Jack Lerner
@jacklerner.bsky.social
Professor at UCI Law, director of UCI IP Arts & Tech Clinic, interested in copyright, documentary, freedom of expression, voting rights, justice. He/him.
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https://endrapontrial.org
https://ipat.law.uci.edu
Dear Senators, I phoned your offices and made this request. Now I’m asking on you here on social media to speak out and REFUSE to fund DHS.
@padilla.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
@padilla.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
Dear Senators, I phoned your offices and made this request. Now I’m asking on you here on social media to speak out and refuse to fund DHS.
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov
@peters.senate.gov
Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Dear Senators, I phoned your offices and made this request. Now I’m asking on you here on social media to speak out and REFUSE to fund DHS.
@padilla.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
@padilla.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
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Feeling helpless? Get involved. From all I'm seeing and hearing from our neighbors in MLPS, these resistance networks didn't spring up overnight; they were built, brick by brick, for years. The best time to get involved was yesterday; the second best time is today. We all have a place in the work
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Feeling helpless? Get involved. From all I'm seeing and hearing from our neighbors in MLPS, these resistance networks didn't spring up overnight; they were built, brick by brick, for years. The best time to get involved was yesterday; the second best time is today. We all have a place in the work
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Every Ice Agent needs to understand that eventually they WILL be charged with every crime they commit. Trump can not save them from states holding them responsible for the criminal actions.
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Every Ice Agent needs to understand that eventually they WILL be charged with every crime they commit. Trump can not save them from states holding them responsible for the criminal actions.
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Democrats have been debating how to handle next week's vote on a bill that funds ICE.
With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democr...
With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democr...
Why Democrats Must Block the ICE Funding Bill
Some fights are worth having no matter the outcome
www.messageboxnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Democrats have been debating how to handle next week's vote on a bill that funds ICE.
With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democr...
With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do.
www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democr...
US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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I just called and told Amy Klobuchar that abolition of ICE and DHS as a whole is the baseline position now.
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I just called and told Amy Klobuchar that abolition of ICE and DHS as a whole is the baseline position now.
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Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
January 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
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Things worth really hammering to any family and acquaintances whose reflexive attitude is “but we gotta enforce the law”:
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Things worth really hammering to any family and acquaintances whose reflexive attitude is “but we gotta enforce the law”:
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
(1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
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Today is January 23rd, 2026 and Pam Bondi covered up the Epstein files.
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Today is January 23rd, 2026 and Pam Bondi covered up the Epstein files.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
And more people voted against him than for him in EVERY election he has run in, including 2024!
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
January 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
And more people voted against him than for him in EVERY election he has run in, including 2024!
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One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
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Commentary: The small town of Springfield, Ohio awaits an invasion of unaccountable thugs who conceal their faces and identities, drive in unmarked vehicles, stomp on the Bill of Rights, and viciously brutalize human beings based on their race and accent. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/22/s...
Springfield, Ohio awaits masked thugs out to brutalize neighbors and stomp on the Bill of Rights • Ohio Capital Journal
The small town of Springfield, Ohio awaits an invasion of unaccountable thugs who conceal their faces and identities, drive in unmarked vehicles, stomp on the Bill of Rights, and viciously brutalize…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Commentary: The small town of Springfield, Ohio awaits an invasion of unaccountable thugs who conceal their faces and identities, drive in unmarked vehicles, stomp on the Bill of Rights, and viciously brutalize human beings based on their race and accent. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/22/s...
“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider."
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider."
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
It wasn’t hard to see this coming. Here’s my post from September 3, 2016.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 AM
It wasn’t hard to see this coming. Here’s my post from September 3, 2016.
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JUST ADDED: Can't make it to the Internet Archive for our Public Domain Film Remix Contest screening party? Join the LIVESTREAM to watch the winning films and honorable mentions!
LIVE from the Internet Archive
January 21 @ 7pm PT
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1980757251...
LIVE from the Internet Archive
January 21 @ 7pm PT
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1980757251...
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
JUST ADDED: Can't make it to the Internet Archive for our Public Domain Film Remix Contest screening party? Join the LIVESTREAM to watch the winning films and honorable mentions!
LIVE from the Internet Archive
January 21 @ 7pm PT
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1980757251...
LIVE from the Internet Archive
January 21 @ 7pm PT
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1980757251...
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Reminds me of the film “Missing.”
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Reminds me of the film “Missing.”
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NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.”
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
January 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
NPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.”
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
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It wasn’t long ago that saying we’re becoming “papers, please” society would get you accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Here we are.
www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
Here we are.
www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem says people should be prepared to prove US citizenship
Tensions in Minnesota have continued to sharply escalate following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
www.newsweek.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
It wasn’t long ago that saying we’re becoming “papers, please” society would get you accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Here we are.
www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
Here we are.
www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
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Hi - I'm one of the American people.
What I'm demanding is that you focus on what it takes to protect American citizens from the "papers please" temu gestapo
What I'm demanding is that you focus on what it takes to protect American citizens from the "papers please" temu gestapo
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Hi - I'm one of the American people.
What I'm demanding is that you focus on what it takes to protect American citizens from the "papers please" temu gestapo
What I'm demanding is that you focus on what it takes to protect American citizens from the "papers please" temu gestapo