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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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My article is aimed at the general public, so it explains these three statistical issues in accessible language while showing why they matter for interpreting the study’s conclusions.
The link to my full article follows:
theconversation.com/why-a-study-...
The link to my full article follows:
theconversation.com/why-a-study-...
Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
The main comparisons in the unpublished report are skewed, and it is being presented as stronger evidence than its design really allows.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My article is aimed at the general public, so it explains these three statistical issues in accessible language while showing why they matter for interpreting the study’s conclusions.
The link to my full article follows:
theconversation.com/why-a-study-...
The link to my full article follows:
theconversation.com/why-a-study-...
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NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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Kharkiv right now. Moscovia bombs sleeping families. 4 victims including kids.
Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
August 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Kharkiv right now. Moscovia bombs sleeping families. 4 victims including kids.
Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
It’s hot out there. Time to water the thirsty plants
July 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s hot out there. Time to water the thirsty plants
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Cowardice in the face of tyranny.
The chaplain detained was their friend. If they can’t speak up for their friend, who will?
The chaplain detained was their friend. If they can’t speak up for their friend, who will?
In a leaked message to staff, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital CEO Steve Davis warned against publicly defending a former colleague who has been detained by ICE, suggesting that "could be characterized as political."
Two hospital chaplains have already been fired.
www.salon.com/2025/07/25/h...
Two hospital chaplains have already been fired.
www.salon.com/2025/07/25/h...
Hospital warns staff not to defend chaplain detained by ICE
Cincinnati hospital fired two chaplains for speaking out after colleague detained during routine check-in.
www.salon.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Cowardice in the face of tyranny.
The chaplain detained was their friend. If they can’t speak up for their friend, who will?
The chaplain detained was their friend. If they can’t speak up for their friend, who will?
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It’s that time of year again.
Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments!
I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments!
I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
July 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It’s that time of year again.
Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments!
I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
Teachers, THANK YOU for what you do. If you need help stocking your room this year, please drop a link to your Classroom Wishlists in the comments!
I’ll get as much as I can, and there are always some great members of the community who chip in too!
I just donated to Ms. Molly's project! Help me bring a classroom dream to life.
Teachers in Special Education invest long hours and large parts of their hearts into children who have great need. Please help me support Ms Molly in getting the supplies she needs!
Teachers in Special Education invest long hours and large parts of their hearts into children who have great need. Please help me support Ms Molly in getting the supplies she needs!
July 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I just donated to Ms. Molly's project! Help me bring a classroom dream to life.
Teachers in Special Education invest long hours and large parts of their hearts into children who have great need. Please help me support Ms Molly in getting the supplies she needs!
Teachers in Special Education invest long hours and large parts of their hearts into children who have great need. Please help me support Ms Molly in getting the supplies she needs!
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Good morning!
“In these moments, we can choose to remember that the goal of listening is not to feel empathy for our opponents, or validate their ideas, or even change their mind in the moment. Our goal is to understand them . . . When listening gets hard, I focus on taking the next breath.
1/6
“In these moments, we can choose to remember that the goal of listening is not to feel empathy for our opponents, or validate their ideas, or even change their mind in the moment. Our goal is to understand them . . . When listening gets hard, I focus on taking the next breath.
1/6
July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning!
“In these moments, we can choose to remember that the goal of listening is not to feel empathy for our opponents, or validate their ideas, or even change their mind in the moment. Our goal is to understand them . . . When listening gets hard, I focus on taking the next breath.
1/6
“In these moments, we can choose to remember that the goal of listening is not to feel empathy for our opponents, or validate their ideas, or even change their mind in the moment. Our goal is to understand them . . . When listening gets hard, I focus on taking the next breath.
1/6
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Barbarism.
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Barbarism.
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ICE detained a disabled vet and won’t tell his family where he is.
Let that sink in…
Let that sink in…
July 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
ICE detained a disabled vet and won’t tell his family where he is.
Let that sink in…
Let that sink in…
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"Well I ain't on the left
And I ain't on the right
I ain't even sure
I got a dog in this fight
In my time of need
In my time of grief
I feel like a shadow's falling over me"
-Tom Petty, "Shadow People"
And I ain't on the right
I ain't even sure
I got a dog in this fight
In my time of need
In my time of grief
I feel like a shadow's falling over me"
-Tom Petty, "Shadow People"
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Well I ain't on the left
And I ain't on the right
I ain't even sure
I got a dog in this fight
In my time of need
In my time of grief
I feel like a shadow's falling over me"
-Tom Petty, "Shadow People"
And I ain't on the right
I ain't even sure
I got a dog in this fight
In my time of need
In my time of grief
I feel like a shadow's falling over me"
-Tom Petty, "Shadow People"
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ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
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Best image of the day:
June 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Best image of the day:
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One of Jesus’ most brilliant theological moments was when he taught his disciples to pray OUR Father.
God wants us as His children, whether we had the best earthly father, the worst, or none at all.
As Psalm 68:5 says, He is “a father to the fatherless.”
#HappyFathersDay
God wants us as His children, whether we had the best earthly father, the worst, or none at all.
As Psalm 68:5 says, He is “a father to the fatherless.”
#HappyFathersDay
June 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of Jesus’ most brilliant theological moments was when he taught his disciples to pray OUR Father.
God wants us as His children, whether we had the best earthly father, the worst, or none at all.
As Psalm 68:5 says, He is “a father to the fatherless.”
#HappyFathersDay
God wants us as His children, whether we had the best earthly father, the worst, or none at all.
As Psalm 68:5 says, He is “a father to the fatherless.”
#HappyFathersDay
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Trump's America.
Mother of 2 (including 9-wk-old baby) + wife of US Marine had USCIS interview related to permanent residence status. She'd entered US from Mexico and was legally processed w/ her family about a decade ago.
ICE arrested her over 2018 paperwork issue she didn't know about www.wbrz.com/news/ice-age...
ICE arrested her over 2018 paperwork issue she didn't know about www.wbrz.com/news/ice-age...
ICE agents arrest mother of two, wife of Marine at New Orleans hearing
A young Baton Rouge family is anxiously waiting what's next after ICE agents arrested a mother of two in New Orleans last month.
www.wbrz.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Trump's America.
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Trump wants to make massive cuts to WIC’s fruit and vegetable assistance to low-income mothers and young children.
This will take away healthy foods from families. So much for “Make America Healthy Again.”
This will take away healthy foods from families. So much for “Make America Healthy Again.”
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trump wants to make massive cuts to WIC’s fruit and vegetable assistance to low-income mothers and young children.
This will take away healthy foods from families. So much for “Make America Healthy Again.”
This will take away healthy foods from families. So much for “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Exercise ‘better than drugs’ after cancer treatment, international trial finds
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ after cancer treatment, international trial finds
First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third and can stop cancer returning
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‘Now I do weight training’: how exercise helped one patient stay free of cancer
Exercise can reduce the risk of cancer patients dying by a third, stop tumours coming back and is even more effective than drugs, according to the results of a landmark trial that could transform health guidelines worldwide.
For decades, doctors have recommended adopting a healthy lifestyle to lower the risk of developing cancer. But until now there has been little evidence of the impact it could have after diagnosis, with little support for incorporating exercise into patients’ routines. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ after cancer treatment, international trial finds
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New research presents promising findings on colorectal cancer treatment and prevention: cnn.it/4dNZT5m
New research presents promising findings on colorectal cancer treatment and prevention | CNN
The world’s largest meeting on cancer research has brought promising updates on treatment and prevention for colorectal cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancers that has been rising in prevalence...
cnn.it
June 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New research presents promising findings on colorectal cancer treatment and prevention: cnn.it/4dNZT5m
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"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
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I’ll tell y’all something this morning. I still believe the Lord is good. I still believe in the grace that is chocolate. That as long as there are tomatoes, there is salsa. That birds sing because they know something we don’t. I believe laughter is audible hope. And love is spite to the darkness.
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’ll tell y’all something this morning. I still believe the Lord is good. I still believe in the grace that is chocolate. That as long as there are tomatoes, there is salsa. That birds sing because they know something we don’t. I believe laughter is audible hope. And love is spite to the darkness.
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When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports: