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WSJ:
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
WSJ:
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents
See how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation Saturday
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening:
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
Videos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With Protesters
For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening:
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
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Heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Heartbreaking
Same.
My American Foreign Policy class starts tomorrow.
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Same.
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Dear World,
I apologize on behalf of the majority of my country for the stupidity of our current government. Once we take power again from the fascists, we will do our best to reconnect with the world and to rebuild trust. Please have patience as we organize resistance and fight for sanity.
I apologize on behalf of the majority of my country for the stupidity of our current government. Once we take power again from the fascists, we will do our best to reconnect with the world and to rebuild trust. Please have patience as we organize resistance and fight for sanity.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Dear World,
I apologize on behalf of the majority of my country for the stupidity of our current government. Once we take power again from the fascists, we will do our best to reconnect with the world and to rebuild trust. Please have patience as we organize resistance and fight for sanity.
I apologize on behalf of the majority of my country for the stupidity of our current government. Once we take power again from the fascists, we will do our best to reconnect with the world and to rebuild trust. Please have patience as we organize resistance and fight for sanity.
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For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For context: Jack served as head of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Bush administration. He’s widely regarded—especially in conservative legal circles—as a leading authority on executive power. The fact that he’s expressing this view in such stark terms is significant.
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Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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Wtf
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wtf
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Also and again, Republicans in Congress are fine with this.
(Not only that, it’s like 15 minutes worth of pay for the uniformed force)
(Not only that, it’s like 15 minutes worth of pay for the uniformed force)
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Also and again, Republicans in Congress are fine with this.
(Not only that, it’s like 15 minutes worth of pay for the uniformed force)
(Not only that, it’s like 15 minutes worth of pay for the uniformed force)
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I know this has been memory-holed, but an actual court of law upheld the use of race in US Naval Academy admissions because diversity was seen as a national security imperative
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/n...
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/n...
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I know this has been memory-holed, but an actual court of law upheld the use of race in US Naval Academy admissions because diversity was seen as a national security imperative
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/n...
www.axios.com/2024/12/06/n...
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is alarming: “Hard to say, but it’s unlikely that this event will be merely performative. One possibility is that it’s merely an opportunity to rally the troops. Another, according to rumor, is that martial law will be declared.“
Just Security is a reputable and measured source of natsec legal analysis
if this FAQ weren't written by a military lawyer who teaches at Yale Law and published on JS I would write it off as the most paranoid possible take on next week's meeting but here we are
www.justsecurity.org/121421/hegse...
if this FAQ weren't written by a military lawyer who teaches at Yale Law and published on JS I would write it off as the most paranoid possible take on next week's meeting but here we are
www.justsecurity.org/121421/hegse...
FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth's Quantico Meeting
Military justice expert Eugene Fidell answers crucial questions ahead of next week's senior military meeting with Secretary Hegseth.
www.justsecurity.org
September 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is alarming: “Hard to say, but it’s unlikely that this event will be merely performative. One possibility is that it’s merely an opportunity to rally the troops. Another, according to rumor, is that martial law will be declared.“
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No, it's actually a catastrophically stupid idea, and the WaPo editorial board should be ashamed (it won't be, I know) for writing something so idiotic.
Opinion | A U.S. return to Bagram isn’t a bad idea
The U.S. base at Bagram, Afghanistan was once America’s busiest base. Trump says he wants to get it back, and that may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
No, it's actually a catastrophically stupid idea, and the WaPo editorial board should be ashamed (it won't be, I know) for writing something so idiotic.
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It’s been sad this year watching how the White House press corps refuses to back each other up. Here a female journalist is insulted and denigrated and the next male reporter just moves on to a new question. You’re all in this together, folks. Time & again, they won’t stand up for their colleagues.
Trump to a female reporter who tries to ask him about his plans for Memphis: "Quiet. You're really obnoxious ... I'm not gonna talk to you until I call on you."
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It’s been sad this year watching how the White House press corps refuses to back each other up. Here a female journalist is insulted and denigrated and the next male reporter just moves on to a new question. You’re all in this together, folks. Time & again, they won’t stand up for their colleagues.
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The good folks at TWAIL Review maintain a helpful list of readings on #internationallaw and #Palestine, which includes writings by—*checks notes*—actual Palestinian scholars twailr.com/internationa...
International Law & the Question of Palestine: A Reading List
A resource for anyone researching, teaching or writing about international law’s impacts, iniquities and incapacities in Palestine.
twailr.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The good folks at TWAIL Review maintain a helpful list of readings on #internationallaw and #Palestine, which includes writings by—*checks notes*—actual Palestinian scholars twailr.com/internationa...
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I would just remind folks, since it's once again relevant, that Pete Hegseth was the driving force behind Trump's pardoning and exoneration of war criminals during his first term.
Hegseth has always defended war criminals and pressed for the ability of U.S. troops to operate lawlessly.
Hegseth has always defended war criminals and pressed for the ability of U.S. troops to operate lawlessly.
I think that it’s bad that the Secretary of Defense is openly trashing the concept of legality regarding military operations.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I would just remind folks, since it's once again relevant, that Pete Hegseth was the driving force behind Trump's pardoning and exoneration of war criminals during his first term.
Hegseth has always defended war criminals and pressed for the ability of U.S. troops to operate lawlessly.
Hegseth has always defended war criminals and pressed for the ability of U.S. troops to operate lawlessly.
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There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
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More Barriers on the Horizon for International Students
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
More Barriers on the Horizon for International Students
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
More Barriers on the Horizon for International Students
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
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International students also *make the experience of college better* for US students. Squeezing out international students will make the university experience smaller and more expensive, and set off a chain reaction that puts some of them out of business.
A hugely important point is that international students pay full tuition, so they actually make it CHEAPER for US students to attend college, by allowing for more money for scholarships. Across the board, the reality is we need MORE international students.
In which the New York Times repeats the claim -- without any pushback! —that international students are taking seats away from domestic students
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
International students also *make the experience of college better* for US students. Squeezing out international students will make the university experience smaller and more expensive, and set off a chain reaction that puts some of them out of business.
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A hugely important point is that international students pay full tuition, so they actually make it CHEAPER for US students to attend college, by allowing for more money for scholarships. Across the board, the reality is we need MORE international students.
In which the New York Times repeats the claim -- without any pushback! —that international students are taking seats away from domestic students
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A hugely important point is that international students pay full tuition, so they actually make it CHEAPER for US students to attend college, by allowing for more money for scholarships. Across the board, the reality is we need MORE international students.
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Willing to bet that the evidence for these revocations is as flimsy as what they tried to claim about Rümeysa Öztürk….
The Trump administration has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas for breaking the law, overstaying and “support for terrorism,” the State Department said.
Over 6,000 student visas revoked for crimes and overstays, U.S. says
A small number were revoked for “support for terrorism,” a State Department official said, without elaborating. Other crimes included assault and burglary.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Willing to bet that the evidence for these revocations is as flimsy as what they tried to claim about Rümeysa Öztürk….
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2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
August 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.
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The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
August 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.