Brian Mangum
@mangumip.com
Father, husband, attorney, coder, SPED dad. Mostly tweets about soccer, with a side of ending mass incarceration.
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
Ellis, apparently wrapping up, is quoting George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and others.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.
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if constitutional rights only apply to individuals or states that have sued for relief, you don't actually have constitutional _rights_, you have _privileges_ that can sometimes (but not always) be secured for you by your lawyer
The upshot of this decision, for now, seems to be exactly the crazy patchwork scenario we were warned about:
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
if constitutional rights only apply to individuals or states that have sued for relief, you don't actually have constitutional _rights_, you have _privileges_ that can sometimes (but not always) be secured for you by your lawyer
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Just so we are all clear
This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating
because they did not believe the conditions were humane
So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct
This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating
because they did not believe the conditions were humane
So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct
Holy shit a bunch of ICE prisoners who weren't getting fed broke down a fence and escaped this fucking rips
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.nj.com/essex/2025/0...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
www.nj.com/essex/2025/0...
ICE detainees tear down a wall in uprising at N.J. detention facility, lawyer says
Delaney Hall is the facility where Newark Ras Baraka was arrested in May.
www.nj.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just so we are all clear
This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating
because they did not believe the conditions were humane
So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct
This is the same camp that Ras J Baraka was arrested at and LaMonica McIver caught a FEDERAL charge for investigating
because they did not believe the conditions were humane
So the two Black legislators who actually did something ENTIRELY correct
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This absurd and dangerous liar is @erinburnett.bsky.social
@cnn.com reporter showing LAPD's spent munitions and claims *protesters* are shooting them at police
June 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This absurd and dangerous liar is @erinburnett.bsky.social
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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"What if we let them abuse people who aren't us?" - Centrists.
April 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"What if we let them abuse people who aren't us?" - Centrists.
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Sending love to everyone engaging in vexatious litigation against this fascist regime.
March 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Sending love to everyone engaging in vexatious litigation against this fascist regime.
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There's a whole tier of Democratic politicians who think the way to solve fascism is to say stuff you would have said eight years ago, but with a curse word in it.
The path back to power for the Democratic Party is to be the party that gets shit done.
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
There's a whole tier of Democratic politicians who think the way to solve fascism is to say stuff you would have said eight years ago, but with a curse word in it.
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By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump’s emergency application in foreign aid funding cases, but in a way that sends things back to the district court *before* the payments will have to be made:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump’s emergency application in foreign aid funding cases, but in a way that sends things back to the district court *before* the payments will have to be made:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Fun Fact: Democrats are wearing pink tonight as a symbolic protest against people who want them to do something meaningful
March 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Fun Fact: Democrats are wearing pink tonight as a symbolic protest against people who want them to do something meaningful
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“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
All of this. All. Of. It.
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If you forgot that today is Valentine’s Day and need some last minute cards to send, don’t worry. We got you covered.
February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you forgot that today is Valentine’s Day and need some last minute cards to send, don’t worry. We got you covered.
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Maybe if we tell them there’s a student encampment inside the White House democrats will spring to action.
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Maybe if we tell them there’s a student encampment inside the White House democrats will spring to action.
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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
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Apparently folks think that writing that contains an em dash is a dead giveaway that it's from ChatGPT, which I guess is a sign that most people have never read anything in their lives.
January 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Apparently folks think that writing that contains an em dash is a dead giveaway that it's from ChatGPT, which I guess is a sign that most people have never read anything in their lives.
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Good summary from @austinchronicle.bsky.social on the attacks on speech and learning that UT Austin is facing. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
The Right-Wingification of UT
Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools
www.austinchronicle.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Good summary from @austinchronicle.bsky.social on the attacks on speech and learning that UT Austin is facing. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
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It's been observed by many, many people that conservatives desperately want to be a protected class, and they do, but I think they also really, truly, honestly believe in their right to rule and do not really understand why you do not.
The conservative victimhood on display never ceases to amaze. You set up a system where all controversial cases can be filed in Amarillo so one far-right judge can file nationwide injunctions, and it’s *the critics* of that practice who are attacking legitimacy.
NO GREATER ENEMY!!!!
November 15, 2024 at 5:28 AM
It's been observed by many, many people that conservatives desperately want to be a protected class, and they do, but I think they also really, truly, honestly believe in their right to rule and do not really understand why you do not.
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I would like to reiterate: We own everything. The broadcasting equipment, the supplements, the intellectual property for Brain Force Plus. We are still trying to figure out what to do with it.
November 14, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I would like to reiterate: We own everything. The broadcasting equipment, the supplements, the intellectual property for Brain Force Plus. We are still trying to figure out what to do with it.
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It's gotta be so demoralizing working for the New York Times. You spend days diligently re-reporting a week-old regionally published article you're pretending doesn't already exist only to open the op-ed section and see "Mongrel Sterilization Is in the Constitution" by Trevor M. Swastika.
August 5, 2023 at 6:57 PM
It's gotta be so demoralizing working for the New York Times. You spend days diligently re-reporting a week-old regionally published article you're pretending doesn't already exist only to open the op-ed section and see "Mongrel Sterilization Is in the Constitution" by Trevor M. Swastika.
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Every now and again I think about how Scott Stapp released a song for the Marlins called "Marlins Will Soar."
They're fish Scott. Marlins are fish.
https://youtu.be/fd6Jha0NJHk
They're fish Scott. Marlins are fish.
https://youtu.be/fd6Jha0NJHk
Marlins Will Soar - Scott Stapp
LET'S PLAY BALL, IT'S GAMEDAYYYYY!http://korkedbats.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/korkedbatsInstagram: http://instagram.com/korkedbatsFacebook: http://Faceb...
youtu.be
August 3, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Every now and again I think about how Scott Stapp released a song for the Marlins called "Marlins Will Soar."
They're fish Scott. Marlins are fish.
https://youtu.be/fd6Jha0NJHk
They're fish Scott. Marlins are fish.
https://youtu.be/fd6Jha0NJHk
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Sinead O'Connor was ahead of her time. In 1992, she killed her career by ripping the Pope's pic live on SNL, to protest systemic child abuse w/in the Catholic church. The backlash was swift, vicious, misogynist.
10yrs later, @bostonglobe.bsky.social expose proved her right.
Rest in power, Sinead.
10yrs later, @bostonglobe.bsky.social expose proved her right.
Rest in power, Sinead.
July 26, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Sinead O'Connor was ahead of her time. In 1992, she killed her career by ripping the Pope's pic live on SNL, to protest systemic child abuse w/in the Catholic church. The backlash was swift, vicious, misogynist.
10yrs later, @bostonglobe.bsky.social expose proved her right.
Rest in power, Sinead.
10yrs later, @bostonglobe.bsky.social expose proved her right.
Rest in power, Sinead.
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31 years ago this extraordinary woman burned her career and life to the ground to speak out against a horrific, massive crime against children. And she was a hell of an artist. A blazing soul. RIP
July 26, 2023 at 6:07 PM
31 years ago this extraordinary woman burned her career and life to the ground to speak out against a horrific, massive crime against children. And she was a hell of an artist. A blazing soul. RIP