David Magariel
@dmagpd.bsky.social
Chief Public Defender at Wyandotte County Public Defender (29th Judicial District, Kansas City, Kansas). He/him. Lover of my family, due process, the Royals, and the Jayhawks. Personal account only.
Thank you. All of this blaming training really misses the core issues and broader institutional failures in play and simply blames Trump and ICE which, while not wrong, is way too narrow of a criticism.
The Border Patrol officer who killed Alex Pretti was an 8-year veteran. This is not a training problem.
Training can't fix this. Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good was an experienced cop and Iraq War veteran who was a firearms instructor. These killings of civilians are almost never attributable to a lack of training. This is what they are trained to do. Abolish ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Thank you. All of this blaming training really misses the core issues and broader institutional failures in play and simply blames Trump and ICE which, while not wrong, is way too narrow of a criticism.
This is it. Any debating these bullshit made up justifications just feeds them.
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
This is it. Any debating these bullshit made up justifications just feeds them.
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In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
Today is the day to take down your government surveillance device. It's the smallest thing you can do to fight ICE.
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Today is the day to take down your government surveillance device. It's the smallest thing you can do to fight ICE.
As a public defender, police shooting people and claiming they were under imminent threat is not new or unique to ICE/Trump. It's been going on for decades. And judges, prosecutors and the general public don't provide any check on this process.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 AM
As a public defender, police shooting people and claiming they were under imminent threat is not new or unique to ICE/Trump. It's been going on for decades. And judges, prosecutors and the general public don't provide any check on this process.
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Somewhere, a federal public defender realizes she's on call to do the President of Venezuela's initial appearance on Monday.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Somewhere, a federal public defender realizes she's on call to do the President of Venezuela's initial appearance on Monday.
Page/Plant
Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Elbow
Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Elbow
5 concerts you've seen
The Who
Wilco
Bo Diddley
Merle Haggard
Rolling Stones
The Who
Wilco
Bo Diddley
Merle Haggard
Rolling Stones
5 concerts you've seen
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
XTC
The Ramones
Harry Chapin
Husker Du
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
XTC
The Ramones
Harry Chapin
Husker Du
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Page/Plant
Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Elbow
Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Elbow
You literally can't make this shit up
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You literally can't make this shit up
Boy ain't this true.
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Boy ain't this true.
Couldn't have happened to a more likable team?
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Couldn't have happened to a more likable team?
Next question: "should the speaker of the house know what is going on in the country?"
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Next question: "should the speaker of the house know what is going on in the country?"
Everyone should know what is happening. It's not about status. It's not about crime. It's about white supremacy and scapegoating.
This is the type of thing the first trump admin excelled (pejorative) at and now they are arguably torqued up and better at it
Little tweaks to the system that have massive effects, and also just widespread foot dragging laced with barely plausible deniability. During term 1, there were lots of…
Little tweaks to the system that have massive effects, and also just widespread foot dragging laced with barely plausible deniability. During term 1, there were lots of…
DHS's position is now that if they, the government, take too long to process your work permit renewal application and you have to stop working and lose your job, well, deal with it, that's just the price of security.
Federal Register notice here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19702.pdf
Federal Register notice here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19702.pdf
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Everyone should know what is happening. It's not about status. It's not about crime. It's about white supremacy and scapegoating.
I decided to become this guy a couple of years ago. Totally worth it
Fancy Man Enjoys Tea https://theonion.com/fancy-man-enjoys-tea-1819569438/
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I decided to become this guy a couple of years ago. Totally worth it
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US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Our President is your mom/aunt getting confused by shit on Facebook. It's a great thing I'm sure.
“Google, for the purpose of FAIRNESS, please let Univision back!”
October 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Our President is your mom/aunt getting confused by shit on Facebook. It's a great thing I'm sure.
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/3 Because, if you didn’t know, prosecutors CAN obtain summonses to tell people to come to court to face charges, and who gets those and who gets arrested is a story of privilege, race, petty vindictiveness, and everything else bad about the system. But I digress.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
/3 Because, if you didn’t know, prosecutors CAN obtain summonses to tell people to come to court to face charges, and who gets those and who gets arrested is a story of privilege, race, petty vindictiveness, and everything else bad about the system. But I digress.
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There is no world in which masked and armed agents of the state running down delivery drivers makes us safer. That our information environment and political leaders have convinced people otherwise is a massive failure.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
There is no world in which masked and armed agents of the state running down delivery drivers makes us safer. That our information environment and political leaders have convinced people otherwise is a massive failure.
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Never has this gif been more appropriate
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Never has this gif been more appropriate
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US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
Yeeeesasassss!!!!
"This is a case about Katz and dogs" -- opening line of a pending SCOTUS cert. petition about an allegedly unconstitutional search involving a police dog.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yeeeesasassss!!!!
I enjoy his writing and podcast and have learned a lot from Ezra Klein. But what the hell man? Appealing to our worst instincts is doing it the right way? Demonizing marginalized groups is not doing it the right way. How very disappointing.
They saw Charlie Kirk as a peer, and they stand by their own.
It's an exclusive club, and you're not in it.
Bouncers will be checking race and gender at the door.
It's an exclusive club, and you're not in it.
Bouncers will be checking race and gender at the door.
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I enjoy his writing and podcast and have learned a lot from Ezra Klein. But what the hell man? Appealing to our worst instincts is doing it the right way? Demonizing marginalized groups is not doing it the right way. How very disappointing.
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Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
The ham sandwich has come to life!
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The ham sandwich has come to life!
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The federal system doesn't use cash bail.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, the White House said.
Trump to sign order ending cashless bail by withholding funds to cities
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, the White House said.
reut.rs
August 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The federal system doesn't use cash bail.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.