There is a parallel to be made with the first GW Bush term, when the Board of Immigration Appeals basically stopped issuing opinions in a lot of cases. Federal circuit courts began directly reviewing low-level immigration judges, and the result was a HUGE drop in deference for immigration judges.

District Court Judges are now having to see the sausage of mass deportation being made in ways they haven't been able to since 1996 when Congress stripped them of their ability to hear most immigration habeas cases, and they are *apalled.*

There is a real argument that the Trump administration's ICE excesses are radicalizing judges of all political stripes against him and his admin. Decisions made by ICE (and the agency's general shrug at court orders) have dramatically brought down DOJ's reputation along with it.

federal agents arrested more people in connection with the cities church (led by an ICE agent) protest in st paul this morning. another independent journalist was arrested - brixton hughes. chauntyll allen's wife satara strong-allen was also arrested, both named in nekima levy armstrong's post

the entire pitch of Cuomo was that sure he's a loathsome sex pest but he has what it takes to stand up to Trump, and then the hot leftist starts every phone call with "what's up big dog" and gets Trump to do whatever he wants.

Columbia University President Claire Shipman sent an email to the C.U. community a couple of hours ago, saying that DHS agents detained a Columbia student in university housing this morning after apparently misrepresenting themselves to gain entry.

Always something we can do. bsky.app/profile/ecmc...

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.

I think Ilhan Omar's shout-out is kind of brilliant. Trump is gaslighting us all into saying HE is the one who will protect Americans. And she is saying, "YOU killed Americans." The true danger to Americans is not "illegal aliens" but Trump!

Article says he apologized directly to those harmed.

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib heckle Trump as he goes full fear-mongering white nationalist

Missing the SOTU to attend a 2 hour webinar learning about habeas corpus! <3 Much better use of time!

If you're interested in learning more, please read the whole piece here (GIFT LINK). It represents the results of months of research, distilled down to a (hopefully) readable form. Let me know what you think! www.vox.com/politics/479...

Hear that Gavin Newsom???

This is why smart authoritarians, like Viktor Orbán or Benjamin Netanyahu, go to great lengths to hide their intentions behind a democratic veneer. They know that, if they are too blatantly authoritarian, they risk generate a level of social resistance they cannot overcome.

I found that this is wrong. Democracy actually is a powerful motivating force for a critical slice of the population *if they perceive a real threat*. I call this the "legibility" theory of democratic backsliding: the more legible the threat, the more likely it is to prompt effective pushback.

If somebody attempts a coup, and then they’re not held accountable by elites and institutions, the public will draw the conclusion that it’s not a big deal.

Follow-up question: given current security concerns will the US continue to dump people who are not Mexican right in the middle of known gang territory in Mexico when deporting people, as happened to a friend of mine a few weeks ago?

May be a credible report here.

I personally think it is not good that the best employment prospect for freshly graduated humanities majors is to play nursemaid to the bullshit machines that are eroding the foundations of a literate, humane society that, to me, sounds like a bad development that we should fight tooth and nail

Do not love that this article's angle can be summarized as "Good news! People used to think English majors were useless, but now companies want to hire English majors to make their AI-generated copy marginally less parasitic and depressing!" that ... that is not good news

I am glad the convo is beginning to be focused where it should: BAFTA’s decision TO ALLOW the airing of this racial slur, as opposed to the spontaneous utterance of it. BAFTA—unlike the person who spontaneously uttered it—HAD A CHOICE, & THEY CHOSE TO USE THEIR PLATFORM TO PROMOTE RACIAL VIOLENCE.

I hold compassion for the person w/Tourette’s while also acknowledging the harm to the Black community and how this unique, possibly once in a lifetime moment, was sullied by racial harm. 2 things can be true at once: he didn’t mean to harm people & he did harm Black people. He should apologize.

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

Yes, Democratic elites are out of touch with normal people. The answer you’re looking for is “weath/class,” not “everyone who lives 200+ miles from an ocean is mentally frozen in 2004.”

Gift link share.inquirer.com/sIiF3w

I never want to hear a racial slur uttered against another person. But you also gotta understand NEITHER DOES the person with Tourette’s. They are saying it because they don’t want to say it. If it was something they liked saying it wouldn’t be a tic. tourette.org/resource/und...

And THATS the convo that we SHOULD be engaging in.

16,000!

“What’s happening here is on a very large scale — they’re putting out surveillance technology — and there’s no public disclosure.” Great detective work by Oona Milliken and Bella Aldrete on a Metro police program with very little transparency.

I told this to a Minneapolis friend & the reaction made me think it might help others: When I had PTSD-specific therapy (husband death stuff), the *first* thing she had me do was visualize a special container all my own & put my traumatic shit in it, close & lock it up, & put on a label saying 1/2

Infringing on our rights AND wasting our money. ICE is a failed experiment. Shut them down.

This is child separation.

The Resistance will be monetized. Help somebody pay their rent or hire an immigration lawyer instead of this #Resistance nonsense.

Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

There is this thing I have where I hate bullies so much that when I encounter them usually any fear disappears and I become laser focused on justice against the bully.

And before anyone says “only criminals should worry,” remember: • Requests include metadata, who you talk to, when, how often • “Emergency” requests can happen without a judge first • Broad investigations sweep up innocent people • Once data is collected, it rarely disappears

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Nothing that can help regular people is possible. Everything that can hurt regular people is easy to do. This is basically how most politicians act right now.

"Visit this place, O Lord, & drive far from it all snares of the enemy, let your holy angels dwell with us to preserve us in peace & let your blessing be upon us always, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." ~ BCP, p. 133 #Compline #Minneapolis #ICEisAntiChrist

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

First Saturday at the @brooklynmuseum.org is always magical — and Black History Month First Saturday is best of all. Loved celebrating there last week w/ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social & Brooklyn Ecumenical Choir & Seydou Keita & a packed museum full of Brooklynites.

So a true story: the moving company is charging us a “library surcharge” because we have “too many books,” which frankly I find both credentialing and insulting.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

🚨"They're becoming more dangerous...in the past you saw less coordination between local police and ICE. Now we're starting to see [cops] actually participate in patrolling and serving" -CAIR MN Exec. Dir. Jaylani Hussein debunking notion things calmed down under Tom Homan

Spent some time with Libby Dems last night, and boy, we should be putting them in charge of messaging. So warm, kind, and NORMAL. Common sense and a fair bit of disdain for "the man." Attuned to justice for all their neighbors. None of the elite nonsense.

Living in Minnesota right now is wondering if your patient is late because they got caught in traffic, because they got arrested, or because they got detained and all of these are perfectly plausible and equally likely.