This was well worth the time to read. I hope you do.

I would never send a thank-you letter directly to a judge about a case so im just going to post publicly that I have so much gratitude for the judges who are doing everything in their power to protect the rule of law against unconstitutional actions by this administration, especially re ICE

We don’t kill people for sucking! We shouldn’t kill people for anything really!

This was a premeditated attack with no conceivable emergency: the choice to do this is Congress not President. Waging war on Iran is an obvious violation of the Constitution, no different than enacting tariffs (raising taxes) or defunding USAID (spending programs).

These attacks are illegal, insane, and immoral. The power to declare war lies with Congress and they must act to block this immediately.

Take a look at this great fellowship.

Just saw this and was glad to see it. notdivided.org

Still grieving.

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

Remember, most Americans don't even have a form of ID beyond this. As this report outlines, document control is a favorite way of authoritarians to strip people of their humanity. freedomhouse.org/report/trans...

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

That's NINE "again"s for those keeping track at home of the times the govt has tried to plead workload as an excuse for defying judicial orders.

I just learned that Philly artist icon Isaiah Zagar died last week 😭 I am in shock. RIP Isaiah. whyy.org/articles/isa...

"the Court has never held that a district court can create jurisdiction through its own mistakes" is a banger line

This is straight up cruel and unusual punishment.

1. This obviously should never have been pursued in the first place and everybody who signed off on it should never hold any kind of state power again 2. This is a good thing and again shows that they cannot actually do whatever they want

I refuse to get used to our government murdering people on the high seas. If they can do it to these people, they can do it to you.

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Relase release petitions filed by detained immigrants used to be rare in Philly’s federal court, just a couple a year. Now more than 1-in-6 cases filed in the court are habeas petitions. And all judges are granting them, including those appointed by Trump. Story: www.inquirer.com/news/mandato...

"Without feminism, the sequence of events that led to Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest would never have happened. It’s a reminder that feminism is powerful and important and even transformative, which is why there’s so much pushback..."

For those who haven’t seen this yet, it is heart-breaking and beautiful. Art is resistance. share.google/W4yusM16ROPM...

"You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth. This is not a hypothetical."

There's a real danger that members of Congress and the American public tune out this killing spree at sea as mere background noise. Don't normalize or become inured to this deeply abnormal and lawless premeditated killing. The administration has asserted a license to kill outside the law.

Federalism can't work under these conditions. State court should be safe for all. And many people — from defendants to victims to other witnesses — need to be able to go to state court without fear that doing so will result in their apprehension by ICE. www.startribune.com/white-house-...

I wrote about the US strikes on Iran in June for @nytimes.com. It seems that we're about to watch a replay, but this time it could be far worse. Like the June strikes, new strikes would be blatantly illegal under the U.S. constitution and international law. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

More lawless slaughter at sea by the Trump administration under the specious guise of counterterrorism. Fake counterterrorism. Make believe armed conflict. Real killing.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

This post from @thefarce.org is really good and important.

I doubt that there's a more effective way to capture unitary executive theory in an image. And because it's the DOJ building, it also captures the notion that the President is above the law.

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Wednesday

The answer to the last 2 questions here is no. And beyond immigration detention, we should not shy away from its implications for "regular" prisons and jails (and juvenile detention facilities) too.

U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe orders the Department of the Interior to restore the President's House exhibits on slavery by Friday. Apparently unhappy with the lack of action, Rufe breaks out "FORTHWITH" in her order.

Judge Gail A. Weilheimer of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania joins the chorus of judges using memos granting release petition of detainees to chastise the ICE's mandatory detention policy. "The Government will look at the mark, paint a target to the left of it, and accuse them of missing."

Make Them Pay

A federal immigration judge has terminated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermont resident and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained in prison for two weeks last year. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Once again, a judge sees right through the Trump Admin’s attempt to deny Kilmar Abrego Garcia his due process rights. Make no mistake: This ruling is a win for all of our rights. apnews.com/article/abre...

Go birds

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"...what we’re witnessing is the express repetition of a project on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, and Chinese labor camps in the People’s Republic of China." This is a piece you need to read and share while we can.

this is a really important point. the district courts are trying to contain this administration. the circuits, by and large, are still working, with the occasional exception of the 5th, 8th, and DC circuits. the Supreme Court is on an island. lawless and completely rogue.

sadly the world Communist killing record continues to be held by Communist countries by a long, long distance.

Night is dark Day is bright If you’re within our borders You have constitutional rights

Roses are red Violets are blue If you’re born here You’re a citizen too

this is an excellent article that breaks down all the ways Trump might try to subvert the election and the practical realities thereof he will bluster, he will rage, he will spread conspiracy theories that damage trust in our elections… and he will lose if you’re really worried, read it

It's one thing to get a "no true bill." It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.

I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say

RULE VOTE FAILS, 217-214. Three Republicans- Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley, and Don Bacon - buck the party to allow floor consideration of measures to end Trump's tariffs. The first such measure, likely on Canada tariffs, could come up as soon as tomorrow

Federal judge acknowledges ‘abusive workplace’ in court order www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...