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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
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. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
August 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
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Next week it'll be September. So far no sign of Republicans standing up to Trump in any meaningful way.
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Next week it'll be September. So far no sign of Republicans standing up to Trump in any meaningful way.
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There is no fucking "invasion" and even a Trump judge says so.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is no fucking "invasion" and even a Trump judge says so.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
These dumb fascists are beyond parody.
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I know, norms and all that, but the default Dem position should be:
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
May 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I know, norms and all that, but the default Dem position should be:
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.
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I have a pretty high bar for declaring we're in an actual constitutional crisis. I think this is as close as we've been.
From the ABC interview last night:
6abc.com/post/full-tr...
From the ABC interview last night:
6abc.com/post/full-tr...
April 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I have a pretty high bar for declaring we're in an actual constitutional crisis. I think this is as close as we've been.
From the ABC interview last night:
6abc.com/post/full-tr...
From the ABC interview last night:
6abc.com/post/full-tr...
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What Trump is doing to Abrego Garcia could very easily happen to you.
They don’t want you to notice.
TIME TO FIGHT BACK!
They don’t want you to notice.
TIME TO FIGHT BACK!
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What Trump is doing to Abrego Garcia could very easily happen to you.
They don’t want you to notice.
TIME TO FIGHT BACK!
They don’t want you to notice.
TIME TO FIGHT BACK!
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Ok so Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision, as we all warned he would.
What's the plan?
What's the plan?
April 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ok so Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision, as we all warned he would.
What's the plan?
What's the plan?
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The Senate process that has legs is canceling the national emergency, because that's a privileged resolution that has to get a vote in 18 days. Democrats should be introducing a resolution canceling the emergencies every day, setting up daily votes in 2-3 weeks.
Senate Majority Leader Thune on Cantwell/Grassley tariff bill getting a floor vote: “I don’t think that has a future. The president’s indicated he would veto it”
April 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Senate process that has legs is canceling the national emergency, because that's a privileged resolution that has to get a vote in 18 days. Democrats should be introducing a resolution canceling the emergencies every day, setting up daily votes in 2-3 weeks.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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The government’s statement is a flex, not a confession of error. The important elements of the flex are these:
1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps.
2. We decide who enemies are.
3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos.
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1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps.
2. We decide who enemies are.
3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/Bot5mE4O
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The government’s statement is a flex, not a confession of error. The important elements of the flex are these:
1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps.
2. We decide who enemies are.
3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos.
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1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps.
2. We decide who enemies are.
3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos.
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March 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me.
Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.
Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.
March 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me.
Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.
Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
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This is going to get worse, not better. Never underestimate the American public’s thirst for performative cruelty towards The Other: defendants, foreigners, anyone they’ve been conditioned to see as less than human. We’re the country that made lynchings into picnics.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is going to get worse, not better. Never underestimate the American public’s thirst for performative cruelty towards The Other: defendants, foreigners, anyone they’ve been conditioned to see as less than human. We’re the country that made lynchings into picnics.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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If Dems fail to make Signal leak an incessant story demanding resignations/impeachment, it would be a mirror image of Benghazi, her emails, etc. In face of GOP zone-flooding, Dems cowered instead of calling bullshit; now when GOP says Signal leak is NBD, a failure to push back would be catastrophic.
March 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If Dems fail to make Signal leak an incessant story demanding resignations/impeachment, it would be a mirror image of Benghazi, her emails, etc. In face of GOP zone-flooding, Dems cowered instead of calling bullshit; now when GOP says Signal leak is NBD, a failure to push back would be catastrophic.
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The Signal leak is a prime moment for Democrats to get caught trying. Call for resignations or impeachment hearings or both. Be omnipresent in the media demanding and explaining accountability measures. Don’t let this fade away. Treat this the way the GOP treated Hillary’s emails. Make it a thing.
March 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Signal leak is a prime moment for Democrats to get caught trying. Call for resignations or impeachment hearings or both. Be omnipresent in the media demanding and explaining accountability measures. Don’t let this fade away. Treat this the way the GOP treated Hillary’s emails. Make it a thing.
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Please don’t share this picture. Apparently the president hates it.
March 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Please don’t share this picture. Apparently the president hates it.
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I know Brad, and I hate to say it. But yeah. Absolutely.
“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.
Fuck you, you coward.
Fuck you, you coward.
This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well.
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
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March 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I know Brad, and I hate to say it. But yeah. Absolutely.
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If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
March 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
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The truth is an absolute defense in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The truth is an absolute defense in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
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I hope people realize that Trump is trying to make it illegal to criticize his regime.
They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America.
Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.
They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America.
Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.
March 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I hope people realize that Trump is trying to make it illegal to criticize his regime.
They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America.
Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.
They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America.
Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.