Ron Marmer
@ronmarmer.bsky.social
Former Chair of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association. Still believing in the Rule of Law.
No, Rep. Omar is not a "Muslim terrorist." But she is an apologist for Muslim terrorists.
Rep. Randy Fine on NewsNation doubles down on his description of Rep. Ilhan Omar as a "Muslim terrorist"
July 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
No, Rep. Omar is not a "Muslim terrorist." But she is an apologist for Muslim terrorists.
The "worst of the worst" has been used by all manner of law enforcement to justify horrible conditions and abuses. It is good that people are calling out the nonsense in the context of the immigration horrors, but the inflammatory and false label deserves the same scrutiny in other settings, too.
The Trump admin said the Everglades detention camp would be for the “worst of the worst.”
Four men sent there so far have nothing on their record other than recent arrests for diving without a license, and were likely only arrested due to racial profiling, as Adam’s excerpt shows.
Four men sent there so far have nothing on their record other than recent arrests for diving without a license, and were likely only arrested due to racial profiling, as Adam’s excerpt shows.
July 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The "worst of the worst" has been used by all manner of law enforcement to justify horrible conditions and abuses. It is good that people are calling out the nonsense in the context of the immigration horrors, but the inflammatory and false label deserves the same scrutiny in other settings, too.
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When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them.
Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.
Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.
June 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them.
Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.
Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down.
That is not fair. We don’t know that he has quit drinking.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
That is not fair. We don’t know that he has quit drinking.
Can they donate $1 million and get a pardon?
Bondi: "The domestic terrorism -- Tesla. Nine cases in seven jurisdictions and we have made it crystal clear, no negotiations. These people are facing 20 years in prison."
May 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Can they donate $1 million and get a pardon?
And Indivisible again does its part to fracture the essential alliance to defeat Trump and Trumpism. The claims here are demonstrably false.
The post also shouts in its silence that it has no concern for the hostages that Hamas refuses to release.
The post also shouts in its silence that it has no concern for the hostages that Hamas refuses to release.
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
And Indivisible again does its part to fracture the essential alliance to defeat Trump and Trumpism. The claims here are demonstrably false.
The post also shouts in its silence that it has no concern for the hostages that Hamas refuses to release.
The post also shouts in its silence that it has no concern for the hostages that Hamas refuses to release.
Thoughts and prayers again. Like the gun lobby after every shooting.
Violence like this is the foreseeable consequence of demonizing a people.
True when Trump does it to immigrants.
True when the far left does it to Israel.
Violence like this is the foreseeable consequence of demonizing a people.
True when Trump does it to immigrants.
True when the far left does it to Israel.
National Indivisible says, "Everyone, no matter their background, faith, or identity, deserves to live in safety and dignity. That is a core value we fight for every day at Indivisible, and one we will never compromise.”
Read their press release on the web: indivisible.org/statements/s...
Read their press release on the web: indivisible.org/statements/s...
May 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thoughts and prayers again. Like the gun lobby after every shooting.
Violence like this is the foreseeable consequence of demonizing a people.
True when Trump does it to immigrants.
True when the far left does it to Israel.
Violence like this is the foreseeable consequence of demonizing a people.
True when Trump does it to immigrants.
True when the far left does it to Israel.
Thoughts and prayers. As empty from the far left as the thoughts and prayers from the gun lobby every time there is a shooting.
We stand together against antisemitism and violence in Chicago and throughout our nation.
May 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thoughts and prayers. As empty from the far left as the thoughts and prayers from the gun lobby every time there is a shooting.
Tapper should have cut off Rep. Clyburn’s criticism of Trump and redirected Rep. Clyburn to the urgent topic of Joe Biden’s age.
Rep. Clyburn played a pivotal role in getting Joe Biden elected — and we should be grateful to him for doing so.
Rep. Clyburn played a pivotal role in getting Joe Biden elected — and we should be grateful to him for doing so.
Clyburn: "There's nothing wrong with bringing the govt in balance, but there's a problem when that balance comes on the back of working men and women ... when Trump indicated that he ought to be raising taxes on the wealthy, he got our attention. But then he retreated from that almost immediately."
May 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tapper should have cut off Rep. Clyburn’s criticism of Trump and redirected Rep. Clyburn to the urgent topic of Joe Biden’s age.
Rep. Clyburn played a pivotal role in getting Joe Biden elected — and we should be grateful to him for doing so.
Rep. Clyburn played a pivotal role in getting Joe Biden elected — and we should be grateful to him for doing so.
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Pence: "They support Hamas. They supported Al Qaeda. Qatar has actually financed pro-Hamas protests on college campuses across the US. So the very idea we would accept an Air Force One from Qatar I think is inconsistent with our security, intelligence needs, & my hope is the president reconsiders."
May 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pence: "They support Hamas. They supported Al Qaeda. Qatar has actually financed pro-Hamas protests on college campuses across the US. So the very idea we would accept an Air Force One from Qatar I think is inconsistent with our security, intelligence needs, & my hope is the president reconsiders."
Even those of us who oppose Netanyahu’s food embargo have an obligation to present a fair account. Any fair criticism must include Hamas’ hoarding of existing food supplies. Hamas is willing to subject its own people to hunger in order to garner these one-sided criticisms of Israel.
Let food into Gaza NOW! Netanyahu and his government are starving 2 million civilians. This is day 76 of the blockade. Trucks with food are waiting to get in but are blocked. Children have already died from withholding food.
The U.S. is complicit in this gross violation of international law.
The U.S. is complicit in this gross violation of international law.
Risk of famine across all of Gaza, new report says | World Food Programme
ROME/NEW YORK – Populations across the Gaza Strip are at risk of famine as fighting has surged again, border crossings are still closed, and food is dangerously scarce. Hunger and malnutrition have in...
www.wfp.org
May 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Even those of us who oppose Netanyahu’s food embargo have an obligation to present a fair account. Any fair criticism must include Hamas’ hoarding of existing food supplies. Hamas is willing to subject its own people to hunger in order to garner these one-sided criticisms of Israel.
Afrikaners are not facing genocide. But the term genocide has lost its meaning. The left and the right use it to describe situations that are not what genocide used to mean.
BLACKWELL: Can we just start the conversation by agreeing that Afrikaners are not facing genocide?
DHS OFFICIAL TRICIA McLAUGHLIN: Absolutely not
BLACKWELL: Where is the evidence?
McLAUGHLIN: You are defending race-based discrimination
DHS OFFICIAL TRICIA McLAUGHLIN: Absolutely not
BLACKWELL: Where is the evidence?
McLAUGHLIN: You are defending race-based discrimination
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Afrikaners are not facing genocide. But the term genocide has lost its meaning. The left and the right use it to describe situations that are not what genocide used to mean.
Indivisible again mocks its name, sowing division on issues that again could cost us elections.
On the merits, any fair account would condemn Hamas for hiding among civilian targets and using its own people as human shields.
On the merits, any fair account would condemn Hamas for hiding among civilian targets and using its own people as human shields.
The atrocities against civilians continue! @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov, demand an end to US weapons shipments to the Israeli government NOW.
Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours
May 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Indivisible again mocks its name, sowing division on issues that again could cost us elections.
On the merits, any fair account would condemn Hamas for hiding among civilian targets and using its own people as human shields.
On the merits, any fair account would condemn Hamas for hiding among civilian targets and using its own people as human shields.
Syria has attacked the Druze. That’s the new regime. The sanctions should stay in place.
Trump lifts sanctions on Syria after Syria’s new President pitches a Trump Tower in Damascus.
Started / Going
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Syria has attacked the Druze. That’s the new regime. The sanctions should stay in place.
I am pleased to see that the Pope included in his message that the hostages should be released.
Pope Leo XIV on Gaza in his first Sunday blessing:
“I am deeply pained by what is happening on the Gaza Strip. Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released.”
I’m glad he’s advocating for Palestine!
“I am deeply pained by what is happening on the Gaza Strip. Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released.”
I’m glad he’s advocating for Palestine!
May 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I am pleased to see that the Pope included in his message that the hostages should be released.
I recall when President George H.W. Bush made some disparaging comments about Jewish influence, he said he was not as alarmed by the criticism he received as he was by the kind of support. Take a look at many of the comments. You will see the same thing.
Today marks 3 years since Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting in the West Bank—and we've yet to see accountability for her death.
As I told her brother Tony, her niece Lina and her nephew Victor last week, I won't rest until we do.
As I told her brother Tony, her niece Lina and her nephew Victor last week, I won't rest until we do.
May 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I recall when President George H.W. Bush made some disparaging comments about Jewish influence, he said he was not as alarmed by the criticism he received as he was by the kind of support. Take a look at many of the comments. You will see the same thing.
Disgraceful. We should start thinking of ways to memorialize the cowards who caved and those who hid. I’ll chip in to hire Maya Lin to design something fitting.
How Gibson Dunn backed away from a case involving immigrant children as Trump's attacks on the legal profession create a chilling effect even among big law firms not (yet) targeted by the White House. @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social Jessica Silver-Greenberg www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/b...
Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono Immigration Cases
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Disgraceful. We should start thinking of ways to memorialize the cowards who caved and those who hid. I’ll chip in to hire Maya Lin to design something fitting.
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these agents and everyone up the chain of command need to be investigated and prosecuted
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
these agents and everyone up the chain of command need to be investigated and prosecuted
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THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Hamas had blocked all good and aid to the hostages. Hamas refuses to lay down its arms. Those 2 things would end the conflict.
Palestinians in Gaza have protested against Hamas despite violence directed against the protesters. They know who is to blame for their plight.
Palestinians in Gaza have protested against Hamas despite violence directed against the protesters. They know who is to blame for their plight.
For 66 days the Netanyahu government has blocked ALL food and aid from going into Gaza. Now we're told it plans to seize and reoccupy huge parts of Gaza, as it pushes for Trump's plan to force 2 million Palestinians to leave.
That would be ethnic cleansing by another name. We can’t stand for it.
That would be ethnic cleansing by another name. We can’t stand for it.
Van Hollen discusses humanitarian disaster in Gaza as Netanyahu government continues blockade
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hamas had blocked all good and aid to the hostages. Hamas refuses to lay down its arms. Those 2 things would end the conflict.
Palestinians in Gaza have protested against Hamas despite violence directed against the protesters. They know who is to blame for their plight.
Palestinians in Gaza have protested against Hamas despite violence directed against the protesters. They know who is to blame for their plight.
Technically, Noem is right. They have abducted and trafficked American citizens. They can’t be deported. But we know what she really meant, and it is a lie.
UNDERWOOD: Do you believe that the US government has the authority to deport American citizens
NOEM: No, and we are not deporting US citizens
UNDERWOOD: Several American citizens have been deported
NOEM: No, and we are not deporting US citizens
UNDERWOOD: Several American citizens have been deported
May 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Technically, Noem is right. They have abducted and trafficked American citizens. They can’t be deported. But we know what she really meant, and it is a lie.
Judge Hellerstein is a very experienced, very practical Judge.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein also barred any further removals without due process of alleged Tren de Aragua members held in his district.
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Judge Hellerstein is a very experienced, very practical Judge.
Based on what is happening on the USS Harry S. Truman, my guess is that Hegseth is on board, fired the Captain, and is running the ship using Signal to order the operating manual.
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Based on what is happening on the USS Harry S. Truman, my guess is that Hegseth is on board, fired the Captain, and is running the ship using Signal to order the operating manual.
You do not have to be a fan of Netanyahu to realize that it is outrageous to put him in the same category as Hamas, Russia, and even Trump.
May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You do not have to be a fan of Netanyahu to realize that it is outrageous to put him in the same category as Hamas, Russia, and even Trump.
The message is: When truckers start losing jobs because of Trump’s tariffs, MAGA truckers should not worry because only those “other” truckers will lose their jobs. It is the same pitch. The horrible stuff Trump does won’t hurt you; just somebody else.
Dang this is good ‘cuz I hate when I go on the CB radio and everybody’s speaking Lithuanian
"We're gonna ensure that our truckers, who are the backbone of our policy, are all able to speak English" -- Leavitt says Trump will sign an order demanding that all truckers can speak English
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The message is: When truckers start losing jobs because of Trump’s tariffs, MAGA truckers should not worry because only those “other” truckers will lose their jobs. It is the same pitch. The horrible stuff Trump does won’t hurt you; just somebody else.