ElizabethRDale
@elizabethrdale.bsky.social
Writer, carceral history & disability; part of the struggle for academic freedom. My latest book: https://librarypress.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/?attachment_id=18533
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Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
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Want to learn about what it's like to protest at Broadview? There's an info session tonight with folks who know and want to make it less intimidating for anyone who hasn't been out there yet! 👇
The moms I was at Broadview with last weekend are going back to join the regular protest this Friday and Saturday. ❤️
They're also having a Zoom tomorrow night for local folks to share info and make going to Broadview less intimidating! Meet some moms & go protest!
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They're also having a Zoom tomorrow night for local folks to share info and make going to Broadview less intimidating! Meet some moms & go protest!
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November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Want to learn about what it's like to protest at Broadview? There's an info session tonight with folks who know and want to make it less intimidating for anyone who hasn't been out there yet! 👇
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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indie booksellers rock!
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
indie booksellers rock!
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HOLY COW. Basically, as folks note in the comments. Halligan allowed the court reporter to believe they were done for the day but then called the Grand Jury back. There is no judge, etc at these. So very likely she reconvened with no court reporter.
I can't see how charges stand if that's true.
I can't see how charges stand if that's true.
Today, the judge deciding the legality of Lindsey Halligan's appointment said the court reporter stopped transcribing grand jury proceedings in the Comey case at 4:28 PM. That's over TWO HOURS that's missing.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
HOLY COW. Basically, as folks note in the comments. Halligan allowed the court reporter to believe they were done for the day but then called the Grand Jury back. There is no judge, etc at these. So very likely she reconvened with no court reporter.
I can't see how charges stand if that's true.
I can't see how charges stand if that's true.
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Confirmed: Katie Wilson will be mayor of Seattle, ousting the incumbent from his left.
And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction.
What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:
And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction.
What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety - Bolts
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Confirmed: Katie Wilson will be mayor of Seattle, ousting the incumbent from his left.
And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction.
What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:
And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction.
What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:
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Rubio and Miller need to answer for these crimes. It may not happen soon. But they will need to answer.
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Rubio and Miller need to answer for these crimes. It may not happen soon. But they will need to answer.
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Anyway my mini thread earlier today (bsky.app/profile/sara...) shows just how angry Christian Zionists are about this thing, and how Roberts has done nothing to assuage them. 9/x
Interesting. Christian right leader hosts Rep. Randy Fine (R FL) on podcast to condemn Fuentes and Carlson as "most dangerous antisemite in America"
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Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and the Rising Antisemitism in America with Congressman Randy Fine
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November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Anyway my mini thread earlier today (bsky.app/profile/sara...) shows just how angry Christian Zionists are about this thing, and how Roberts has done nothing to assuage them. 9/x
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Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
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Bovino knows damn well that the majority of the people he's arresting are not "bad guys," gang members, or terrorists.
They're the kind of people that most Americans think should be given a chance to fix their papers, not thrown into a filthy cell and pressured and coerced into taking deportation.
They're the kind of people that most Americans think should be given a chance to fix their papers, not thrown into a filthy cell and pressured and coerced into taking deportation.
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bovino knows damn well that the majority of the people he's arresting are not "bad guys," gang members, or terrorists.
They're the kind of people that most Americans think should be given a chance to fix their papers, not thrown into a filthy cell and pressured and coerced into taking deportation.
They're the kind of people that most Americans think should be given a chance to fix their papers, not thrown into a filthy cell and pressured and coerced into taking deportation.
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It is past time to draw negative inferences from the destruction of evidence.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It is past time to draw negative inferences from the destruction of evidence.
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People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this
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I hate driving. I hate it.
I wish the world better accommodated my disabled kid so I didn’t have to drive.
I wish the world better accommodated my disabled kid so I didn’t have to drive.
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I hate driving. I hate it.
I wish the world better accommodated my disabled kid so I didn’t have to drive.
I wish the world better accommodated my disabled kid so I didn’t have to drive.
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This is one of the MAIN things editors and other draft readers need to focus on: does the manuscript DO what it SAYS it does? Or does it do something different?
When I edit an academic book manuscript, one of the key things I do is ask: "What does this [book, chapter, section] promise to do? And what does it ACTUALLY do?"
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
These questions may seem simple, but they take a lot of time to answer, and they generate incredibly helpful insights!
#AmEditing
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is one of the MAIN things editors and other draft readers need to focus on: does the manuscript DO what it SAYS it does? Or does it do something different?
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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I am glad journalists are doing the work telling the story of the South Shore raid. Beyond awful how people were treated and it seems all for propaganda vids, rappelling out of helicopters for the "cool shot" just to terrorize migrants.
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am glad journalists are doing the work telling the story of the South Shore raid. Beyond awful how people were treated and it seems all for propaganda vids, rappelling out of helicopters for the "cool shot" just to terrorize migrants.
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Destroyed video in any prison facility, especially ones run by ICE, but also, for instance, the jail that held Jeffrey Epstein, should result in a felony charge of the person in charge of the facility. If it isn't, we should change whatever laws necessary to make it so.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Destroyed video in any prison facility, especially ones run by ICE, but also, for instance, the jail that held Jeffrey Epstein, should result in a felony charge of the person in charge of the facility. If it isn't, we should change whatever laws necessary to make it so.
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See, I told you. I TOLD YOU that the freaking filibuster is why the Democrats caved in and gave Republicans everything they wanted!
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
See, I told you. I TOLD YOU that the freaking filibuster is why the Democrats caved in and gave Republicans everything they wanted!
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
Democrats sold out the country for an institutional privilege that doesn't even help them.
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Oh my god.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oh my god.
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With RFK Jr. at the wheel we ALL must remain vigilant.
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
With RFK Jr. at the wheel we ALL must remain vigilant.
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Incidentally, I talked to someone I know in AZ, someone who hasn't been plugged into the more liberal news sources, and she was very aware of this abduction. That gives me hope that at least this story broke out of the containment that big news media has been trying to keep about Chicago & ICE
New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incidentally, I talked to someone I know in AZ, someone who hasn't been plugged into the more liberal news sources, and she was very aware of this abduction. That gives me hope that at least this story broke out of the containment that big news media has been trying to keep about Chicago & ICE
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SUE THE HELL OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. They broke the law and should be held accountable.
The lack of national outrage about this is chilling.
The lack of national outrage about this is chilling.
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
SUE THE HELL OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. They broke the law and should be held accountable.
The lack of national outrage about this is chilling.
The lack of national outrage about this is chilling.
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Great use of "Full Kit Wankers" in the ALT text on this post
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great use of "Full Kit Wankers" in the ALT text on this post
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Jed At Yale is interesting too.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Jed At Yale is interesting too.