Ashley Mielke
@ashleymielke.bsky.social
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samhalpert.bsky.social
“No warrant could authorize entering every single apartment, smashing down every door, and dragging every person out in handcuffs, which is what they did.”
contrariannews.org
As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin
ashleymielke.bsky.social
… lee greenwood has 450,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. bad bunny has 78 million.
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warren.senate.gov
After the shutdown during the 1st Trump admin, Congress passed a law to guarantee back pay for furloughed workers.

That bill was signed into law by Donald Trump.

Workers will be paid.

This chaos is a distraction from Trump's failure to secure a deal to lower health care costs.
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meidastouch.com
Think about this: at nearly the same time, Pam Bondi was refusing to answer whether the FBI had images of Trump and young girls obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s safe, and Mike Johnson was refusing to answer when he would swear in Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th vote for the Epstein petition.
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
She had no less than seven holes in her body from the shooting.

Martinez is a US citizen.

ICE agents shot a US citizen on US soil at least seven times. Her car was riddled with bullets.

I'm glad she's been released pending trial, but surely the agent who shot her should face charges?
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Things that it is permissible to deadname:

- The Department of Defense
- Twitter
klasfeldreports.com
This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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josepagliery.bsky.social
Democracy Forward just sued the DOJ for undercover FBI videotapes that would show Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, accepting a $50k bribe to steer government contracts.
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davidgilbert.bsky.social
Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...
House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
time.com
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aclu.org
ACLU @aclu.org · 4d
The Trump administration has completely ended all pathways to seek asylum, a legal right for more than half a century.

We took the government to court and won, and they're now appealing. We won't abandon our commitment to people fleeing danger.
Why Did DHS Send a Russian Exile to Costa Rica?
The Trump administration has sent thousands of people to places other than their countries of origin — also known as third countries. Months after being deported, one such Russian family has been forced to rebuild its life in Monteverde.
nymag.com
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
atrupar.com
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
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aoc.bsky.social
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target
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mmpadellan.bsky.social
Reminder that Kamala Harris never said she didn't "give a shit" about due process, and should be sitting in the Oval Office instead of the convicted felon rapist in there now.

trump is bad, JD Vance would be much worse.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.
eliothiggins.bsky.social
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
ICYMI, last night a panel of the 5th Circuit joined over a dozen other federal judges to rule that the Alien Enemies Act — adopted during the Quasi-War of 1798 and only ever previously used during times of declared war — is in fact a wartime authority and can’t be used against a criminal gang.
kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: 5th circuit panel rejects Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelan nationals, saying there has been no "invasion" or "predatory incursion."

Majority
Southwich (George W. Bush)
Ramirez (Biden)

Dissent
Oldham (Trump)

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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boghuma.bsky.social
There is a massive walk out at the CDC by staff unfolding right now. It is NECESSARY. I stand in solidarity with my CDC colleagues. standing up for science and public health. It is a moral imperative.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Big news out of Florida tonight! An environmental challenge has brought the use of the Everglades detention camp to a halt.
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phillewis.bsky.social
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor after refusing to agree ‘to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers’ www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on the House floor, with a blanket, pillows and a book
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hamsterwatch.com
and Rachel also told her "fuck around and find out"

and so she did 🤷
whitless256.bsky.social
Lauren: "She did say, to be fair, I'm considering all my options and it could be one of your friends. And I thought she was bluffing."
Vince: "I thought so, too."
Lauren: "I thought there was no way." #BB27
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altnps.bsky.social
The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
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aclu.org
ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 16
Our elected leaders should be finding ways to make housing more accessible, instead of criminalizing homeless people.
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mattcameron.bsky.social
Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets
briantylercohen.bsky.social
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.

This is what rising fascism looks like.