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Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
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"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
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While Maryland presents itself as a progressive haven, a quiet but significant rebellion is brewing within its counties. Data reveals a surge in collaboration between local sheriffs and ICE.
www.memesita.com/maryland-she...
www.memesita.com/maryland-she...
Maryland Sheriffs Lead Nation in ICE Transfers Under Trump - memesita.com - Memesita
Maryland Sheriffs’ ICE Collaboration: A Local Revolt Against Federal Immigration Policy? ANNAPOLIS, MD – While Maryland presents itself as a progressive haven, a quiet but significant rebellion is …
www.memesita.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
While Maryland presents itself as a progressive haven, a quiet but significant rebellion is brewing within its counties. Data reveals a surge in collaboration between local sheriffs and ICE.
www.memesita.com/maryland-she...
www.memesita.com/maryland-she...
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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Peter Drucker, a lecturer at Frankfurt University when the Nazis took over, recalled a faculty meeting where the new Nazi boss said Jews were banned and anyone complaining would be sent to a concentration camp. A professor then asked a question: “Will there be more money for research in physiology?”
Northwestern University agrees to pay $75 million as part of deal with Trump administration that restores frozen funds | CNN
Northwestern University has reached a $75-million deal with the Trump administration which restores frozen federal funding and ends an antisemitism investigation, the Department of Justice announced F...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Peter Drucker, a lecturer at Frankfurt University when the Nazis took over, recalled a faculty meeting where the new Nazi boss said Jews were banned and anyone complaining would be sent to a concentration camp. A professor then asked a question: “Will there be more money for research in physiology?”
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As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
August 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
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Well, this is, indeed, really fucking bad
****Breaking:**** Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question electionlawblog.org?p=151301
Breaking: Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question #ELB
The Supreme Court just issued this order: Louisiana had to create that second majority-minority district in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act, as it had been found to face Section 2 VRA liabi...
electionlawblog.org
August 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Well, this is, indeed, really fucking bad
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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We @lawfaremedia.org will hopefully publish something on this soon but fwiw the legal authority invoked is NOT the Insurrection Act — it’s 10 USC 12406, which is much more limited than an Insurrection Act invocation.
(Reporters: Chris Mirasola is the expert to talk to about this)
(Reporters: Chris Mirasola is the expert to talk to about this)
Guys the authority invoked is not the Insurrection Act don’t let ppl tell you it’s the Insurrection Act ok
Here it is: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
June 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
We @lawfaremedia.org will hopefully publish something on this soon but fwiw the legal authority invoked is NOT the Insurrection Act — it’s 10 USC 12406, which is much more limited than an Insurrection Act invocation.
(Reporters: Chris Mirasola is the expert to talk to about this)
(Reporters: Chris Mirasola is the expert to talk to about this)
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The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
June 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.
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“Less noticed at the time, but arguably more prophetic, was how the mechanics of her firing trammeled yet another longtime standard in the academy, that of professors’ deciding among themselves when and if a colleague should be fired.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...
A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Less noticed at the time, but arguably more prophetic, was how the mechanics of her firing trammeled yet another longtime standard in the academy, that of professors’ deciding among themselves when and if a colleague should be fired.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...
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It is very good question and one I’ve been asking for months.
If there is an international agreement with El Salvador for these renditions, the Trump administration is legally required under the Case-Zablocki Act to share it with Congress.
To my knowledge, they have not done so.
If there is an international agreement with El Salvador for these renditions, the Trump administration is legally required under the Case-Zablocki Act to share it with Congress.
To my knowledge, they have not done so.
Has anyone produced the contract by which El Salvador is holding folks for the US?
April 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is very good question and one I’ve been asking for months.
If there is an international agreement with El Salvador for these renditions, the Trump administration is legally required under the Case-Zablocki Act to share it with Congress.
To my knowledge, they have not done so.
If there is an international agreement with El Salvador for these renditions, the Trump administration is legally required under the Case-Zablocki Act to share it with Congress.
To my knowledge, they have not done so.
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After controversial sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train agents on when they can stop and arrest people. (Maybe should have done this FIRST.) By the excellent Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Border Patrol to retrain hundreds of California agents on how to comply with the Constitution
After immigration sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train California agents on when they can stop people.
calmatters.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
After controversial sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train agents on when they can stop and arrest people. (Maybe should have done this FIRST.) By the excellent Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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The first person to alert the public that the Trump administration was preparing to send planeloads of Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was a retired J.P. Morgan executive in Ohio named Tom Cartwright, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports:
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.
www.theatlantic.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The first person to alert the public that the Trump administration was preparing to send planeloads of Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was a retired J.P. Morgan executive in Ohio named Tom Cartwright, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports:
Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso
x.com/global_labor...
x.com/global_labor...
Global Labor Justice on X: "Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @asia_floorwage @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso https://t.co/ogJOmYKfdv" / X
Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @asia_floorwage @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso https://t.co/ogJOmYKfdv
x.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso
x.com/global_labor...
x.com/global_labor...
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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I don't mean to be flippant, but something to think about as you signal-boost and consume reports/posts:
when you see something about ICE being spotted somewhere, insert the word "cops" instead and see how it reads.
If "Cops spotted in (state)" isn't a helpful warning, "ICE" isn't either.
when you see something about ICE being spotted somewhere, insert the word "cops" instead and see how it reads.
If "Cops spotted in (state)" isn't a helpful warning, "ICE" isn't either.
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I don't mean to be flippant, but something to think about as you signal-boost and consume reports/posts:
when you see something about ICE being spotted somewhere, insert the word "cops" instead and see how it reads.
If "Cops spotted in (state)" isn't a helpful warning, "ICE" isn't either.
when you see something about ICE being spotted somewhere, insert the word "cops" instead and see how it reads.
If "Cops spotted in (state)" isn't a helpful warning, "ICE" isn't either.
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What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability
by Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social)
#SanctuaryCities #immigration #Federalism
by Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social)
#SanctuaryCities #immigration #Federalism
Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability
A leading expert analyzes the Justice Department threat to prosecute state and local officials in sanctuary cities.
www.justsecurity.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability
by Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social)
#SanctuaryCities #immigration #Federalism
by Ahilan Arulanantham (@ahilantoolong.bsky.social)
#SanctuaryCities #immigration #Federalism
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The just-filed complaint challenging Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus.
www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...
Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus.
www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...
January 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The just-filed complaint challenging Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus.
www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...
Filed in the D.N.H. by the national ACLU, ACLU-NH, ACLU-MA, ACLU-ME, NAACP LDF, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the Asian Law Caucus.
www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...
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We have to keep in mind that Trump is good at spectacle and has a tight grasp on both large-scale propaganda networks and more mainstream media organizations. He will make sure Fox News cameras are there watching flashy raids. They want people to panic and leave, even if the reality is different.
Trump doesn't have the resources to deport everyone he wants to deport.
So his goal is "self-deportation," making people "so scared... they will choose to leave."
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social is all over this story. Check out his newsletter in @thebulwark.bsky.social. lnk.thebulwark.com/40ds72I
So his goal is "self-deportation," making people "so scared... they will choose to leave."
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social is all over this story. Check out his newsletter in @thebulwark.bsky.social. lnk.thebulwark.com/40ds72I
The Fear Is the Point
The administration won’t have time, money or resources to enact mass deportations right away. But they can scare the hell out of everybody.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We have to keep in mind that Trump is good at spectacle and has a tight grasp on both large-scale propaganda networks and more mainstream media organizations. He will make sure Fox News cameras are there watching flashy raids. They want people to panic and leave, even if the reality is different.
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As many people have said, it is going to take time for the Trump administration to ramp up immigration enforcement. In the meantime, however, they are going to basically slap a “mass deportation” logo on the side of every regular ICE operation.
We have to keep that fact in mind.
We have to keep that fact in mind.
January 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As many people have said, it is going to take time for the Trump administration to ramp up immigration enforcement. In the meantime, however, they are going to basically slap a “mass deportation” logo on the side of every regular ICE operation.
We have to keep that fact in mind.
We have to keep that fact in mind.
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The Wall Street Journal says there will be a splashy ICE operation in Chicago on Tuesday.
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday
The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago next week, the first move in President-Elect Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation campaign.
www.wsj.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal says there will be a splashy ICE operation in Chicago on Tuesday.
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...