Gaela Gehring Flores
@gaelagf.bsky.social
Attorney. Admittedly self-interested in preserving the rule of law.
Pinned
Have you checked in on your complicity with fascism today?
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went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The winning is killing us. #TrumpSucks
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The winning is killing us. #TrumpSucks
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Kristi Noem claimed a few months ago that they arrested the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa and that was going to lead to the prosecution of the entire “organization.” What happened with that? Any updates?
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Kristi Noem claimed a few months ago that they arrested the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa and that was going to lead to the prosecution of the entire “organization.” What happened with that? Any updates?
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🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
![Richman's [l] Motion for Return of Property and ORDER the Government to return to
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ichman the image of his computer that was made in 2017; any files obtained from his
vomo University email accounts) or his Apple iCloud accounts) in 2019 or 2020 that are in
the Government's possession; any copies of the image or files obtained from Petitioner
Richman's email or iCloud accounts that are in the Government's possession; and any materials
directly
obtained or extracted from those files that are in the Government's possession
(collectively, the "covered materials").
In order to "protect access to" the files at issue and preserve their availability for lawful
"use in later proceedings," see Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(g), and as an exercise of the Court's equitable
discretion to fashion a remedy that is appropriate under all the circumstances, the Court shall
further ORDER that, before returning the covered materials to Petitioner Richman, the
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Case 1:25-mc-00170-CKK Document 21 |
Filed 12/12/25 Page 4 of 46
Government may create one complete electronic copy of those materials and deposit that copy,
under seal, with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which shall have
supervisory authority over access to this material, for future access pursuant to a lawful search
warrant and judicial order. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia may then
exercise its discretion to decide whether to allow Petitioner Richman an opportunity to move to
quash any such warrant before it is executed.
The Court shall further ORDER the Attorney General of the United States or her
designee to certify, no later than 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025, that the Government has (1) returned the covered materials to Petitioner Richman; (2) not retained any
additional copy or copies of the covered materials; (3) not provided any copy or copies of the
covered materials to any other person, except for one copy that may be filed, under seal, in the
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December 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
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No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
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Immigration advocates fear the Trump administration is conducting family separations far from the border for the same reasons as before: to deter new immigrants from coming and to terrify those who are here into leaving.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Immigration advocates fear the Trump administration is conducting family separations far from the border for the same reasons as before: to deter new immigrants from coming and to terrify those who are here into leaving.
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The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEW: Lawyers for Cathy Harris, fired from the Merit System Protection Board, asks the full D.C. Circuit to review Judge Katsas's 2-1 handiwork allowing her firing, filing an en banc petition today: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: Lawyers for Cathy Harris, fired from the Merit System Protection Board, asks the full D.C. Circuit to review Judge Katsas's 2-1 handiwork allowing her firing, filing an en banc petition today: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...