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Abdelilah Skhir
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policy + advocacy w/ ACLU Florida. Posts are my own. I like video games and wrestling and sports and some other stuff too.
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📣 Today is the final day to make your Give Miami Day gift.

Because of your support, Miami and all of Florida can be a place where freedom is real and justice is possible.

Donate here: ⬇️

www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map. Here’s why. Earlier this year, President Trump began urging Texas to redraw its U.S. House map to create five additional Republican seats. Lawmakers reportedly met that request to redistrict on purely partisan grounds with apprehension. When the Governor announced his intent to call a special legislative session, he didn’t even place redistricting on the legislative agenda. But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board. On July 7, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), sent a letter (“the DOJ Letter”) to the Governor and Attorney General of Texas making the legally incorrect assertion that four congressional districts in Texas were “unconstitutional” because they were “coalition districts”—majority-non-White districts in which no single racial group constituted a 50% majority. In the letter, DOJ threatened legal action if Texas didn’t immediately dismantle and redraw these districts—a threat based entirely on their racial makeup. Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majorityWhite Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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mcpli.bsky.social
BREAKING: In a 2-1 decision, the three-judge panel in Texas has blocked the state's new congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map for next's year's midterms.

Opinion here:

drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...

#txlege
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
abskhir.bsky.social
OLD GUNTHER THEME WE’RE SO BACK #WWERaw
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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aclufl.bsky.social
10,000 signatures = 10,000 Miamians demanding change.

9 commissioners instead of 5 for fairer representation. Even-year city elections to increase turnout. Transparent, fair redistricting.

This is what a citizen-led amendment looks like.
Ballot push to expand Miami Commission, move elections to November passes 10K signatures
‘The message is clear: Miami is ready for a City Hall that works for the people.’
floridapolitics.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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sfdb.bsky.social
This Wall Street Journal piece on Kash Patel's performance as director of the FBI would probably make you laugh if you forgot for a moment that the guy has some very serious national security responsibilities and that none of this is very funny.

MSN link: www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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fightful.com
The gear that AJ Styles wore at WWE Crown Jewel was the same gear that was on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated cover that he and John Cena were on.
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Judge Young: "This case ... squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.' 'No law' means 'no law.'"
This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.” The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence. See Section III.A infra. No one’s freedom of speech is unlimited, of course, but these limits are the same for both citizens and non-citizens alike.
September 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
abskhir.bsky.social
These Cody and Seth promos are some of the most interesting character work I can remember in a while #WWERaw
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
abskhir.bsky.social
Packed house at Proof for Jeremy Matlow’s campaign. Looks like everyday people are ready for @jeremymatlow.bsky.social to be mayor of Tallahassee.
A room full of people. Jeremy Matlow speaking at the podium
September 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
abskhir.bsky.social
Virginia sends out the field team and get an entire play clock for free. I like that, we all have an oopsies sometimes :)
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
abskhir.bsky.social
Just now watching #Wrestlepalooza so two things:

1. Vaquer vs Skye was as good as I thought it would be. Holy hell

2. Stephanie Vaquer with that belt is MONEY
Stephanie Vaquer holding the WWE Women’s World Championship belt
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
abskhir.bsky.social
very few people can get an arena full of people to chant for therapy. AJ Lee is one of those people. #WWERaw
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim
August 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
adamjst.bsky.social Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 29
ICE just released updated detention statistics.

As of August 24, ICE is holding 61,226 people at authorized facilities around the United States and its Territories.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
An official website of the United States government
www.ice.gov
August 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
abskhir.bsky.social
Precedent’s been set, looking forward to the next Democratic president nationalizing Amtrak and giving us high speed rail
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 22
Trump: "I said, 'You know what? I think the United States should be given 10% of Intel.'"
August 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable.

www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center With Preliminary Injunction
www.everglades.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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jtischauser.bsky.social
A point that's worth stressing again and again is that Democrats want a police state too
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Aug 19
In Illinois, 100+ police departments were awarded $15 million to fight organized retail crime.

$5.6 million went toward ALPRs and software, mostly with Flock Safety. Some cities, like Wheaton, installed dozens of cameras despite significantly low crime rates.
A pie chart titled “What cops bought” during 2023-2025 with a side note “100+ Illinois police departments spent state grants on ALPR cameras or related software and accessories. The purchases break down into the following categories: ALPRs: $5.6 million (38%) Fusus: $3.2 million (21%) Overtime: $2.7 million (18%) Video surveillance (PODS, etc.): $1.2 million (8%) Cellphone/vehicle forensics (Cellebrite, Graykey, etc.): $399,352 (3%) Vehicles: $421,889 (3%) GPS tracking devices: $211,522 (1%) Misc. tech: $154,053 (1%)
August 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Big news out of Florida tonight! An environmental challenge has brought the use of the Everglades detention camp to a halt.
August 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
abskhir.bsky.social
I gotta say something. I do civil rights work every day. In Florida. It’s demoralizing enough most days. I get the impulse for reactions like this but man, it really does a number on you.

It’s okay to celebrate good things happening. It’s necessary, even!

Make them work for every single inch.
How long before the Supremes demand that it be kept open. And make it twice as oppressive Couple of weeks? Now if they could please enforce Oh let me guess, emergency appeal, stay of the Pl, appeal, en banc appeal, SCOTUS shadow docket, nothing happens. Waiting for Roberts court to say this president can order imprisonment of people without charges and access to representation. Not just Roberts. There are the other four who are fascistic racists. u know SCOTUS will overturn all the lower court rulings that go against their king. They are the highest level TRUPPETS (Trump Puppets) in DC. This would be incredible news if this criminal orange administration gave a damn about the law Yeah, we know that isn't going to happen. It's staying open.
August 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
abskhir.bsky.social
I don’t care how many 🐊 emojis DeSimp Twitter throws in their handles. If someone reads this and doesn’t think “absolutely, hell yes” you can’t ever claim to be a Floridian.
CONCLUSION In 1947, President Harry Truman dedicated Everglades National Park observing: Not often in these demanding days are we able to lay aside the problems of the time, and turn to a project whose great value lies in the enrichment of the human spirit. Today we make the achievement of another great conservation victory. We have permanently safeguarded an irreplaceable primitive area. We have assembled to dedicate to the use of all people for all time, the Everglades National Park. Twenty years later, a proposal for construction of the world’s largest jetport—at the site discussed in this case—was abandoned, and the Big Cypress National Preserve was created to protect this area. Since that time, every Florida governor, every Florida senator, and countless local and national political figures, including presidents, have publicly pledged their unequivocal support for the restoration, conservation, and protection of the Everglades. This Order does nothing more than uphold the basic requirements of legislation designed to fulfill those promises.
August 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM