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Corene Kendrick

@corene.bsky.social

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Opinions of pro-choice feminist futbolista, cat herder, dog lover, civil rights litigator, & Oxford comma fan in SF. Here to harsh your mellow & melt ICE. Day job as @aclu.org National Prison Project Deputy Director. Overseen by @palmercatsf.bsky.social

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · Feb 9

How it started. How it's going.

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 8h

Me too!

Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 10h

“Our fascist raids of terror have caused a worker shortage in a critical industry that feeds the country, so we need to pay the remaining workers even LESS” is the sharp economic thinking of a gaggle of idiots led by someone who managed to go bankrupt while owning a casino.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 21h

The Dolly ofrenda candle has been activated (RBG, Che, and the Grateful Dead called in for service for good measure)

Dolly Parton ofrenda candle showing her in white and playing a guitar, RBG candle, Che Guevara shot glass, and part of a Grateful Dead tabla.

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 1d

NOT FUCKING NOW OR EVER, SATAN

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 1d

No doubt the timing of that unhinged screed is just a coinky-dink
www.kut.org/politics/202...

News organizations fight to unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton's divorce case records

A group of eight state and national media organizations want the records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s divorce case released to the public.

www.kut.org

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
Page 23 of 31
within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 5d

There are like a dozen videos this bad or worse per week now. This stuff is insane.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5d

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services
Officer)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Field Operations Directorate

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.
This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 6d

Last time I checked, the Republicans still had a majority in both houses of Congress, so why is this the Dems' fault?

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 6d

Also from the story about the #KavanaughRaid in the middle of the night on the South Side of Chicago, where federal agents pulled sleeping people out of their apartments and handcuffed every single person living in this building for hours

Screenshot of text that reads:
Marlee Sanders' boyfriend was detained, Sanders said.
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van," Sanders said.

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 8d

Can't wait to see the Army tanks and armored vehicles beached on SF's hills

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 9d

8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.

“This place is built to break us”

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 11d

War has been declared

The 'put a bird on it' sketch from portlandia

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 12d

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

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Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 13d

Need to confirm with @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, but apparently the
@nytimes.com really needs 37 minutes to answer the headline question, instead of one second to say “nope”

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 13d

“Is that legal?”

Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 14d

I shudder to think of what they put up for Obama.

Corene Kendrick @corene.bsky.social · 14d

Maybe they were raptured?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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