@sdemaine.bsky.social
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
April 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
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Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?
Clearly no!
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Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
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Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
April 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
This particular decision was a fait accompli.
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WTAF!!!! This is really bad folks.
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
WTAF!!!! This is really bad folks.
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When asked how Americans will afford higher car prices under his new 25% auto part tariffs, Trump was blunt:
“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices.”
“I hope they raise their prices.”
This isn’t policy—it’s economic sabotage. 🧵
1/11
“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices.”
“I hope they raise their prices.”
This isn’t policy—it’s economic sabotage. 🧵
1/11
Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if foreign automakers raise prices due to tariffs
In a phone interview with NBC News, President Donald Trump also said he wouldn’t fire anyone involved in the Signal group chat.
www.nbcnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
When asked how Americans will afford higher car prices under his new 25% auto part tariffs, Trump was blunt:
“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices.”
“I hope they raise their prices.”
This isn’t policy—it’s economic sabotage. 🧵
1/11
“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices.”
“I hope they raise their prices.”
This isn’t policy—it’s economic sabotage. 🧵
1/11
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The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
On Wisconsin! Show the nation, and the world, that you cannot be bought!
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
On Wisconsin! Show the nation, and the world, that you cannot be bought!
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Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
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Catch up on our recent analysis:
• Deportation / Due process
• Signal / Classified info
• DRC-Rwanda
• Trump executive actions
• U.S. foreign policy
• U.S. Congress
• ICC
• Iraq / Minority rights
• Arms trafficking / Corruption
• Podcast: Social media
www.justsecurity.org/109450/diges...
• Deportation / Due process
• Signal / Classified info
• DRC-Rwanda
• Trump executive actions
• U.S. foreign policy
• U.S. Congress
• ICC
• Iraq / Minority rights
• Arms trafficking / Corruption
• Podcast: Social media
www.justsecurity.org/109450/diges...
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Mar. 24-28, 2025)
Deportation / Due process • Signal / Classified information • DRC-Rwanda Conflict • Trump executive actions • • U.S. foreign policy • U.S. Congress • International Criminal Court • Iraq / Minority rig...
www.justsecurity.org
March 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Catch up on our recent analysis:
• Deportation / Due process
• Signal / Classified info
• DRC-Rwanda
• Trump executive actions
• U.S. foreign policy
• U.S. Congress
• ICC
• Iraq / Minority rights
• Arms trafficking / Corruption
• Podcast: Social media
www.justsecurity.org/109450/diges...
• Deportation / Due process
• Signal / Classified info
• DRC-Rwanda
• Trump executive actions
• U.S. foreign policy
• U.S. Congress
• ICC
• Iraq / Minority rights
• Arms trafficking / Corruption
• Podcast: Social media
www.justsecurity.org/109450/diges...
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There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
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I strongly suspect this recent piece from Prof. David Knoll is about to be come extremely relevant and widely read.
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I strongly suspect this recent piece from Prof. David Knoll is about to be come extremely relevant and widely read.
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
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In this #OpEd, we explore the need for menstrual justice during Women's History Month and beyond ⤵️
Free Tampons Are Great, But What We Really Need Is Menstrual Justice
This Women's History Month, let's make real change by dismantling the systems of oppression that hold menstruators back.
www.teenvogue.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In this #OpEd, we explore the need for menstrual justice during Women's History Month and beyond ⤵️
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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When Sarah and Ian Hoffman's son was six, he was assaulted in the boy's bathroom because another child decided he was a girl. They wrote "Jacob's Room to Choose"—now named in a case before SCOTUS—to show kids everyone should be able to use the bathroom safely:
time.com/7266486/lgbt...
time.com/7266486/lgbt...
Teaching LGBTQ Themes: Should SCOTUS Allow Parent Opt-Outs?
Authors Sarah and Ian Hoffman discuss the vast consequences “opt-out” policies in schools have on children.
time.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When Sarah and Ian Hoffman's son was six, he was assaulted in the boy's bathroom because another child decided he was a girl. They wrote "Jacob's Room to Choose"—now named in a case before SCOTUS—to show kids everyone should be able to use the bathroom safely:
time.com/7266486/lgbt...
time.com/7266486/lgbt...
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Today, Americans sent a powerful message to the world—and to Krasnov. Volunteers in DC unfurled the largest Ukrainian flag in history, showing unwavering support for Ukraine & President Zelenskyy.
We stand for freedom.
We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
AmericanCoalitionforUkraine IG
We stand for freedom.
We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
AmericanCoalitionforUkraine IG
March 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Today, Americans sent a powerful message to the world—and to Krasnov. Volunteers in DC unfurled the largest Ukrainian flag in history, showing unwavering support for Ukraine & President Zelenskyy.
We stand for freedom.
We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
AmericanCoalitionforUkraine IG
We stand for freedom.
We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
AmericanCoalitionforUkraine IG
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Russian disinformation floods AI chatbots, study www.axios.com/2025/03/06/e... via @axios.com
@newsguard.bsky.social: "By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
@newsguard.bsky.social: "By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
Exclusive: AI chatbots echo Russian disinformation, report warns
Bots from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and others spew falsehoods.
www.axios.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Russian disinformation floods AI chatbots, study www.axios.com/2025/03/06/e... via @axios.com
@newsguard.bsky.social: "By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
@newsguard.bsky.social: "By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information."
I am burning with rage. I made the mistake of looking at “my” senators’ websites. They are misbegotten sycophants flailing in the darkness of their shriveled, sniveling existence. I will call their offices and tell them this as soon as I am calm enough to keep from simply screaming into the phone.
March 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am burning with rage. I made the mistake of looking at “my” senators’ websites. They are misbegotten sycophants flailing in the darkness of their shriveled, sniveling existence. I will call their offices and tell them this as soon as I am calm enough to keep from simply screaming into the phone.
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I’ve got a piece in today’s @nytimes about Elon Musk as walking/talking violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Opinion | There Is No Musk Clause in the Constitution
Trump is on shaky ground when it comes to the way he has empowered perhaps the most important figure in the new administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I’ve got a piece in today’s @nytimes about Elon Musk as walking/talking violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
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Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.