Kara Walker Clarkson
@kwcmimi.bsky.social
Retired public servant now focusing on service and surviving the upcoming fascist regime. A late boomer, wife, mom and mimi. Forever blue.
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🧵 🧵 🧵 of notable exchanges between Erez Reuveni and Judge Paula Xinis during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case ⬇️ 👇
Erez Reuveni argued on behalf of the Justice Department during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case.
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
Reuveni has reportedly been placed on leave.
Here’s one exchange with the judge that may have contributed to his ouster:
April 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🧵 🧵 🧵 of notable exchanges between Erez Reuveni and Judge Paula Xinis during Friday’s hearing in the Abrego Garcia case ⬇️ 👇
Hands off, Woodland, CA
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hands off, Woodland, CA
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So the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just tweeted this whopping denial coincidentally right as the full chat thread was simultaneously being released…
🧵Thread…
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March 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
So the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just tweeted this whopping denial coincidentally right as the full chat thread was simultaneously being released…
🧵Thread…
🧵Thread…
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The state secrets privilege allows the U.S. government to withhold sensitive evidence in court cases. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have invoked it.
What is the 'state secrets privilege' invoked by the Trump administration?
The state secrets privilege allows the U.S. government to withhold sensitive evidence in court cases. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have invoked it.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The state secrets privilege allows the U.S. government to withhold sensitive evidence in court cases. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have invoked it.
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So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
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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 5:34 PM
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
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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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Degenerate authoritarian regime.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Degenerate authoritarian regime.
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NEW from Senator Elizabeth Warren on the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk:
"The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
"The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NEW from Senator Elizabeth Warren on the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk:
"The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
"The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
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NEW: We spoke with friends, family members, and lawyers of ten men sent to an infamous Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. All reject that their loved ones are gang members.
Instead, they say: The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
Instead, they say: The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NEW: We spoke with friends, family members, and lawyers of ten men sent to an infamous Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. All reject that their loved ones are gang members.
Instead, they say: The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
Instead, they say: The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.
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WHO AMONG US HASNT SHARED STATE SECRETS ABOUT THE BOMBING OF CIVILIANS WITH A NATIONAL JOURNALIST IN IMESSAGES
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WHO AMONG US HASNT SHARED STATE SECRETS ABOUT THE BOMBING OF CIVILIANS WITH A NATIONAL JOURNALIST IN IMESSAGES
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Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "If Pete Hegseth had even a sliver of self respect and sense of honor, he would have already put his resignation on the president's desk. And if he's not willing to do that, then the President of the United States has a moral, and in my view, legal obligation to fire him."
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "If Pete Hegseth had even a sliver of self respect and sense of honor, he would have already put his resignation on the president's desk. And if he's not willing to do that, then the President of the United States has a moral, and in my view, legal obligation to fire him."
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I think I like the real leader of the Democratic Party. (He's leading but maybe too far ahead for some of them to see?)
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think I like the real leader of the Democratic Party. (He's leading but maybe too far ahead for some of them to see?)
Traitors three.
This literally made me laugh, tho the underlying issue is no joke. The state secrets priv is abt secrets critical to the security of the state. There's no scenario where the timing of flight departures for what was in reality a publicity stunt to send detainees to a foreign gulag possibly counts.
JUST IN: The Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to refuse Judge Boasberg more details about the timing of flights carrying people deported under the Alien Enemies act.
Rubio, Noem and Bondi have combined to back the invocation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Rubio, Noem and Bondi have combined to back the invocation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Traitors three.
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I would echo this. There were serious standing issues here, and the fact that the Judge Howell was clearly appalled by DOGE's conduct with respect to the Institute for Peace couldn't paper over the problems.
This is subtweet but I would ask people to diversify their legal news. What may seem like cowardice from a judge may very well be just that, but I am a little loathe to lead with that myself.
I have seen other attorneys here dismayed and surprised by the Howell ruling.
I have seen other attorneys here dismayed and surprised by the Howell ruling.
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I would echo this. There were serious standing issues here, and the fact that the Judge Howell was clearly appalled by DOGE's conduct with respect to the Institute for Peace couldn't paper over the problems.
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From preventing the release of Trump’s tax returns, to forcing the release of Hillary’s emails, to going soft on sentencing Jan 6 insurrectionists, Judge Boasberg is far from a ‘radical left lunatic’ as Trump claims. And he was first appointed by Bush, not Obama!
Zeteo has the receipts:
Zeteo has the receipts:
'Radical Left Lunatic'? The Judge Trump Hates Has Actually Helped Trump in the Past
Five things MAGA doesn’t want you to know about James Boasberg, the federal judge blocking deportations, who Trump and Musk now want to be impeached.
zeteo.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From preventing the release of Trump’s tax returns, to forcing the release of Hillary’s emails, to going soft on sentencing Jan 6 insurrectionists, Judge Boasberg is far from a ‘radical left lunatic’ as Trump claims. And he was first appointed by Bush, not Obama!
Zeteo has the receipts:
Zeteo has the receipts:
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The events described in this hearing are crimes.
Elon Musk is committing crimes. Donald Trump is committing crimes. He should be impeached for this ALONE.
Elon Musk is committing crimes. Donald Trump is committing crimes. He should be impeached for this ALONE.
The hearing for US Institute of Peace vs Kenneth Jackson et al with Judge Beryl Howell starting now. I'm listening via phone.
March 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The events described in this hearing are crimes.
Elon Musk is committing crimes. Donald Trump is committing crimes. He should be impeached for this ALONE.
Elon Musk is committing crimes. Donald Trump is committing crimes. He should be impeached for this ALONE.
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“If we enforce the law they might keep breaking it” is a hell of an argument for a fed judge to make.
Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“If we enforce the law they might keep breaking it” is a hell of an argument for a fed judge to make.
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to me the most disturbing fact about DOGE’s raid on the US Institute of Peace is that the local cops helped them.
March 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
to me the most disturbing fact about DOGE’s raid on the US Institute of Peace is that the local cops helped them.
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DOGE is trying to layer on administrative burden to prevent disabled people and older adults from accessing Social Security benefits to which they’re entitled. People in rural communities will be hit especially hard. Field offices are already overwhelmed.
So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
DOGE is trying to layer on administrative burden to prevent disabled people and older adults from accessing Social Security benefits to which they’re entitled. People in rural communities will be hit especially hard. Field offices are already overwhelmed.
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True story: there were worries that Biden had a Peloton and how that might affect cybersecurity
“It introduces another attack point,” said a cybersecurity expert. “Why introduce that risk?”
A Musk lieutenant ventured onto a roof to install Starlink. The Secret Service didn’t know he was there. The incident triggered a confrontation over conflicts of interest & cyber and physical security www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
March 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
True story: there were worries that Biden had a Peloton and how that might affect cybersecurity
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I was at USIP tonight to conduct congressional oversight over DOGE’s break in. I spoke with Acting President & CEO Moose. USIP is an independent, non-profit entity and I will work to stop DOGE’s illegal power grab.
DOGE broke into the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in Northwest D.C. Monday evening, the independent nonprofit’s CEO said.
US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building
Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an ...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I was at USIP tonight to conduct congressional oversight over DOGE’s break in. I spoke with Acting President & CEO Moose. USIP is an independent, non-profit entity and I will work to stop DOGE’s illegal power grab.
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"In the first week of March ICE says it arrested four dozen New Mexico residents as part of raids in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Roswell. Now those people are unaccounted for, according to an ACLU of New Mexico civil rights complaint filed Sunday, which alleges all 48 have been forcibly disappeared."
ICE has ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say
In the first week of March, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it arrested four dozen New Mexico residents as part of immigration raids in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Roswell.
www.newsfromthestates.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"In the first week of March ICE says it arrested four dozen New Mexico residents as part of raids in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Roswell. Now those people are unaccounted for, according to an ACLU of New Mexico civil rights complaint filed Sunday, which alleges all 48 have been forcibly disappeared."