Neal McNabb
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The reaction I get when I show somebody Merlin, the app that tells you which birds are nearby just by listening to their songs
July 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The reaction I get when I show somebody Merlin, the app that tells you which birds are nearby just by listening to their songs
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Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
May 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
When you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!”
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
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This is us now. Don't look away.
Good on the standers-by who recorded and tried to intervene.
Good on the standers-by who recorded and tried to intervene.
🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
May 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is us now. Don't look away.
Good on the standers-by who recorded and tried to intervene.
Good on the standers-by who recorded and tried to intervene.
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And this is why due process, and requiring the government to justify to a judge *why* they grabbed you off the street and stuck you in jail, matters
So therefore the court finds that she does not pose danger to community or present risk of flight.
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
May 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And this is why due process, and requiring the government to justify to a judge *why* they grabbed you off the street and stuck you in jail, matters
Blogging is not my strength, but I’m going to give it a go on my trip to Peru to hike the Inca Trail. Follow me on my journey to Machu Picchu!
Peru 2025
After 15+ years of teaching full-time at three different colleges, this year I had my first opportunity to take a much-needed sabbatical. T...
mcnabb-peru-2025.blogspot.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Blogging is not my strength, but I’m going to give it a go on my trip to Peru to hike the Inca Trail. Follow me on my journey to Machu Picchu!
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Just to be explicit, if there is no due process for people accused of being illegal aliens, then the people in power will just declare anyone they don’t like an illegal alien. Then there’s no due process for anyone.
This is completely false—as a matter of constitutional text, history, case law, and ordinary common sense. Miller is out to destroy our republic.
May 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just to be explicit, if there is no due process for people accused of being illegal aliens, then the people in power will just declare anyone they don’t like an illegal alien. Then there’s no due process for anyone.
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Trump might be spending his lazy days playing golf or posting cooked up AI generated pictures of himself as Pope, but the real world is closing in hard.
newrepublic.com/post/194705/...
newrepublic.com/post/194705/...
Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.
Welcome to the summer of scarcity and the full-blown Trump recession.
newrepublic.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Trump might be spending his lazy days playing golf or posting cooked up AI generated pictures of himself as Pope, but the real world is closing in hard.
newrepublic.com/post/194705/...
newrepublic.com/post/194705/...
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Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
May 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
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Everything I know tells me this is anti policing. Cops don’t need to be unleashed. We need to be better at solving violent crime by building solid felony cases. We don’t need military equipment or assistance because we aren’t at war with our neighbors.
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/
t.co
April 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Everything I know tells me this is anti policing. Cops don’t need to be unleashed. We need to be better at solving violent crime by building solid felony cases. We don’t need military equipment or assistance because we aren’t at war with our neighbors.
t.co/FmTFk7Wyde
t.co/FmTFk7Wyde
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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The Thunder are blowing out the Grizzlies, going on a 26-2 run at one point in the first half 😳
April 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Thunder are blowing out the Grizzlies, going on a 26-2 run at one point in the first half 😳
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I finally found my tweet from the last time this ridiculous bullshit popped up.🤣
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I finally found my tweet from the last time this ridiculous bullshit popped up.🤣
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There are two parts to procedural due process: 1) notice, and 2) an OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. Giving the first without the second is *not* due process.
I think it should be worth highlighting that Trump is at this point giving illegal orders, and the people following them might want to consider that
I think it should be worth highlighting that Trump is at this point giving illegal orders, and the people following them might want to consider that
As I envisioned - based on the vague SCOTUS ruling that failed to define what a “reasonable” amount of notice is - it appears Trump is giving 24 or 48 hours notice before deporting people under the AEA before disappearing them. He will argue it’s sufficient notice, & will refuse to return them.
🚨URGENT—Despite the Supreme Court declaring that it would be illegal to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act without giving them a meaningful chance to seek judicial review, the Trump admin is reportedly about to send a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas to El Salvador in a matter of hours!
April 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
There are two parts to procedural due process: 1) notice, and 2) an OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. Giving the first without the second is *not* due process.
I think it should be worth highlighting that Trump is at this point giving illegal orders, and the people following them might want to consider that
I think it should be worth highlighting that Trump is at this point giving illegal orders, and the people following them might want to consider that
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You know what else is up by a huge percentage? Illegal but state-sanctioned assault, battery, kidnappings, forced imprisonment, torture, and violations of due process.
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
April 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You know what else is up by a huge percentage? Illegal but state-sanctioned assault, battery, kidnappings, forced imprisonment, torture, and violations of due process.
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Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us