Chris B
@chrisbwithyou.bsky.social
Lawyer | Nerd | Democracy enjoyer
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Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Congressional Democrats need to show up at every single one of these and refuse to obey the unlawful policies of DHS.
“Oh you have a rule? That’s adorable. We have the law.”
“Oh you have a rule? That’s adorable. We have the law.”
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Congressional Democrats need to show up at every single one of these and refuse to obey the unlawful policies of DHS.
“Oh you have a rule? That’s adorable. We have the law.”
“Oh you have a rule? That’s adorable. We have the law.”
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A federal judge is keeping this man in jail to protect him from the federal government.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
bit.ly
June 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A federal judge is keeping this man in jail to protect him from the federal government.
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looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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What? Wasn’t Sen Ted Cruz born abroad too? Should we deport him?
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What? Wasn’t Sen Ted Cruz born abroad too? Should we deport him?
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
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Met someone today who told me he ranked Cuomo and was taken aback that my immediate response was “oh so you could forgive the sexual assault then?”
If you’re gonna cast the vote, own up to it!
If you’re gonna cast the vote, own up to it!
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Met someone today who told me he ranked Cuomo and was taken aback that my immediate response was “oh so you could forgive the sexual assault then?”
If you’re gonna cast the vote, own up to it!
If you’re gonna cast the vote, own up to it!
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Remember, this new normal -- in which gangs of masked armed gunmen are causing chaos in the streets, pulling weapons and assaulting innocent people, and no one can say if they're crooks or cops -- was all sold to Americans as a way to make us feel safer.
“In Pasadena last week, a man stepped out of his unmarked vehicle at an intersection, unholstered his pistol and aimed it at a group of pedestrians before returning to his car… That incident left the police chief of Pasadena resigned to figure out whether it was a crime or part of a federal raid.”
'Who are these people?' Masked immigration agents challenge local police, sow fear in L.A.
Local police have little or no insight into where the federal enforcement actions are taking place. In some cases, local cops have been mistaken for federal agents, eroding years of work to have immig...
www.latimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Remember, this new normal -- in which gangs of masked armed gunmen are causing chaos in the streets, pulling weapons and assaulting innocent people, and no one can say if they're crooks or cops -- was all sold to Americans as a way to make us feel safer.
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
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If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy
Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy
adamkinzinger.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
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according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return
NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON
and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18,
2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–
10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is
timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall
terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted,
the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State Department considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely intervention only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful removals to Libya.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return
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I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment
June 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment
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"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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ICE just abducted a leading contender for the New York City mayorship for asking to see a warrant.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
ICE just abducted a leading contender for the New York City mayorship for asking to see a warrant.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
I need everyone to understand that they are not a law enforcement agency — they are Donald Trump’s secret police.
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“Does the US President’s social media post mean people should evacuate Tehran in a serious, bombs-are-imminent sort of way or a silly, he’ll forget about it in the morning sort of way?” is an insane, nightmarish situation to be in
June 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“Does the US President’s social media post mean people should evacuate Tehran in a serious, bombs-are-imminent sort of way or a silly, he’ll forget about it in the morning sort of way?” is an insane, nightmarish situation to be in
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democratic leaders are operating like the mike lee thing is just a slip up by one guy instead of how the entire movement thinks. im tired of it.
this is who they are. theyve been like this for decades. whether its goldwater opposing civil rights, reagan attacking welfare recipients or wmds
this is who they are. theyve been like this for decades. whether its goldwater opposing civil rights, reagan attacking welfare recipients or wmds
June 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
democratic leaders are operating like the mike lee thing is just a slip up by one guy instead of how the entire movement thinks. im tired of it.
this is who they are. theyve been like this for decades. whether its goldwater opposing civil rights, reagan attacking welfare recipients or wmds
this is who they are. theyve been like this for decades. whether its goldwater opposing civil rights, reagan attacking welfare recipients or wmds
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It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.
June 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
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Get offended, yes.
But do more than that — go on offense.
Stop allowing business as usual to proceed in the Senate. Grind the chamber to a halt.
But do more than that — go on offense.
Stop allowing business as usual to proceed in the Senate. Grind the chamber to a halt.
Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.
This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.
June 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Get offended, yes.
But do more than that — go on offense.
Stop allowing business as usual to proceed in the Senate. Grind the chamber to a halt.
But do more than that — go on offense.
Stop allowing business as usual to proceed in the Senate. Grind the chamber to a halt.