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I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release

He describes an American gulag
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Every lawyer. Every bar president and state supreme court justice. Every city and state prosecuting attorney. They all need to read this transcript and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's reporting.
I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
I love this. And I’m adopting “From the 1900s but still solid” as my new motto.
From the 1900s but still solid. Comes in several formats, available in Spanish and French versions, and good for inspo. Artist Karen Kerney via the @syrculturalworkers.bsky.social syracuseculturalworkers.com/search?q=how...
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
January 30, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Anti-ICE 'National Shutdown' protests planned in L.A. County. Here's where to find them
Anti-ICE 'National Shutdown' protests planned in L.A. County. Here's where to find them
Here are locations where 'ICE Out' protests are planned in Southern California.
www.latimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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A hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) on the state of Minnesota's request to halt the ICE surge in the Twin Cities.

I'm covering the proceedings remotely.

From the state's memo:

buff.ly/ub2bHso
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Public interest groups are handling a majority of the lawsuits filed against the second Trump administration, while most large firms remain on the sidelines, according to a review by Law360 of more than 400 lawsuits.
Nonprofits, Not BigLaw, Lead Legal Challenges To Trump - Law360 Pulse
Public interest groups are handling a majority of the lawsuits filed against the second Trump administration, while most large firms remain on the sidelines, according to a review by Law360 of more than 400 lawsuits filed in the first year of Trump's second term.  
www.law360.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Did @nytpitchbot.bsky.social replace my nyt email this morning??

“When President Trump’s supporters started saying they’d like to see his head carved into Mount Rushmore, we wondered: Could it work?”
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Americans are exposing Trump's "no inflation" lies with actual grocery receipts. The receipts are BRUTAL.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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The Trump administration is demanding, in effect, a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at Penn. So far, Penn is resisting the subpoena. Please sign this petition in support of their resistance!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#WeAintBuyingIt — the giants don’t just sell products — they sell compliance. While they fund the policies that deport, fire, and starve, we’re refusing to fund them back.

Our dollars are going to the mom-and-pop shops that hire locally, pay fairly, and care about people.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
#WeAintBuyingIt — we’re building better.

Thurs: Family = 0 spending
Fri: Blackout Black Friday
Sat: Shop Black, Immigrant, POC, local
Sun: Mutual aid, circulate care
Mon: Cyber shutdown — log out, opt out

Our dollars. Our power. Our future. social.demcast.com/s/hb9Y75Wj
Discover Black Owned Businesses
social.demcast.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Despite the administration’s stated focus on countering antisemitism, it has largely ignored right-wing antisemitism.” I’m shocked… shocked, I say!” #notinourname
When anti-Semites claim to be fighting anti-Semitism they trivialize a very real problem and thereby deliberately make it worse. Attacking universities was always about spreading anti-Semitism, not combatting it.
forward.com/fast-forward...
Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says
Michael Velchik reportedly praised 'Mein Kampf' after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from Hitler's perspective.
forward.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/2sR1YZ6w
Contact your GOP representative
app.sosha.ai
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment.” #KavanaughStop
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Joyce Vance: "It is already horrible enough. But we read The Diary of Anne Frank in school. Among the book’s important lessons is that where things start is not where they end up. Bad can become worse in the blink of an eye."

Terrific read.
Are We the Nazis Now?
How do we meet this moment?
joycevance.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM