Lillian Vega Castaneda
@dr-xicana.bsky.social
Lifetime educator for social justice. Retired professor @ CSU Channel Islands, HGSE ‘89, Califa, USA.
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
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Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
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Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Trump, Vance, and Republicans don’t care about crime.
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump, Vance, and Republicans don’t care about crime.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
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"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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Here is the full orders list from the Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...
And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...
Kim Davis loses. Again. Unanimously. (But, this still might not be the end.)
The Sixth Circuit rejected the appeal of the former Kentucky county clerk who was sued after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here is the full orders list from the Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...
And here is my earlier report at Law Dork on the Sixth Circuit decision rejecting Kim Davis's case, which the Supreme Court let stand with today's cert denial. www.lawdork.com/p/kim-davis-...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
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You can't win when the facts of the case include: POTUS "has publicly stated that the layoffs will be ‘a lot’ & that they ‘will be Democrat oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented.’” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
You can't win when the facts of the case include: POTUS "has publicly stated that the layoffs will be ‘a lot’ & that they ‘will be Democrat oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented.’” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.
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We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
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🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted.
A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections
Learn more here.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted.
A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
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This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
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New Jersey Attorney General Platkin: As I sit here today, I don’t know who is in charge of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in my state…
August 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New Jersey Attorney General Platkin: As I sit here today, I don’t know who is in charge of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in my state…
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On December 14, 2012, a mass shooter murdered 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
Four days later, evangelical author James Dobson claimed the mass shooting was God's retribution for abortion and gay marriage.
He died today at 89.
Four days later, evangelical author James Dobson claimed the mass shooting was God's retribution for abortion and gay marriage.
He died today at 89.
August 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
On December 14, 2012, a mass shooter murdered 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
Four days later, evangelical author James Dobson claimed the mass shooting was God's retribution for abortion and gay marriage.
He died today at 89.
Four days later, evangelical author James Dobson claimed the mass shooting was God's retribution for abortion and gay marriage.
He died today at 89.