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Jack Meraxes 🍉
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Trans/Queer/Disabled/Bipolar/C-PTSD/Muslim/Socialist | he/him | All things strive | In recovery | Cat dad | Discworld & Tolkien enthusiast | Swears a lot | We get through this together, or not at all
Occupied Wabanaki land
🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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And read the full story from Lizzie and Kavitha Surana here:
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I thought we didn't negotiate with terrorists?
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.

"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.

Lairmore won't confirm.

"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Defense tells judge they want to question Lairmore about 'gag gifts' he received from fellow officers after the alleged assault, including a Subway sandwich plush toy and a patch that (unless I misheard) said 'Felony Footlong.'

Prosecutors object. Defense argues they reflect CBP 'state of mind.'
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“The organization will also work with immigrant or undocumented workers and take utmost care to protect individuals’ privacy and safety, stating on the organization’s website that all information will be kept strictly confidential.”
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM