Craig Springfield
@craigspringfield.bsky.social
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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The Trump administration will take a stake in at least $80 billion of new nuclear reactors that it sees as key to continuing to develop AI technologies through a deal it inked with the parent companies of nuclear developer Westinghouse.
U.S. inks $80 billion deal with Westinghouse for nuclear reactors
The partnership would be funded with help from Japan and gives U.S. taxpayers an ownership stake in the plants.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The Trump administration will take a stake in at least $80 billion of new nuclear reactors that it sees as key to continuing to develop AI technologies through a deal it inked with the parent companies of nuclear developer Westinghouse.
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Trump: "The crime numbers [in D.C.] get worse."
Official statistics: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low.
The Trump regime is inventing lies to justify military control over our cities. It's what dictators do.
Official statistics: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low.
The Trump regime is inventing lies to justify military control over our cities. It's what dictators do.
Trump: “The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive. The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer.“
August 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump: "The crime numbers [in D.C.] get worse."
Official statistics: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low.
The Trump regime is inventing lies to justify military control over our cities. It's what dictators do.
Official statistics: Violent crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low.
The Trump regime is inventing lies to justify military control over our cities. It's what dictators do.
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100%.
If Ukraine is not a part of peace talks, they aren't peace talks.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
100%.
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Underrated tweet here.
BRONTOSAURUS: roar
STEGOSAURUS: roar
TYRANNOSAURUS: roar
THESAURUS: bellow
STEGOSAURUS: roar
TYRANNOSAURUS: roar
THESAURUS: bellow
August 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Underrated tweet here.
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The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
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The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard politicized intelligence to fake a case against Obama and his aides. Now AG Pam Bondi is going to investigate. When an autocrat uses his intelligence services and law enforcement to concoct a sham prosecution and a show trial, that's a dangerous moment.
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
DNI Tulsi Gabbard politicized intelligence to fake a case against Obama and his aides. Now AG Pam Bondi is going to investigate. When an autocrat uses his intelligence services and law enforcement to concoct a sham prosecution and a show trial, that's a dangerous moment.
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Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
on.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
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A 17-year-old shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on a New Mexico highway last summer was one in a rising number of killings by police in rural America.
The Rapid Rise of Killings by Police in Rural America
A 17-year-old shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on a New Mexico highway last summer was one in a growing number of cases.
on.wsj.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A 17-year-old shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on a New Mexico highway last summer was one in a rising number of killings by police in rural America.
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"the lawsuit posed a serious problem for Paramount, especially its controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, who stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars through the Skydance deal."
Our overnight headline: Paramount settles Trump’s dubious ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with $16 million payout and no apology
Paramount settles Trump’s dubious ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with $16 million payout and no apology | CNN Business
CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve a legally dubious lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall.
www.cnn.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"the lawsuit posed a serious problem for Paramount, especially its controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, who stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars through the Skydance deal."
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This whole story is insane
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This whole story is insane
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I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.
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The key difference being that Putin's oligarchs were threatened behind closed doors rather than on social media.
July 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The key difference being that Putin's oligarchs were threatened behind closed doors rather than on social media.
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
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A couple of questions, from the first paragraph alone: While she was gardening at home? Were the handcuffs necessary? apnews.com/article/iran...
After decades in the US, Iranians arrested in Trump’s deportation drive
Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States.
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A couple of questions, from the first paragraph alone: While she was gardening at home? Were the handcuffs necessary? apnews.com/article/iran...
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Great column by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Even Senate Republicans should have sufficient spine & decency to reject Emil Bove from getting a judicial position for life.
Remember, he's the guy who suggested Trump say "fuck you" to judicial rulings he didn't like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Even Senate Republicans should have sufficient spine & decency to reject Emil Bove from getting a judicial position for life.
Remember, he's the guy who suggested Trump say "fuck you" to judicial rulings he didn't like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Great column by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Even Senate Republicans should have sufficient spine & decency to reject Emil Bove from getting a judicial position for life.
Remember, he's the guy who suggested Trump say "fuck you" to judicial rulings he didn't like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Even Senate Republicans should have sufficient spine & decency to reject Emil Bove from getting a judicial position for life.
Remember, he's the guy who suggested Trump say "fuck you" to judicial rulings he didn't like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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This article is worth a read. It’s a story about honor and losses - personal losses with big consequences that we all should mourn.
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This article is worth a read. It’s a story about honor and losses - personal losses with big consequences that we all should mourn.
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'“It is reckless and irresponsible and yet another direct frontal assault on the federal courts of this country,” said retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1991 to 2006.'
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Trump DOJ sues all federal judges in Maryland over deportation order
Legal experts described the move as an attack on judicial independence. The DOJ said its goal was to preserve Trump’s constitutional authority over immigration.
wapo.st
June 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
'“It is reckless and irresponsible and yet another direct frontal assault on the federal courts of this country,” said retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1991 to 2006.'
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Trump sabotages
- Ag, family farms
- US health care and public health
- Science, research, academia
- fiscal health of US
- our democracy and our humanity
- our global reputation
Eternal shame to his Congressional enablers.
- Ag, family farms
- US health care and public health
- Science, research, academia
- fiscal health of US
- our democracy and our humanity
- our global reputation
Eternal shame to his Congressional enablers.
Trump's ICE raids mean Washington farmers cannot harvest this year's cherry crop, and that many will now go out of business. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers
The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until fruit gets over ripe, which...
www.spokesman.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Trump sabotages
- Ag, family farms
- US health care and public health
- Science, research, academia
- fiscal health of US
- our democracy and our humanity
- our global reputation
Eternal shame to his Congressional enablers.
- Ag, family farms
- US health care and public health
- Science, research, academia
- fiscal health of US
- our democracy and our humanity
- our global reputation
Eternal shame to his Congressional enablers.
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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The scope of Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown has unsettled some Republicans as the raids on farms began disrupting operations. More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers have no legal immigration status, the Agriculture Department has estimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The scope of Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown has unsettled some Republicans as the raids on farms began disrupting operations. More than 40 percent of the nation’s crop workers have no legal immigration status, the Agriculture Department has estimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
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We have a cruel, idiot in the White House.👇
Trump just admitted that his mass deportations are bad for farmers and the economy, and crucially, also admitted that workers who are getting deported are "almost impossible to replace." That's a massive repudiation of MAGA ideology:
June 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We have a cruel, idiot in the White House.👇