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Andrew Case @aclaudecase.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.

Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF

FOR IMMEDIATE

www.latinojustice.org

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 4d

Sound familiar?

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 4d

This is a well reported article about devastating human rights violations committed by a US “ally,” but it utterly fails to make the obvious connection: that the US military is doing the EXACT SAME thing, with even less process and transparency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 11d

Appreciate this coverage but it is hard to explain to people not in the Chicago area that THESE ARE NOT PROTESTS.

This is people coming out of their homes, doing anything in their power to try to stop their neighbors from being kidnapped.

It is coming for your city next, please be prepared.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11d

New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters

A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.

www.bellingcat.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12d

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12d

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 11d

Remember, this evening is a PERFECT opportunity to demonstrate how Communism works.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14d

Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14d

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually

F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

As I've said many times, you can't build the mass deportation apparatus without first building the police state apparatus.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 13d

For calling J6 “a mob of rioters”???

“The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were locked out of their government devices and informed Wednesday morning they will be placed on leave, just hours after they filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, the sources said.”

In their sentencing memorandum, Valdivia and White used only two sentences to detail Taranto's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.

"On January 6, 2021, thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol while a joint session of Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election," the memorandum said. "Taranto was accused of participating in the riot in Washington, D.C., by entering the U.S. Capitol Building. After the riot, Taranto returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021."

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 15d

Would love to see this same group get behind bar disciplinary complaints against the involved prosecutors.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15d

More than 100 former top Justice Dept officials, including dozens of former prosecutors, file court brief opposing James Comey's prosecution:

"not the judgment of an impartial prosecutor, but rather an expression of retributive animus by the President"

washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/over-on...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16d

Trying to think if there’s anything this administration could do that publications like TFP wouldn’t treat this way.

Once you’re creating Overton space for extrajudicial executions, I’m not sure there’s much left.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16d

close the law schools

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16d

Conservative individualism in a nutshell: the same people who said we need mass deportation so we can take care of “our own” are cheering on the suspension of SNAP because now they don’t want other people to receive “handouts.” They proudly hate other people. It’s a murderous, anti-society ideology.

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 16d

This is a masterclass in repeating carefully workshopped robotic talking points that miss the forest for the trees and are irrelevant to the question at hand: Trump chose to build a ballroom instead of funding programs that would feed those kids.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18d

GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 16d

Important piece.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/boat...

We’re executing people with impunity. Why are so many of us OK with this? | Luis F. Carrasco

In clear violation of the law, the Trump administration has killed at least 42 people across 10 reported strikes on boats that were allegedly carrying drugs.

www.inquirer.com

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Cara McClellan @racelawjawn.bsky.social · 17d

This deserves more airtime. Especially in Philly. Especially given all of the tax breaks we give Comcast. Yet, they chose to fund this over so many underfunded institutions in dire need…
www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Comcast will help pay for Trump's ballroom

Neither Comcast nor the White House said how much the company will contribute to the estimated $300 million cost of the project that will replace the East Wing.

www.inquirer.com

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

But to be clear the three legal sources quoted, @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social, Alex Reinert, and Anya Bidwell are the best of the best in this area. They are rightfully concerned about limits on accountability for fed misconduct—especially as compared to 1983 litigation against state/local officers.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, that is exactly right. The majority rule in the circuits is that the discretionary functions exception does not immunize unconstitutional conduct (including arrests without probable cause). I likewise thought the article overstated that risk.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

It seems the claims were filed before Jan 2025 so I’d like to know why the previous DOJ did not deny them.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19d

Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff.

More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse

It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.

newrepublic.com

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

So, yes, it’s difficult to win, but PLEASE don’t let that stop you from trying.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

Despite the difficulty, people SHOULD bring these claims. There are very good lawyers who are experts in this practice. There are opportunities for success and perhaps most importantly, the chance for DISCOVERY.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 19d

This article does a nice job explaining how difficult it is to obtain financial accountability for federal government misconduct (if you are not the sitting president making fabricated allegations of wrongdoing), BUT the underlying message is wrong…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds

www.nytimes.com

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