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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

To put it another way, I have represented thousands of people. I cannot think of a single instance in which the initial police report was entirely correct. Not one.

Journalists, please stop copying them down as if they were. Or at least give context re credibility!

Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 3d

If you've been following my six-month quest to unseal the search warrants for XiaoFeng Wang's homes, huge news:

I won.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Switching now to a TRO hearing in the lawsuit below, alleging suppression of 1st Amendment rights at Broadview's ICE facility.

DISCLOSURE: I am a member of the Chicago Newspaper Guild, a plaintiff. I'm not an officer and was not involved in the filing: www.loevy.com/wp-content/u...

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Good afternoon. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for today's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

A link to the complaint, for those who don't have it: t.co/yaknq55rr8

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

No remote access in this afternoon's hearing in Illinois v Trump—Chicago-based legal journalists, we are counting on you

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated. By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social

Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app

It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4d

Pity the ADL. It went out of its way to defend Elon Musk's definitely-not-a-sieg-heil, and in return gets this.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 4d

What I'm referring to. It's a privilege to be invited onto networks to talk about my reporting but I have limits. Similarly stopped doing NewsNation after Nextar took its Kimmel stance.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d

I really appreciate Justice Jackson contrasting the lower courts' meticulous and responsible approach to judging—extensive deliberations, written opinions—with the Supreme Court's slapdash, unreasoned work over the shadow docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

They have done so in reasoned and thoughtful written opinions—opinions that, in the nor- ‘mal course, we would get to parse, assess, and embrace or reject, while fully explaining our reasoning.

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · 4d

Another lesson in real world jawboning. DOJ pressures one company (Apple) into compliance. The next company (Google) also complies with no direct DOJ contact at all.

The company whose Maps app tells me where the highway patrol is (thx!) won't let scared and vulnerable people share ICE location.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 4d

all of these videos are horrifying. what feels so singularly striking and scary to me in all of them is the individual seething contempt and rage of these agents

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d

On Friday, ICE kicked off a scheme to offer thousands of dollars to unaccompanied children as young as 14 in exchange for agreeing to be deported.

ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering Payment for Deportation

ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d

Amid the Republican-Democrat shutdown blame game, a federal judge’s extraordinary ruling is taking on Trump’s unlawful detentions of pro-Palestine protesters.

Listen on
Apple: interc.pt/4o6oPZG
Spotify: interc.pt/3ITmDFI
Everywhere else: interc.pt/3VNv3l8

Inside the Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown

YouTube video by The Intercept

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 4d

"Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities." 31 USC 5114(b)

Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 4d

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

Pete Hegseth is bragging about bombing civilians to death in international waters, as a DOJ lawyer is in federal court arguing that Hegseth can call up the National Guard — as he did over the weekend in Portland — to send troops into U.S. cities for virtually any reason.

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

Strong whiffs of Trump v. Hawaii!

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

How dare you point that out! Inflammatory.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump

In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

If anyone sees these comms between Apple and Bondi/DOJ floating around, I'm very interested in the legal threats that were leveraged and am prepping some FOIA requests! My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

Just filed a FOIA request on this — I expect it to be the first of many! So if you have thoughts on what I should request and from which office(s), that's also welcome too.

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

The DOJ is very much coming for Judge Faruqui. Here's a motion filed yesterday for emergency review, calling Faruqui's comments "legally unsupported" and "inflammatory." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Screenshot from motion by DOJ filed 10/2/2025: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.285023/gov.uscourts.dcd.285023.15.0.pdf

"Magistrate Faruqui’s actions are legally unsupported, are inflammatory, have already interfered with and tainted the community’s grand juries, and show a clear bias against the Government that is not based in rational or objective facts. To the contrary, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has used Superior Court grand juries to return federal indictments for decades and the practice is well-supported in black-latter law. Simply put Judge Faruqui has chosen to ignore the law."

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 5d

If anyone sees these comms between Apple and Bondi/DOJ floating around, I'm very interested in the legal threats that were leveraged. My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.

The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.

Alt text: Screenshot of a Fox News Digital article reporting that Apple removed the ICEBlock tracking app from its App Store after the Department of Justice raised safety concerns. The article states DOJ officials, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, asked Apple to take down the app, claiming it endangered law enforcement officers and shielded illegal immigrants. Bondi confirmed the removal in a statement, saying ICEBlock put ICE agents at risk and emphasized DOJ’s commitment to protecting federal officers.

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