Stephanie Kollmann
@slkollmann.bsky.social
law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
Update on this, btw: ACLU per @capitolfax.bsky.social says that CBP is being held to ICE standard in Chicago as it is an ICE op (then, presumably not operating under 100-mi expanded authorities? though their actions feel that way?)
capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/t...
capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/t...
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Update on this, btw: ACLU per @capitolfax.bsky.social says that CBP is being held to ICE standard in Chicago as it is an ICE op (then, presumably not operating under 100-mi expanded authorities? though their actions feel that way?)
capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/t...
capitolfax.com/2025/11/10/t...
In addition to slowing the video down, as IW does in OP, it helps to turn up the brightness and contrast of the video. In it, you can see the position of the boy's ankle remains entirely unchanged for over one full minute. He does not press his foot against the wall to lessen pressure on his torso.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In addition to slowing the video down, as IW does in OP, it helps to turn up the brightness and contrast of the video. In it, you can see the position of the boy's ankle remains entirely unchanged for over one full minute. He does not press his foot against the wall to lessen pressure on his torso.
Just underscoring this point about proximity which has been SO OBVIOUS because, surprise surprise, the president isn't *clever*
![Excerpt from JE email released today, about POTUS:
"[Victim] spent hours at my house with him"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbahpxqoqnem2dmskuhrym43/bafkreibjg7pduwvhfbs2fsadblchkt6cmcfboxtmjyu3dl7dcbunufo6ve@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just underscoring this point about proximity which has been SO OBVIOUS because, surprise surprise, the president isn't *clever*
lmao
honestly not sure if it's more damning to be called Schlafly or be "friends" with JD Vance
honestly not sure if it's more damning to be called Schlafly or be "friends" with JD Vance
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
lmao
honestly not sure if it's more damning to be called Schlafly or be "friends" with JD Vance
honestly not sure if it's more damning to be called Schlafly or be "friends" with JD Vance
important zax news: chain is establishing an IL beachhead in Oswego, presumably others will follow
I don't see how they can possibly deliver GA quality in IL! still a better option than these other 2
I don't see how they can possibly deliver GA quality in IL! still a better option than these other 2
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
important zax news: chain is establishing an IL beachhead in Oswego, presumably others will follow
I don't see how they can possibly deliver GA quality in IL! still a better option than these other 2
I don't see how they can possibly deliver GA quality in IL! still a better option than these other 2
"now, I have lost the taste to fight"
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"now, I have lost the taste to fight"
I appreciate her honesty in admitting that pretrial "diversion" is not necessarily diversion but what prosecutors do when the facts don't fit the elements of the case and they know they shouldn't charge it in the first place
aka punishment without legal justification
aka punishment without legal justification
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I appreciate her honesty in admitting that pretrial "diversion" is not necessarily diversion but what prosecutors do when the facts don't fit the elements of the case and they know they shouldn't charge it in the first place
aka punishment without legal justification
aka punishment without legal justification
Here's a photo from the National Catholic Reporter that may upset the admin:
a Bishop
leading a Day of the Dead service
Along with over a dozen clergy
in front of the Trump-Vance-Noem immigration black site they were denied access to
in front of a banner reading GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED
a Bishop
leading a Day of the Dead service
Along with over a dozen clergy
in front of the Trump-Vance-Noem immigration black site they were denied access to
in front of a banner reading GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here's a photo from the National Catholic Reporter that may upset the admin:
a Bishop
leading a Day of the Dead service
Along with over a dozen clergy
in front of the Trump-Vance-Noem immigration black site they were denied access to
in front of a banner reading GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED
a Bishop
leading a Day of the Dead service
Along with over a dozen clergy
in front of the Trump-Vance-Noem immigration black site they were denied access to
in front of a banner reading GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED
Renowned everyman has thoughts about what The People deserve
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Renowned everyman has thoughts about what The People deserve
Maybe that's my local bias talking and New Yorkers genuinely sit around wondering "who could I possibly persuade to sell me property in Florida"
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Maybe that's my local bias talking and New Yorkers genuinely sit around wondering "who could I possibly persuade to sell me property in Florida"
It's all just so beautiful
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's all just so beautiful
Think about what it means to waterboard a man 83 times in one month
in order to force him to say something, any lie at all, that can be used as an excuse to kill one million Muslims via a preplanned war
in order to force him to say something, any lie at all, that can be used as an excuse to kill one million Muslims via a preplanned war
![^ Ensuing interrogation
At a CIA black site in Thailand, [88][89] Zubaydah was subjected to various forms of increasingly harsh interrogation techniques, including temperature extremes, music played at debilitating volumes, and sexual humiliation. [16][53][73][90] Zubaydah was also subjected to beatings, isolation, waterboarding, long-time standing, continuous cramped confinement, and sleep deprivation.[52][53][73][91][92][93]
Former CIA analyst and case officer John Kiriakou asserted that while Zubaydah was in CIA custody, a box of cockroaches was poured on him inside of a coffin he was confined to for two weeks, because of an irrational fear Zubaydah has of bugs. [94]
During Zubaydah's interrogation, Bush learned he was on painkillers for his wounds and was proving resistant. [95] He said to the CIA director George Tenet, "Who authorized putting him on pain medication?"[95]
It was later reported that Zubaydah was denied painkillers during his
interrogation. [96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103]
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![Zubaydah was one of three or more high-value detainees to be waterboarded. [73] The Bush administration in 2007 said that Zubaydah had been waterboarded once. [104] [105] [106] John Kiriakou, a CIA officer who had seen the cables regarding Zubaydah's interrogation, publicly said in 2009 that Zubaydah was waterboarded once for 35 seconds before he started talking. [107] [108] [109]
Intelligence sources claimed as early as 2008 that Zubaydah had been waterboarded no less than ten times in the span of one week. [87] Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times within the month of August 2002, the month the CIA was authorized to use this enhanced interrogation techniques on him. [a] In January 2010, Kiriakou, in a memoir, said, "Now we know that Zubaydah was waterboarded eighty-three times in a single month, raising questions about how much useful information he actually supplied."[114]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbahpxqoqnem2dmskuhrym43/bafkreienvj6j3tunsgloxys6p7de7foikaq2xtczoakpc6hcutpd5vvjou@jpeg)
![International Committee of the Red Cross report
I struggled against the straps, trying to breathe, but it was hopeless. I thought I was going to die. [73]
Abu Zubaydah on being waterboarded
In February 2007, the International Committee of the Red Cross concluded a report on the treatment of "14 high-value detainees", who had been held by the CIA and, after September 2006, by the military at Guantanamo.[73] The ICRC described the twelve enhanced interrogation techniques covered in the OLC memos to the CIA: suffocation by water (which is described as "torture" by numerous US officials [86]), prolonged stress standing position, beatings by use of a collar, beating and kicking, confinement in a box, prolonged nudity, sleep deprivation, exposure to cold temperature, prolonged shackling, threats of ill-treatment, forced shaving, and deprivation/restricted provision of solid food. [73] Zubaydah was the only detainee of the 14 interviewed who had been subjected to all 12 of these interrogation techniques. [73] He was also the only one of the 14 detainees to be put into close confinement.[73]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbahpxqoqnem2dmskuhrym43/bafkreifzfdv75kd2kpexnhelkldgpfabktyzv2pzpdej3gujfmrwemgoru@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Think about what it means to waterboard a man 83 times in one month
in order to force him to say something, any lie at all, that can be used as an excuse to kill one million Muslims via a preplanned war
in order to force him to say something, any lie at all, that can be used as an excuse to kill one million Muslims via a preplanned war
Does anyone know of US jurisdictions with laws banning jprivate donations to policing?
The problem of billionaires and police colluding to bypass democratic control of the state is only getting bigger.
The problem of billionaires and police colluding to bypass democratic control of the state is only getting bigger.
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Does anyone know of US jurisdictions with laws banning jprivate donations to policing?
The problem of billionaires and police colluding to bypass democratic control of the state is only getting bigger.
The problem of billionaires and police colluding to bypass democratic control of the state is only getting bigger.
Yes, these dropoffs are widely known and documented, including in the DOJ report
www.justice.gov/d9/chicago_p...
www.justice.gov/d9/chicago_p...
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yes, these dropoffs are widely known and documented, including in the DOJ report
www.justice.gov/d9/chicago_p...
www.justice.gov/d9/chicago_p...
omg. It used to have *3* (I think 5 as the L-shaped towel racks are clearly functional) grab bars
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
omg. It used to have *3* (I think 5 as the L-shaped towel racks are clearly functional) grab bars
Partial answer ty
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Partial answer ty
Everyone has 98.6 drilled into their brain and you just know he does too so that's what it HAD to say
FYI, here is what body temps actually average per a sample of 18,000 white Americans
the charts don't even go that high
A man in his 70s, even an obese (warmer) man, averages >1° lower
c'mon
FYI, here is what body temps actually average per a sample of 18,000 white Americans
the charts don't even go that high
A man in his 70s, even an obese (warmer) man, averages >1° lower
c'mon
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Everyone has 98.6 drilled into their brain and you just know he does too so that's what it HAD to say
FYI, here is what body temps actually average per a sample of 18,000 white Americans
the charts don't even go that high
A man in his 70s, even an obese (warmer) man, averages >1° lower
c'mon
FYI, here is what body temps actually average per a sample of 18,000 white Americans
the charts don't even go that high
A man in his 70s, even an obese (warmer) man, averages >1° lower
c'mon
Detective open to lightening workload by deporting possible crime victims
Also, please don't pay attn to any non-deportation forms of violence prevention by following charts and graphs (that demonstrate the real people who are alive today and might otherwise be dead + whose moms aren't calling him)
Also, please don't pay attn to any non-deportation forms of violence prevention by following charts and graphs (that demonstrate the real people who are alive today and might otherwise be dead + whose moms aren't calling him)
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Detective open to lightening workload by deporting possible crime victims
Also, please don't pay attn to any non-deportation forms of violence prevention by following charts and graphs (that demonstrate the real people who are alive today and might otherwise be dead + whose moms aren't calling him)
Also, please don't pay attn to any non-deportation forms of violence prevention by following charts and graphs (that demonstrate the real people who are alive today and might otherwise be dead + whose moms aren't calling him)
OK, maybe they don't think rich white people and their children should be gassed prior to 2 verbal warnings. LOW BAR.
But their union voted to give their money and its name to this.
But their union voted to give their money and its name to this.
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
OK, maybe they don't think rich white people and their children should be gassed prior to 2 verbal warnings. LOW BAR.
But their union voted to give their money and its name to this.
But their union voted to give their money and its name to this.
sorry PJs guy I'm sure your friends are cool to talk to but this is what they overwhelmingly voted for and had their union endorse
But! good job illustrating that even people who are very wrong can do good and useful things right now!
But! good job illustrating that even people who are very wrong can do good and useful things right now!
October 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
sorry PJs guy I'm sure your friends are cool to talk to but this is what they overwhelmingly voted for and had their union endorse
But! good job illustrating that even people who are very wrong can do good and useful things right now!
But! good job illustrating that even people who are very wrong can do good and useful things right now!
Quite a pattern of mistakenly interpreting an obvious no as a complicated yes
October 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Quite a pattern of mistakenly interpreting an obvious no as a complicated yes