Conditions in ICE prisons, quotes from detainees:

Just keeping an eye on Russia. They are the Machiavellian masterminds of the new world, and they know it.

Hegseth (in his head) is literally leading a crusade for God. Because of this, just like all those religious crusaders who came before him, no war crime is off the table. He will do anything he believes he needs to, because he believes he’s doing it for God.

This woman smothers the tear gas projectiles under buckets to stop them from harming people.

Republicans are intelligent when it comes to innovating ways of harming people. I see this as an innovative technique to justify austerity.

I do not underestimate Christian Nationalists. I know they are more than capable of mass murder, and many other atrocities, in the name of God.

Because they wear suits, people can’t see the corruption, the downright evil.

Is our military being hijacked by anti-constitutional traitors, and those in power are just going along with it? Perhaps there’s nothing they can do? Seeing it from the outside, it looks like they are trying to structure a new, more vicious power. Like they want an American Reich.

I imagine Bondi breaking the law in a way that hinges on her being in power at the DOJ. If so, I wonder if the things she is no longer “personally handling,” might slip into the light?

This is necessary viewing. It is the most intelligent narrative in politics:

Good morning to everyone who voted for Kamala Harris.

Does this mean she moves off of the military base?

Fox News reports that Pam Bondi has already been fired

NEW: Lee Zeldin is being considered to replace Bondi as AG

This is excellent; it pushes back against Christian nationalism. “

The whole Iran war is looking more and more like a gimmick to drop energy sanctions on Russia and pressure Europeans to do the same. A war to make Russia’s much larger war easier and possible to sustain.

Our legal director Cecillia Wang, a daughter of immigrants, is at the Supreme Court defending the bedrock American value of birthright citizenship. President Trump is no match for the 14th Amendment.

Listening in to the birthright citizenship oral arguments. I won't be fully live-posting through them, but will highlight some comments. I'll have a quick analysis up after the arguments, later this afternoon.

Just in case you would like a quick walk in the forest:

Greenberg: This year, Trump is losing support fast. He is flailing—and flailing would-be dictators are dangerous. They lash out. That’s why he targeted Minnesota. That’s why he launched an illegal, catastrophic war with Iran. That’s why we fully expect him to try to sabotage the upcoming elections.

She’s always so calming:

YES!!! COURT RULES THAT TRUMP'S DEFUNDING OF NPR AND PBS IS ILLEGAL!! "The President may, of course, engage in his own expressive conduct, including criticizing the views, reporting, or programming of NPR, PBS, or any other news outlet with whom he disagrees. ...

Breaking: President Trump Signs New Executive Order on Elections: It is Underwhelming Compared to What Was Threatened. It’s Key Part is Likely Unconstitutional: Directing the Post Office to Reject Mail Ballots Except from Those on Federally Approved Voter Lists electionlawblog.org?p=155187

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide access to Holy Week religious services to immigrants held at the Chicago-area Broadview detention facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We defeated Trump's last election takeover EO in court & we will defeat this one. We are drafting the papers right now! The Constitution gives authority over elections to the states & Congress Trump does NOT have the power he is claiming. We @democracydefendersfund.org will see him in court

The cases declined include over 1,000 terrorism cases, nearly 5,000 federal drug law violations, and over 900 federal program fraud. Trump’s DOJ is letting actual criminals off the hook — all to break up families and terrorize communities.

Major update: Trump orders creation of list of US citizens and overhauls election systems. Judge blocks Trump ballroom—Trump suggests defying order. Trump says Iran war will end in 2 weeks (he’s lying) Trump suggest Army service members who flew to Kid Rock’s house could have been defending him.

I continue to be genuinely shocked every time I read about another Trump cabinet official who lives *on a military base.* Being among the people is such a foundational Republican commitment. Rule and be ruled in turn. I really think this should not be allowed.

Reminder: this is the same guy who started a war with Iran that is wreaking economic havoc across the world:

Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian therapist who challenged Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ youth: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

As I told CBS News: after troubling shadow docket rulings, courts are now delivering final judgments against Trump’s illegal overreach We are proud to co-counsel on the birthright argument tomorrow @aclu.org @lulacorg.bsky.social EOs cannot override the Constitution -TN

My latest: It is often said that Trump’s strategy is to overwhelm us by flooding the zone. I think it is more accurate to say his strategy is to grind it out and wear us down. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

articles that write about how "important" immigrant workers are to "the economy" without ever acknowledging that the reason they are important is that they can be treated worse for less pay

Look at this election interference technique: put a fake democrat on the ballot to divide the vote. I wonder if we’ll see more of this?

"We were given wormy food, and when someone spoke out about it and said that the children should get better food, he was taken in the middle of the night and threatened that he and his family would be separated."

Threatening to destroy all water for children:

This is wild. I never thought of this: hackers stealing data to sell to nation states. Why do an art heist, when they can just do a data heist? I wonder what the future of this kind of thing will be?

The 13th Amendment banned slavery, but it included a carveout sanctioning it as a punishment for people convicted of crimes. Many state constitutions include the same loophole; seven states don’t pay anything for most prison jobs.

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Basically this Republican regime: “we are willing to do things that will put the lives of millions and millions of Iranians in jeopardy.”