James Cradock
@jamesecradockjr.bsky.social
Try to be nice.
I'm also @jamesecradockjr@indieweb.social over at Mastodon.
I'm also @jamesecradockjr@indieweb.social over at Mastodon.
On Tuesday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from making immigration arrests without warrants or probable cause. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause
Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On Tuesday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from making immigration arrests without warrants or probable cause. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
On Tuesday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The Big Beautiful Bill "bars Medicaid funding for tax-exempt organizations that provide family planning and reproductive health services." www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Pl...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On Tuesday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The Big Beautiful Bill "bars Medicaid funding for tax-exempt organizations that provide family planning and reproductive health services." www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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The suit alleges that the changes would impose additional costs and administrative burdens on hospitals that are already financially strapped. (via Maine Public)
Maine hospitals sue Trump administration over changes to drug discount program
The suit alleges that the changes would impose additional costs and administrative burdens on hospitals that are already financially strapped.
www.bangordailynews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The suit alleges that the changes would impose additional costs and administrative burdens on hospitals that are already financially strapped. (via Maine Public)
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Breaking: Costco is suing Donald Trump for his tariffs, declaring them illegal and demanding a “full refund” for raising prices nationwide.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Breaking: Costco is suing Donald Trump for his tariffs, declaring them illegal and demanding a “full refund” for raising prices nationwide.
Barney the Dinosaur alert for NH and southern Maine, Cookie Monster for Portland and Downeast, and Sam the Eagle for the mountains. Cool. ❄️🏂
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Barney the Dinosaur alert for NH and southern Maine, Cookie Monster for Portland and Downeast, and Sam the Eagle for the mountains. Cool. ❄️🏂
Spencer and The Walrus in Portland, Maine last night.
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Spencer and The Walrus in Portland, Maine last night.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
On PBS, called just Astrid. Astrid et Raphaëlle is a better title. Series is excellent. m.imdb.com/title/tt1195...
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On PBS, called just Astrid. Astrid et Raphaëlle is a better title. Series is excellent. m.imdb.com/title/tt1195...
This is what I'm listening to. A monument. I vividly remember my friend Bob and I grooving to Night Shift and Halloween particularly. I don't know what my faves are. All of them? The invention.
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is what I'm listening to. A monument. I vividly remember my friend Bob and I grooving to Night Shift and Halloween particularly. I don't know what my faves are. All of them? The invention.
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Incredible @matinastevis.bsky.social story about an asylum-seeker kept apart from her son and family as she ping-ponged back and forth between U.S. and Canadian immigration officials has a telling detail about ICE Air.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Incredible @matinastevis.bsky.social story about an asylum-seeker kept apart from her son and family as she ping-ponged back and forth between U.S. and Canadian immigration officials has a telling detail about ICE Air.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Finally, this past Friday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from shutting down the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which coordinates government policies and responses for unhoused people. www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...
Trump administration has gutted an agency that coordinates homelessness policy
All staff were put on leave at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. Congress created the entity in 1987 and, among other things, it helped drive down veterans homelessness.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Finally, this past Friday, a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from shutting down the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, which coordinates government policies and responses for unhoused people. www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...
Also on Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from dissolving the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). FMCS is an independent federal agency focused on preventing and resolving labor disputes through mediation and conflict resolution. www.fmcs.gov
Home - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
www.fmcs.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Also on Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from dissolving the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). FMCS is an independent federal agency focused on preventing and resolving labor disputes through mediation and conflict resolution. www.fmcs.gov
On Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from terminating the Minority Business Development Agency. www.mbda.gov
Minority Business Development Agency
MBDA is the only federal agency tasked with promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses.
www.mbda.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On Friday, a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from terminating the Minority Business Development Agency. www.mbda.gov
This is what I'm listening to.
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is what I'm listening to.
Gov. Janet Mills won't sign a bill that would restrict how state and local police collaborate with federal immigration agents. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
Mills won't sign contentious bill dealing with federal immigration enforcement
Mills plans to hold onto the legislation, which would have limited how much local and state police in Maine can collaborate with federal immigration agents seeking to round up and deport non-citizens.
www.mainepublic.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Gov. Janet Mills won't sign a bill that would restrict how state and local police collaborate with federal immigration agents. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...
I like small programs that do simple things well. Beaver Notes I dig. beavernotes.com
Beaver Website
beavernotes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I like small programs that do simple things well. Beaver Notes I dig. beavernotes.com
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This is a heartbreaking story, and just another example of how our immigration system is broken.
As I have said, since I got into this race, we need to hold Border Patrol and ICE accountable for their brutal actions.
As I have said, since I got into this race, we need to hold Border Patrol and ICE accountable for their brutal actions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is a heartbreaking story, and just another example of how our immigration system is broken.
As I have said, since I got into this race, we need to hold Border Patrol and ICE accountable for their brutal actions.
As I have said, since I got into this race, we need to hold Border Patrol and ICE accountable for their brutal actions.
Last Wednesday, November 19, a US District Court Judge ordered Trump to again consider granting protection from deportation to young immigrants. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Government ordered to resume deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume a program that could grant deportation protection to vulnerable immigrant children and youth
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Last Wednesday, November 19, a US District Court Judge ordered Trump to again consider granting protection from deportation to young immigrants. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, part of Trump's attempts to target opponents. cbs6albany.com/news/local/n...
New York AG Letitia James responds after dismissal of DOJ indictment charges
NY AG Letitia James expressed her relief and gratitude following the dismissal of a U.S. Department of Justice indictment. U.S. District Jud
cbs6albany.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, part of Trump's attempts to target opponents. cbs6albany.com/news/local/n...
Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against former FBI Director James Comey, part of Trump's attempts to target his opponents. www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
The Latest: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge concluded Monday that the prosecutor who brought the...
www.sfgate.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Today a US District Court Judge dismissed charges against former FBI Director James Comey, part of Trump's attempts to target his opponents. www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
Yesterday a US Appeals Court declined to stay (reverse) a US District Court Judge's August ruling blocking Trump from expanding expedited removal of people in the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Court rules Trump can’t expand fast-track deportation process
Federal appeals court declines to put hold on lower court’s finding that administration violated migrants’ due process
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yesterday a US Appeals Court declined to stay (reverse) a US District Court Judge's August ruling blocking Trump from expanding expedited removal of people in the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Miracle Year: Everything sounds better on vinyl on a properly-ish set up stereo. Jeezum.
I am excited for this afternoon after getting some serious stuff done and listening quietly to the LPs.
Other Minneapolis music, and coincidentally the 4 LP set finally dropped off at the door yesterday, which I've listened to from CD rips someone shared with me while I waited: 1985: The Miracle Year, by an olderish band called Hüsker Dü is really, really great.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Miracle Year: Everything sounds better on vinyl on a properly-ish set up stereo. Jeezum.