Matt Cameron
@mattcameron.bsky.social
Stopping deportations since 2006. On mic at Opening Arguments (@openargs.bsky.social), on keys with Scarlet Flannel, on amphetamines (most days). Read my journal at http://deportnation.com
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There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
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This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
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While the government prosecutes this case “in some purported effort to keep law enforcement safe and free from food fights,” CBP employees “are joking about it.” The gov, she says, is trying to turn a “gag-gift worthy moment into a federal criminal offense. We ask you not to allow them to do that.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
While the government prosecutes this case “in some purported effort to keep law enforcement safe and free from food fights,” CBP employees “are joking about it.” The gov, she says, is trying to turn a “gag-gift worthy moment into a federal criminal offense. We ask you not to allow them to do that.”
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Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
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It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
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“Many of them, [the manager] said, held legal status, but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents.
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Many of them, [the manager] said, held legal status, but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents.
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
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With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.
The details are horrifying.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
The details are horrifying.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
Immigration agents raid Allston car wash and detain several workers - The Boston Globe
Many of them held legal status but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents, according to their manager.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.
The details are horrifying.
🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
The details are horrifying.
🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
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Fight. Win.
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Fight. Win.
The head of CBP proudly confirms under oath that he will continue to arrest Americans for Constitutionally protected speech in opposition to the most extreme and visibly public mass deportation operation since Operation Wetback (1954-1955)
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The head of CBP proudly confirms under oath that he will continue to arrest Americans for Constitutionally protected speech in opposition to the most extreme and visibly public mass deportation operation since Operation Wetback (1954-1955)
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The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.
TIL that the @mbta.com has a room full of beautifully painted pianos from a Newton public art project in the waiting room of the Lawrence commuter rail station.
How did they all end up here? Why Lawrence? The T works in mysterious ways. But still grateful for some unexpected piano time #mapoli
How did they all end up here? Why Lawrence? The T works in mysterious ways. But still grateful for some unexpected piano time #mapoli
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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One indication that career lawyers w/ subject matter expertise have been sidelined from the boat strike business is that the admin is citing irrelevant OLC opinions from 1984 and 1994 to supposedly bolster its argument for why US strikes are not "hostilities." 6/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump’s Boat Strikes, Administration Says
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
One indication that career lawyers w/ subject matter expertise have been sidelined from the boat strike business is that the admin is citing irrelevant OLC opinions from 1984 and 1994 to supposedly bolster its argument for why US strikes are not "hostilities." 6/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
;We play the game
With the bravery of being out of range
We zap and maim
With the bravery of being out of range
We strafe the train
With the bravery of being out of range
We gain terrain
With the bravery of being out of range"
--Roger Waters
youtu.be/9GlrU7h8E9Y?...
With the bravery of being out of range
We zap and maim
With the bravery of being out of range
We strafe the train
With the bravery of being out of range
We gain terrain
With the bravery of being out of range"
--Roger Waters
youtu.be/9GlrU7h8E9Y?...
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
;We play the game
With the bravery of being out of range
We zap and maim
With the bravery of being out of range
We strafe the train
With the bravery of being out of range
We gain terrain
With the bravery of being out of range"
--Roger Waters
youtu.be/9GlrU7h8E9Y?...
With the bravery of being out of range
We zap and maim
With the bravery of being out of range
We strafe the train
With the bravery of being out of range
We gain terrain
With the bravery of being out of range"
--Roger Waters
youtu.be/9GlrU7h8E9Y?...
just another reminder if you needed it that this is exactly what they voted for. They saw this, they liked it, and now they are getting it
November 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
just another reminder if you needed it that this is exactly what they voted for. They saw this, they liked it, and now they are getting it
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Ty to everyone who has told us about the ICE recruitment ads which have been running on the only general-interest US legal podcast co-hosted by a practicing deportation defense attorney.
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ty to everyone who has told us about the ICE recruitment ads which have been running on the only general-interest US legal podcast co-hosted by a practicing deportation defense attorney.
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
"the President has tried as hard as he can to make it as un-painless as possible" is such a perfect accidental summary of the chaos, the cowardice, and the perfidy
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"the President has tried as hard as he can to make it as un-painless as possible" is such a perfect accidental summary of the chaos, the cowardice, and the perfidy
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
"the President has tried as hard as he can to make it as un-painless as possible" is such a perfect accidental summary of the chaos, the cowardice, and the perfidy
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"the President has tried as hard as he can to make it as un-painless as possible" is such a perfect accidental summary of the chaos, the cowardice, and the perfidy
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
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(also I can't wait to say "this is un-painless" the next time I stub my toe)
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Can't wait for our annual Halloween episode? Check out last year's, in which Matt and Thomas discussed the true legal horror story that was the Salem Witch Trials and what happens when a society lets paranoia drive policy
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Believe Absurdities, Commit Atrocities
Episodio de podcast · Opening Arguments · 21/10/2024 · 49 min
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October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can't wait for our annual Halloween episode? Check out last year's, in which Matt and Thomas discussed the true legal horror story that was the Salem Witch Trials and what happens when a society lets paranoia drive policy
podcasts.apple.com/pe/podcast/b...
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An AI-driven mobile app which overrides hard documentary evidence to reach its own "definitive" conclusions of someone's citizenship sounds like an idea that didn't make it out of the Black Mirror writers room
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
An AI-driven mobile app which overrides hard documentary evidence to reach its own "definitive" conclusions of someone's citizenship sounds like an idea that didn't make it out of the Black Mirror writers room
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Another insanely cruel move by Trump et al.
Literally all the automatic extension did was extend your current work auth if yours expired WHILE YOU WAITED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCESS YOUR RENEWAL.
And you don't just lose work auth: I couldn't even renew my driver's license while mine was pending.
Literally all the automatic extension did was extend your current work auth if yours expired WHILE YOU WAITED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCESS YOUR RENEWAL.
And you don't just lose work auth: I couldn't even renew my driver's license while mine was pending.
Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Public Inspection: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
www.federalregister.gov
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another insanely cruel move by Trump et al.
Literally all the automatic extension did was extend your current work auth if yours expired WHILE YOU WAITED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCESS YOUR RENEWAL.
And you don't just lose work auth: I couldn't even renew my driver's license while mine was pending.
Literally all the automatic extension did was extend your current work auth if yours expired WHILE YOU WAITED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCESS YOUR RENEWAL.
And you don't just lose work auth: I couldn't even renew my driver's license while mine was pending.
Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Public Inspection: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents
www.federalregister.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Awful news: employers are about to have to reluctantly fire 10s of thousands of workers going into the holidays for no good reason.
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Trump 2.0's record for intentionally doing as much harm as possible to our economy as quickly as possible remains undefeated
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Just so you know who you are following here, I am that Blackberry pervert who is keeping an unbroken 20-yr streak of keyboard smartphones going with both the Unihertz Titan 2 (Passport knockoff) and the Zinwa Q25 (Classic revamp) on preorder most of this year
(and writing this from my Titan 1)
(and writing this from my Titan 1)
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just so you know who you are following here, I am that Blackberry pervert who is keeping an unbroken 20-yr streak of keyboard smartphones going with both the Unihertz Titan 2 (Passport knockoff) and the Zinwa Q25 (Classic revamp) on preorder most of this year
(and writing this from my Titan 1)
(and writing this from my Titan 1)
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What is the current state of US immigration law? Where can we still find hope? The American Immigration Council's Aaron @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social watches these issues like no one else, & joins Matt for a unique conversation between policy & practice
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Trump’s All Out Assault on Immigrants Continues in Incompetent but Horrifying Fashion
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 10/27/2025 · 1h 2m
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October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What is the current state of US immigration law? Where can we still find hope? The American Immigration Council's Aaron @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social watches these issues like no one else, & joins Matt for a unique conversation between policy & practice
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
By proceeding to plow through every stoplight before it had changed to green today, I forced the issue. It's a strategy I like to call "intentional driving."
By proceeding with the demolition of the White House East Wing before seeking approval from federal agencies for a new ballroom, President Donald Trump forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."
How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing
By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome.
bloom.bg
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
By proceeding to plow through every stoplight before it had changed to green today, I forced the issue. It's a strategy I like to call "intentional driving."
The entire US economy is now being propped up by systems which are known to freely engage in fraud and blackmail *and* resist explicit commands to shut down and no one knows why. Which is fine obviously
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The entire US economy is now being propped up by systems which are known to freely engage in fraud and blackmail *and* resist explicit commands to shut down and no one knows why. Which is fine obviously
My social life to this point would have been so, so much easier if there were Legos every bar, good going Portico Brewing
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My social life to this point would have been so, so much easier if there were Legos every bar, good going Portico Brewing