Trump’s Firing of a Federal Prosecutor Crosses the Reddest of Lines, via @ruthmarcus.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

They Helped Oust a Dictator. Now the New Regime Is Coming for Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

“The idea that speech or thought contrary to the government line could trigger punishment is the dream of autocrats,” @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social writes. “Eventually, it makes enemies of everyone.”

“The first nine months of Donald Trump’s second term have been a breakneck exercise in rebranding those disfavored by the White House as enemies of the state.” My Comment in next week’s @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Secretary of State Rubio says U.S. is deporting visa holders who celebrated Kirk's killing www.axios.com/2025/09/16/k...

Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents

Check out this week's SLR featuring @rubycramer.bsky.social, @ianwardreports.bsky.social, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, @sethwickersham.bsky.social & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...

“His case reflects a corruption of the legal process from start to finish," Senator Chris Van Hollen told @cristianfarias.com. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Hermeto Pascoal, Eccentric and Prolific Brazilian Composer, Dies at 89 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/a...

Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas via @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

Unreal. "Forwarding these names, a well-known practice from the McCarthy Era, may well subject a number of faculty, staff, or students to widespread surveillance—a breathtaking breach of trust, ethics, and justice." - Judith Butler, whose name was among the 160 shared with the Trump administration

In this powerful new piece, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social ties a panic in Aurora about our newest neighbors to the disappearances in CECOT. My friend Laura Lunn told him she thought it was a shitty landlord situation until Trump showed up. Don’t miss it. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I know this isn't the news right now. But I have some updated info on Covid vax availability. Several states where CVS/Walgreens weren't offering them or required Rx 1.5 wks ago now have them without Rx because of state officials' actions. But still 13 states where CVS and/or Walgreens require Rx.

Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.

On the flights sent to El Salvador in March, under Alien Enemies Act, were at least two dozen Salvadorans. By law, the US cannot deport someone to a place where he’ll be tortured. But these Salvadorans were sent to CECOT, a brutal prison. Some have disappeared www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/D...

The Honorable Judge Bove

Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Key Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal, Are Married www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

JUST IN: The DC Circuit won’t immediately block Judge Cobb’s ruling that sharply restricted the Trump administration’s ability to use expedited removal for immigrants living in the U.S. for years. The 2-1 decision keeps Trump’s policy on hold until at least late September.

My latest piece, in this week's @newyorker.com, is the story of what happens when the government declares war on an entire population based on little more than fear, confusion, and racial animus. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“No one I interviewed could think of an example of American law enforcement masking. Jules Epstein, a law professor at Temple University, said that in his more than 45 years of practice, he had never seen the police wear masks, including in high-profile gang cases.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Join us for a book chat with @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, author of "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" and winner of our 2024 Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. Thursday, September 18th, at 6 PM; Bernie Wohl Center 647 Columbus Ave Register: goddard.org/bookchat-blitzer

Some crew to hang out with, when being sworn in as neutral independent judge.

"The border no longer divides only countries. It snakes between white and brown, between families and neighbors, between citizens and the rights they once thought were inviolate." Via @jeanguerre.bsky.social

While Boasberg awaits a judge's decision after the DOJ lodged a misconduct complaint against him, Bove, who is now a confirmed federal judge, continues to work alongside Trump DOJ: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

🧵Trump’s deployment of federal agents and the National Guard to D.C. was never about crime. It’s a political stunt and a serious abuse of power. I explain the danger this poses in the @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

NEW: We released updated documents about ICE’s potential plans to increase detention capacity in Colorado. www.aclu-co.org/app/uploads/...

Trump administration moves to bar states and even private (!) nonprofits, such as Red Cross, from helping undocumented immigrants after disasters. Evil. s2.washingtonpost.com/4467742/68af...

JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed a new legal action to block his immediate deportation. The habeas petition has been assigned to Judge Paula Xinis, who handled earlier legal proceedings demanding his return from El Salvador. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...

Immigration officials’ primary objection to releasing Mario Guevara on bond as he awaits the outcome of deportation proceedings, according to court records, is rooted in how he reports on law enforcement. — @samatl.bsky.social

He is also completely wrong. 55 million is the total number of people in the entire world who hold visas which allow them to enter the United States.

UPDATE: Hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in Tennessee, Fox News reports that the Trump administration may deport him to Uganda as early as next week.

the stories in here are heartbreaking www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

New today from @francescadnunz.bsky.social: “He has never been imprisoned or had a criminal record. His life has always been marked by hard work and integrity. He has no connection to the Tren de Aragua case.”

Trump ignored a judge, sending hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador. Last month, they were released in exchange for 10 US prisoners, including a murderer, who is now free. I spoke with @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, who says the constitutional crisis isn't over, for @slate.com.

From reporter Aimee Cho: "Just saw DC Police + federal agents detain a man on the National Mall. He appeared to try to escape, was tackled to the ground by several agents and was screaming in Spanish, 'please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family'" x.com/AimeeCho4/st...

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

A Tale of Two Jurists in the Trump Era, my latest @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Via @fiona-ndre.bsky.social: DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants religionnews.com/2025/08/19/h...

The federal officer who arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside an immigration detention center in May suggested that he was following the direction of the DOJ's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, according to bodycam footage.