Kat
@bondkat42.bsky.social
Labor lawyer, admin law lawyer, abolitionist, mutual aid believer, intersectional feminist, queer, sff con-runner, bibliophile, and many more flavors. Live in Seattle.
Opinions are my own and not my employers.
Opinions are my own and not my employers.
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Below is our story about the skyrocketing number of kids detained by ICE.
We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Below is our story about the skyrocketing number of kids detained by ICE.
We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
I have many thoughts related to Vance's press thing.
1. So, we like ALJs having authority? Does that mean we're going to stop calling the NLRB unconstitutional? That we now like Social Security ALJs? No? Gee, I wonder what the difference is. (1/n)
1. So, we like ALJs having authority? Does that mean we're going to stop calling the NLRB unconstitutional? That we now like Social Security ALJs? No? Gee, I wonder what the difference is. (1/n)
January 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I have many thoughts related to Vance's press thing.
1. So, we like ALJs having authority? Does that mean we're going to stop calling the NLRB unconstitutional? That we now like Social Security ALJs? No? Gee, I wonder what the difference is. (1/n)
1. So, we like ALJs having authority? Does that mean we're going to stop calling the NLRB unconstitutional? That we now like Social Security ALJs? No? Gee, I wonder what the difference is. (1/n)
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Okay.
Liam Ramos is five.
Taken from his father after school.
His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours.
He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas.
At least one other student is there too.
Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.
Liam Ramos is five.
Taken from his father after school.
His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours.
He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas.
At least one other student is there too.
Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Okay.
Liam Ramos is five.
Taken from his father after school.
His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours.
He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas.
At least one other student is there too.
Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.
Liam Ramos is five.
Taken from his father after school.
His family didn’t know where he was for 24 hours.
He’s NOW in a federal detention facility in Texas.
At least one other student is there too.
Two other elementary school students were taken and the school doesn’t know where they are.
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I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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She said she was headed to a doctor's appointment. Federal agents still attacked her.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
She said she was headed to a doctor's appointment. Federal agents still attacked her.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
Earlier today in Minneapolis, journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) documented a tense, chaotic federal operation near 34th Street and Park Avenue.
From personal experience, I'm pretty sure this is an undercount of the cuts. And it truly does not adequately capture that this is on top of the decade long hit that federal agencies have been enduring since sequestration.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency
New data offers the first clear view of the impact of the buyouts and firings.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:21 AM
From personal experience, I'm pretty sure this is an undercount of the cuts. And it truly does not adequately capture that this is on top of the decade long hit that federal agencies have been enduring since sequestration.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I suspect that Noem and I have different ideas about who the domestic terrorist is.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I suspect that Noem and I have different ideas about who the domestic terrorist is.
Sincerely hope you don't need to have watched any Jurassic Park other than rhe first for Rebirth to make sense because I have decided only dinosaurs will make me feel better tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Sincerely hope you don't need to have watched any Jurassic Park other than rhe first for Rebirth to make sense because I have decided only dinosaurs will make me feel better tonight.
At least, Katie Wilson won.
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
At least, Katie Wilson won.
I do not really feel like accepting Rep. Jeffries' thanks for my service as a federal employee because frankly, I'm still so pissed that the Dems caved. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I do not really feel like accepting Rep. Jeffries' thanks for my service as a federal employee because frankly, I'm still so pissed that the Dems caved. (1/2)
What is especially galling is that when I go back to work, which is going to be a fucking shitshow to dig out of the damage, I won't even get the cold comfort of it being worth something.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
What is especially galling is that when I go back to work, which is going to be a fucking shitshow to dig out of the damage, I won't even get the cold comfort of it being worth something.
I am so unbelievably lividly, incandescently depressed and passed right now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am so unbelievably lividly, incandescently depressed and passed right now.
I have been locked out of work for over 30 days. That's 30 days where the work I do protecting people's rights (as flawed as it sometimes goes) is not being done. That's 30 days where the work my friends do helping people is not being done.
I still think the dems need to hold the line. (1/n)
I still think the dems need to hold the line. (1/n)
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I have been locked out of work for over 30 days. That's 30 days where the work I do protecting people's rights (as flawed as it sometimes goes) is not being done. That's 30 days where the work my friends do helping people is not being done.
I still think the dems need to hold the line. (1/n)
I still think the dems need to hold the line. (1/n)
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Thousands of federal workers are standing against authoritarianism & speaking up for democracy. We are not pawns & we will not bow to a wannabe king. Federal workers marched on #NoKings to renew our oath to the American people & protect critical public services. Join us: savepublicservices.com ❌👑 ❌♟️
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thousands of federal workers are standing against authoritarianism & speaking up for democracy. We are not pawns & we will not bow to a wannabe king. Federal workers marched on #NoKings to renew our oath to the American people & protect critical public services. Join us: savepublicservices.com ❌👑 ❌♟️
Even more important to not give in on the budget and shut it down.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid funds b/c of Trump’s “pocket rescission” argument and b/c enforcing the injunction would affect foreign affairs. The Democratic appointees dissent. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A269
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. . AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 26, 2025]
On September 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction directing the Executive to obligate roughly $10.5 billion of appropriated aid funding set to expire on September 30. Of that $10.5 billion, $4 billion was proposed to be rescinded in a "special message" transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act. See 2 U. S. C. §681 et seq. After the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied stays of that order, the Government filed this application to stay the District Court's injunction. The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient showing that the Impoundment Control Act precludes respondents' suit, brought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act,
to enforce the
appropriations at issue here. The Government has also made a sufficient showing that mandamus relief is unavailable to respondents. And, on the record before the Court, the asserted harms to the Executive's conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents. This order should not be read as a final determination on the merits. The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibdxyhd77jme45c7r7yn4xcbextd75efeqweqmtqf76jq3qsfxb2y@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Even more important to not give in on the budget and shut it down.
The wired article on DOGE is alarming but not surprising. And the rumor that Vought is going to release a memo that seeks to RIF federal workers if a shutdown occurs is also alarming but not surprising.
Even with that threat, Dems need to shut it down. Don't give in to this inhumane budget!
Even with that threat, Dems need to shut it down. Don't give in to this inhumane budget!
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The wired article on DOGE is alarming but not surprising. And the rumor that Vought is going to release a memo that seeks to RIF federal workers if a shutdown occurs is also alarming but not surprising.
Even with that threat, Dems need to shut it down. Don't give in to this inhumane budget!
Even with that threat, Dems need to shut it down. Don't give in to this inhumane budget!
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Expect the Court to formally, actually overrule Humphrey's on paper some time next year
In practice though, the Supreme Court keeps saying people should proceed as if any law that conflicts with what Trump wants has already been struck down
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
In practice though, the Supreme Court keeps saying people should proceed as if any law that conflicts with what Trump wants has already been struck down
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
Every Supreme Court Precedent Bows to the Principle of “Donald Trump Gets What He Wants”
The conservative supermajority is willing to throw process out the window if their favorite president asks nicely.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Expect the Court to formally, actually overrule Humphrey's on paper some time next year
In practice though, the Supreme Court keeps saying people should proceed as if any law that conflicts with what Trump wants has already been struck down
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
In practice though, the Supreme Court keeps saying people should proceed as if any law that conflicts with what Trump wants has already been struck down
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
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#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
We still need to keep the pressure on state agencies to actually exercise their oversight authority.
ICYMI: a federal court ruled against private corporation Geo Group, who barred WA L&I and Dept of Health from inspecting their NW ICE detention prison in Tacoma.
While Geo will likely appeal, this is a positive step towards oversight of the long allegation record of human rights abuses here.
While Geo will likely appeal, this is a positive step towards oversight of the long allegation record of human rights abuses here.
WA looks to resume ICE center inspections after federal ruling
The private company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center also dropped its lawsuit against Cascade PBS after the state provided redacted photos.
www.cascadepbs.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We still need to keep the pressure on state agencies to actually exercise their oversight authority.
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To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people.
Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To put this into context, the judicial warrant for the search at the Hyundai plant named just four people.
Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
Relying on that warrant, ICE detained nearly 500 people. DHS admitted that included U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and people lawfully here on visas.
I'm not sure why someone in this library is talking about vegetarian vampires, but I'm sad that I missed the conversation.
September 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm not sure why someone in this library is talking about vegetarian vampires, but I'm sad that I missed the conversation.
I am mostly speechless. Having volunteered to help ORR in the past and worked with this population of children, I cannot even imagine how traumatizing this whole debacle was for them on top of the trauma they have already endured entering the US initially.
Judge Sooknanan: As I said at the start of this hearing, I got a call at 2:36 am [last night] because the government chose the wee hours of the morning on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend to execute a plan to move these children. That's why we're here.
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I am mostly speechless. Having volunteered to help ORR in the past and worked with this population of children, I cannot even imagine how traumatizing this whole debacle was for them on top of the trauma they have already endured entering the US initially.
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Why is CBP arresting Washington firefighters while they're working? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Why is CBP arresting Washington firefighters while they're working? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
My heart aches. 💔
Guns should be regulated and, frankly, mostly banned. Until they are, children will continue to die in events like this, and countless acts of violence that would be diminished without guns will continue to decimate our communities and families.
Guns should be regulated and, frankly, mostly banned. Until they are, children will continue to die in events like this, and countless acts of violence that would be diminished without guns will continue to decimate our communities and families.
The Minneapolis shooter fired dozens of rounds through a window at Annunciation Catholic School today.
Metal detectors wouldn’t have stopped him. “School safety” theater will never stop a man with an assault rifle and a country flooded with guns.
Metal detectors wouldn’t have stopped him. “School safety” theater will never stop a man with an assault rifle and a country flooded with guns.
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My heart aches. 💔
Guns should be regulated and, frankly, mostly banned. Until they are, children will continue to die in events like this, and countless acts of violence that would be diminished without guns will continue to decimate our communities and families.
Guns should be regulated and, frankly, mostly banned. Until they are, children will continue to die in events like this, and countless acts of violence that would be diminished without guns will continue to decimate our communities and families.