Rachel Goodman
@rachelegoodman.bsky.social
In no particular order: Attorney, advocate, civil libertarian, anti-authoritarian, urbanite, parent, spouse, technoskeptic. Views mine. https://protectdemocracy.org/
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“Bovino seems focused on becoming the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump immigration era, complete with the blatant racism, illegal tactics, and ignominious losing place in history.”
Another hope-filled essay by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
Another hope-filled essay by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“Bovino seems focused on becoming the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump immigration era, complete with the blatant racism, illegal tactics, and ignominious losing place in history.”
Another hope-filled essay by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
Another hope-filled essay by @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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New Yorkers responding to raids and bracing for more are taking a cue from activists there, passing out thousands of whistles in recent weeks as a low-tech way to alert people of ICE activity when they see it.
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New Yorkers responding to raids and bracing for more are taking a cue from activists there, passing out thousands of whistles in recent weeks as a low-tech way to alert people of ICE activity when they see it.
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The Trump administration is decreasing the affordability of higher education for US students.
(By discouraging enrollment of international students who pay full tuition and subsidize domestic students.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
(By discouraging enrollment of international students who pay full tuition and subsidize domestic students.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
New International Student Enrollments Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Trump administration is decreasing the affordability of higher education for US students.
(By discouraging enrollment of international students who pay full tuition and subsidize domestic students.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
(By discouraging enrollment of international students who pay full tuition and subsidize domestic students.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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Thanks to @juansaaa.com for letting me know that this excellent Johnny Harris video on ICE enforcement is out. I talked to his producer for over an hour during the research process and I think it's a good overview of how we got here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbt...
Why the US is deporting so many people
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thanks to @juansaaa.com for letting me know that this excellent Johnny Harris video on ICE enforcement is out. I talked to his producer for over an hour during the research process and I think it's a good overview of how we got here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbt...
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Join us TOMORROW, 1:30-3:30pm at Kensington Plaza in Brooklyn.
Your neighbors are organizing yo share resources and build community so that WE KEEP US SAFE.
More @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Your neighbors are organizing yo share resources and build community so that WE KEEP US SAFE.
More @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Join us TOMORROW, 1:30-3:30pm at Kensington Plaza in Brooklyn.
Your neighbors are organizing yo share resources and build community so that WE KEEP US SAFE.
More @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Your neighbors are organizing yo share resources and build community so that WE KEEP US SAFE.
More @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
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This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
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Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners & other top officials in a petition we filed today with @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners & other top officials in a petition we filed today with @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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This FCC has deployed a vague News Distortion policy as a weapon to stretch its licensing authority and pressure newsrooms.
As federal regulators, we must respect the rule of law, uphold the Constitution, and ensure that a free press is never subjected to regulatory interference.
As federal regulators, we must respect the rule of law, uphold the Constitution, and ensure that a free press is never subjected to regulatory interference.
NEW >>
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners and chairs are calling on Chairman Brendan Carr to drop the agency’s “news distortion” policy they say chills free speech. My latest for @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners and chairs are calling on Chairman Brendan Carr to drop the agency’s “news distortion” policy they say chills free speech. My latest for @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Brendan Carr should ditch speech-chilling policy, former FCC chairs say
A bipartisan group of predecessors says the agency’s current chairman is improperly wielding a little-used policy against broadcasters critical of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This FCC has deployed a vague News Distortion policy as a weapon to stretch its licensing authority and pressure newsrooms.
As federal regulators, we must respect the rule of law, uphold the Constitution, and ensure that a free press is never subjected to regulatory interference.
As federal regulators, we must respect the rule of law, uphold the Constitution, and ensure that a free press is never subjected to regulatory interference.
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Brendan Carr is weaponizing the FCC's news distortion policy to punish speech MAGA doesn't like.
A bipartisan coalition of seven former chairs and commissioners, including five Republicans, and senior staff is calling on the FCC to end it. 👀
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
A bipartisan coalition of seven former chairs and commissioners, including five Republicans, and senior staff is calling on the FCC to end it. 👀
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
The FCC's News Distortion Policy should be rescinded
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners call for repeal of the News Distortion Policy, which chills broadcaster speech
protectdemocracy.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Brendan Carr is weaponizing the FCC's news distortion policy to punish speech MAGA doesn't like.
A bipartisan coalition of seven former chairs and commissioners, including five Republicans, and senior staff is calling on the FCC to end it. 👀
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
A bipartisan coalition of seven former chairs and commissioners, including five Republicans, and senior staff is calling on the FCC to end it. 👀
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
Reagan and Obama appointees agree: this is kind of a no brainer.
The gov has no business policing free speech & expression. That’s why we’re helping a bipartisan group of former FCC chairs + commissioners, & former senior-level FCC staff, file a petition to end the news distortion policy. Read why respected Republicans and Democrats agree it should be rescinded.
Former FCC chairs urge agency to repeal 'news distortion' policy invoked by Trump administration
The policy was directly referenced by FCC Chair Brendan Carr in disputes over Jimmy Kimmel and "60 Minutes."
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reagan and Obama appointees agree: this is kind of a no brainer.
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"The juror told me that she and her fellow jurors used words like absurd, laughable, and waste of government money. 'We’re supposed to be looking at the evidence, but a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like Don’t waste our time or money,' she said." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"The juror told me that she and her fellow jurors used words like absurd, laughable, and waste of government money. 'We’re supposed to be looking at the evidence, but a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like Don’t waste our time or money,' she said." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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ICYMI: Protect Democracy filed a “friend of the court” brief to show how the wrongful prosecution of Mr. Comey reverberates far beyond his case and poses a grave danger to the fundamental rights forming the base of our democratic system of government. Read more:
Protect Democracy files amicus brief, warning Comey indictment is 'hallmark of authoritarianism’
Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
protectdemocracy.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ICYMI: Protect Democracy filed a “friend of the court” brief to show how the wrongful prosecution of Mr. Comey reverberates far beyond his case and poses a grave danger to the fundamental rights forming the base of our democratic system of government. Read more:
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This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Could not be prouder of my incredible team -- and just in awe of the clients we have the honor of representing.
WATCH: Counsel @haydenjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the key aspects of our victory against the Trump admin’s violent and unconstitutional actions in the Chicago area. Threaded ⬇️
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Could not be prouder of my incredible team -- and just in awe of the clients we have the honor of representing.
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VICTORY: Federal court dismisses class action lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, filed by the “Center for American Rights”
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
VICTORY! Federal district court dismisses class-action suit against pollster J. Ann Selzer
Federal district court tosses ‘fake news’ lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, affirming First Amendment protections for election commentary.
www.thefire.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
VICTORY: Federal court dismisses class action lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, filed by the “Center for American Rights”
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
www.thefire.org/news/victory...
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
Ellis, apparently wrapping up, is quoting George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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New Yorkers didn't vote for Mamdani because they thought the vision of the City he elucidated and fought for during the campaign is something ineffable or doomed. They voted for him because he described a place they know and love and desperately don't want to abandon.
hellgatenyc.com/zohran-mamda...
hellgatenyc.com/zohran-mamda...
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New Yorkers didn't vote for Mamdani because they thought the vision of the City he elucidated and fought for during the campaign is something ineffable or doomed. They voted for him because he described a place they know and love and desperately don't want to abandon.
hellgatenyc.com/zohran-mamda...
hellgatenyc.com/zohran-mamda...
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Pretty, pretty good
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Pretty, pretty good
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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He has declared war on Trump and made people excited about being New Yorkers. I’m already proud to live here and my god, that was the best NYC pride, don’t fuck with us speech I’ve heard in my lifetime
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
He has declared war on Trump and made people excited about being New Yorkers. I’m already proud to live here and my god, that was the best NYC pride, don’t fuck with us speech I’ve heard in my lifetime
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NBC, The New York Times, and most importantly @hellgatenyc.com call the NYC mayoral race for Zohran Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NBC, The New York Times, and most importantly @hellgatenyc.com call the NYC mayoral race for Zohran Mamdani.