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Tahir Duckett
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Executive Director + Adjunct Prof. Georgetown Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety.
Policing, consent, soccer, food. He/him.
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mford.bsky.social
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
The dissents’ positions in the end boil down to ignoring the Constitution’s separation of powers and the Court’s precedent and instead fear mongering on the basis of ex- treme hypotheticals about a future where the President “feels empowered to violate federal criminal law.” Post, at 18 (opinion of SOTOMAYOR, J.); see post, at 26, 29–30; post, at 8–9, 10, 12, 16, 20–21 (opinion of JACKSON, J.).
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
"Now Lewis George says that if she’s elected mayor, she’ll set out to make child care universal and affordable, part of a broader plan she’s rolling out to bring down everyday costs for D.C. residents." - @maustermuhle.bsky.social for @51st.news

51st.news/janeese-lewi...
Janeese Lewis George wants affordable child care for DC
It’s not free, and her plan faces financial challenges.
51st.news
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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kimischilling.bsky.social
The America we were taught about in school wasn’t real, but I want it to be and so do 200 million of my friends
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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tahir.bsky.social
The change in facial expression as he realizes what's happening lol
A wrestler looking very intense and fierce The same wrestler, now looking bemused with his eyebrows raised.
February 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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akivamcohen.bsky.social
The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation

If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
tahir.bsky.social
The change in facial expression as he realizes what's happening lol
A wrestler looking very intense and fierce The same wrestler, now looking bemused with his eyebrows raised.
February 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
tahir.bsky.social
Really appreciate this clarity of writing from Judge Blackwell: "Continued detention is not lawful just because compliance with release orders is administratively difficult or because an operation has expanded beyond the government's capacity to execute it lawfully."
danielsuitor.com Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 1d
Judge Blackwell continues:

"Having what you feel are too many detainees, too
many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough
infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to
continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning
sign."
The Government makes the point that some of the attorneys currently are under extraordinary strain, and you are obviously telling that to this Court understanding that the operation that explains this process is not an operation that is driven by the Federal Courts. I do accept that Operation Metro Surge has generated a volume of arrests and detentions that has taxed existing systems, staffing, and coordination between DOJ and the DHS. I read that in your papers. I understand that. I also don't have any reason to take issue at this time that individual attorneys, including those appearing here, are working in good faith and under difficult circumstances. But those facts, even taken as true, do not answer the legal problem that it presents for this Court. If the Government undertakes an enforcement operation of this scale, one that results in the detention of large numbers of people, including individuals who are lawfully present in the United States, then the Government assumes a corresponding obligation to ensure that each detention complies with the Constitution and with court orders governing release. Volume, that is, the volume of cases and matters, is not a justification for diluting constitutional rights and it never can be. It heightens the need for care Having what you feel are too many detainees, too many cases, too many deadlines, and not enough infrastructure to keep up with it all, is not a defense to continued detention. If anything, it ought to be a warning sign. But what you cannot do is to detain first and then sort out lawful authority later. Continued detention is not lawful just because compliance with release orders is administratively difficult or because an operation has expanded beyond the Government's capacity to execute it lawfully. detailed release requirements are the source of the problem. In many instances, I have had to not just issue an order, but another order, another order, another order, about 7 or 8 different touches sent to the Government simply asking for the date, time, and location of the release of someone who was ordered released, in many instances, a week or more in the past. And why that is so difficult, I cannot understand, because there's obviously a person associated with the Government who is going to the detainee to release him or her. You have their name. You can carry with you a form. The name is on it. Just write the time on it and send it to the DOJ. That cannot be a reason, a source for this problem of the noncompliance because that's too easy to fix, and I don't even work for the Executive Branch. But the requirements that the Court has in place exist because individuals were being detained without lawful authority, they were being transferred contrary to orders, or released in ways that undermine the relief that was granted by the Court.
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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andrewqmr.bsky.social
Post by Internet Hippo that says: Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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htfcuddles.mmfcomic.com
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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rincewind.run
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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celebrityhottub.bsky.social
It’s actually pretty easy to beat Isaac Chotiner if you know what to do (wait until he completes his third attack sequence, roll behind him, use Flame Dart until you’re out of mana, hide under the gargoyle head until his Rage Wing Spin finishes, stun him with a Sylvan Dagger, equip the Thallslayer w
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 AM
tahir.bsky.social
This is an ABSOLUTELY WILD metaphor to reach for when you are ostensibly defending working with Brett Ratner.
Well, he’s been down on his luck a little bit lately, so that was nice of you to give him some help. And I always felt that as you do a movie with somebody, you’re very intimate with this person. Brett Ratner, you are talking about? Yeah. Not the intimacy level of when you go out with a girl. But, you’re close. It’s like a family. You live twenty-four hours with someone shooting a movie. So I know Brett very well, and I know he is a very good, generous soul.
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
I would suggest taking the words “Complete Rebuilding” literally and seriously.

Or we can just be surprised when aerial photos show it being demolished some day.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and Re-Opening or, Partial Construction while continuing Entertainment Operations through a much longer period of time, working in and around the Performances, I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World. In other words, if we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result! Based on these findings, and totally subject to Board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything that has taken place with respect to such a Facility before. Therefore, The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex. Financing is completed, and fully in place! This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
tahir.bsky.social
So are Spurs players and fans hoping to lose today?
February 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
tahir.bsky.social
Noni's first Premier League goal for Arsenal is an olympico, which seems fitting.
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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turtle.labeledrude.online
i would say "can you think of any other issue that 80% of the party base supports but just about every party grandee dismisses out of hand" but yeah at this point there are some half dozen
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.

46% support
43% oppose

80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support. 46% support 43% oppose 80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE. Independents are +8 on the question.
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
An extraordinary document. Read it.

“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
On January 8, 2026, petitioner Juan T.R. filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.' The Court issued an order requiring respondents to file an answer no later than January 12, 2026. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (requiring judges to either "forthwith award the writ" or order the respondent to show cause, within three days, why the writ should not be granted). Respondents failed to answer. Accordingly, the Court granted the writ in part and ordered respondents to afford Juan a bond hearing within seven days or, failing that, to immediately release him from detention. ECF No. 4. Respondents neither held a bond hearing within the required time nor released Juan. ECF No. 6. The Court then issued a show-cause order and scheduled a hearing at which it ordered the personal appearance of Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE"). ECF No. 7. The Court noted, however, that if the parties filed a stipulation indicating that Juan had been released, the Court would cancel the hearing and would not require Lyons to appear. Id. The parties have now filed such a stipulation (ECF No. 9), and thus, as promised, the Court will cancel the hearing, and Lyons will not be required to appear. That does not end the Court's concerns, however. Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone —no matter his or her political beliefs— who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. The Court warns ICE that future noncompliance with court orders may result in future show-cause orders requiring the personal appearances of Lyons or other government officials. ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated Juan asks that the Court schedule a hearing at which he may present evidence and argument concerning the hardships that he has suffered as a result of respondents' failure to abide by the January 14 order. See In re Tetracycline Cases, 927 F.2d 411, 413 (8th Cir. 1991) ("Civil contempt sanctions may be imposed for either or both of two distinct purposes, to coerce compliance with a court order, and to compensate the complainant for actual losses sustained by him as a result of the defendants' contumacy." (quoting In re Chase & Sanborn Corp., 872 F.2d 397, 400-01 (11th Cir.1989))). The Court will not schedule a hearing at this time. If Juan wants to seek monetary sanctions, he may file a properly supported motion to that effect. ORDER Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the hearing currently scheduled for Friday, January 30, 2026, at 1:00 pm in Courtroom 15 (MPLS) is CANCELED.
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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ositanwanevu.com
The main problem with the 'Democrats just need to moderate to win' thesis is that a lot of Glup Shitto moderates no one remembers or cares about have also lost.
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8d
you can't tell me that a girl named Blanche Lincoln was real. what do you mean she's real
timprice.bsky.social Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 8d
Let’s remember some guys: Max Baucus. Blanche Lincoln. Arlen Specter. Literally Robert Byrd.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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eileen4ever.bsky.social
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
Cumulative US measles cases As of January 27, there have been more cases than there were by the same week last year. Fairly horizontal lines for 2023 and 2024, a steep diagonal line for 2025, and a vertical line for ytd 2026. 2026 478 cases 2025 2253 cases 2024 283 cases 2023 63 cases Note: Data updated on January 27, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Johns Hopkins University, Center for Outbreak Response Innovation Graphic: Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Stiles, CNN
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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jamellebouie.net
given his extremely shoddy work trying to "debunk" the documented fact that derek chauvin killed george floyd, hughes specifically should not be within 100 feet of a journalistic enterprise. a good sign that weiss intends turn CBS into a propaganda factory.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
CBP defines 'border' as 100 miles from a coast. Two-thirds of the US population live in the 'border zone.' And we literally have viral footage of them executing people.

So keeping CBP 'at the border' and bodycams would mean much of the country can still be terrorized by CBP and executed on film
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:

DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools

"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10d
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
tahir.bsky.social
Celebrate victory. But know this likely isn't the end.
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10d
The Trump administration says it has signed up 12,000 new ICE officers, agents, and legal staff—but many of them may not be deployed for months, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Most ICE Recruits Haven’t Deployed Yet
Trump officials are touting 12,000 new hires in four months. Getting them onto U.S. streets may take longer.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM