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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 2d

They have the unfortunate handicap of arguing against some of the Archdukes of Originalism, like Michael McConnell. law.stanford.edu/stanford-leg...

President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court | Stanford Law School

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 2d

When I was first finding my voice as a reporter, I learned so much from Radley's talent at weaving history, policy, and law into compelling stories. So it was a dream to do legal review for this project. Congrats, @radleybalko.bsky.social + @lauraflynn.bsky.social!

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 3d

9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.

We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 2d

"Congress used to require that DHS compile the reports [on the # of pregnant women in immigration detention], but as of the last funding bill, it had dropped the mandate."

Terrible move, especially bc ICE is curtailing congressional oversight of facilities

@jesswash.bsky.social @theintercept.com

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 2d

We'll see what Judge Young does with these letters. There's an oddball motion to intervene on the docket without a ruling...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: An @theintercept.com analysis finds that almost all Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have deployed National Guard troops in support of Trump’s war on immigrants or military occupations of Blue cities

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Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 3d

Actually looks like NYT sent a similar letter! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, The Intercept sent a letter to Judge Young, asking him to clarify that certain materials he cited in his ruling are no longer under seal. This includes Homeland Security Investigations reports and State Dept memos about Mahmoud Khalil and others. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 3d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 4d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 4d

Google too! You sniveling cowards. www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

Which makes sense, given who Trump has put in charge of OLC.

Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 4d

To a certain breed of FedSoc lawyer -- namely the ones who tried to get SCOTUS to hand Trump the 2020 election, via the Texas v Pennsylvania case -- "plenary" also means "non-reviewable."

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

Oh this is not great

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

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404 Media @404media.co · 4d

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 5d

To put it another way, I have represented thousands of people. I cannot think of a single instance in which the initial police report was entirely correct. Not one.

Journalists, please stop copying them down as if they were. Or at least give context re credibility!

Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 6d

Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 8d

If you've been following my six-month quest to unseal the search warrants for XiaoFeng Wang's homes, huge news:

I won.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Switching now to a TRO hearing in the lawsuit below, alleging suppression of 1st Amendment rights at Broadview's ICE facility.

DISCLOSURE: I am a member of the Chicago Newspaper Guild, a plaintiff. I'm not an officer and was not involved in the filing: www.loevy.com/wp-content/u...

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 6d

Good afternoon. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for today's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

A link to the complaint, for those who don't have it: t.co/yaknq55rr8

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6d

No remote access in this afternoon's hearing in Illinois v Trump—Chicago-based legal journalists, we are counting on you

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