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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h

Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20h

It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually

F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

As I've said many times, you can't build the mass deportation apparatus without first building the police state apparatus.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7h

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 7h

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 6h

For calling J6 “a mob of rioters”???

“The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, were locked out of their government devices and informed Wednesday morning they will be placed on leave, just hours after they filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto, the sources said.”

In their sentencing memorandum, Valdivia and White used only two sentences to detail Taranto's involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.

"On January 6, 2021, thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol while a joint session of Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election," the memorandum said. "Taranto was accused of participating in the riot in Washington, D.C., by entering the U.S. Capitol Building. After the riot, Taranto returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021."

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Would love to see this same group get behind bar disciplinary complaints against the involved prosecutors.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1d

More than 100 former top Justice Dept officials, including dozens of former prosecutors, file court brief opposing James Comey's prosecution:

"not the judgment of an impartial prosecutor, but rather an expression of retributive animus by the President"

washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/over-on...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to think if there’s anything this administration could do that publications like TFP wouldn’t treat this way.

Once you’re creating Overton space for extrajudicial executions, I’m not sure there’s much left.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3d

close the law schools

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative individualism in a nutshell: the same people who said we need mass deportation so we can take care of “our own” are cheering on the suspension of SNAP because now they don’t want other people to receive “handouts.” They proudly hate other people. It’s a murderous, anti-society ideology.

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 3d

This is a masterclass in repeating carefully workshopped robotic talking points that miss the forest for the trees and are irrelevant to the question at hand: Trump chose to build a ballroom instead of funding programs that would feed those kids.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Important piece.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/boat...

We’re executing people with impunity. Why are so many of us OK with this? | Luis F. Carrasco

In clear violation of the law, the Trump administration has killed at least 42 people across 10 reported strikes on boats that were allegedly carrying drugs.

www.inquirer.com

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Cara McClellan @racelawjawn.bsky.social · 4d

This deserves more airtime. Especially in Philly. Especially given all of the tax breaks we give Comcast. Yet, they chose to fund this over so many underfunded institutions in dire need…
www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Comcast will help pay for Trump's ballroom

Neither Comcast nor the White House said how much the company will contribute to the estimated $300 million cost of the project that will replace the East Wing.

www.inquirer.com

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

But to be clear the three legal sources quoted, @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social, Alex Reinert, and Anya Bidwell are the best of the best in this area. They are rightfully concerned about limits on accountability for fed misconduct—especially as compared to 1983 litigation against state/local officers.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, that is exactly right. The majority rule in the circuits is that the discretionary functions exception does not immunize unconstitutional conduct (including arrests without probable cause). I likewise thought the article overstated that risk.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

It seems the claims were filed before Jan 2025 so I’d like to know why the previous DOJ did not deny them.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff.

More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse

It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.

newrepublic.com

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

So, yes, it’s difficult to win, but PLEASE don’t let that stop you from trying.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

Despite the difficulty, people SHOULD bring these claims. There are very good lawyers who are experts in this practice. There are opportunities for success and perhaps most importantly, the chance for DISCOVERY.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 6d

This article does a nice job explaining how difficult it is to obtain financial accountability for federal government misconduct (if you are not the sitting president making fabricated allegations of wrongdoing), BUT the underlying message is wrong…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Unlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 7d

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 7d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 7d

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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Jon Feinberg @jonfeinberg.bsky.social · 8d

I've been litigating Federal Tort Claims Act cases for about 20 years and feel like I have at least a halfway decent handle on most of the issues that come up. But, now, my brain is broken.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

The Trump Doctrine: If a supposed “narco terrorist” survives our attempt to kill him, we send him home and let him go free.

Kind of makes it look like they didn’t have sufficient proof to present in court.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 9d

An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 9d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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