Stephanie Madison
@smadison.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney. Playing in a sandbox near you.
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50 Cent has long trolled Sean “Diddy” Combs on social media.
Now the rapper turned actor and producer has taken it up a notch with his latest project, a Netflix docuseries about Combs. https://cnn.it/3KA5VMv
Now the rapper turned actor and producer has taken it up a notch with his latest project, a Netflix docuseries about Combs. https://cnn.it/3KA5VMv
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
50 Cent has long trolled Sean “Diddy” Combs on social media.
Now the rapper turned actor and producer has taken it up a notch with his latest project, a Netflix docuseries about Combs. https://cnn.it/3KA5VMv
Now the rapper turned actor and producer has taken it up a notch with his latest project, a Netflix docuseries about Combs. https://cnn.it/3KA5VMv
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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An unheard of number of executions -- imho this is an important sign of a callous disdain for life, ever-more violent agents of the state, an abandonment of well-being.
It's just past 6pm ET and Florida is set to kill 63-year-old Malik Abdul-Sajjad, also known as Richard Barry Randolph. It will be the 17th execution carried out in FL this year. Two more are scheduled for December.
I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
An unheard of number of executions -- imho this is an important sign of a callous disdain for life, ever-more violent agents of the state, an abandonment of well-being.
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Pregnant women who are jailed, often for petty crimes, are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain and into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors, according to an investigation from @bloomberglaw.com and NBC News.
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
nbcnews.to
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Pregnant women who are jailed, often for petty crimes, are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain and into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors, according to an investigation from @bloomberglaw.com and NBC News.
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A Massachusetts parent caught his public school district intentionally estimating exorbitant fees for public records requests to dissuade people from making them:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
Lexington man exposes school district for intentionally overestimating costs of public records - The Boston Globe
“Hopefully, when I let them know the cost, they will not want to do it," an official wrote in an email.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A Massachusetts parent caught his public school district intentionally estimating exorbitant fees for public records requests to dissuade people from making them:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...
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“'Conditions at Camp East Montana are dangerous and inhumane,'” Escobar wrote. 'It is increasingly clear that it is not a safe nor professionally managed facility.'"
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“'Conditions at Camp East Montana are dangerous and inhumane,'” Escobar wrote. 'It is increasingly clear that it is not a safe nor professionally managed facility.'"
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Trump is systematically demolishing the federal government, firing one in eight workers and stripping away their rights. He is targeting scientists, consumer watchdogs, and public health experts, leaving vital services in ruins while rewarding his cronies.
The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce
Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court.
www.thenation.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump is systematically demolishing the federal government, firing one in eight workers and stripping away their rights. He is targeting scientists, consumer watchdogs, and public health experts, leaving vital services in ruins while rewarding his cronies.
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An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Read Andrew Free: detentionkills.substack.com/p/first-geo-...
First GEO Forced Labor Case at SCOTUS
How Records About a Death in ICE Custody Helped Propel a Case to the Supreme Court
detentionkills.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Read Andrew Free: detentionkills.substack.com/p/first-geo-...
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I’m voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
LIVE: I Won't Support Doubling Health Care Premiums
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’m voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Durango, CO police chief requests state to investigate whether an ICE agent broke the law when he used a chokehold on an immigrant he was arresting (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Durango, CO police chief requests state to investigate whether an ICE agent broke the law when he used a chokehold on an immigrant he was arresting (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Mamdani:
“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves…
So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have 4 words for you: turn the volume up.”
*Crowd roars*
“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves…
So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have 4 words for you: turn the volume up.”
*Crowd roars*
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani:
“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves…
So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have 4 words for you: turn the volume up.”
*Crowd roars*
“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves…
So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have 4 words for you: turn the volume up.”
*Crowd roars*
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The assault took place on Friday October 31, 2025.
The footage is credited to Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune.
The full story is below 👇
The footage is credited to Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune.
The full story is below 👇
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The assault took place on Friday October 31, 2025.
The footage is credited to Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune.
The full story is below 👇
The footage is credited to Laura Rodríguez Presa of the Chicago Tribune.
The full story is below 👇
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
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Government Shutdown Threatens to Delay Home Heating Aid for Millions of Low-Income Families in States Like Pennsylvania | Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said it cannot front the $200 million-plus in federal LIHEAP aid it had expected to help pay heating bills for some 300,000 households.
Government Shutdown Threatens to Delay Home Heating Aid for Millions of Low-Income Families in States Like Pennsylvania - Bucks County Beacon
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said it cannot front the $200 million-plus in federal LIHEAP aid it had expected to help pay heating bills for some 300,000 low-income households across t...
buckscountybeacon.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Government Shutdown Threatens to Delay Home Heating Aid for Millions of Low-Income Families in States Like Pennsylvania | Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said it cannot front the $200 million-plus in federal LIHEAP aid it had expected to help pay heating bills for some 300,000 households.
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
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Sticker shock for ACA recipients:
Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.
Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.
Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.
Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.
Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Americans Are Getting a Look at Next Year’s ACA Premiums and Many Don’t Like It
Many Affordable Care Act enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more if they stick with their health plans.
www.wsj.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sticker shock for ACA recipients:
Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.
Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.
Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month.
Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month.
Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life"
www.wsj.com/health/healt...