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I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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el oh el okay so
looks like feds charged Luigi under (among other things) 18 USC §924(j), which makes it a crime to kill somebody with a firearm *during and in relation to *another federal violent crime -- think murder during an armed robbery
looks like feds charged Luigi under (among other things) 18 USC §924(j), which makes it a crime to kill somebody with a firearm *during and in relation to *another federal violent crime -- think murder during an armed robbery
BREAKING: Judge Margaret Garnett tosses out the murder count faced by Luigi Mangione in federal court, with the "practical effect" that he cannot face the death penalty.
This is, Garnett writes, a result of her application of the "categorical approach" employed by the Supreme Court to his case.
This is, Garnett writes, a result of her application of the "categorical approach" employed by the Supreme Court to his case.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
el oh el okay so
looks like feds charged Luigi under (among other things) 18 USC §924(j), which makes it a crime to kill somebody with a firearm *during and in relation to *another federal violent crime -- think murder during an armed robbery
looks like feds charged Luigi under (among other things) 18 USC §924(j), which makes it a crime to kill somebody with a firearm *during and in relation to *another federal violent crime -- think murder during an armed robbery
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
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not a single one of these would have prevented the shootings
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
not a single one of these would have prevented the shootings
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“A popular destination for protestors.”
The word is locals. People who live here.
The word is locals. People who live here.
Not far from the Minneapolis consulate, “ICE agents entered a coffee shop that is a popular destination for protesters and threatened them, saying ‘We’re going to be back and arrest you all.,”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE agents blocked from entering Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, ministry says
Law enforcement is generally prohibited from entering consulates or embassies without permission. Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said it had filed a formal diplomatic protest.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“A popular destination for protestors.”
The word is locals. People who live here.
The word is locals. People who live here.
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It is vitally important that Democrats (and the media) frame this properly. If the government gets shutdown it is because the GOP insists on DHS, ICE and CBP continuing to occupy American cities and trample the rights of US citizens.
EISEN: Don't you think Democrats are tapping into something in the mood of the country when it comes to the funding of ICE?
BESSENT: President Trump has brought down the temperature on the situation. He is urging them not to shut down the government.
BESSENT: President Trump has brought down the temperature on the situation. He is urging them not to shut down the government.
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It is vitally important that Democrats (and the media) frame this properly. If the government gets shutdown it is because the GOP insists on DHS, ICE and CBP continuing to occupy American cities and trample the rights of US citizens.
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Well the de-escalatory tone lasted.. *checks notes* approximately twelve hours or so
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Well the de-escalatory tone lasted.. *checks notes* approximately twelve hours or so
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This is very good and worth a read.
New in PN: The investigation is the coverup
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
"At the same time on Tuesday that the White House was speed-dialing journalists about Trump's supposed 'pivot,' it was weaponizing its own investigation to ensure Pretti’s murderer can never be prosecuted."
The investigation is the coverup
Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.
www.publicnotice.co
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is very good and worth a read.
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"I think we are less at risk of forgetting that the Holocaust was carried out against Jews than of being so concerned about losing Jewish specificity that we miss that there are unspeakable harms being carried out against children today."
For @forward.com, I wrote about Anne Frank, ICE, and what we risk in making - and in refusing to ever make - comparisons
forward.com/opinion/8009...
forward.com/opinion/8009...
What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank hiding from ICE
Is it ok to invoke Anne Frank in discussing kids hiding from ICE? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum disagree.
forward.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"I think we are less at risk of forgetting that the Holocaust was carried out against Jews than of being so concerned about losing Jewish specificity that we miss that there are unspeakable harms being carried out against children today."
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In daycare-kindergarten. Not like...just generally. That's some pretty important context.
Via Andrea Tinker: The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that would prohibit excessive screen time for children up to five years old. https://ow.ly/L5RG50Y4EgO
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
In daycare-kindergarten. Not like...just generally. That's some pretty important context.
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Democrats should demand every sitting Republican decry this attack and explicitly denounce it, and then censure all of them when they don’t do it. Act like normal decent humans defending your colleague.
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Democrats should demand every sitting Republican decry this attack and explicitly denounce it, and then censure all of them when they don’t do it. Act like normal decent humans defending your colleague.
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Jesus what a fucking weak human being. Our elite, business and government, is just a bunch of weak addled people accustomed for automatic success and unfit for what is happening at protests around this country, and worse, they know it and they hate it about themselves
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Jesus what a fucking weak human being. Our elite, business and government, is just a bunch of weak addled people accustomed for automatic success and unfit for what is happening at protests around this country, and worse, they know it and they hate it about themselves
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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
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This paradoxically positions centrism (a political ideology) as something not tarnished by the biases and blind spots that may come from having a political ideology — which is arguably an even bigger blind spot than just admitting you have an opinion
Bari Weiss in the CBS staff town hall this morning, per sources:
"CBS News is for the mixed multitudes. We're for the center, we're for the center right, and we're for the center left, and that is the vast majority of the country. That's who we need to reach."
"CBS News is for the mixed multitudes. We're for the center, we're for the center right, and we're for the center left, and that is the vast majority of the country. That's who we need to reach."
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This paradoxically positions centrism (a political ideology) as something not tarnished by the biases and blind spots that may come from having a political ideology — which is arguably an even bigger blind spot than just admitting you have an opinion
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"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
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It can get lower!
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It can get lower!
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I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.