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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 11h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 10h

From @nancyayoussef.bsky.social

"The day before our departure, one reporter placed signs throughout our soon-to-be-vacated spaces that read Journalism is not a crime. As soon as members of Hegseth’s staff saw the signs, they tore them down."

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 13h

Collaborators.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 19h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19h

This entire argument by Louisiana and the conservatives questions are premised on an erasure of Congress’ enforcement power under the 14th & 15th Amendments.

Literally swinging for the fences to wipe out the premise for the legitimacy of Congress’ power to enact civil rights statutes.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 22h

Trump says that, with his illegal mass layoffs, he’s closing “Democrat programs.” But programs like Social Security, education for children with disabilities, & clean water enforcement work for all Americans. If you want to repeal them, send a bill to Congress; if not, hands off.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

... outlined in the 14th Amendment."

lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

From @sifill.bsky.social

"Should the Supreme Court use the Louisiana racial gerrymandering case to usurp Congress’s express enforcement power to protect Black voting strength, it will constitute a devastating and dastardly usurpation of congressional power...

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The Two Section Twos

The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportation flights. The AP spoke to a number of people who said they were placed in the device after they had already been shackled.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 1d

The election of Adelita Grijalva as U.S. representative from CD7 has been certified. Now there's no excuse for Speaker Mike Johnson not to swear her in. Arizona's attorney general is threatening to sue if he doesn't.

tucson.com/news/local/g...

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 6d

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

Biden and Netanyahu were offered same deal a year ago, says negotiator

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

@mluckovich.bsky.social is painfully on point again. 🎃

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

Don't believe the BS that it's about ridding the country of the worst criminal and gang members. It's about deporting anyone who doesn't look or think like them. And don't think they won't eventually come after you and me. Because they will.

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The U.S. saved him from the Taliban, but now it wants to send him back

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 2d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.

I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

#SCOTUS

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d

The Supreme Court has been reluctant to constrain the imperial presidency, but if it fails to act now, it could put American democracy itself at great risk. bit.ly/3IWUMED

There Is No Insurrection

Troops are for national defense, not displays of presidential power.

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social re: what's really going on in Congress re: the #shutdown.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 2d

From @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

"To be clear, we are already past the point where it’s only people in the U.S. without legal immigration status who are at risk."

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 2d

From @djrothkopf.bsky.social

"I’m afraid I cannot join with those who say, let us celebrate the return of the hostages today & begin to think of what to do about the tragedy of Gaza tomorrow."

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2d

When a bad man does a good thing, he does not cease to be a bad man. This is a complicated moment in the Middle East. Each of us must work to make sense of it. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Joy. Sorrow. Fury. Disgust. And Hope. All at Once.

Reacting to this disorienting, misrepresented, misperceived moment in the Middle East.

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 5d

Trump obviously didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize he spent months begging for — but there’s always next year.

To be helpful, I put together a Top 10 list of steps he should take (but almost certainly won’t) if wants to compete for the 2026 honor. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The top 10 things Trump should consider doing if he wants a Nobel Peace Prize next year

The president begged for the honor but didn’t get it. If he wants to try again next year, there are a variety of steps he can and should take.

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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 2d

#Tibet

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Opinion | Choosing the next Dalai Lama is surprisingly dangerous

Renewed political instability in Tibet could well spiral into the next U.S.-China flash point.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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