hahaha mark knows i think his wealth is a result of bad policy. but the reality is politics is a billionaire game thanks to Citizens. mark puts his money where his mouth is, which ain’t nothing.

the good news is there’s hope for a post-Citizens union open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

@mcuban.bsky.social subscribes to clayjakstack—you should too. 20% off forever 🔗👇

meanwhile its biz as usual for the vast majority of my colleagues in the bar. neutrality is complicity

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

brb gonna ball my eyes out for a min

s/o doug

“Silence is intolerable.” — Hon. Mark L. Wolf, former Reagan-appointed U.S. district judge, D. Mass. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries

Maybe it’s the dog angle that hit me harder, but this story is crushing. They’re destroying people for no reason. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

"The goal is to put terror into people." Radley Balko with @stephruhle.bsky.social on the tactics federal officials are using as they carry out the president's immigration and deportation agenda.

Lawless goons. Racial profiling isn’t just something they do, it’s all they do. www.instagram.com/p/DQu5q2pkc_...

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

w/ Judge Craft and DA @mulroyda.bsky.social

read @radleybalko.bsky.social radleybalko.substack.com/p/accusing-j...

This is phenomenal reporting from @radleybalko.bsky.social, although be warned, the term "gut punch" doesn't even cover it radleybalko.substack.com/p/accusing-j...

Interesting times

day 1 in 〽️

NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.

Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com

They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came. Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com

Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him. DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

I realized he was sitting right in front of me, on the tailgate of his truck, watching my grandpa’s childhood home go up in flames. His shit-eating grin is etched in my memory like stone. That’s when I lost it.

I smelled smoke before I saw flames. As I turned the last corner, the night sky transformed into a foggy orange haze. The first thing the police told me was “it’s definitely an arson.”

Why did I become a lawyer? Because I know what injustice feels like. What it smells like. open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."

In the long ledger of American decline, John Roberts's name will be carved beside the phrase “umpire who picked a side.”

There’s hope for a post-𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 union: the Corporate Power Reset.

Fear and Loathing at the 6th Circuit Judicial Conference open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

WT is one of favorite modern storytellers. “The Barn” inspired me to write this— open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

FULL STORY: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs, to appear in her courtroom in person at 10 a.m. Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social

Federal agents tear gassing the Lake View neighborhood.

this is the way www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.

“The profession I bled for, the one that told me law could be an honorable calling, completely gave up. I went to law school believing lawyers were the last line of defense. But the facade crumbles fast when most of your peers shrug at gulags.” open.substack.com/pub/clayjak/...

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed" Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.