clay jackson
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• just a lawyer who gives a shit
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ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
he’s doing the only thing he knows : feckless political theater
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
he’s doing the only thing he knows : feckless political theater
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Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
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For those asking where the new PTFO is...
We're premiering it live, at 5p ET, on YT.
It will be the next chapter of our investigation into the Clippers, Steve Ballmer, and Kawhi Leonard 👀 www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreF...
We're premiering it live, at 5p ET, on YT.
It will be the next chapter of our investigation into the Clippers, Steve Ballmer, and Kawhi Leonard 👀 www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreF...
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
For those asking where the new PTFO is...
We're premiering it live, at 5p ET, on YT.
It will be the next chapter of our investigation into the Clippers, Steve Ballmer, and Kawhi Leonard 👀 www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreF...
We're premiering it live, at 5p ET, on YT.
It will be the next chapter of our investigation into the Clippers, Steve Ballmer, and Kawhi Leonard 👀 www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreF...
I like Pablo. I think it's unfortunate that he suggested that ballmer invested 50m to go to KL , when he knew none of it did. It damaged ballmer's reputation.
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
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The Super Bowl is a prominent pat of American culture that we enjoy in many different ways, from getting together with friends to watch it to announcing publicly that we will not be watching it and don‘t even watch football at all.
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The Super Bowl is a prominent pat of American culture that we enjoy in many different ways, from getting together with friends to watch it to announcing publicly that we will not be watching it and don‘t even watch football at all.
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Or... Hear me out on this one... We stop having political dynasties.
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Or... Hear me out on this one... We stop having political dynasties.
February 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
www.stevevladeck.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
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Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
An ABC of Authoritarianism: Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships. But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
jacobin.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past military dictatorships.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
But its echoing of fearful rhetoric about an “enemy from within” remains just as dangerous today.
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By all means let’s argue about which type of dictatorship we live under.
February 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
By all means let’s argue about which type of dictatorship we live under.
Because I’m hopeful. About the future of democracy; about the next generation; about a time when I’ll tell my grandkids how ordinary people stood up and saved our constitutional republic from the brink.
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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ima be fresh as hell if the feds watchin
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
ima be fresh as hell if the feds watchin
February 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
and if you know a lawyer who decides to join this DOJ— just understand they’re knowingly signing on to violate their oath
This is important — and very heartening — news:
While about a dozen of the biggest firms bent the knee to Trump, hundreds of the most experienced DOJ lawyers have quit, refusing to participate in the abuse of government power for Trump’s illegal ends.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
While about a dozen of the biggest firms bent the knee to Trump, hundreds of the most experienced DOJ lawyers have quit, refusing to participate in the abuse of government power for Trump’s illegal ends.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
and if you know a lawyer who decides to join this DOJ— just understand they’re knowingly signing on to violate their oath
In the long ledger of American decline, John Roberts’s name will be carved beside the phrase “umpire who picked a side.”
This brilliant essay deserves a wide readership, including within legal academia: open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...
Fear and Loathing at the 6th Circuit Judicial Conference
The Court is less a deliberative body than a cartel: six butt-hurt ideologues with lifetime tenure, laundering billionaire ideology through grievance-based constitutional reinterpretation.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In the long ledger of American decline, John Roberts’s name will be carved beside the phrase “umpire who picked a side.”
we can’t assume good faith from any fed. law enforcement agency
we should assume/plan for bad faith
we should assume/plan for bad faith
NYT: How Trump/Kash blocked an investigation into the murder of Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM