Erin Lake
@lawoftheslaw.bsky.social
criminal defense lawyer. perpetually salty. end mass incarceration.
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Federal agents jumped a fence onto private property to snatch workers renovating a house.
This is what’s happening in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America. What stories haven’t been told because people lack this privilege?
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
This is what’s happening in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America. What stories haven’t been told because people lack this privilege?
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
'Jarring, frightening attack': Chicago homeowner describes immigration raid at his home
MSNBC exclusively obtained security footage of federal agents targeting construction workers at a home in the wealthy Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Leo Feler, who owns the property, joined The Wee...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Federal agents jumped a fence onto private property to snatch workers renovating a house.
This is what’s happening in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America. What stories haven’t been told because people lack this privilege?
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
This is what’s happening in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America. What stories haven’t been told because people lack this privilege?
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
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1. Ok, this is the first time I’ve heard Trump outright call video evidence “fake”—not great!
2. Notice Pres. Reagan’s missive refers to *Congress*. Never once is do his remarks imply or assume that he has general import duty rate-setting powers
2. Notice Pres. Reagan’s missive refers to *Congress*. Never once is do his remarks imply or assume that he has general import duty rate-setting powers
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
1. Ok, this is the first time I’ve heard Trump outright call video evidence “fake”—not great!
2. Notice Pres. Reagan’s missive refers to *Congress*. Never once is do his remarks imply or assume that he has general import duty rate-setting powers
2. Notice Pres. Reagan’s missive refers to *Congress*. Never once is do his remarks imply or assume that he has general import duty rate-setting powers
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For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.
In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.
My latest, for @chicagoreader.com
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In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.
My latest, for @chicagoreader.com
chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...
Released from jail late at night
Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.
chicagoreader.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.
In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.
My latest, for @chicagoreader.com
chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...
In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.
My latest, for @chicagoreader.com
chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...
I forget this app exists sometimes
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I forget this app exists sometimes
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)
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Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
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There’s a non-zero chance that within the next day or two SCOTUS officially weighs in on whether the suburbs are “Chicago”
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There’s a non-zero chance that within the next day or two SCOTUS officially weighs in on whether the suburbs are “Chicago”
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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It was only two weeks ago when we first saw an ICE agent unholster his sidearm at Broadview. Since then, there have been many reports of agents directly pointing their guns at protesters. The escalation is escalating.
"ICE has no regard for any human life."
"I've seen ICE agents with fingers on their trigger, using real M16s and M9s, pointing them at people."
"They're just trigger happy, and there is no trigger discipline."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I've seen ICE agents with fingers on their trigger, using real M16s and M9s, pointing them at people."
"They're just trigger happy, and there is no trigger discipline."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed'
Activists and Chicago aldermen, meanwhile, are asking city and state leaders to do more to thwart ICE's efforts and treatment of protesters.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It was only two weeks ago when we first saw an ICE agent unholster his sidearm at Broadview. Since then, there have been many reports of agents directly pointing their guns at protesters. The escalation is escalating.
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Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
September 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
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The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
September 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
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“Under O’Neill Burke, the office will no longer proactively seek out…violations for untruthfulness… Instead, the new policy relies on cops with checkered pasts to truthfully and accurately tell prosecutors about their previous histories of misconduct, whether alleged or proven.”
Cook County state’s attorney stops maintaining lists of discredited cops
The changes amount to small but significant rollbacks in the office’s openness under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.
chicagoreader.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Under O’Neill Burke, the office will no longer proactively seek out…violations for untruthfulness… Instead, the new policy relies on cops with checkered pasts to truthfully and accurately tell prosecutors about their previous histories of misconduct, whether alleged or proven.”
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I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
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Today, President Trump signed a bill into law that will eliminate $1.1B of federal funding for public media. This devastating act tipped the threat against journalism in America into a crisis.
Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you.
Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq
Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you.
Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq
July 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today, President Trump signed a bill into law that will eliminate $1.1B of federal funding for public media. This devastating act tipped the threat against journalism in America into a crisis.
Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you.
Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq
Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you.
Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq
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I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
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the trib editorial board is so mad that homicides are down
July 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the trib editorial board is so mad that homicides are down
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Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.
June 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.
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If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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Trump spent years blasting Obama for allegedly plotting war with Iran just to win votes—tweets literally accused him of that. Now Trump ordered a strike on Iran, pulled out of the nuclear deal, and has potentially pulled the US into another war. His decrying of warmongering was all a lie.
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump spent years blasting Obama for allegedly plotting war with Iran just to win votes—tweets literally accused him of that. Now Trump ordered a strike on Iran, pulled out of the nuclear deal, and has potentially pulled the US into another war. His decrying of warmongering was all a lie.