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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: We @immcouncil.org just published our in-depth analysis of the immigration enforcement provisions of the reconciliation bill.

Want to know what funding ICE and CBP get, and for what purposes? We've got you covered!
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/h...
What's in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill So Far?  - American Immigration Council
Both the Senate and the House have proposed significant immigration and border related spending measures as part of the reconciliation process.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
halyesugarman.bsky.social
Not us being hysterical! So grateful for these brilliant individuals sharing their thoughts following this disastrous scotus term.
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @stevevladeck.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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wclivestream.bsky.social
Calling all US meteorologists and climate scientists! Come speak at the 🌊 Weather & Climate Livestream 🌪️. Starting May 28th, we will be having a marathon livestream to share our work with the public, and show why the vital services we provide should not be cut.
May 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Justice Jackson nails where we are right now:

“Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.”

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May 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Just know that the utterly horrific or unconstitutional thing he's doing right now is just meant to distract you from the 15 other utterly horrific or unconstitutional things he is doing right now.
April 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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thereelrandom.bsky.social
This post by Bryan is going viral on instagram… on some rando’s account. Why not here too? It’s spot on.
bryanbehar.bsky.social Bryan Behar @bryanbehar.bsky.social · Apr 14
People still act like a special bell will ring signaling the arrival of Fascism.

Trump just defied a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling.

Fascism is here.
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · Apr 15
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
In order to fight antisemitism, we will be withdrawing federal funding from universities that admit Jews.

by Linda McMahon
April 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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March 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.

www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
www.duckworth.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
halyesugarman.bsky.social
But her emails…
debpearlstein.bsky.social Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · Mar 24
Really I don't even know where to start w/this. I sometimes like to think about how history will remember this period. But then I think, actually, we won't. Because there'll be a gaping black hole in the official records of these yrs where U.S. history used to be.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Trump defied a federal court order—and he’s daring the system to stop him. If Congress won’t act and the courts have no enforcement power, what happens next? Democracy doesn’t survive on its own. Are you ready to fight for it?

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...
The Rule of Law vs. Trump’s War
Are we ready for a Constitutional crisis?
adamkinzinger.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
halyesugarman.bsky.social
Outstanding 🔥
kendraserra.bsky.social Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · Mar 23
Our official statement from Albert Sellars LLP on President Trump's recent executive order.
Statement from Albert Sellars LLP on Trump’s Executive Order "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court" Fuck that fascist nonsense. Albert Sellars logo: the word Albert with an x where the upper right stroke is left as a dot, followed by the word Sellars in a san serif font.
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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smolrobots.bsky.social
Not to put too fine a point on it, but when the Nazis first started sending Jews and other victims to camps, they called it deportation, and the camps were technically in other countries.
March 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
This is how you respond to attacks on lawyers and the legal profession. Thank you, Center for Reproductive Rights & Nancy Northrup.

(Abortion rights lawyers have known what it is like to be under attack for awhile, so not surprising they know what to do and say now.)
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “The President's latest assault on lawyers threatens the fundamental rights of every person in America. The courts are our last safeguard against the full-scale theft of our civil and legal protections. The President’s latest action is an attempt to intimidate lawyers with threats of financial sanctions, disbarment, and worse, simply for doing their jobs. The goal is to bully lawyers out of taking on any case that challenges the administration, leaving everyday Americans with no recourse to fight back when fundamental freedoms — including their reproductive rights — are violated. We must not let that happen.
March 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
More of this.
kekerllp.bsky.social Keker, Van Nest & Peters @kekerllp.bsky.social · Mar 22
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
“Trump’s new Executive Order underscores how far removed this President, Attorney General and Administration are from our nation’s Constitution and bedrock values. Our liberties depend on lawyers’ willingness to represent unpopular people and causes, including in matters adverse to the Federal Government. An attack on lawyers who perform this work is inexcusable and despicable. Our profession owes every client zealous legal representation without fear of retribution, regardless of their political affiliation or ability to pay. We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie’s challenge to the Administration’s executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration’s erosion of the rule of law.” – John Keker, Robert Van Nest, Elliot Peters, Laurie Carr Mims, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Partnership
March 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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kekerllp.bsky.social
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
“Trump’s new Executive Order underscores how far removed this President, Attorney General and Administration are from our nation’s Constitution and bedrock values. Our liberties depend on lawyers’ willingness to represent unpopular people and causes, including in matters adverse to the Federal Government. An attack on lawyers who perform this work is inexcusable and despicable. Our profession owes every client zealous legal representation without fear of retribution, regardless of their political affiliation or ability to pay. We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie’s challenge to the Administration’s executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration’s erosion of the rule of law.” – John Keker, Robert Van Nest, Elliot Peters, Laurie Carr Mims, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Partnership
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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thedemcoalition.bsky.social
This country is broken.
March 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
halyesugarman.bsky.social
@badlawyerpod.bsky.social episode on Paul Weiss?
March 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Look, folks, you don't have to believe me. Literally, the guy who wrote the books & coined the terms is telling you it's a five-alarm fire. If Steve is saying this, you should be deeply, immediately, & overwhelmingly concerned.
qjurecic.bsky.social Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Mar 20
far from me to second guess levitsky on this, but ... we don't know if it will work yet www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting as if judges were already too weak to constrain his power. “Honest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and coauthor of “How Democracies Die” and “Competitive Authoritarianism.” “We look at these comparative cases in the 21st century, like Hungary and Poland and Turkey. And in a lot of respects, this is worse,” he said. “These first two months have been much more aggressively authoritarian than almost any other comparable case I know of democratic backsliding.” There are many examples of autocratic leaders constraining the power of the judiciary by packing courts with compliant judges, or by changing the laws that give them authority, he said. But it is extremely rare for leaders to simply claim the power to disregard or override court orders directly, especially so immediately after taking office.
March 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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lucyvilchis.bsky.social Lucy Vilchis @lucyvilchis.bsky.social · Mar 18
Judge Reyes for the WIN. She grants the injunction and trans rights prevail!!!
trumplitigation.bots.law Trump Litigation Bot @trumplitigation.bots.law · Mar 18
New filing: "Talbott v. Trump (Trans Military Ban (DDC))"
Doc #89: Memorandum & Opinion

Download PDF | View Full Case

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March 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
There’s been zero explanation for this given but it seems exceedingly likely it’s pure retaliation for the Maine governor challenging Trump. Really sick.

www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...
Social Security now requires Maine parents to visit an agency office to register newborns
The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.
www.pressherald.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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sgadarian.bsky.social
This is how you defend your educational mission.
joshchafetz.bsky.social Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Mar 6
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM