Reese Inman
@reeseinman.bsky.social
Creative professional, serial entrepreneur, democracy enthusiast. Fan of nature, long walks, slow travel, dark chocolate, and dry martinis.
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Poland suspects Russian interference in presidential election campaign
Poland suspects Russian interference in presidential election campaign
The national cybersecurity authority, NASK, said it had discovered 'new information operations aimed at destabilizing the electoral process.' Poland is holding its presidential election on Sunday.
www.lemonde.fr
May 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Poland suspects Russian interference in presidential election campaign
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71 percent of Democratic voters say that the U.S. should end its arms transfers to Israel until it “stops attacks on civilians in Gaza, supports Palestinian rights, and commits to a long-term peace process.”
7 in 10 Democrats Say US Should Restrict Aid to Israel, Poll Finds
An embargo in support of Palestinian rights wins out over continuing to send weapons by a 50-point margin.
truthout.org
April 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
71 percent of Democratic voters say that the U.S. should end its arms transfers to Israel until it “stops attacks on civilians in Gaza, supports Palestinian rights, and commits to a long-term peace process.”
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THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
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NEW from @marcelias.bsky.social : The time and resources spent to protect voting rights are not evenly split across states. From 2021 to 2024, Pennsylvania saw 88 voting-related lawsuits filed. Three states got none. We must ensure we're fighting for the right to vote everywhere.
The State of Democracy Requires Us to Expand the Map
From Marc | Republicans are counting on us to ignore what’s happening in the states they control.
www.democracydocket.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEW from @marcelias.bsky.social : The time and resources spent to protect voting rights are not evenly split across states. From 2021 to 2024, Pennsylvania saw 88 voting-related lawsuits filed. Three states got none. We must ensure we're fighting for the right to vote everywhere.
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Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man, as important as that is. It is about protecting fundamental freedoms and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everyone who resides in America."
April 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man, as important as that is. It is about protecting fundamental freedoms and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everyone who resides in America."
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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
If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
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As Trump administration lawyers assess whether it is legally viable to send American citizens who have committed violent crimes to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, legal experts made clear that President Donald Trump lacks any legal authority to ship domestic convicts out of the US.
Suggestion to house US citizens in offshore prisons has no legal basis, experts say | CNN Politics
As Trump administration lawyers assess whether it is legally viable to send American citizens who have committed violent crimes to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, legal experts made clear that Pr...
www.cnn.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
As Trump administration lawyers assess whether it is legally viable to send American citizens who have committed violent crimes to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, legal experts made clear that President Donald Trump lacks any legal authority to ship domestic convicts out of the US.
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What is astounding here is that the Trump administration doesn't just say, okay, we made an error in deporting this one fellow and here he is back. Minimize the barbarous act and the affront to the rule of law.
Nah. The denigration of all legal authority and the rank cruelty are the point. Fascism.
Nah. The denigration of all legal authority and the rank cruelty are the point. Fascism.
NEW: Trump admin balks at court order after SCOTUS order in Abrego Garcia case.
On Friday, DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. A hearing in the case is set for 1 p..m. Friday.
Today, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
On Friday, DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. A hearing in the case is set for 1 p..m. Friday.
Today, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Trump admin balks at court request after SCOTUS order in Abrego Garcia case
On Friday, DOJ said it was "unable" to provide information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Judge Paula Xinis. A hearing in the case is set for 1 p..m. Friday.
www.lawdork.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What is astounding here is that the Trump administration doesn't just say, okay, we made an error in deporting this one fellow and here he is back. Minimize the barbarous act and the affront to the rule of law.
Nah. The denigration of all legal authority and the rank cruelty are the point. Fascism.
Nah. The denigration of all legal authority and the rank cruelty are the point. Fascism.
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Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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Columbia gives Trump basically all he asks for, fires their president when it seems she may not comply fast enough, and then still gets all its remaining funding frozen.
These demands are not good-faith demands about antisemitism. They are efforts to break universities.
These demands are not good-faith demands about antisemitism. They are efforts to break universities.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Columbia gives Trump basically all he asks for, fires their president when it seems she may not comply fast enough, and then still gets all its remaining funding frozen.
These demands are not good-faith demands about antisemitism. They are efforts to break universities.
These demands are not good-faith demands about antisemitism. They are efforts to break universities.
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Yep. If they can do it to him they can do it to you. bsky.app/profile/obar...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social gets an important shout-out in the 2 judge concurrence upholding the injunction to return Abrego Garcia to the US
"A world in which federal courts lack the power to order the government to take every possible step to bring back to the US individuals like Abrego Garcia ..."
"A world in which federal courts lack the power to order the government to take every possible step to bring back to the US individuals like Abrego Garcia ..."
April 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yep. If they can do it to him they can do it to you. bsky.app/profile/obar...
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Few book theses have been as vindicated as @attackerman.bsky.social’s Reign of Terror www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622555... bsky.app/profile/atta...
What Trump and everyone else call “deportations” to El Salvador’s CECOT torture/slave-labor prison operate much more like extraordinary renditions in the War on Terror. And they show Trump routing around the ways the courts imposed the barest sense of law upon Guantanamo.
El Salvador And The Dark Lessons of Guantanamo
The Salvadoran slavery-prison now used for migrant renditions reflects the infamous detention center—with some updates
www.forever-wars.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Few book theses have been as vindicated as @attackerman.bsky.social’s Reign of Terror www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622555... bsky.app/profile/atta...
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"Among those detained was Julio Noriega, who after buying himself a slice of pizza on Jan. 31, wound up held by ICE for more than 10 hours, according to his attorneys."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared
Recent news reports of at least seven alleged cases have alarmed advocates and scholars who say they reveal the dangers of a system accelerating with few safeguards.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Among those detained was Julio Noriega, who after buying himself a slice of pizza on Jan. 31, wound up held by ICE for more than 10 hours, according to his attorneys."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey.
Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey and open to lawsuits under a new state law. Democratic Gov.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey.
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The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If "protests in all 50 states" wanted above-the-fold coverage in @nytimes.com, they should have been "seven random Americans" instead
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they are segregationists, it has been obvious from the jump, and i think that pundits who dismissed the charge as hyperbolic should explain why they couldn’t see the fact pattern
“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”
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wapo.st/4jdXL8m
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
they are segregationists, it has been obvious from the jump, and i think that pundits who dismissed the charge as hyperbolic should explain why they couldn’t see the fact pattern
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David does a good job outlining due process’ practical and moral components
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
Opinion | Don’t Roll Your Eyes at Due Process (Gift Article)
It doesn’t just protect a person’s liberty and dignity. It’s a humble acknowledgment of our own limitations.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
David does a good job outlining due process’ practical and moral components
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...
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Yesterday, 1,400 protests were held to protest the Trump whose headlines fill this page. But to the #BrokenTimes this morning, they are a buried BTW. It has plenty of photos; none here. This is what they call "news judgment." To the Times, we are not news.
April 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yesterday, 1,400 protests were held to protest the Trump whose headlines fill this page. But to the #BrokenTimes this morning, they are a buried BTW. It has plenty of photos; none here. This is what they call "news judgment." To the Times, we are not news.
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Here's one statistic for you:
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.
As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes.
newrepublic.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Here's one statistic for you:
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
→ Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million.
→ Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million.
That is not a typo.
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I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating
Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours
Massive applause for Booker
Massive applause for Booker
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating
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Government abductions are unconstitutional.
Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional.
If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute…
They’ll get to you soon enough.
Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional.
If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute…
They’ll get to you soon enough.
March 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Government abductions are unconstitutional.
Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional.
If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute…
They’ll get to you soon enough.
Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional.
If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute…
They’ll get to you soon enough.
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“They took my shoes and pulled out my shoelaces.
'What are you doing? What is happening?’ I asked.
'You are being detained.’
'I don’t understand. What does that mean? For how long?’
'I don’t know.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'What are you doing? What is happening?’ I asked.
'You are being detained.’
'I don’t understand. What does that mean? For how long?’
'I don’t know.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“They took my shoes and pulled out my shoelaces.
'What are you doing? What is happening?’ I asked.
'You are being detained.’
'I don’t understand. What does that mean? For how long?’
'I don’t know.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'What are you doing? What is happening?’ I asked.
'You are being detained.’
'I don’t understand. What does that mean? For how long?’
'I don’t know.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...