Mindy McAdams
@macloo.bsky.social
Didn’t always live in Florida. Loves to travel. Taught journalism students to code. Reads novels. BritBox fan. https://mindymcadams.com/
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So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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Trump’s DHS says everyone who is not a citizen or LPR is “arriving”… even if they arrived two or three decades ago.
You don’t have to be a lawyer to know that makes no sense. But lawyers interpret statutes according to a hierarchy of agreed-upon “canons of construction.”
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You don’t have to be a lawyer to know that makes no sense. But lawyers interpret statutes according to a hierarchy of agreed-upon “canons of construction.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Trump’s DHS says everyone who is not a citizen or LPR is “arriving”… even if they arrived two or three decades ago.
You don’t have to be a lawyer to know that makes no sense. But lawyers interpret statutes according to a hierarchy of agreed-upon “canons of construction.”
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You don’t have to be a lawyer to know that makes no sense. But lawyers interpret statutes according to a hierarchy of agreed-upon “canons of construction.”
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15 years ago when I went to law school, 12 years ago when I began practicing… hell, a month ago, I wanted nothing to do with immigration law.
On January 14, however, what I wanted stopped mattering.
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On January 14, however, what I wanted stopped mattering.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
15 years ago when I went to law school, 12 years ago when I began practicing… hell, a month ago, I wanted nothing to do with immigration law.
On January 14, however, what I wanted stopped mattering.
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On January 14, however, what I wanted stopped mattering.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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NEW: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇
We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
projects.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇
We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Ben was the lead data journalism developer at the LATimes for many years. He’s open sourcing his new news apps course materials!
📚 I'm pleased to release my syllabus and course materials for "Coding the News," the class I'm leading this semester for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Ben was the lead data journalism developer at the LATimes for many years. He’s open sourcing his new news apps course materials!
Low prices for U.S. rice pummeling Mississippi farmers - cost of growing is higher and demand is falling
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Hard Times in the Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Low prices for U.S. rice pummeling Mississippi farmers - cost of growing is higher and demand is falling
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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If you have relatives, friends, acquaintances who might not be very internet savvy, please, please talk to them about confirmation messages.
Tell them that if they don’t receive an email back within a few hours, it’s possible they gave a wrong email address.
Tell them that if they don’t receive an email back within a few hours, it’s possible they gave a wrong email address.
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If you have relatives, friends, acquaintances who might not be very internet savvy, please, please talk to them about confirmation messages.
Tell them that if they don’t receive an email back within a few hours, it’s possible they gave a wrong email address.
Tell them that if they don’t receive an email back within a few hours, it’s possible they gave a wrong email address.
College sociology textbook specially written to placate Florida censors, omits any mention of systemic inequality. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
College sociology textbook specially written to placate Florida censors, omits any mention of systemic inequality. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.
U.S. government has expedited proceedings to deport 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family.
This is outrageous.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is outrageous.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
U.S. government has expedited proceedings to deport 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family.
This is outrageous.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is outrageous.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
If there were a secret microphone, what would he say about the Obamas in private? We know.
February 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
If there were a secret microphone, what would he say about the Obamas in private? We know.
A person who apparently thinks my email address is her email address has been applying for government benefits and loans. I have no way to find out who the person is. This has been ongoing for almost 2 weeks. I keep getting the “confirm your email” emails.
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
A person who apparently thinks my email address is her email address has been applying for government benefits and loans. I have no way to find out who the person is. This has been ongoing for almost 2 weeks. I keep getting the “confirm your email” emails.
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UPDATE: lol the Times has rewritten the whole story
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
UPDATE: lol the Times has rewritten the whole story
A warning has been issued to international travelers: If you come to Florida to see a World Cup match, you could end up in a concentration camp as a prisoner of ICE. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/human-r...
Human Rights Groups Issue Florida Travel Warning for FIFA World Cup
The warning comes as millions of foreign travelers are expected while ICE rounds up immigrants.
www.miaminewtimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A warning has been issued to international travelers: If you come to Florida to see a World Cup match, you could end up in a concentration camp as a prisoner of ICE. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/human-r...
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Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
NPR put a video clip from this interview on their Instagram account, Tuesday evening. Worth taking a look. Melinda French Gates—strong, brave.
Epstein’s friends—malignant scum with shriveled rotten souls.
Epstein’s friends—malignant scum with shriveled rotten souls.
Melinda French Gates, heard on NPR today, spoke about how disgusting it was to learn about Bill Gates’s sexual encounters with girls/children. It struck me that society needs more of that, the scorn and revulsion, publicly stated, from women who were close to the men who abused the girls.
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
NPR put a video clip from this interview on their Instagram account, Tuesday evening. Worth taking a look. Melinda French Gates—strong, brave.
Epstein’s friends—malignant scum with shriveled rotten souls.
Epstein’s friends—malignant scum with shriveled rotten souls.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
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John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
John Roberts Does Not Want You Finding Out How the Supreme Court Actually Works
The six-justice conservative supermajority is taking aggressive steps to ensure that the public remains in the dark about how the Supreme Court functions.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
John Roberts is out here making Supreme Court clerks and employees sign nondisclosure agreements
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Roberts surely knows this raises the question 'WTF is behind the NDA?'
To do so anyway suggests he decided even public speculation is preferable to public knowledge
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
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A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Melinda French Gates, heard on NPR today, spoke about how disgusting it was to learn about Bill Gates’s sexual encounters with girls/children. It struck me that society needs more of that, the scorn and revulsion, publicly stated, from women who were close to the men who abused the girls.
February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Melinda French Gates, heard on NPR today, spoke about how disgusting it was to learn about Bill Gates’s sexual encounters with girls/children. It struck me that society needs more of that, the scorn and revulsion, publicly stated, from women who were close to the men who abused the girls.