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"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Exclusive: She survived ICE custody; her husband died during detention
Guatemalan widow shared a hug, a tickle and these words with her husband: "Cheer up." It was the last time she saw him alive while they were in ICE custody.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
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Gen Z Republicans are literally Hitler
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Gen Z Republicans are literally Hitler
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This makes me realize that “Trump cannot be constrained and will do whatever he wants, so we all have to shift our standards and describe the world in terms of how he sees it” is the exact pathway through which American legal and political institutions have surrendered to MAGA
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This makes me realize that “Trump cannot be constrained and will do whatever he wants, so we all have to shift our standards and describe the world in terms of how he sees it” is the exact pathway through which American legal and political institutions have surrendered to MAGA
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Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
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When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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I was frankly a lot more comfortable with the idea that the CCP would have my data than these people
TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
TikTok U.S. Sale to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I was frankly a lot more comfortable with the idea that the CCP would have my data than these people
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“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
even though the regime's lawyers fucking suck, they are going to win some of these fucked up cases they bring because juries are weird, and you never know what they are going to do
This is the charge in count two that Judge Dugan was convicted on. An explanation of it and count one is contained in the linked article. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-trial-...
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
even though the regime's lawyers fucking suck, they are going to win some of these fucked up cases they bring because juries are weird, and you never know what they are going to do
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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WaPo reports they're raiding housing funds for the $1,776 bonus. cc @mikeblack114.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
WaPo reports they're raiding housing funds for the $1,776 bonus. cc @mikeblack114.bsky.social
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the last year or so of my life has been realizing nobody more plugged in is coming to do shit
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
the last year or so of my life has been realizing nobody more plugged in is coming to do shit
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I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans
The New York Editorial Board's interview with businessman John Catsimatidis.
nyeditorialboard.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
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I really don't love that everyone's swarming to pedantically correct Jamelle and, without exception, it's (correctly) in the direction of "no, David Duke would be better"
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I really don't love that everyone's swarming to pedantically correct Jamelle and, without exception, it's (correctly) in the direction of "no, David Duke would be better"
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Republicans are proving immensely successful in destroying higher education in America. Not really sure what else there is to be said or done about this in the present moment, it’s pretty fucking devastating.
"...the eventual plan is to close the library" #depaul #Chicao (Illinois) 📚📜
depauliaonline.com/80758/news/d...
depauliaonline.com/80758/news/d...
DePaul lays off over 100 staff members amid budget cuts
Joining universities nationwide, DePaul makes sweeping budget cuts amid enrollment decline and federal uncertainty.
depauliaonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Republicans are proving immensely successful in destroying higher education in America. Not really sure what else there is to be said or done about this in the present moment, it’s pretty fucking devastating.
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Surely the leadership of her party would come out and make statements of solidarity and follow up with action on this gross abuse of power, right?
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Surely the leadership of her party would come out and make statements of solidarity and follow up with action on this gross abuse of power, right?
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
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Maduró WOATed as an oppressor, you can't find her because of a wig?
🚨NEW: Wild WSJ story tonight.
Venezuela opposition leader smuggled out of the country.
Wearing a wig as disguise, Maria Corina Machado evaded 10 military checkpoints to reach a small fishing boat to take her to Curaçao.
“We coordinated [with US military] so that they would not blow up the boat."
Venezuela opposition leader smuggled out of the country.
Wearing a wig as disguise, Maria Corina Machado evaded 10 military checkpoints to reach a small fishing boat to take her to Curaçao.
“We coordinated [with US military] so that they would not blow up the boat."
Exclusive | Disguised and in Danger: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Escaped Venezuela
Opposition leader María Corina Machado slipped through 10 military checkpoints to reach a fishing boat bound for Curaçao and a private jet headed to Norway.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Maduró WOATed as an oppressor, you can't find her because of a wig?
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This is a key problem thinking about, eg, the base of evidence we'd need to produce as scholars for a renewed VRA. What evidence would SCOTUS find justifies 15th A powers? Is there any? This, as much as anything, is why we need court reform
2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is a key problem thinking about, eg, the base of evidence we'd need to produce as scholars for a renewed VRA. What evidence would SCOTUS find justifies 15th A powers? Is there any? This, as much as anything, is why we need court reform
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The lawyers still working at places like DoD OGC know exactly what they're doing and need to be disbarred after this
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The lawyers still working at places like DoD OGC know exactly what they're doing and need to be disbarred after this
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Miami Beach too though Republicans had some, uh, candidate issues www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Miami Beach too though Republicans had some, uh, candidate issues www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...