The US government is taking fees - perhaps $1 billion - from immigrants and US sponsors for services it has no plans to provide - it won’t even adjudicate their applications or even issue denials.

❌👑 3/28: Let's rise up & say NO THRONES - NO CROWNS - NO KINGS! 📅📍Sat. March 28, 1:30 pm, Butler Field/Grant Park ℹ️ bit.ly/NoKingsChiMarch28 👊 Indivisible Chicago is proud to work with our organizing partners: ACLU of IL, @chicagolabor.bsky.social, Equality IL, ICIRR, Personal PAC IL, Sierra Club IL

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 theme:𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 "Women have only 64 % of the legal rights that men hold worldwide. If progress continues at its current pace, it will take 𝟮𝟴𝟲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 to close legal protection gaps."

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 85.

We Go To War for THIS?

The White House owed it to us to warn us that the State of the Union Address would include graphic details of excessive violence or suffering that may not be appropriate for younger or more sensitive listeners.

See you there!

I am so happy to celebrate this National Day!

Today is 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲! One of my favorites! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 - Sharing your favorite song is sharing a big part of who you are.

Words truly DO matter - now more than ever!

Who can stop slaughter of civilians 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀: injunctions/legality of violations of specific, clearly established laws/the Const. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻: make this political suicide. M𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Safe drinking water. @ewgofficial.bsky.social used best, latest scientific evidence, legal standards, & health advisories to develop water quality standards not compromised by polluters & politicians. EWG Tap Water Database: you can search it by zip code! www.ewg.org/tapwater/

A beautifully crafted, calm, honest, thoughtful, and brilliant analysis of what we all witnessed in those hearings before the House Judiciary Committee.

I was proud to join more than 300 former DOJ employees in signing this letter. More lawyers—especially former prosecutors—need to speak up. AUSAs nationwide are being pushed out for refusing to follow politically driven orders that undermine the criminal justice system.

Celebrating the @justiceconnection.bsky.social

"The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived & incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. [Courts] regularly send undocumented people to prison & orders them deported but do so by proper legal procedures."

Reading the astounding preliminary report of Illinois Accountability Commission on the federal abuses of Midway Blitz. Every state touched by the ICE assault needs to create a body like this just to preserve / consolidate the factual record. ilac.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

Illinois Accountability Commission is collecting evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents who broke the law. If you encountered such conduct firsthand in Chicago & other areas in IL, you can submit video-narrative info to the Commission's website ilac.illinois.gov/interest-form?

Get out there and join a club, Chicago! www.wbez.org/say-more-wit...

As a former federal prosecutor, I agree! "When federal officials and attorneys manipulate the DOJ to retaliate against political opponents (which they have done repeatedly), they corrupt the very institutions established to safeguard our rights as citizens. Everyone should be concerned by this."

𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 make you finally care? Congressional Budget Office: From June thru end of Dec. 2025, deployments of National Guard or active-duty Marine Corps to 6 cities — LA, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Portland, Chicago, & New Orleans" — cost taxpayers about $𝟰𝟵𝟲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. www.wbez.org/immigration/...

"Fight like hell to keep your heart soft, even while so many people have become hardened. Yes, the world is upside-down right now, but we can make it right, one beautiful act of decency at a time. Get some rest and keep going. The world needs people like you."

In December HHS repealed 2024 nurse staffing rule that researchers calculated would save 13,000 residents’ lives each year & reduce residents’ adverse health outcomes. This past August, nursing home industry began making donations to Trump's super PAC that, within weeks, totaled nearly $4.8 million

frame-by-frame of Alex Pretti & ICE Pretti: held only cell phone & eye glasses in his hands, pepper-sprayed in face, forced to ground on his face, surrounded by 5-6 agents, beaten while on ground, held face down on ground by 3-4 agents, shot repeatedly from behind, shot 10x by 2 agents

DHS claims that the man was shot after violently resisting efforts to disarm him. Is that what you see in the video???? www.foxnews.com/video/638824...

YES!!!

I'd didn't think I could be any more appalled and disgusted with people in this country - but I was wrong....... How is it POSSIBLE that ANYONE still approves of what he is doing? Yet, instead of a ZERO approval rating, 42% still approve of this president!

I think this is a MUST READ on MLK Day!

To attys still working in DOJ & US Attorney’s Offices (as I used to), there's only 1 option to uphold your oath of office, live up to your ethical & moral obligation: resign now & make it clear you are not willing to aid & abet the most corrupt & morally bankrupt administration in US history.

As a former Asst. US Atty, I celebrate & support the heroes in the MN US Attorney’s Office who resigned rather than follow orders to violate their oaths of office & act contrary to prosecutors’ sacred obligation to act solely in the interests of justice.

The WH wants the Senate to confirm one of the least qualified nominees to lead one of the nation’s most vital U.S. Attorney’s Offices. Please urge your senators to ask these questions of Lindsey Halligan during the confirmation hearing.

What happens if federal agents defy court orders? My former colleague Ron Safer explains: "We are on the precipice, looking into the abyss of chaos. ... the judiciary makes a decision, and then the executive branch [in this case, federal agents] ignores it. That's chaos."

YES!!! Whistleblowing Is a Legal and Moral Duty

A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of students & parents from 5 military schools, granting a preliminary injunction- DoD must return library books that had been removed for review to comply with Trump’s efforts to scrub diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts from federal agencies.

Transparency??? "In response to questions about the donor’s identity and whether they have any ties to foreign entities or interests, a White House spokeswoman referred questions to the Pentagon and Treasury. The Pentagon then referred those questions back to the White House." Treasury -no response.

Public Trump & Pete Hegseth have ordered our military to 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟯𝟮 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 they only allege were drug smugglers. 𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗡𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 32 people 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲. After due process & a fair trial, convicted drug smugglers 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆!

The Supreme Court agreed, unanimously, that everyone deported under the Alien Enemies Act is entitled to due process.

I was there - quite near the bandshell!!! I was there because I LOVE my country - I was there because protest is one of the highest forms of patriotism!!! I was there, and nobody paid me to be there. The was No Violence at all!!!

Jack Smith & thousands of other DOJ alumni are calling on all Americans to join us in speaking up for justice. We'll never stop fighting for those who served our country & for our Constitution & our democracy. Sign up to join: bit.ly/4ojXpzt

“What I see happening at the Department of Justice today saddens me and angers me — selfless public servants fired for doing their job, the government using the vast powers of the criminal justice system to target citizens for exercising their constitutional rights.”

This is news, for sure! Fox News, Newsmax, The Washington Times, The Daily Caller & The Washington Examiner joined over 30 news organizations declining to sign the Defense Department's press policy. That list also includes a raft of defense-related trade publications.

Airports in Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle won't show this video because it is so overtly partisan.

Great news!

I'm proud to have signed this letter.

A letter from: prosecutors, special agents, and intelligence analysts to immigration judges, grant managers, civil rights attorneys & more, who all carried out their duties faithfully, regardless of who occupied the White House. Until they no longer could.

I am SO proud of the work I did as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and I am SO glad I retired from that office before 2025 and did not have to resign in protest from a department that is no longer interested in justice, upholding the rule of law, keeping our country safe, or protecting civil rights.

In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.

Minnesota Person of Interest: Vance Boelter List of 50 possible targets found in Boelter's vehicle including officials in & outside Minnesota and abortion rights advocates and abortion facilities. Fliers in his car about a 'No Kings' rally - Officials canceled all 'No Kings' protests in the state.

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were shot and killed, and a state senator and his wife were shot and wounded in an "act of targeted political violence" at their homes early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. A manhunt is now underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer.