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Jjinandtonic

@jjinandtonic.bsky.social

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This place is not a place of honor. Nothing of value is here. What is here was time wasted. It is dangerous and should be repulsive to you. This bio is a warning of danger.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Apr 1

You know, the Founding Fathers literally rebelled over this

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 1

Despite admitting to having illegally sent a guy to El Salvador by mistake, and even though the U.S. is paying El Salvador to indefinitely imprison him, the DOJ is arguing that, well, nothing to do, it's not in our hands anymore. The general tone of their response is "welp, sucks to be him."

But there is no jurisdiction in habeas. Plaintiffs admit—as they must—that the United States does not have custody over Abrego Garcia. They acknowledge that there may be “difficult questions of redressability” in this case, reflecting their recognition that Defendants do not have “the power to produce” Abrego Garcia from CECOT in El Salvador. Mem. Supp. TRO Mot. 2. But even more, they concede that Abrego Garcia is not in Defendants’ custody. Id. (asking the Court to order Defendants to “request that the government of El Salvador return Plaintiff to Defendants’ custody”). Despite their allegations of continued payment for Abrego Garcia’s detention, Plaintiffs do not argue that the United States can exercise its will over a foreign sovereign. The most they ask for is a court order that the United States entreat—or even cajole—a close ally in its fight against transnational cartels. This is not “custody” to which the great writ may run. This Court therefore lacks jurisdiction.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 1h

He hung up after discovering one hookup had gotten sober

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 1h

Watching the whitest man you can imagine drunkly and loudly negotiate a drug deal. He is wearing saggy jeans and vaping on the airplane

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1h

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 1h

Turns out you dont need things like “experience”, “useful skills”, or “talent” when you’ve got wealth patrons

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alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · 2h

gotta say i can’t help but pay attention to the protesting frogs in portland. the story is so ribbeting

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 1h

A truly generational poster

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 5h

$178 to go!!

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 2d

help me reach my goal of raising $1,000 for the gaza soup kitchen

High Holidays 5786 Tzedakah Campaign

Let’s keep Gaza Soup Kitchen running through the High Holidays

givebutter.com

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 3h

I need bad things to happen to harrison butker (for fantasy footbal reasons)

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 6h

Why not? 👀💦

Text that reads: 1 like = I post a sketch/wip/doodle

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 2h

i recall seeing someone aggressively making the solar as a bridge to hydrogen pitch lol

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Steve in Chicago @spsnomad.bsky.social · 3h

We're currently assembling packets containing a whistle and the instructions (quick blasts for ICE spotted, long for ICE detaining someone.) Here's what we're using. (Thanks to Pilsen Arts & Community House for the flyer design in English and Spanish)
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Resources for Whistle Warriors - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 2h

Whoops it was pepper spray

Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · May 12

Printing this out on a poster to bring to protests lmao

Tweet showing image OF NYPD guy after pepper spraying himself. Tweet reads: “McCarthy pepper sprayed himself while making arrests on the Manhattan bridge. He was treated at an ambulance”

Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 2h

This is the best day since that NYPD captain got tear gassed

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 2h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 2h

Re-downloaded Tinder due to boredom while traveling, and found everything about it so infuriating that I immediately deleted it. Yes, the product was always to make money, but it is no longer even *pretending* to be anything but a naked addiction/profit engine. It's shiny like a bear trap

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Jun 3

Fire if you dare, God damn you, fire and be damnned!

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roland00 / Matthew @roland00.bsky.social · 2h

get into the DESIRE shinji 🦔

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 5h

Dicks out for detainees

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 5h

Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Practice saying id prefer not to by opting out of airport photo biometrics

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Apr 9

Overheard at the airport: “ABO, like hentai, is pro-fertility propaganda, and therefore reactionary”

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 3h

#lawsky tag to draw more lawyers

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Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 3h

Weebs about to get insufferable about rubella eradication

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14h

The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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