Anissa
@aryczekwelch.bsky.social
5 term Wisconsin Mayor, Marine mom, grandmayor, progressive union supporter, resistor, life-long learner, lover of history, books, conservation, Ice Age Trail hiker, collaborator, and facilitator. Go Pack Go!
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
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The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices
The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
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Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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When we say "Release the Epstein files," we mean the unredacted version.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When we say "Release the Epstein files," we mean the unredacted version.
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A senior Gaza official warns toxic materials from Israeli bombardment may be seeping into groundwater, worsening the besieged enclave already devastated water system.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7gw1h2
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7gw1h2
Children among the dead as Israel kills 30 Palestinians in Gaza
More than 300 people in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the ceasefire with Hamas began on October 10.
aje.io
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A senior Gaza official warns toxic materials from Israeli bombardment may be seeping into groundwater, worsening the besieged enclave already devastated water system.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7gw1h2
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7gw1h2
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Epstein described the billionaire hotel magnate as being “like family.”
Epstein Emails Spotlight Billionaire Thomas Pritzker’s Relationship With Financier: ‘Like Family’
Epstein described the billionaire hotel magnate as being “like family.”
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Epstein described the billionaire hotel magnate as being “like family.”
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Now a FOURTH Indiana Republican State Senator has been swatted after the chamber refused to participate in Trump's mid-decade redistricting scheme.
MAGA domestic terrorists strike again.
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
MAGA domestic terrorists strike again.
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Now a FOURTH Indiana Republican State Senator has been swatted after the chamber refused to participate in Trump's mid-decade redistricting scheme.
MAGA domestic terrorists strike again.
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
MAGA domestic terrorists strike again.
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
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Last night, Russia killed 25 people in Ternopil.
Just one night. Fifty missiles. Five hundred drones.
This is the Ukrainian reality we should never forget.
These are the strains under which the Ukrainian people reform & build their future in the European Union.
Just one night. Fifty missiles. Five hundred drones.
This is the Ukrainian reality we should never forget.
These are the strains under which the Ukrainian people reform & build their future in the European Union.
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Last night, Russia killed 25 people in Ternopil.
Just one night. Fifty missiles. Five hundred drones.
This is the Ukrainian reality we should never forget.
These are the strains under which the Ukrainian people reform & build their future in the European Union.
Just one night. Fifty missiles. Five hundred drones.
This is the Ukrainian reality we should never forget.
These are the strains under which the Ukrainian people reform & build their future in the European Union.
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When a sitting president calls for death to lawmakers, it’s not a warning sign, it’s the emergency siren. He is talking like a dictator and telling you exactly how he plans to use his power.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When a sitting president calls for death to lawmakers, it’s not a warning sign, it’s the emergency siren. He is talking like a dictator and telling you exactly how he plans to use his power.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.
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I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
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Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
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These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump signed legislation to compel the Department of Justice to release files on the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, approving a measure that he had spent months trying to block
Trump Signs Epstein Files Bill After Fight Straining Party Unity
President Donald Trump signed legislation to compel the Department of Justice to release files on the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, approving a measure that he had spent months trying to block in a fight that inflamed tensions in his own party and threatened to undermine his agenda.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump signed legislation to compel the Department of Justice to release files on the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, approving a measure that he had spent months trying to block
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The White House dinner last night for MBS was a coterie of corruption & back channel access that has become synonymous with the #Trump regime—
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The White House dinner last night for MBS was a coterie of corruption & back channel access that has become synonymous with the #Trump regime—
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
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America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
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Deeply grateful to all who have sent well wishes and prayers since hearing about Mom’s hospitalization—and to all of the medical professionals taking good care of her.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Deeply grateful to all who have sent well wishes and prayers since hearing about Mom’s hospitalization—and to all of the medical professionals taking good care of her.
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Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
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In comments echoing those made by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in 1996, warning of "irrational exuberance" in the market well ahead of the dotcom crash, Mr Pichai said the industry can "overshoot" in investment cycles like this.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In comments echoing those made by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in 1996, warning of "irrational exuberance" in the market well ahead of the dotcom crash, Mr Pichai said the industry can "overshoot" in investment cycles like this.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
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"Cottage Courts are very exciting to me. This type of missing middle housing creates pocket neighborhoods where community can thrive." — Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
Madison city leaders announce new housing initiatives
MADISON (WKOW) -- City leaders introduced new initiatives Tuesday in an effort to create more opportunities for future housing developments.
www.wkow.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Cottage Courts are very exciting to me. This type of missing middle housing creates pocket neighborhoods where community can thrive." — Alder Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?