Under Trump, the federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in...workplace discrimination

"This is extrajudicial killing. In American domestic law, that's called murder," says @becingber.bsky.social on #ILW2025's "Legality of Military Strikes on Drug Traffickers" Panel. Collection of expert perspectives on the topic: www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...

Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. ➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm

This story makes me both happy and furious on so many levels. I'm so happy for him and his family and community. Also what was the f***ing point of any of this?

Happy #caturday eve to all who celebrate

basically all this shit is Roberts' fault, because the immunity made Trump feel like he could break the law as much as he wants without consequences. bsky.app/profile/jayw...

“iT’s nOt a BoOk BaN bEcaUse YoU cAn GeT iT fRoM thE pUbLiC LiBraRy!” So what is it called when you can no longer get from in the public library? 🤔 victoriaadvocate.com/2025/10/23/1...

“This is a public humiliation fantasy rooted in race, class, and power, and it gives us a window into the psyche of an authoritarian man who is eroticizing cruelty.” drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again. One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.

Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

We have John Roberts to thank for this. The SCOTUS majority has made a mockery of the law. People are not blind.

In short, if "history and tradition" now means everything (as the 9th cir says throughout its opinion), it stands for precisely nothing. /end

Trump to the American people: You owe me.

DHS says they “don’t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.” But at least 170 Americans they’ve detained know that’s not true. Don’t ignore their stories. If Trump can detain citizens—including combat Veterans—for days without cause, no one is safe from his whims.

NYT editor: "where does this 'No Kings' stuff come from? About smol bean Mister Trump, who makes me laugh? I don't get it." Trump judge: "presidential determinations under § 12406 are not reviewable by federal courts"

How to indict your political enemies: Step 1. Appoint an AG who went to law school in a hotel Step 2: Replace career prosecutors with an insurance lawyer who never prosecuted a federal case Step 3: Hire an FBI director with zero years in law enforcement Step 4: Let them cook What a meritocracy!

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If you're taking to the streets to protest today, know your rights.

Garrett Graff reminds us: Trump won't last forever.

Everything that just happened was both brutal and expected given how we've seen ISP behave these last few weeks. Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.

"Classic authoritarianism,” Stanislav Vysotsky, an expert on anti-fascism activism, said of Johnson's rhetoric. “It’s an intentional framing of the opposition as violent and dangerous in order to dehumanize them, which then justifies a violent crackdown." www.huffpost.com/entry/no-kin...

I wrote this, about how this administration is trying to undo history on multiple fronts. And I must credit @jamellebouie.net, @adamserwer.bsky.social and many others for their work that inspired my own small contribution.

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone. And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Another good example of how the Republican-appointed justices wield the Constitution to take sides in the culture wars. There's a vigorous democratic debate about whether public schools should out trans kids to their parents. Three justice want to use the Constitution to mandate outing nationwide.

IS THIS AMERICA?

It has a name: moral licensing. Get folks to put their attention on the good thing, & poof! goes the bad (for the 30% of people who are cognitively restricted and avoid complexity this is easy to do) for enough people you are a hero Cease fire is broken in less than 24 hrs. Watch how this is spun.

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social with a helluva story on ICE in Chicago: “they’re assaulting women, deporting children, mothers and fathers — not criminals. And if they’re criminals, he needs to prove it. We haven’t seen that evidence yet.”

NEW: Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings. Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. Tonight, at Law Dork:

This by the way sheds light on the question I hear from people, "If ICE smashes its way into my car and then discovers they screwed up and I'm a citizen after all, will they pay for the broken windshield and tear gassed upholstery?" No, they won't.

cui bono?

wow. So according to the DOJ federal agents can stir up violence in the community to such a magnitude as to justify bringing in the National Guard and that's fine. There's no mistaking it. The Judge asked twice.

Perry has turned to 10 USC 12406, and she's asking how to define "rebellion." Hamilton suggests Perry doesn't have to define the term. Perry: "I think I do. … I really do think I should know what the words mean."

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

Incompetence and corruption are the price we pay for Trump's pathological need to surround himself with unqualified toadies but that's what narcissists do.

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Complete nonsense from Secretary Rubio. The Trump administration is engaged in lawless, premeditated killings without any congressional authorization. Schiff-Kaine resolution moves to stop that lawless killing. The resolution would not affect authority to defend against real armed attacks.

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked. The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/07/i...

we've had Russia election interference revisionism, 2020 election revisionism, Jan 6 revisionism, now it's time for classified documents revisionism.

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

So, uhm, what's the track record of countries where members of the governing regime start clamoring for a "cleansing" of the political opponent? Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.

Bondi may as well have taken the Fifth. It serves the same purpose as the answers she gave.

How ‘Woke’ Went From an Expression in Black Culture to a Conservative Insult | “Wokeness” originated decades ago as African American cultural slang for having awareness and enlightenment around racism, injustice, privilege or threats of white supremacist violence, reports @apnews.com.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Trump/MAGA desperately needs antifa to be a thing, an organization, so they have an enemy with a sticky label to fight against, to rally supporters and grift from. Much like they need non-existent voter fraud to be a thing to justify voter suppression. Forever fighting phantoms for power and profit.

the tail is wagging the dog