Ian Bratlie
@ianbratlie.bsky.social
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Amazing work. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Amazing work. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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Kavanaugh stops.
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Kavanaugh stops.
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Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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The Supreme Court is working hard to turn this country into a despot's dreamscape—while making it nigh impossible for good people to make lasting change for the better.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Supreme Court is working hard to turn this country into a despot's dreamscape—while making it nigh impossible for good people to make lasting change for the better.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
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I partially think Team Trump is attacking Somalis & Minnesota because it’s such a perfect example of the greatness of immigration. A group totally embraced by a community and region and thoroughly successful.
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I partially think Team Trump is attacking Somalis & Minnesota because it’s such a perfect example of the greatness of immigration. A group totally embraced by a community and region and thoroughly successful.
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ICE agents beat up 16 year old American citizen on his way to school. Keep recording, folks!
This will matter again someday.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
This will matter again someday.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
ICE agents beat up 16 year old American citizen on his way to school. Keep recording, folks!
This will matter again someday.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
This will matter again someday.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
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Every single Con Law paper from now until some distant future date should be on the history, doctrine, policy, law, etc etc and etc needed to undermine, marginalize, and in all other ways disempower this utterly lawless SCOTUS.
Nothing else matters on the topic. Literally nothing.
Nothing else matters on the topic. Literally nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Every single Con Law paper from now until some distant future date should be on the history, doctrine, policy, law, etc etc and etc needed to undermine, marginalize, and in all other ways disempower this utterly lawless SCOTUS.
Nothing else matters on the topic. Literally nothing.
Nothing else matters on the topic. Literally nothing.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
If Biden had tweeted 180 times in three hours, ending at midnight, most of the tweets being rambling incoherence and/or racist shit, I think the media would be talking about it a lot more.
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If Biden had tweeted 180 times in three hours, ending at midnight, most of the tweets being rambling incoherence and/or racist shit, I think the media would be talking about it a lot more.
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
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Just in case you're wondering , this is considerably worse than what Trump did you get impeached the first time.
At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just in case you're wondering , this is considerably worse than what Trump did you get impeached the first time.
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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Breaking: Judge just dismissed prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James on grounds that Trump stooge prosecutor was unlawfully appointed.
This has relevance for the whole debate over Trump giving "illegal orders." Very possible that Trump's commands for prosecutions are unlawful ones.
This has relevance for the whole debate over Trump giving "illegal orders." Very possible that Trump's commands for prosecutions are unlawful ones.
What about Trump's corrupt orders to DOJ to prosecute his enemies? Here it's complex, but there are scenarios in which these orders could be illegal. His lackeys might be breaking the law in carrying them out.
Legal expert @kristyparker.bsky.social explains here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Legal expert @kristyparker.bsky.social explains here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Breaking: Judge just dismissed prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James on grounds that Trump stooge prosecutor was unlawfully appointed.
This has relevance for the whole debate over Trump giving "illegal orders." Very possible that Trump's commands for prosecutions are unlawful ones.
This has relevance for the whole debate over Trump giving "illegal orders." Very possible that Trump's commands for prosecutions are unlawful ones.
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The White House approves meeting with people who sold out this country. Literally went to jail for it.
Q: Ambassador Huckabee had a meeting with Jonathan Pollard, a former US citizen who was convicted and spent 3 decades in jail for selling state secrets to Israel. Did the WH know that meeting was happening?
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
LEAVITT: The WH was not aware of that meeting but the president stands by our ambassador
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The White House approves meeting with people who sold out this country. Literally went to jail for it.
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Quiet, little piggy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Quiet, little piggy.
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Opinion | I believed Hillary Clinton was a sex trafficker because one of her donors owned a pizza restaurant and "cheese pizza" has the same initials as "child pornography." Here's why I don't think Donald Trump's multi-decade best friendship with a sex trafficker connects him to sex trafficking.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Opinion | I believed Hillary Clinton was a sex trafficker because one of her donors owned a pizza restaurant and "cheese pizza" has the same initials as "child pornography." Here's why I don't think Donald Trump's multi-decade best friendship with a sex trafficker connects him to sex trafficking.