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How Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens
Administration officials have teased three tactics that legal analysts say would challenge Americans' rights.
www.axios.com
It’s as simple as this:
If your government can disappear people to a foreign prison, with no opportunity for the targeted individuals to defend themselves in court, you’re not living in a free country.
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
If your government can disappear people to a foreign prison, with no opportunity for the targeted individuals to defend themselves in court, you’re not living in a free country.
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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“They have just decided that the rules of decorum, of decency, no longer apply to them.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss President Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” outburst, and how it encapsulates Trump and his administration.
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss President Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” outburst, and how it encapsulates Trump and his administration.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“They have just decided that the rules of decorum, of decency, no longer apply to them.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss President Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” outburst, and how it encapsulates Trump and his administration.
@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss President Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” outburst, and how it encapsulates Trump and his administration.
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Seriously, for their own good, Dems who voted for this need to not be saying “we did a good thing, this is why.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Seriously, for their own good, Dems who voted for this need to not be saying “we did a good thing, this is why.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump crossed a red line this morning, doubling down on his threat to deploy US troops against US citizens in American cities.
I am calling on EVERY PATRIOT to join me in standing up, speaking out, and fighting back 🇺🇸
I am calling on EVERY PATRIOT to join me in standing up, speaking out, and fighting back 🇺🇸
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump crossed a red line this morning, doubling down on his threat to deploy US troops against US citizens in American cities.
I am calling on EVERY PATRIOT to join me in standing up, speaking out, and fighting back 🇺🇸
I am calling on EVERY PATRIOT to join me in standing up, speaking out, and fighting back 🇺🇸
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What we're reading: The Ringer’s @brianphillips.bsky.social on why surrendering is not just immoral — it’s bad business.
The Age of Corporate Capitulation Won’t Work
Donald Trump came for Jimmy Kimmel. Disney folded immediately. It’s not just bad morals. It’s bad business.
www.theringer.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What we're reading: The Ringer’s @brianphillips.bsky.social on why surrendering is not just immoral — it’s bad business.
Great essay.
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Great essay.
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We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
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Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes.
That’s what this is.
That’s what this is.
September 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes.
That’s what this is.
That’s what this is.
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants.”
- Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass
Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass:
A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)
constitutioncenter.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants.”
- Frederick Douglass
- Frederick Douglass
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Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
“The speed with which Disney folded—within hours of the threat—shows how effectively this censorship-by-proxy operates.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/c...
Cowardly Disney Caves To Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel mad…
www.techdirt.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“The speed with which Disney folded—within hours of the threat—shows how effectively this censorship-by-proxy operates.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/c...
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The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted.
*DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY
*DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "There's actions we can take on licensed broadcasters. It's long past the time that...Comcast and Disney say 'We're not gonna run Kimmel anymore...because we licensed broadcasters are running the possibly of fines or licensed revocation from the FCC.'"
September 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted.
*DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY
*DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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When I wrote this in January, people said I was an alarmist. Today, the New York Times reported that “Senior officials in the federal government have taken over a conservative media entity to talk about a crackdown on anti-conservative thought and speech.”
Yes, a crackdown on thought and speech.
Yes, a crackdown on thought and speech.
There Will Be Retribution
From Marc | Donald Trump will insist on using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents.
www.democracydocket.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When I wrote this in January, people said I was an alarmist. Today, the New York Times reported that “Senior officials in the federal government have taken over a conservative media entity to talk about a crackdown on anti-conservative thought and speech.”
Yes, a crackdown on thought and speech.
Yes, a crackdown on thought and speech.
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It shouldn't escape notice that Trump explicitly threatened to use *the state* to target anyone he and MAGA scapegoat for Charlie Kirk's murder. We really could see Stephen Miller and Kash Patel use the FBI for 60s-style domestic persecution.
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It shouldn't escape notice that Trump explicitly threatened to use *the state* to target anyone he and MAGA scapegoat for Charlie Kirk's murder. We really could see Stephen Miller and Kash Patel use the FBI for 60s-style domestic persecution.
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
Some thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
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Trump's declaration that radical right extremism is justified as a response to the left will likely be heard all over the far right as a clear invitation to violence.
“That statement is basically a permission slip," one tracker of right wing extremism tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
“That statement is basically a permission slip," one tracker of right wing extremism tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
September 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trump's declaration that radical right extremism is justified as a response to the left will likely be heard all over the far right as a clear invitation to violence.
“That statement is basically a permission slip," one tracker of right wing extremism tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
“That statement is basically a permission slip," one tracker of right wing extremism tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2004...
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One of the great challenges of our day is to combat the hatred, fear, and lies that generate profits for those seeking to divide us and keep us from uniting around a common good.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One of the great challenges of our day is to combat the hatred, fear, and lies that generate profits for those seeking to divide us and keep us from uniting around a common good.
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"Trump is not offering a neutral guideline for making American political debate more civil," @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. "He is proposing a rule that binds his opponents but does not protect them, and protects him and his allies but does not bind them":
Trump’s Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination
Rather than condemning violence and calling for unity, the president of the United States accused his political opposition of being accessories to murder.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Trump is not offering a neutral guideline for making American political debate more civil," @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. "He is proposing a rule that binds his opponents but does not protect them, and protects him and his allies but does not bind them":
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He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.
This should go without saying, but Trump is not opposed to political violence. He’s opposed to violence against his political allies.
He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.
He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.
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It does not matter which side you are on. There is simply no place for political violence in this country.
This is horrifying and should not happen in America.
I wish Charlie Kirk a swift and full recovery.
This is horrifying and should not happen in America.
I wish Charlie Kirk a swift and full recovery.
Charlie Kirk, a right-wing influencer who is a close ally of President Trump, was shot in the neck on Wednesday while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University. Follow updates here. nyti.ms/4gokLkW
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It does not matter which side you are on. There is simply no place for political violence in this country.
This is horrifying and should not happen in America.
I wish Charlie Kirk a swift and full recovery.
This is horrifying and should not happen in America.
I wish Charlie Kirk a swift and full recovery.
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This is so tragic. The endless horror of gun violence in this country should be unacceptable to all of us. And there can be no tolerance for political violence in America. I’m pulling for Mr. Kirk and thinking of his family and the survivors.
A person is in custody after Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/469MXDi
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/469MXDi
Live updates: Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University event | CNN
President Donald Trump’s ally Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah, a source familiar with the matter says. Follow for live news updates.
cnn.it
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is so tragic. The endless horror of gun violence in this country should be unacceptable to all of us. And there can be no tolerance for political violence in America. I’m pulling for Mr. Kirk and thinking of his family and the survivors.
Mr. President, we don’t need your “Department of WAR” in Chicago. We need a police department, and we already have one. Stay away!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
September 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mr. President, we don’t need your “Department of WAR” in Chicago. We need a police department, and we already have one. Stay away!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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If it were about "law and order," he'd coordinate with local law enforcement.
If it were about "health and safety," he'd reinstate the millions in gun violence prevention funding he cut.
Trump is trying to distract you from the Epstein Files and rising prices.
Don't let him.
If it were about "health and safety," he'd reinstate the millions in gun violence prevention funding he cut.
Trump is trying to distract you from the Epstein Files and rising prices.
Don't let him.
Exclusive: The Pentagon has been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he wants to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities.
Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown
President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ongoing for weeks, officials say.
wapo.st
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If it were about "law and order," he'd coordinate with local law enforcement.
If it were about "health and safety," he'd reinstate the millions in gun violence prevention funding he cut.
Trump is trying to distract you from the Epstein Files and rising prices.
Don't let him.
If it were about "health and safety," he'd reinstate the millions in gun violence prevention funding he cut.
Trump is trying to distract you from the Epstein Files and rising prices.
Don't let him.