’s important to these people.

Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 21

In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 21

Before the census, advocates urged DeSantis to invest funds to ensure an accurate count. They said failing to do so risked an undercount. Now he and our goofball Attorney General are blaming libs and the deep state for the undercount.

Media must point out it’s a problem of his own creation.

TALLAHASSEE - Months after saying the state would not "have a role" in promoting the 2020 census, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reversed himself and announced Monday the state would help after all.

Counting every living American is a massive effort, and certain populations - especially renters and people of color - risk not getting counted. The configuration of congressional and state legislative districts, as well as billions of dollars in grant funding for things like school lunches, rely on decennial census data. Officials fret about counting as many people as possible.

In June, DeSantis rejected the idea after a Sarasota news conference.

A statement issued Monday evening struck a different tone. "Florida will do its part to support the federal government's efforts," DeSantis said in the release. He named Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez to lead the committee.

In response to a question about why DeSantis changed his position, his office said Monday that his previous comments were not about the census as a whole.

"When the Governor said Florida does not have a role in the census, he was responding to questions about whether citizenship should be included in the questionnaire, which was a question for the federal government," said spokeswoman Helen Aguirre Ferré.

But that's not correct. An audio recording of DeSantis' exchange with a reporter after the June news conference confirmed that he wasn't asked about whether citizenship would be on the questionnaire. Instead, DeSantis was, in fact, asked to respond to the request from Democratic lawmakers "to form a census committee to ensure that Floridians aren't miscounted."

However, while some other states have pledged millions of dollars to support their state committees' efforts, Monday evening's announcement indicated no state dollars would be used.

"The federal government is going to be using a record-breaking amount of money to ensure the duties of the census are being carried out," Ferré said. "We do not anticipate, at this time, adding any monies to that."

As of December, the New York Times reported there was a clear partisan gap between states willing to fund campaigns promoting the upcoming census. Democratic-controlled states were. Republican-controlled states weren't. California will spend $187 million, for example, while the Texas Legislature declined any funding.

The governor's announcement doesn't give state government much time to enter the census process. Nearly every county already has a local census committee.

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Abdelilah Skhir @abskhir.bsky.social · Aug 20

😢 guess I just gotta pull up the video of Grado’s Goldberg entrance instead

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ACLU of Florida @aclufl.bsky.social · Aug 18

We were in federal court today challenging the Trump administration's treatment of immigrants held at the cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.”

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