Mark Turner
@markturner.net
#Raleigh geek. Tin can salty dog. #Opensource advocate. DevOps dude. #Democrat. Political junkie. #Experiencer (see @ETC.MarkTurner.Net). Aspiring rock star. #ncpol #usnavy #veteran #natsec #infosec #karaoke #dnrnc #antifa AF #blm #ncstate #NAFO He/him
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Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
RIP Charlie Brown/Lucy football meme. 😥
Thanks to Chuck Schumer, the assembly line at the Lucy/Charlie Brown football meme factory has broken down. Folks are advised to look for other metaphors until service can be restored.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
RIP Charlie Brown/Lucy football meme. 😥
I don't see many bodycams here.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I don't see many bodycams here.
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Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
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Judge Immergut permanently enjoins Trump from deploying federalized National Guard members to Oregon
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![State militia under the command of a state governor." Stirling v. Minasian, 955 F.3d 795, 799
(9th Cir. 2020) (internal quotations omitted). Therefore, the President's unlawful federalization of the National Guard violates the Tenth Amendment, which "reserves to the States" any powers
not expressly delegated to the federal government in the Constitution. U.S. Const. amend. X.
In Newsom v. Trump, 141 F.4th 1032 (9th Cir. 2025), the Ninth Circuit interpreted the
provision permitting the President to call up the National Guard when he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). This Court is
bound to apply Newsom. However, this case presents novel issues not addressed in Newsom.
Newsom did not discuss Section 12406(2), which permits the President to call up the National Guard when "there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States," nor did it fully delve into the meaning of "to execute the laws of the United
States," contained in Section 12406(3). In resolving these issues, this Court draws on both Newsom's reasoning and the constitutional scope of Congress's calling forth power, which defines the outer boundaries of the President's power under 10 U.S.C. § 12406. Indeed, this
Court, "as in all cases, [must] interpret the Constitution in light of its text, purposes, and 'our whole experience' as a Nation." NRB v. Noel Canning, 573 U.S. 513, 557 (2014) (quoting Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 416, 433 (1920)).
After analyzing these statutory provisions, as applied to the facts in this case, this Court
arrives at the necessary conclusion that there was neither "a rebellion or danger of a rebellion"
nor was the President "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States" in
Oregon when he ordered the federalization and deployment of the National Guard. 10 U.S.C.
§ 12406(2)-(3).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:beirch5u3d3ybvuct27mtyxd/bafkreihrhmfjyfkjqvzuzjqclui4cmxmbrg72hkpq3vtet3fd5xifah5vi@jpeg)
![This Court acknowledges that some citizens may support these deployments as a helpful
military supplement to effectuate the President's immigration agenda. But the Founders
"embodied their profound fear and distrust of military power... in the Constitution and its
Amendments," Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1, 29 (1957) (plurality op.), which has lived on through
the decades as "a traditional and strong resistance of Americans to any military intrusion into
civilian affairs." Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1, 15 (1972). In the Supreme Court's words, "[s]light
encroachments create new boundaries from which legions of power can seek new territory to
capture." Reid, 354 U.S. at 39 (1957). This principle has been foundational to the safeguarding of
our fundamental liberties under the Constitution. See New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S.
254, 271-72 (1964) (noting that under the First Amendment, "freedoms of expression are to have
the breathing space that they need to survive" (ellipses and internal quotations omitted));
Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505, 512(1961) (noting in the Fourth Amendment context
that illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing... by silent approaches
and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure" (internal quotations omitted)).
The "precise standard" to demarcate the line past which conditions would satisfy the
statutory standard to deploy the military in the streets of American cities is ultimately a question
for a higher court to decide. Newsom, 141 F.4th at 1051. But based on this Court's application of
Newsom to the factual findings at trial and the meaning of 10 U.S.C. § 12406 in light of history
and tradition, this Court finds that wherever this line precisely is, Defendants have failed to clear
it. Therefore, for all the reasons stated below, this Court permanently enjoins Defendants' orders
to deploy federalized members of the National Guard to Oregon.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:beirch5u3d3ybvuct27mtyxd/bafkreigrneyvsdmpm7shqdarrk5hsdoaqrcfqywrpazuqb7prfmf66gqbi@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Judge Immergut permanently enjoins Trump from deploying federalized National Guard members to Oregon
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
This is sickening. From Reuters: "Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages." www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is sickening. From Reuters: "Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages." www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Losers Yesterday:
- Fascists
- Billionaires
- Tech Bros
- Corrupt Politicians
- AIPAC
- Heritage Foundation
- Christian Nationalists
- White Supremacists
- Pedophile Protectors
- Transphobes
Winners Yesterday:
- The People
- Fascists
- Billionaires
- Tech Bros
- Corrupt Politicians
- AIPAC
- Heritage Foundation
- Christian Nationalists
- White Supremacists
- Pedophile Protectors
- Transphobes
Winners Yesterday:
- The People
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Losers Yesterday:
- Fascists
- Billionaires
- Tech Bros
- Corrupt Politicians
- AIPAC
- Heritage Foundation
- Christian Nationalists
- White Supremacists
- Pedophile Protectors
- Transphobes
Winners Yesterday:
- The People
- Fascists
- Billionaires
- Tech Bros
- Corrupt Politicians
- AIPAC
- Heritage Foundation
- Christian Nationalists
- White Supremacists
- Pedophile Protectors
- Transphobes
Winners Yesterday:
- The People
Spot on, @aoc.bsky.social. 🎯
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Spot on, @aoc.bsky.social. 🎯
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This is alarming. AI is so frequently wrong.
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is alarming. AI is so frequently wrong.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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Here's what the big night for Virginia Dems looks like. The light blue districts are the ones that flipped to D. The purple ones are where the Rs won by six points or fewer. Yeah, that's right. The Virginia Dems have room to grow.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Here's what the big night for Virginia Dems looks like. The light blue districts are the ones that flipped to D. The purple ones are where the Rs won by six points or fewer. Yeah, that's right. The Virginia Dems have room to grow.
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
Dick Cheney gleefully and unapologetically drove America into a ditch. We will be digging out of it for decades more. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/04/d...
Dick Cheney, Architect of the War on Terror, Dies
The former U.S. vice president set out to strengthen the power of the presidency and the country but ultimately undermined both.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Dick Cheney gleefully and unapologetically drove America into a ditch. We will be digging out of it for decades more. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/04/d...
I'm confident he will be greeted as a liberator in the afterlife.
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Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies | CNN Politics
Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, accordin...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I'm confident he will be greeted as a liberator in the afterlife.
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I get my family's health insurance through the ACA marketplace, and got my rates for 2026. Premiums are going up over $7,000/yr for the same plan. Over $30,000 a year just in premiums. Even if I went with the worst Bronze plan, it'd be over $22,000/year. Absolutely broken system.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I get my family's health insurance through the ACA marketplace, and got my rates for 2026. Premiums are going up over $7,000/yr for the same plan. Over $30,000 a year just in premiums. Even if I went with the worst Bronze plan, it'd be over $22,000/year. Absolutely broken system.
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WTF 🤬
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
WTF 🤬
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
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Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
People Over Papers
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October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
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Support Jamaica
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October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
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supportjamaica.gov.jm
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💡thin BLUE line (ICE trying to get us to cross in Portland. If WE don't, they pull WOMEN over, attack them)🇺🇸🤬
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
💡thin BLUE line (ICE trying to get us to cross in Portland. If WE don't, they pull WOMEN over, attack them)🇺🇸🤬
This is, sadly, indistinguishable from reality.
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is, sadly, indistinguishable from reality.