Charlie Halpern-Hamu
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Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
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There's a terrible 5th Circuit opinion I'd like you all to see. Lots of people say we should "use conservative arguments against them," but you have to understand, FedSoc judges do not care about their own hypocrisy. They just write their way through it.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun
The ruling makes clear, however, that cops can still stop and frisk a person for existing while Black.
www.thenation.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's a terrible 5th Circuit opinion I'd like you all to see. Lots of people say we should "use conservative arguments against them," but you have to understand, FedSoc judges do not care about their own hypocrisy. They just write their way through it.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Yesterday our crew at @TPM launched our annual March membership drive. If you're not a member, I hope you'll consider joining. The link is right here. I wanted to take a moment to give you what I hope are good reasons to join. talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships?...
Yesterday our crew at @TPM launched our annual March membership drive. If you're not a member, I hope you'll consider joining. The link is right here. I wanted to take a moment to give you what I hope are good reasons to join. talkingpointsmemo.com/memberships?...
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March 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Let’s talk a bit about what you, an average German newspaper reader in 1933, would have learned about Hitler’s rise to power. Let’s assume you read the “Vossische Zeitung”, a comparatively liberal middle-class newspaper. In modern times, the Berlin State Library library let’s you read it online: 1/
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November 15, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Let’s talk a bit about what you, an average German newspaper reader in 1933, would have learned about Hitler’s rise to power. Let’s assume you read the “Vossische Zeitung”, a comparatively liberal middle-class newspaper. In modern times, the Berlin State Library library let’s you read it online: 1/