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Timothy Soseki Kudo

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Writes things people sometimes read. Bylines: New York Times, The New Republic, Slate, The Atlantic, et al. Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theensoproject/ Web: timkudo.com Signal: @timkudo.01

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Timothy Soseki Kudo @timkudo.com · Jan 18

My latest for the New York Times: "Koji, the boy who 37 years later would become my father, is 10 years old just then, an American-born citizen. He has already been imprisoned by his government for more than a year."

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming. (Gift Article)

If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.

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Timothy Soseki Kudo @timkudo.com · 7h

"We took the freedom of speech away."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Timothy Soseki Kudo @timkudo.com · 9h

RIP CNN as a news source.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 12h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 13h

During the fall of Afghanistan, a free press repeatedly surfaced new info about how U.S. troops were in danger and coping w/ an unprecedented situation, prompting adjustments in a crisis.

That's the job. Not repeating talking points.

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 13h

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 13h

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

On the left:

Sept 2: Judge Breyer opinion (in CA case) showing DoD's own instructions of actions that violate Posse Comitatus Act (eg "crowd control").

On the right:

Sept 26: DHS request to DoD for military forces in Chicago "in direct support of ... access control, and crowd control."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

I don’t really understand the people who think we shouldn’t situate the current moment in context of the last 25 years in American politics, including the actions of the three Democrats who were president during that time

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhh not staying the order is *really interesting*. The tidal shift we're seeing in the past two or three weeks in how much judges are *completely done* with the presumption of regularity and refusing to play Calvinball is fascinating

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

DOJ: I would just reiterate request for stay pending appeal and admin stay and note request in order.

Judge: I am denying both requests for stays.

[HEARING ENDS]

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 3d

Ariyoshi Kondo, sketchbook

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

93 million U.S. residents are immigrants or are U.S. born and have at least one immigrant parent.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

Judge IMMERGUT, a Trump appointee to the bench, ruled that Trump's call-up was based on false claims about unrest in Portland and that Trump's own statements were "simply untethered to the facts." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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taber @kvetch.gay · 5d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador.

Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador

A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador. Mario Guevara was detained in June while covering a protest near Atlanta.

bit.ly

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 5d

Eugène Jansson's painting from 1898 depicts the large expanse of water in central Stockholm known Riddarfjäden. Jansson was one of the most significant artists in the last years of the 19thC to create a style of painting that reflected the essence of Scandinavia.

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Timothy Soseki Kudo @timkudo.com · 5d

"We watched from behind glass and steel and wire and cement, watched her chase birds, stalk around, watched her be free and choose to be here, with us."

When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years

I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 5d

Former VP Mike Pence is right: “We've got a longstanding policy, Posse Comitatus, that does not permit the use of the American military against the American people.”

No law enforcement role for military in US cities, ex-Veep Pence says in Boston stop

"We’ve got a longstanding policy, Posse Comitatus, that does not permit the use of the American military against the American people," former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday.

www.masslive.com

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 6d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 7d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 7d

Ansel Adams, Basketball game at an Internment Camp for Japanese American citizens during World War II

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 8d

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

like, the fact that they felt this spectacle was necessary is itself evidence that they don't have the military support that they want

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