Samantha Chapman (she/her)
@samchop.bsky.social
Corgi mom & a real human being. Unapologetically pro-abortion. I love South Dakota and so can you!
Advocacy manager for ACLU SD. Opinions are my own.
Advocacy manager for ACLU SD. Opinions are my own.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
Every French leftist rn: “HOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!”
March 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every French leftist rn: “HOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!”
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
March 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer
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BREAKING: Plainclothes agents detain and take Mahmoud Khalil from his home. His wife, Noor Abdalla, who is 8 months pregnant, recorded the video.
Agents refused to show a warrant to his wife and hung up on the family’s attorney.
If they can do this to Mr. Khalil, they can do it to any of us.
Agents refused to show a warrant to his wife and hung up on the family’s attorney.
If they can do this to Mr. Khalil, they can do it to any of us.
March 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
BREAKING: Plainclothes agents detain and take Mahmoud Khalil from his home. His wife, Noor Abdalla, who is 8 months pregnant, recorded the video.
Agents refused to show a warrant to his wife and hung up on the family’s attorney.
If they can do this to Mr. Khalil, they can do it to any of us.
Agents refused to show a warrant to his wife and hung up on the family’s attorney.
If they can do this to Mr. Khalil, they can do it to any of us.
When he brought up 1984 I initially thought he was flipping his vote and then—
State Rep. John Hughes on the floor currently reading Orwell to justify his vote in favor of jailing librarians. My god, please understand irony!!!
March 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
When he brought up 1984 I initially thought he was flipping his vote and then—
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Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...
Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics
When Florida’s lawyers tried to defend the state’s social media age restriction law by claiming it’s “well known” that platforms harm children, they probably werenR…
www.techdirt.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...
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It is genuinely insane and hugely embarrassing that in this country political donations from corporate entities receive greater speech protection than permanent residents protesting US-funded war
March 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It is genuinely insane and hugely embarrassing that in this country political donations from corporate entities receive greater speech protection than permanent residents protesting US-funded war
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
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A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to curb birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign visitors.
Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the injunction at court hearing on a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups arguing that Trump’s order is unconstitutional.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to curb birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign visitors.
I’m begging all South Dakotans to focus your attention & outrage on pushing back against bad state-level legislation. Our congressional delegation isn’t going to respond to calls about Elon Musk, but your state legislators live in your communities & are more responsive to calls to fund libraries.
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’m begging all South Dakotans to focus your attention & outrage on pushing back against bad state-level legislation. Our congressional delegation isn’t going to respond to calls about Elon Musk, but your state legislators live in your communities & are more responsive to calls to fund libraries.
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“Even well-intentioned chaplain policies will undermine the fundamental premise of our public education system and violate our longstanding First Amendment principles."
A Senate panel endorsed a bill that would force public schools to adopt policies allowing chaplains on Monday morning. Multiple state legislatures are considering similar proposals.
Bill requiring public schools set policies for chaplain visits, services in SD passes committee • South Dakota Searchlight
Public school districts in South Dakota would be required to set policies to allow chaplains to serve within school buildings under legislation approved in committee Monday. Lawmakers in several…
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“Even well-intentioned chaplain policies will undermine the fundamental premise of our public education system and violate our longstanding First Amendment principles."
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Senate Bill 51, which would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms, is moving through the legislature, but we can still stop it. Contact the House Education Committee now to ask them to oppose this bill.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
action.aclu.org/send-message...
Public Schools are Not Sunday Schools. Stop SB 51.
Public schools are not Sunday schools. Tell our elected leaders to oppose the mandatory display of the Ten Commandments and to vote no on Senate Bill 51. #SDLeg
action.aclu.org
February 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Senate Bill 51, which would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms, is moving through the legislature, but we can still stop it. Contact the House Education Committee now to ask them to oppose this bill.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
action.aclu.org/send-message...
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NEW: CREW has now filed 65 records requests investigating what DOGE is up to and whether it is complying with the law.
You can see them all here:
You can see them all here:
CREW requests records on DOGE - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The public should know how DOGE will be constituted and funded, as well as whether it will be an official governmental body.
www.citizensforethics.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW: CREW has now filed 65 records requests investigating what DOGE is up to and whether it is complying with the law.
You can see them all here:
You can see them all here:
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US judge in DC blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisons www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud... from @nateraymond.bsky.social
US judge blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisons
A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican's executive order requiring all transgender women be housed in federal prisons for men and ending their access to gender-affirming care.
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
US judge in DC blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisons www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud... from @nateraymond.bsky.social
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"Is there harmful content on the internet for young viewers? Undoubtedly. But not every societal ill requires a solution from the government. ... In this case, parents already have the tools they need."
Commentary from @samchop.bsky.social of @aclusouthdakota.bsky.social
Commentary from @samchop.bsky.social of @aclusouthdakota.bsky.social
We don’t need a surveillance state to protect kids online • South Dakota Searchlight
A bill aimed at limiting minors’ access to online content would require people to undergo an invasive age verification process before accessing adult content online.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Is there harmful content on the internet for young viewers? Undoubtedly. But not every societal ill requires a solution from the government. ... In this case, parents already have the tools they need."
Commentary from @samchop.bsky.social of @aclusouthdakota.bsky.social
Commentary from @samchop.bsky.social of @aclusouthdakota.bsky.social
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“Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture.” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO.
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture.” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO.
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Heartbreaking day for me. It turns out a different Sam Alito has been reading my Pornhub essays.
January 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Heartbreaking day for me. It turns out a different Sam Alito has been reading my Pornhub essays.
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They cant get my data if i am Fully Dissolved in a bath tub full of sodium hydroxide
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
They cant get my data if i am Fully Dissolved in a bath tub full of sodium hydroxide