CLJohnson
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Economist and expert witness. 40 years in energy regulation. AEA member. Long time consumer advocate, and interested in civil rights, environment, government. Also, an Astros baseball fan.
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In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls and arrested U.S. citizens.
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The sworn affidavit submitted in support of the Criminal Complaint in this matter tells a
very different—and largely fictional—story. For example, Special Agent Steven Fuentes of ICE,
HSI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) swore to the following:
On June 20, 2025, [HSI, ICE-ERO, and TxDPS] were conducting
surveillance at a residence on Benrus, in San Antonio, Texas, in the Western
District of Texas. Database checks indicated that Jaime Albert
QUINTANILLA-Chavez, with a Final Order of Removal from an
Immigration Judge, was residing at the above address. At approximately
0715 a.m., QUINTANILLA exited the residence and entered a white Dodge
Ram. The Dodge Ram was towing a trailer containing construction
equipment. Both license plates for the truck and trailer were expired.
ECF No. 1 ¶ 2 (emphasis added). Fuentes also swore that (1) the Defendant refused to “follow any
commands”; (2) after the Defendant was blocked in between the officers’ vehicles, he was given
“multiple verbal commands to exit the vehicle”; and (3) the Defendant “fought the law
enforcement officers.” Id. ¶¶ 3–4. Fuentes further testified at the preliminary hearing that the
Defendant was surveilled (and taken into custody) because he was subject to a Final Order of
Removal from an Immigration Judge. See ECF No. 12, 6/26 Preliminary Hr’g Tr. at 4:20–25.
Despite HSI’s sworn statement to the Magistrate Judge that the vehicle was stopped
because of expired license plates, the Assistant U.S. Attorney conceded at a bond hearing in July
2025 that Fuentes had “misrepresented what was going on.” ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr. at 8:12–](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreie6x3oqkmgiyywtsyowz35tyuqw2ra27hpaxj2h2npzdlaskrurjm@jpeg)
Trump finally made it to Vietnam.
The Trump Organization-branded $1.5 billion luxury golf resort in Vietnam faces land clearance delays as angry farmers challenge compensation payments.
Read the @martylederman.bsky.social amicus that almost certainly explains why SCOTUS is asking for more briefing on the Guard invasion of Illinois.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
![The principal function of this amicus brief, by contrast, is to explain why it is
unnecessary for the Court to address those questions because the applicants are not likely to
succeed on the merits for an independent reason—namely, that both the President and the
Solicitor General have mistakenly assumed that the term “the regular forces” in § 12406(3) refers to civilian law enforcement personnel (in this case, to actors in the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers). That is
incorrect. “[T]he regular forces” to which § 12406(3) refers are the regular, or “standing,”
military personnel serving in the United States Armed Services. Even assuming arguendo that
the President has the legal authority to deploy those regular military forces to help execute
federal laws in Illinois—an uncertain question that this Court need not and should not address,
see infra at 19-24—there is no basis for concluding that the President would be “unable” to
enforce such laws with the assistance of those forces if it were legal for him to direct such a
deployment. Accordingly, a necessary precondition for the President’s order to deploy the
National Guard to Illinois pursuant to § 12406(3) has not been met.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreih43dbmmysnlhpw4yhw52bngddrwzjjmbg35f53vn3xwjcnmals6u@jpeg)
More illegal boat strikes by the US, this time killing 14 (with one survivor) in four separate attacks off eastern Mexican coast. Once again, no evidence or legal justification provided. Bears repeating that these strikes are illegal, immoral, and ineffective
U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
www.nytimes.com
Reposted by CLJohnson
A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7732...
A Federal Agent Shot at a Driver in D.C. An MPD Officer Was Told To Omit the Shooting from His Report.
An HSI agent fired three times into a vehicle police claimed was trying to flee. The charges were dismissed during a preliminary hearing.
washingtoncitypaper.com
JD Vance was a founding advisory board member of American Moment whose co-founder & CEO, Nick Solheim, recently told the Boston College Republicans that, “I want to start with a heavy exhortation—you need to be willing to be killed.” Heritage president Kevin Roberts defended his remarks. 10/22/25 1/
“They Will Kill You”: BC Republicans Speaker Urges Audience To Be Willing To Die for Conservative Beliefs
Nick Solheim, CEO of American Moment—a right-wing youth organization—delivered a speech to the Boston College Republicans Monday night, laced with inflammatory rhetoric and urging students to prepare ...
bcheights.com