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Thom Crane
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Is asking for relief against retribution from the government boiler plate lawyer stuff?

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Highlighted portion of referenced document: “ She seeks, inter alia, a writ of habeas corpus directing Respondents to release her from custody…and injunctive relief preventing Respondents from: … (4) taking retaliatory or otherwise unlawful adverse action against Petitioner on account of Petitioner’ filing or maintaining this action, or for the purpose of circumventing or undermining this Court’s orders, including but not limited to the use of unnecessary delay, bad-faith denials or revocations of release, and denying the right to employment authorization documents.”
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Pete Hegseth
Thus, "[t]he Senate's advice and consent power is a critical 'structural safeguard of the constitutional scheme,''17 protecting against unilateral appointment by the President of "candidates who ha[ve] no other merit than that ... of being in some way or other personally allied to [the President], or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of [the President's] pleasure." The phrase, “or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of [the President's] pleasure” is highlighted.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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It’s criminal to physically obstruct or disrupt immigration activities, but Patriotic™ to physically obstruct or disrupt Constitutionally required sessions of Congress.
Excerpt from NYT article in first post: “Justice Department officials under Mr. Trump have long maintained that investigating and punishing protesters who organized efforts to physically obstruct or disrupt immigration enforcement is a legitimate subject of federal inquiries.”
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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This sentence is really something.
Clip of press release from LASD regarding a barista’s drawing of a pig on a deputies cup. The highlighted portion reads, “Our deputies are part of the community and deserve to be treated respectfully and with basic human dignity.”
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM