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Lawfare

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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.

A map of where the U.S. military was deployed in the United States. The dots are color coded. The dots are in the District of Columbia, Los Angeles and surrounding areas, Florida, unknown locations in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, the southern border area, South Carolina, Idaho, Nevada, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Border Patrol's Laredo Sector, Texas, Los Angeles and surrounding areas, Louisana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Georgia, Wyoming, Memphis, Tennessee, and Missouri.

November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM

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Shirah C

@shirah4.bsky.social

My favorite so far.
#meme

November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁

@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social

Who did this? 😂🧊🚢

November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Tourlounette 🏳️🖇️

@tourlounette.bsky.social

C’est tout lui ça

November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸

@gtconway.bsky.social

November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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Tom M.F. Shanks 🇭🇹🇨🇦

@tomshanks.bsky.social

November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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Larry the Cat

@number10cat.bsky.social

Turns out he was allergic to tacky decor.
(Photo by @andyharnik /@GettyImages)

November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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Su’L Sofa 🇨🇦

@surlesofa.bsky.social

😅😂😂

November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Matt Ortega

@mattortega.com

Let it unleash a thousand memes.

I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."

November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM

Timononk

@timononk.bsky.social

Je comprends que les médecins soient choqués mais je ne comprends pas pourquoi toutes les réformes faites par des médecins ministres n'ont pas fonctionné. Comment peuvent-ils nous dire maintenant que le problème c'est le système alors que c'est eux mêmes qu'ils l'ont façonné?

November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

US approved sale of chips to UAE after UAE put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company.

November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM

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bearwitme.bsky.social

@bearwitme.bsky.social

😂

October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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Lawrence Hurley

@lawrencehurley.bsky.social

This is well done:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

www.nytimes.com

October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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Steve Vladeck

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

As Marcy notes, @seamushughes.bsky.social is doing such critically important work. Here, folks should read Judge Rodriguez's opinion (to which Marcy links) for themselves.

It's a chilling account of what's become standard practice in ICE arrests these days—from a district judge who is no firebrand.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11d

This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The sworn affidavit submitted in support of the Criminal Complaint in this matter tells a
very different—and largely fictional—story. For example, Special Agent Steven Fuentes of ICE,
HSI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) swore to the following:
On June 20, 2025, [HSI, ICE-ERO, and TxDPS] were conducting
surveillance at a residence on Benrus, in San Antonio, Texas, in the Western
District of Texas. Database checks indicated that Jaime Albert
QUINTANILLA-Chavez, with a Final Order of Removal from an
Immigration Judge, was residing at the above address. At approximately
0715 a.m., QUINTANILLA exited the residence and entered a white Dodge
Ram. The Dodge Ram was towing a trailer containing construction
equipment. Both license plates for the truck and trailer were expired.
ECF No. 1 ¶ 2 (emphasis added). Fuentes also swore that (1) the Defendant refused to “follow any
commands”; (2) after the Defendant was blocked in between the officers’ vehicles, he was given
“multiple verbal commands to exit the vehicle”; and (3) the Defendant “fought the law
enforcement officers.” Id. ¶¶ 3–4. Fuentes further testified at the preliminary hearing that the
Defendant was surveilled (and taken into custody) because he was subject to a Final Order of
Removal from an Immigration Judge. See ECF No. 12, 6/26 Preliminary Hr’g Tr. at 4:20–25.
Despite HSI’s sworn statement to the Magistrate Judge that the vehicle was stopped
because of expired license plates, the Assistant U.S. Attorney conceded at a bond hearing in July
2025 that Fuentes had “misrepresented what was going on.” ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr. at 8:12–

The Defendant pulled over, came to a stop, and took out his cell phone to call a friend to come
pick up the only other occupant of his vehicle: his weenie dog, Rocky. ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr.
at 29:9–18. The Defendant’s friend saw from his video messaging application that there were men
aiming guns at the Defendant and yelling at him. See id. at 25:17–21.

October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM

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Vince Mpls

@vincempls.bsky.social

April 26, 1942: The Reichstag holds its last session, unanimously passing a decree making the Führer "Supreme Judge of the German People." Any last privileges of the parliament were removed as Hitler became final decision-maker in all matters, including life and death over every German citizen.

Famous photograph of Adolf Hitler at the dais of the Reichstag, declaring war against the United States 11 December 1941. Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0

October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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William Reymond

@williamreymond.bsky.social

Il ne va pas mieux Joe Biden.

Décidément la vieillesse est un naufrage...

October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47

@ginly47.bsky.social

October 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM

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Judi Impeach Krasnov!

@judi999.bsky.social

Reagan nailed it! #FuckTheGOP

M.K.McDaniels @mkmcdaniels.bsky.social · 16d

October 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.