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Ishfal
@ishfal.bsky.social
· Nov 11
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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The fine is $100 if you on public benefits (aka welfare) and are caught going >= 100 miles per hour in California. These streets are typically <30 mph limited.
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The fine is $100 if you on public benefits (aka welfare) and are caught going >= 100 miles per hour in California. These streets are typically <30 mph limited.
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Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
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Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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Wow, shades of the 2019 Border Patrol Facebook scandal of Trump’s first term, when dozens of agents were part of a group posting mocking memes about migrants kids who died crossing the border.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Wow, shades of the 2019 Border Patrol Facebook scandal of Trump’s first term, when dozens of agents were part of a group posting mocking memes about migrants kids who died crossing the border.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
This particular officer went viral in the Chicago raids for pulling his gun on people.
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How the hell does a circuit panel that is periodically randomly selected, with a majority that is basically centrist, end up with extremists in the admin's favor?
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
How the hell does a circuit panel that is periodically randomly selected, with a majority that is basically centrist, end up with extremists in the admin's favor?
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Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry
DOJ keeps going to the D.C. Circuit, where Trump appointees on the court have repeatedly stopped the district court's effort to hold the Trump admin accountable.
www.lawdork.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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YUP: “Whether intentionally or ignorantly, ADL is providing cover to people who intend great harm to our nation."
Top ADL civil rights litigator quits, accusing group of being 'useful idiot' for Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joe Berman resigned in March and is making his resignation letter public for the first time now.
www.jta.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
YUP: “Whether intentionally or ignorantly, ADL is providing cover to people who intend great harm to our nation."
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the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
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Reclassifying cannabis as Schedule III does take a step toward rationalizing the tax, banking, insurance and research angles of the business. Unfortunately, that still leaves in place many of the harms of prohibition [Matthew Cavedon, Cato]
Schedule III Cannabis: Rearranging Prohibition
Rescheduling cannabis doesn’t end prohibition; it only rearranges it
www.cato.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reclassifying cannabis as Schedule III does take a step toward rationalizing the tax, banking, insurance and research angles of the business. Unfortunately, that still leaves in place many of the harms of prohibition [Matthew Cavedon, Cato]
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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The next turn in American politics could be a widespread reaction against Trumpism as a political style, with its vulgarity, hatefulness, and constant threat of violence. If that happens the Republicans who remade themselves in Trump's image will be in trouble.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The next turn in American politics could be a widespread reaction against Trumpism as a political style, with its vulgarity, hatefulness, and constant threat of violence. If that happens the Republicans who remade themselves in Trump's image will be in trouble.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
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www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Please note @reptedlieu.bsky.social’s comments in this article. Here is a former impeachment manager, repping a D +21 district, saying he won’t move to impeach, even when Dems retake the House in 2027.
We have work to do, friends.
Please note @reptedlieu.bsky.social’s comments in this article. Here is a former impeachment manager, repping a D +21 district, saying he won’t move to impeach, even when Dems retake the House in 2027.
We have work to do, friends.
House rejects second attempt to impeach Trump as Democrats vote ‘present’
The outcome suggests a notable shift in support for impeachment among House Democrats
www.the-independent.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Please note @reptedlieu.bsky.social’s comments in this article. Here is a former impeachment manager, repping a D +21 district, saying he won’t move to impeach, even when Dems retake the House in 2027.
We have work to do, friends.
Please note @reptedlieu.bsky.social’s comments in this article. Here is a former impeachment manager, repping a D +21 district, saying he won’t move to impeach, even when Dems retake the House in 2027.
We have work to do, friends.
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This the core problem with the White House Press Corps encapsulated: Karoline Leavitt just lied right to your face, you know she's incorrect, and you just move on to your next topic.
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
Q: You acknowledged that CPI in January was 3%. In September, the last month we have data, it was also 3%
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This the core problem with the White House Press Corps encapsulated: Karoline Leavitt just lied right to your face, you know she's incorrect, and you just move on to your next topic.
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
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👇🎯 Either do your actual job, or don't show up for this authoritarian theater. It's actually worse than not reporting the "news" at all to do 👇
This the core problem with the White House Press Corps encapsulated: Karoline Leavitt just lied right to your face, you know she's incorrect, and you just move on to your next topic.
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
It matters that she's wrong and/or lying about it! Stay there!
Q: You acknowledged that CPI in January was 3%. In September, the last month we have data, it was also 3%
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
👇🎯 Either do your actual job, or don't show up for this authoritarian theater. It's actually worse than not reporting the "news" at all to do 👇
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This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
@federalreserve.gov announces reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents after a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of each Reserve Bank, along with unanimous support by Federal Reserve Board members: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents
Following a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of the regional Reserve Banks, and the unanimous concurrence of Federal Reserve Board members, the
www.federalreserve.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
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The primary danger now is wildly erratic "gambling for resurrection" type behavior because of the declining power of unconsolidated authoritarianism
Trump is weak.
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The primary danger now is wildly erratic "gambling for resurrection" type behavior because of the declining power of unconsolidated authoritarianism
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918