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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 10h

If anyone knows any victims of this raid, we’d like to talk to them.

Our legal services are all completely free.

We’ve got two other cases over ICE raids already. And we just won a Supreme Court case over the FBI raiding the wrong house.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 10h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 12h

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 23h

To be fair, this has nothing on the situations where a federal judge finds definitively that something the government did/is doing is illegal but is powerless to remedy it.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h

Absolute failure of our system that a federal judge can be “very concerned” about Trump’s unlawful attempt to send troops into a city, but also powerless to stop it.

The default should be to protect us from government abuse, not to protect government from temporary inconvenience.

National Guard deployment moves ahead in Illinois after judge declines state's suit to block Trump call-up — Chicago Tribune

Attorneys for the Trump administration said in court that Texas National Guard units could begin operations by Tuesday, the same day Illinois Guard members have been ordered to report.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 2d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Orcish Law @orcishlaw.bsky.social · 2d

John Roberts: Good morning, counsel. Before we begin, I understand that there is an update to the caption in this case?
Me: Yes, your honor. My client recently changed their name.
JR: Alright. And what is your client's new name?
Me: Webster Bivens, your honor.
JR: <covering the mic> oh shit

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Intermediate Scrutiny for September 20–October 3, 2025: horwitzlawpllc.cmail20.com/t/y-e-qhytud...

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Special shout out (and thanks) to @ij.org!

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Tenn. 'Gag Order' Ruling Against Atty Axed After Rule Change - Law360

The Sixth Circuit has vacated a decision that a Nashville attorney lacked standing to challenge a since-rescinded Middle District of Tennessee rule restricting lawyers' so-called extrajudicial stateme...

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2d

I still don’t get how this is basically a non-story but Biden being old and diminished was a generational scandal. You worry about a president losing their faculties in large part *because* it might empower some lunatic like this! That’s the concern!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2d

That must be right, but the “millennials are lazy” press was so hot and heavy for so long that it is extremely jarring to see a story like this in the wild.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 2d

This is getting dragged for understandable reasons that I don’t care to engage with, but I am dying to know when millennials stopped being decried as lazy and entitled avocado toast fiends who didn’t want to put in the work. When did this transition happen? Was there a press release?

Fortune @fortune.com · 3d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 3d

Just saw an ad for the series premier of “911 Nashville,” which I can only assume is a drama about rude, undertrained dispatchers who send help both too late and to the wrong place.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 4d

“I'm not giving CoreCivic a pass.”

-TDOC Commissioner, while giving CoreCivic a pass

www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

500 inmates moved out of Trousdale after riot, commissioner says prisons ‘safe and secure’

Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada says he's "not giving CoreCivic a pass," but he "still believes" in the state's partnership with the company.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 5d

Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.

The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.

Alt text: Screenshot of a Fox News Digital article reporting that Apple removed the ICEBlock tracking app from its App Store after the Department of Justice raised safety concerns. The article states DOJ officials, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, asked Apple to take down the app, claiming it endangered law enforcement officers and shielded illegal immigrants. Bondi confirmed the removal in a statement, saying ICEBlock put ICE agents at risk and emphasized DOJ’s commitment to protecting federal officers.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6d

I've been writing about the war on drugs for more than 20 years. There are some cases that have stuck with me -- names that have never left my head. For the last couple years, I've been working with The Intercept on a podcast to tell their stories. It launches in a week.

Introducing Collateral Damage | Collateral Damage from The Intercept

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 8d

🛎️🛎️🛎️

Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 8d

And if you did accurately foresee most of this, you sounded like a maniac

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 8d

President Trump’s new order to “counter political violence” is really a mandate to police speech. Protected advocacy becomes “radicalization.” Criticism becomes “justifying violence.”

This is an attack on the First Amendment, not on political violence, argues @walterolson.bsky.social:

President Trump Plans To Investigate and "Disrupt" Opposition Speech

A new executive order signals the White House’s intent to use law enforcement to investigate and disrupt networks and organizations Donald Trump and allies consider responsible for encouraging political...

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 8d

This appears to be the full video of the Chicago delivery worker. It actually appears that an agent tries to assault him after he curses the Dear Leader Kim il Trump to their faces.

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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 9d

I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9d

This is demonstrably pathetic and a sign of true weakness.

The Feds lack the numbers to do what they want to do. They can hurt, yes, but not at the authoritarian scale that (de facto President) Miller desires.

So they go for the media-bait illusions of power.

Like this.

Profoundly weak flex.

aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 10d

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 10d

#LegalEnterprising

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 10d

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12d

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.

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