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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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When my mom was my daughter's age she did not have the right to get a credit card, mortgage or auto loan in her own name. This article by Melanie Lockert shares how that's changed: provokedmagazine.com/50-years-of-...
50 Years of Plastic Power: How Women Won the Right to Swipe
It’s only been half a century since women could get credit in their own name. We’ve come a long way from, “Pretty please, can I buy a blender?”—but we still don’t get all the credit we deserve. The fi...
provokedmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When my mom was my daughter's age she did not have the right to get a credit card, mortgage or auto loan in her own name. This article by Melanie Lockert shares how that's changed: provokedmagazine.com/50-years-of-...
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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Today we must remember the victims of Dick Cheney.
Innocent civilians bombed in their homes.
Men kidnapped off the streets of Baghdad for committing no crime, held indefinitely and tortured by Americans
American life eroded by austerity, surveillance, militarism and the 2008 market crash.
Innocent civilians bombed in their homes.
Men kidnapped off the streets of Baghdad for committing no crime, held indefinitely and tortured by Americans
American life eroded by austerity, surveillance, militarism and the 2008 market crash.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today we must remember the victims of Dick Cheney.
Innocent civilians bombed in their homes.
Men kidnapped off the streets of Baghdad for committing no crime, held indefinitely and tortured by Americans
American life eroded by austerity, surveillance, militarism and the 2008 market crash.
Innocent civilians bombed in their homes.
Men kidnapped off the streets of Baghdad for committing no crime, held indefinitely and tortured by Americans
American life eroded by austerity, surveillance, militarism and the 2008 market crash.
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Billions of people around the world want an immediate end to Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Unfortunately we have lacked power to impose our will upon the US and Israeli regimes. It is not that people don't care. It's that we haven't built the power we need as of yet.
September 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Billions of people around the world want an immediate end to Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Unfortunately we have lacked power to impose our will upon the US and Israeli regimes. It is not that people don't care. It's that we haven't built the power we need as of yet.
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“we’re sending troops into cities to stop crime"
“the people we blew up were drug dealers"
“the Black people we dislike are committing fraud”
People expected fascism to come with a cross wrapped in a flag, and it’s just the same racist rhetoric and assumptions that have always been present.
“the people we blew up were drug dealers"
“the Black people we dislike are committing fraud”
People expected fascism to come with a cross wrapped in a flag, and it’s just the same racist rhetoric and assumptions that have always been present.
The Trump regime realized they couldn’t fire Powell, so they’re trying to subordinate the Fed by criminalizing the one Black woman on it.
They’re trying to make it illegal to oppose them and force everyone to do what they want. It’s tyranny.
They’re trying to make it illegal to oppose them and force everyone to do what they want. It’s tyranny.
Exclusive | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed’s Cook, Issues Subpoenas
The probe centers on whether the Fed governor submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications.
www.wsj.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“we’re sending troops into cities to stop crime"
“the people we blew up were drug dealers"
“the Black people we dislike are committing fraud”
People expected fascism to come with a cross wrapped in a flag, and it’s just the same racist rhetoric and assumptions that have always been present.
“the people we blew up were drug dealers"
“the Black people we dislike are committing fraud”
People expected fascism to come with a cross wrapped in a flag, and it’s just the same racist rhetoric and assumptions that have always been present.
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As far as I can tell, not even a pretense that this strike complies with international law in any way shape or form.
How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
Rubio’s tweet announcing a US military strike somewhere in the Caribbean…if I’m not mistaken, first combat action by SOUTHCOM since the Clinton administration called off the invasion of Haiti three decades ago.
September 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
As far as I can tell, not even a pretense that this strike complies with international law in any way shape or form.
How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
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Guys, I have a special & unusual request today. My cousin Sean is a union bus driver here in Los Angeles who was just FIRED in retaliation for saying he would not let masked ICE agents onto his bus to abduct riders. The fight is on to get his job back, you can help: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
August 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Guys, I have a special & unusual request today. My cousin Sean is a union bus driver here in Los Angeles who was just FIRED in retaliation for saying he would not let masked ICE agents onto his bus to abduct riders. The fight is on to get his job back, you can help: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
Does anyone else think the font on LA Metro’s “A” Line train message board looks like Apocalypse‘s belt buckle? Or do I just have A on the brain?
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August 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Does anyone else think the font on LA Metro’s “A” Line train message board looks like Apocalypse‘s belt buckle? Or do I just have A on the brain?
@cerebrocast.bsky.social @xplainthexmen.bsky.social
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please "LIKE" this skeet if members of your family ever lived (or died) in concentration camps.
comment if you wish to be seen/heard.
please reskeet to spread the word, if you would be so kind.
comment if you wish to be seen/heard.
please reskeet to spread the word, if you would be so kind.
August 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
please "LIKE" this skeet if members of your family ever lived (or died) in concentration camps.
comment if you wish to be seen/heard.
please reskeet to spread the word, if you would be so kind.
comment if you wish to be seen/heard.
please reskeet to spread the word, if you would be so kind.
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Instead of criminalizing youth, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social invested in them.
Don’t expect mainstream media to cover it—it disrupts their fear-driven narrative about crime, our need for increased policing, and how young people of color pose a threat to public safety.
Don’t expect mainstream media to cover it—it disrupts their fear-driven narrative about crime, our need for increased policing, and how young people of color pose a threat to public safety.
The city’s One Summer Chicago program put 30,000 young people to work this year, providing jobs in transportation, health care, business and more.
WTTW News took a look at some of the barriers young people may be experiencing when looking for work. to.wttw.com/3Hfhbwm
WTTW News took a look at some of the barriers young people may be experiencing when looking for work. to.wttw.com/3Hfhbwm
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Instead of criminalizing youth, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social invested in them.
Don’t expect mainstream media to cover it—it disrupts their fear-driven narrative about crime, our need for increased policing, and how young people of color pose a threat to public safety.
Don’t expect mainstream media to cover it—it disrupts their fear-driven narrative about crime, our need for increased policing, and how young people of color pose a threat to public safety.
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We’re in the manifestation of the Conservative/Confederate party’s embrace of pure fascism, abetted by loyalists and soft-sympathizers everywhere, all in response to the liberatory energy unleashed during the George Floyd protests and the MeToo movement.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re in the manifestation of the Conservative/Confederate party’s embrace of pure fascism, abetted by loyalists and soft-sympathizers everywhere, all in response to the liberatory energy unleashed during the George Floyd protests and the MeToo movement.
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DC police are using excessive force against Black people
August 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
DC police are using excessive force against Black people