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I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.

The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely. www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...

Urging people to focus on this. The Trump administration always has the option, *at any time,* to bring back Abrego Garcia and *try to deport him again through conventional channels.* Why won't they take *that* step? This is the question that must be answered now. newrepublic.com/article/1939...

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is. Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.

This part

If I leave the US, would they allow me to return? Honest question

Don't say I'm being paranoid

In a way the tone is almost as frightening as the substance. The dissent writes like it understands the stakes, and what kind of regime we're on the precipice of becoming. The majority writes like it's hearing a case about whether rollerblades can be taxed as vehicles.

SCOTUS right now.

This! Research shows that protests 1) raise awareness, 2) empower people (especially the disadvantaged), and 3) exert pressure on elites. Anyone saying they don’t work is unfamiliar with the research and the history of movement building.

Big turnouts for today's #HandsOff! protests nationwide, including in smaller towns and cities — here's Portland, Maine We have the momentum

This is so sickening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trueism: Presidents don't have a lot of impact on the economy. Fine Print: Because most don't do totally insane things.

It’s not just that he had the stamina & strength to stand for all these hours — The content of what he said was inspirational & genuine. He showed deep reverence for his colleagues. & respect for his constituents & everyday people. This is what leadership looks like. @booker.senate.gov

Cancer research is good. We shouldn't have to prove that to Felon Musk for it to have funding

Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident. THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???

This is how you do it. Jenner & Block's statement after filing suit against the Trump administration for illegally targeting them. They created an entire site to post this statement. www.jennerfirm.com

Government abductions are unconstitutional. Denying anyone the right to due process in America is unconstitutional. If you’ve rationalized your silence or support for any of it because it’s happening to those you disagree with, give it a minute… They’ll get to you soon enough.

We do not have a free country in this moment. When they can nab someone off the street because they don't like what they say, they can nab anyone.

The people who need to be fired, for Signal Leaks: Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard. As a start. fallows.substack.com/p/simple-q-a... By me.

Me in the National Security team group chat

Hegseth's mention of 100% OPSEC is the most ironic aspect of the entire exchange if you ask me. Since no one objected to discussing war strategy over Signal, we can only assume this is routine behavior. The security implications are chilling

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

I hope people realize that Trump is trying to make it illegal to criticize his regime. They are trying to give themselves the ability to spy on, target, and arrest anyone who criticizes them. They want to end freedom of speech in America. Let’s be clear about what they’re doing.

If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you? My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.

Let's see how many wealthy Paul Weiss partners have as much courage as this one associate.

I really can't overstate how scary this is as someone who is a target of this admin

BREAKING: A federal court blocked Trump’s military ban on transgender service members, ruling it unconstitutional. The court found no evidence supporting claims of reduced readiness, citing the honor & excellence of trans troops. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

When JPM is sounding the alarm, we are so fucked

Old and rare David Brooks banger

As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law: “It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...