@mzlahlah.bsky.social
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I would also add that Trump has pulled lots and lots of federal agents normally tasked with investigating serious crimes off those duties to do immigration enforcement with ICE. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I would also add that Trump has pulled lots and lots of federal agents normally tasked with investigating serious crimes off those duties to do immigration enforcement with ICE. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigati...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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the proposed $5000 tax credit for adopters would, in the words of too many birth mothers, have made the difference between relinquishing and keeping their own children.
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
the proposed $5000 tax credit for adopters would, in the words of too many birth mothers, have made the difference between relinquishing and keeping their own children.
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truly a cursed country 🥚
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
truly a cursed country 🥚
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Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
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I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
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The “i’ll fix everything on day one” loser is still blaming Joe Biden on day 328.
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The “i’ll fix everything on day one” loser is still blaming Joe Biden on day 328.
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Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
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these guys are very obviously a bunch of white nationalists and it is getting kind of old to watch them talk around it as if we don’t already know the deal
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
these guys are very obviously a bunch of white nationalists and it is getting kind of old to watch them talk around it as if we don’t already know the deal
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The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
bsky.app/profile/jare...
bsky.app/profile/jare...
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
bsky.app/profile/jare...
bsky.app/profile/jare...
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If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
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Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
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Everyone who is not a con artist and/or a fully subsidized vampire feels personally attacked right now bc every day a plastic surgery disaster goes on tv to announce that we suck and should be grateful.
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Everyone who is not a con artist and/or a fully subsidized vampire feels personally attacked right now bc every day a plastic surgery disaster goes on tv to announce that we suck and should be grateful.
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it really does feel like I'm being attacked personally, in my career, and even in my volunteering and advocacy like there's a whole "fuck this type of person specifically" and it's just a picture of me
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
it really does feel like I'm being attacked personally, in my career, and even in my volunteering and advocacy like there's a whole "fuck this type of person specifically" and it's just a picture of me
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once again laughing at the absurdity of how Trump 2.0 has figured out how to kneecap every one of the *multiple sectors* I used to make a good living in at once
like damn, what did I do
like damn, what did I do
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
once again laughing at the absurdity of how Trump 2.0 has figured out how to kneecap every one of the *multiple sectors* I used to make a good living in at once
like damn, what did I do
like damn, what did I do
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My son is a U.S. citizen from Guatemala. Carries his passport with him everywhere. Won’t go to Home Depot or Lowes. Also won’t go down to a city about an hour from us, where ICE operates. And just the fact that people that look like him can be legally detained has changed him. It’s awful.
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My son is a U.S. citizen from Guatemala. Carries his passport with him everywhere. Won’t go to Home Depot or Lowes. Also won’t go down to a city about an hour from us, where ICE operates. And just the fact that people that look like him can be legally detained has changed him. It’s awful.
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Unfortunately, under our Kavanaugh Stops regime, it is entirely rational for anyone who appears Hispanic to carry proof of citizenship at all times. The worst part is that it might not be enough: ICE/CBP keep arresting people who have proof of citizenship, refusing to accept its validity.
U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Unfortunately, under our Kavanaugh Stops regime, it is entirely rational for anyone who appears Hispanic to carry proof of citizenship at all times. The worst part is that it might not be enough: ICE/CBP keep arresting people who have proof of citizenship, refusing to accept its validity.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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For weeks, Trump officials have refused to send him to Costa Rica even though he said he'd accept that. The ruling savagely details extensive misconduct here.
We all know what happened: Trump/Miller decided sending him there wouldn't be sufficiently dehumanizing. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
We all know what happened: Trump/Miller decided sending him there wouldn't be sufficiently dehumanizing. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For weeks, Trump officials have refused to send him to Costa Rica even though he said he'd accept that. The ruling savagely details extensive misconduct here.
We all know what happened: Trump/Miller decided sending him there wouldn't be sufficiently dehumanizing. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
We all know what happened: Trump/Miller decided sending him there wouldn't be sufficiently dehumanizing. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Maybe this AI is more accurate than I anticipated...
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Maybe this AI is more accurate than I anticipated...
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport