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sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Jun 11

I’ve run out of words to express the grief I feel for all of you and so many others.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Jun 4

Bizarro world

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Jun 4

I’m truly grateful good people like you are still there.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Jun 3

Maybe they need to rewatch Schitt’s Creek

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 31

Ugh, now I can’t stop thinking about baloney tacos.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 21

This reminds me of how I kept saying John Bolton instead of Michael Bolton when teaching copyright last year.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 17

I don’t understand. How could a bomb not be terrorism?

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 10

This and the American hostages in Iran were the defining world events of my youth.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 9

Does he know what happens when the librarians get angry?

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 8

We’re not giving up our dunes! It’s about all we’ve got going for us these days.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · May 8

It’s the squids I’m worried about.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 28

This. It is beyond comprehension that our fellow Hoosiers vote for this.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 28

Me too, and I hate them all!

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Apr 26

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hammer and a Nail, Indigo Girls

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 24

At least it wasn’t hairspray!

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 21

This made my day! My mom would be doing the same.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 20

I may be off here, but I’m experiencing a small sense of relief that his objections are essentially all just procedural/timing ones.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 19

I still ❤️ Phil!

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 19

I’ve been thinking exactly this!

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · Apr 18

Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?'

Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law?

Clearly no!

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 15

There are law librarians who would be very willing to do this!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 14

Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.

As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!

TIMELINE
ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION.

2011-2019: Entry and Early Life: Kilmar Abrego Garcia flees El Salvador to the US at age 16, after M-18 gang members extort his family and threaten to kill him and rape his sisters if they didn’t keep paying. He moves in with his US citizen brother in Maryland and lives there without trouble for years.

March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense.

April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.

Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason.

August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

October 2019: Withholding Win: The immigration judge rules that Kilmar is ineligible for asylum because he filed the application too late. But the judge does grant “withholding of removal,” finding that it was “more likely than not” that he would be subject to persecution if deported to El Salvador. A removal order is issued, but with a restriction that the one country he cannot be deported to is El Salvador.

December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal.

2019-2025: Normal Life: Kilmar lives a normal life in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife, their biological son, and his two stepchildren. With his work permit, he gets a job as a sheet metal worker, joins a union, and raises his family in a DC suburb. He doesn’t get into any trouble with the law.

March 2025: Sent to CECOT: On March 12, 2025, ICE comes to Kilmar’s home and arrests him in front of his children. Three days later he’s transferred to Texas, where, thanks to an “administrative error,” he is put on a plane to El Salvador and sent to CECOT

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 11

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections.

This particular decision was a fait accompli.

sdemaine.bsky.social @sdemaine.bsky.social · Apr 7

It does not address those already sent to El Salvador. This ruling is about detainees in Texas