Rick Tulsky
@ricktulsky.bsky.social
Forthcoming book: Injustice Town. Career spent exposing criminal justice flaws. Past: Phila Inquirer, LATimes, SJMercury News. Cofounder Injustice Watch. Nonpracticing lawyer. Pulitzer, Nieman Fellow among my lucky past. Now: A dedicated Caniac, of course
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(Thread) Thinking about what happened in Minnesota yesterday, it made me focus on "the right to bear arms" and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court's role in the insanity of our country. And it made me think about how much SCOTUS is responsible for Making America Worse. (more_)
Hoping people in and near Lawrence Kansas, especially those who care about a just world, are able to attend the launch of Injustice Town on Tuesday night. ravenbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Release Party: Rick Tulsky
The Raven Book Store is Lawrence's independent, general interest bookstore, with wide selections in every genre, as well as greeting cards and gifts.
ravenbookstore.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Hoping people in and near Lawrence Kansas, especially those who care about a just world, are able to attend the launch of Injustice Town on Tuesday night. ravenbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
It feels like all of us should be in a state of high-alarm when the director of national intelligence shows up in Georgia over the ballots in 2020. I’m old enough to remember domestic abuses of national intelligence service. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Tulsi Gabbard’s appearance at Fulton County FBI raid raises questions
Lawmakers called for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to explain the presence of the nation’s top spy at a domestic law enforcement action in Georgia.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It feels like all of us should be in a state of high-alarm when the director of national intelligence shows up in Georgia over the ballots in 2020. I’m old enough to remember domestic abuses of national intelligence service. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Yeah, sure, it's great to get those packages overnight, and to enjoy Whole Foods. Until you consider the profits help fund the ICE crackdown. popular.info/p/the-corpor...
The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown
How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
popular.info
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Yeah, sure, it's great to get those packages overnight, and to enjoy Whole Foods. Until you consider the profits help fund the ICE crackdown. popular.info/p/the-corpor...
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This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Reposted by Rick Tulsky
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
(Thread) Thinking about what happened in Minnesota yesterday, it made me focus on "the right to bear arms" and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court's role in the insanity of our country. And it made me think about how much SCOTUS is responsible for Making America Worse. (more_)
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
(Thread) Thinking about what happened in Minnesota yesterday, it made me focus on "the right to bear arms" and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court's role in the insanity of our country. And it made me think about how much SCOTUS is responsible for Making America Worse. (more_)
Stephen Miller would brand the ICU nurse at the VA, the man killed on the sreet today, a "domestic terrorist" who "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement." Among the misstatements: Not only was he not out to kill anyone; these are thugs, not law enforcement.
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Stephen Miller would brand the ICU nurse at the VA, the man killed on the sreet today, a "domestic terrorist" who "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement." Among the misstatements: Not only was he not out to kill anyone; these are thugs, not law enforcement.
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Gov. Tim Walz: 'There's a whole lot of Republicans for whatever reason cannot find their spine, but they might find the ability to know they won't win another election as long as they live unless they stand up for what's right...and the rule of law...and human decency."
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: 'There's a whole lot of Republicans for whatever reason cannot find their spine, but they might find the ability to know they won't win another election as long as they live unless they stand up for what's right...and the rule of law...and human decency."
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
When and where am I doing book events? Lawrence KS.., and Philadelphia and Maplewood NJ and Bethesda Md and New Haven and Chicago and St. Louis and Kansas City and Evanston and Raleigh and Chicago and Tulsa.....Whew.
Hope to see lots of friends, colleagues and book lovers! linktr.ee/ricktulsky
Hope to see lots of friends, colleagues and book lovers! linktr.ee/ricktulsky
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January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
When and where am I doing book events? Lawrence KS.., and Philadelphia and Maplewood NJ and Bethesda Md and New Haven and Chicago and St. Louis and Kansas City and Evanston and Raleigh and Chicago and Tulsa.....Whew.
Hope to see lots of friends, colleagues and book lovers! linktr.ee/ricktulsky
Hope to see lots of friends, colleagues and book lovers! linktr.ee/ricktulsky
Not sure what the worst part of this tweet is. The ignorance about protecting the planet? Or the reckless use of the word 'insurrectionist' for anyone who disagrees with him?
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Not sure what the worst part of this tweet is. The ignorance about protecting the planet? Or the reckless use of the word 'insurrectionist' for anyone who disagrees with him?
Amazing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Amazing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
ICE to America: "We are above the Constitution." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/i...
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by T…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE to America: "We are above the Constitution." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/i...
The only problem with this article: We've seen so many things that SHOULD have been the last straw, that we blew right through without a GOP peep. So.....what DOES it take?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The only problem with this article: We've seen so many things that SHOULD have been the last straw, that we blew right through without a GOP peep. So.....what DOES it take?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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But please, Rep. McCaul, remind us of those 'verbal assaults' that ICE must endure as they conduct such illegal activities.
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
But please, Rep. McCaul, remind us of those 'verbal assaults' that ICE must endure as they conduct such illegal activities.
Everybody who is surprised that DOGE misused confidential social security information, raise your hand.
Everybody who is surprised that the government misstated facts and left them uncorrected until they won the court case, raise both hands.
Everybody who is surprised that the government misstated facts and left them uncorrected until they won the court case, raise both hands.
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
dlvr.it
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Everybody who is surprised that DOGE misused confidential social security information, raise your hand.
Everybody who is surprised that the government misstated facts and left them uncorrected until they won the court case, raise both hands.
Everybody who is surprised that the government misstated facts and left them uncorrected until they won the court case, raise both hands.
But let's complain that ICE agents are subjected to 'verbal assaults' as they go about this snatching of legal residents.
ICE illegally grab a city snow plow driver: "He was detained because of his country of origin. He had every federal authorization. We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
But let's complain that ICE agents are subjected to 'verbal assaults' as they go about this snatching of legal residents.
As federal agents punch, tackle, and physically assault people, many of them citizens and almost none of them dangerous, let's all join Michael McCaul in focusing on the 'verbal assaults' these thugs are receiving as they violate laws in the name of Trump.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM
As federal agents punch, tackle, and physically assault people, many of them citizens and almost none of them dangerous, let's all join Michael McCaul in focusing on the 'verbal assaults' these thugs are receiving as they violate laws in the name of Trump.
How much more will it take before the "courageous" members of the GOP actually do something besides standing by idly as Trump destroys democracy and American standing in the world? Sure, ordering networks to kowtow is nothing. How about troops in MN? How about economic war with Europe?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
How much more will it take before the "courageous" members of the GOP actually do something besides standing by idly as Trump destroys democracy and American standing in the world? Sure, ordering networks to kowtow is nothing. How about troops in MN? How about economic war with Europe?
American carnage made real:
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Minnesota War Zone Is Trump’s Most Trumpian Accomplishment
The President may have started out by trash-talking America; one year into his second term, he is simply trashing it.
www.newyorker.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
American carnage made real:
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
America, we need to be better.
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
America, we need to be better.
Looks like the @canes want to make @wademinter.com hoarse tonight.
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Looks like the @canes want to make @wademinter.com hoarse tonight.
@cnn.com Why do you enable Scott Jennijngs?
The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
@cnn.com Why do you enable Scott Jennijngs?
How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?
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wapo.st/49FW4NG