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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
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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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If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy
Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy
adamkinzinger.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
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🚨 ATTN: Journalists crossing through a U.S. border 🚨
Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources.
Read, bookmark and share:
Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources.
Read, bookmark and share:
Journalist searched and detained at US airport
CBP searched an Australian journalist’s phone. He noted he was questioned over materials in his blog, social media posts, and reporting
freedom.press
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨 ATTN: Journalists crossing through a U.S. border 🚨
Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources.
Read, bookmark and share:
Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources.
Read, bookmark and share:
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Houston police called ICE on a woman who called 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband.
The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.
The woman’s case is a worst-case scenario, according to advocates worried about the worsening state of domestic violence in the Houston region.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Houston police called ICE on a woman who called 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband.
The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
The only reason she didn't get deported is because ICE said there was no one to take custody of her kids, according to the police report. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Folks, it’s free. Learn. Please.
One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Folks, it’s free. Learn. Please.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Favorite sign from Wichita, KS, today.
June 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Favorite sign from Wichita, KS, today.
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Notice how they select one very particular piece of evidence to feature in their headline (“former appointee of Tim Walz”), signaling to their readers which frame they should select to interpret these events through (“the left did it”): nypost.com/2025/06/14/u...
Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in ‘politically motivated assassination’ of Minnesota lawmaker and husband days after she voted with GOP as cops reveal disturbing manifesto
A former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said.
nypost.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Notice how they select one very particular piece of evidence to feature in their headline (“former appointee of Tim Walz”), signaling to their readers which frame they should select to interpret these events through (“the left did it”): nypost.com/2025/06/14/u...
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Look at Trump’s Truth Social post. Consider his call with Newsom. He is incoherent, insane. Failure of corporate press to say that every day as he is taking us down the road to a police state is the gravest journalistic malpractice in American history. They will never redeem themselves.
June 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Look at Trump’s Truth Social post. Consider his call with Newsom. He is incoherent, insane. Failure of corporate press to say that every day as he is taking us down the road to a police state is the gravest journalistic malpractice in American history. They will never redeem themselves.
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In case you don't know already the best way to start your day running is to subscribe in your phone's podcast app to the most concise pertinent bullet points of the current zeitgeist to hear @hcrichardson.bsky.social read Letters From An American
June 11, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
open.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In case you don't know already the best way to start your day running is to subscribe in your phone's podcast app to the most concise pertinent bullet points of the current zeitgeist to hear @hcrichardson.bsky.social read Letters From An American
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April 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
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what a horrible feeling it is to pay taxes to this infernal country
April 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
what a horrible feeling it is to pay taxes to this infernal country
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
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If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
vote.wisdems.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
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March 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Kansas State’s Temira Poindexter is the first player other than Caitlin Clark to make 8 or more 3’s in an #NCAAW Tournament game since 2018
March 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Kansas State’s Temira Poindexter is the first player other than Caitlin Clark to make 8 or more 3’s in an #NCAAW Tournament game since 2018
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Same. Pin this feed, it should help
March 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Same. Pin this feed, it should help
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How to play States Against Humanity the March Madness tournament where we, a group of trauma-bonded strangers, decide which state is worst for our humanity.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
How to play States Against Humanity the March Madness tournament where we, a group of trauma-bonded strangers, decide which state is worst for our humanity.
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