Carpe Jugular
@carpejugular.bsky.social
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney, mostly indigent defense, probably working for free now that the Treasury is being looted.
At the threshold of hell.
At the threshold of hell.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.
The following fucking day. Because that ensures the illusion of due process without giving any real meaning to this essential right.
Trump on Fox & Friends: "One thing I say is we have to have quick trials. I called it quick trial. 'Cause in China they do have quick trials, you know? ... They should have a trial the following day."
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The following fucking day. Because that ensures the illusion of due process without giving any real meaning to this essential right.
When are we going to get beyond this ridiculous phase where scholars and journals argue that we’re approaching fascism and just admit that it’s already fucking here.
August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When are we going to get beyond this ridiculous phase where scholars and journals argue that we’re approaching fascism and just admit that it’s already fucking here.
Yes, I tell this to my clients all the time “if you didn’t do anything wrong, go ahead and talk to the cops. They’ll just embarrass themselves.”
Moron.
Moron.
Why can't we just let the justice system play out its course? If Bolton did nothing illegal (likely true) then DOJ just ends up embarrassing itself.
August 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yes, I tell this to my clients all the time “if you didn’t do anything wrong, go ahead and talk to the cops. They’ll just embarrass themselves.”
Moron.
Moron.
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Taking the streets to protest ICE in Chicago?
Make sure to save this phone number.
Make sure to save this phone number.
June 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Taking the streets to protest ICE in Chicago?
Make sure to save this phone number.
Make sure to save this phone number.
Point 7 from The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Ten-Point Platform and Program:
June 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Point 7 from The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Ten-Point Platform and Program:
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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Thousands of people marched Downtown last night to protest recent federal immigration raids in Chicago and beyond. blockclubchi.co/45N9J5i
June 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thousands of people marched Downtown last night to protest recent federal immigration raids in Chicago and beyond. blockclubchi.co/45N9J5i
Received emails this morning informing us that the IRS has locked the court out of the system that handles all of our payments, payments to expert witnesses, court reporters for transcript services, interpreters. There are probably other vendor types I’m not thinking of but this is pretty shocking.
April 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Received emails this morning informing us that the IRS has locked the court out of the system that handles all of our payments, payments to expert witnesses, court reporters for transcript services, interpreters. There are probably other vendor types I’m not thinking of but this is pretty shocking.
Really pulling for Cardinal Benitez as the next pope.
April 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Really pulling for Cardinal Benitez as the next pope.
As defense attorney, sometimes you’re not left with much and just have to go with any defense you’ve got, but damn is this a dangerous defense. The terrible tension between zealous representation and making terrible case law in one headline.
The white supremacist gunman who murdered 23 people at an El Paso WalMart in 2019 believed he was acting at the direction of President Trump, his defense lawyers say. "“He thought he had to stop the invasion because that’s what his president was telling him."
Patrick Crusius believed he was fulfilling Trump’s wishes in El Paso attack, his attorney says
Patrick Crusius told his attorney that he massacred people in an El Paso Walmart because President Donald Trump wanted him to stop a Hispanic invasion.
elpasomatters.org
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As defense attorney, sometimes you’re not left with much and just have to go with any defense you’ve got, but damn is this a dangerous defense. The terrible tension between zealous representation and making terrible case law in one headline.
“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.” - Frantz Fanon
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.” - Frantz Fanon
My first post on this platform two(?) months ago was paranoid about this exact scenario.
March 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My first post on this platform two(?) months ago was paranoid about this exact scenario.
At what point do you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social stop being dignified and actually fight for our country, you pathetic joke of a representative. I will actively work for whomever primaries you eventually. Fighting for our country’s survival IS dignified.
March 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
At what point do you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social stop being dignified and actually fight for our country, you pathetic joke of a representative. I will actively work for whomever primaries you eventually. Fighting for our country’s survival IS dignified.
Considering that a lot of these oligarchs are also large holders of bitcoin, what if all you little guys who still have bitcoin picked a day and just all sold in order to actually cause some damage to their balance sheets?
February 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Considering that a lot of these oligarchs are also large holders of bitcoin, what if all you little guys who still have bitcoin picked a day and just all sold in order to actually cause some damage to their balance sheets?
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Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
I normally don’t admit publicly to crime but come fucking at me, bro. I’ve been telling people about their rights since 2008.
'Border Czar' Doubles Down on Asking if DOJ Should Prosecute AOC for Informing Immigrants of Their Rights
Trump 'Border Czar' Tom Homan says he's asking the DOJ if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke the law by holding a Know Your Rights webinar for immigrants.
www.rollingstone.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I normally don’t admit publicly to crime but come fucking at me, bro. I’ve been telling people about their rights since 2008.
The other path, the one that seems more likely under the current state of things, is that the funding for this necessary and important work will be eliminated, and with it, any hope we have of salvaging the rule if law, leading to summary executions without due process
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The other path, the one that seems more likely under the current state of things, is that the funding for this necessary and important work will be eliminated, and with it, any hope we have of salvaging the rule if law, leading to summary executions without due process
The economic cost of a federal death penalty case has been estimated to be over 1 million dollars. This means we’re standing at a crossroads-one path leads to unnecessary waste of resources to carry out a cruel and unusual punishment. That’s the optimistic path.
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The economic cost of a federal death penalty case has been estimated to be over 1 million dollars. This means we’re standing at a crossroads-one path leads to unnecessary waste of resources to carry out a cruel and unusual punishment. That’s the optimistic path.
Perhaps it’s a good thing that the need was not great enough to qualify more of us for that work. But here we are.
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Perhaps it’s a good thing that the need was not great enough to qualify more of us for that work. But here we are.
We have arrived at a point in our American experiment where indigent federal defendants are entitled to the assistance of two attorneys who are specifically qualified fo accept death penalty cases. I’m not one of these attorneys-I know some who are, but there are not nearly enough of them.
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We have arrived at a point in our American experiment where indigent federal defendants are entitled to the assistance of two attorneys who are specifically qualified fo accept death penalty cases. I’m not one of these attorneys-I know some who are, but there are not nearly enough of them.
We received some guidance from the Federal Defender to prepare us for a “significant increase in death penalty cases” here in Chicago. It is impossible to overstate how demoralizing this inevitability feels.
February 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We received some guidance from the Federal Defender to prepare us for a “significant increase in death penalty cases” here in Chicago. It is impossible to overstate how demoralizing this inevitability feels.
The absolute corruption here.
Left: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin dismisses Jan. 6 case of Jose Padilla on Jan. 21, 2025
Right: Interim US Attorney Ed Martin seeks withdraw as Padilla’s counsel of record on Feb. 5, 2025
He signed a dismissal for a client he was still recorded as representing.
Right: Interim US Attorney Ed Martin seeks withdraw as Padilla’s counsel of record on Feb. 5, 2025
He signed a dismissal for a client he was still recorded as representing.
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The absolute corruption here.