Mary Mastenbrook
@mmastenbrook.bsky.social
Saddened by the reversion to a time before the era I worked and fought for. Seeking opportunities to make a difference in a disturbing world.
Notre Dame Alumna
Notre Dame Alumna
Pinned
Release the #Epstein files not Ghislaine Maxwell
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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This is insane.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is insane.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
The Trump anti-immigrant agenda now includes pointing guns through smashed car windows.
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Trump says Dems should be killed for warning about his illegal orders. Then in 48 hours:
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump says Dems should be killed for warning about his illegal orders. Then in 48 hours:
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
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The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
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First of all, this judge is a hero.
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
First of all, this judge is a hero.
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
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🚨 Two American women honk a car horn — and end up staring down assault rifles. What unfolded next will shake you to your core. 👇
BEEP, FREEZE, GET OUT: Border Patrol Agents Arrest U.S. Women at Gunpoint for Honking Warning Horn
On an otherwise quiet street in Charlotte, North Carolina, a sound as ordinary as a car horn triggered a scene that looked more like a cartel raid than routine American law enforcement. Within minu…
allchronology.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 Two American women honk a car horn — and end up staring down assault rifles. What unfolded next will shake you to your core. 👇
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The Trump Administration has a Nazi problem...or fetish. Probably the latter.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Trump Administration has a Nazi problem...or fetish. Probably the latter.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Federal agents used chemical weapons on Chicagoans at least 49 times — even after a judge said to stop.
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Federal agents used chemical weapons on Chicagoans at least 49 times — even after a judge said to stop.
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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“A Church that sets no limits to love, that knows no enemies to fight but only men and women to love, is the Church that the world needs today." — Pope Leo XIV
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“A Church that sets no limits to love, that knows no enemies to fight but only men and women to love, is the Church that the world needs today." — Pope Leo XIV
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The Epstein files are important, but not releasing the economic data for October is damning. The economy has completely tanked and the Trump government is refusing to and or incapable of carrying out its basic functions. share.google/e726OJJXXxry...
October jobs report canceled and November release delayed, BLS says
Federal labor market data is a crucial part of understanding the U.S. economy — and one of the pieces the Fed analyzes in considering interest rate moves.
share.google
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Epstein files are important, but not releasing the economic data for October is damning. The economy has completely tanked and the Trump government is refusing to and or incapable of carrying out its basic functions. share.google/e726OJJXXxry...
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RFK Jr.’s CDC makeover is starting to look less “restoring trust” and more “gutting the place.” He’s firing experts, shrinking the workforce, and hobbling U.S. disease response. He is doing all while cozying up to ideology over science.
Public health, meet wrecking ball.
Public health, meet wrecking ball.
RFK Jr.'s Ongoing Overhaul of CDC Adds Risk to Crisis Response
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dismantling of the CDC is being criticized by former officials who warn his actions are crippling the ability to grapple with health crises and at odds…
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
RFK Jr.’s CDC makeover is starting to look less “restoring trust” and more “gutting the place.” He’s firing experts, shrinking the workforce, and hobbling U.S. disease response. He is doing all while cozying up to ideology over science.
Public health, meet wrecking ball.
Public health, meet wrecking ball.
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Yale Budget Lab has estimated the cost of the Trump tariff checks "is about twice as large as the total revenue that will be raised by the administration's tariff hikes."
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yale Budget Lab has estimated the cost of the Trump tariff checks "is about twice as large as the total revenue that will be raised by the administration's tariff hikes."
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
Point is, it's not a dividend, it's borrowing from the future.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/est...
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FYI for when Trump next lies about the price of groceries in about 20 minutes.👇
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
FYI for when Trump next lies about the price of groceries in about 20 minutes.👇
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Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, don't buy national chains--especially Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/1MHT5Dww
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
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November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, don't buy national chains--especially Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/1MHT5Dww
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Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
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A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
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My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
We need to talk about JD
Not nearly enough news coverage has focused on JD Vance's influences and his extreme views.
madness.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"The fact that JD Vance has openly cited Curtis Yarvin as an inspiration and that Thiel is the person most responsible for creating Vance as a politician should be viewed as a national emergency."
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
My comments to @thorbenson.bsky.social
madness.ghost.io/we-need-to-t...
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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AT&T Stop Helping ICE
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
AT&T Stop Helping ICE