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New IJ lawsuit filed today challenging ICE raids of construction sites, wherein ICE detains American citizens in AL, rejects their proof of citizenship, and holds them without PC.

Worth a read, and more evidence of the wide gulf b/w what SCOTUS says is happening and what is actually happening.

Lucia Romano, MBA (@luciaromanomba) Watch one thing today: THIS. “Despair is not an option. Giving up is not acceptable.”

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There is no person in America more responsible for spreading hate, violence and division than Donald Trump. Period.

This Group Quietly Documents the Past Traumas of People Who Kill A rare look inside mitigation specialists’ investigations to help people on death row stay alive.

For three decades, a little-known group of “mitigation specialists” has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas.

Take a rare look inside one case:

The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can. So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."

Justice Clarence Thomas writes constantly that the Constitution is colorblind.

And yet, he and his fellow conservative justices were silent this week as the court voted to allow the Trump administration to detain suspected immigrants based in part on the color of their skin.

The Coming Crisis in Health Care and the Crisis We Already Have Why we can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again

A health care crisis is coming, triggered by Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Analysts expect employer health insurance premiums to rise by 9% next year, while premiums in the individual market will rise by 18%. From @damonsilvers.bsky.social:‬

Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.

Democrats and progressives rushed to lament the murder of Charlie Kirk, writes @joanwalsh.bsky.social, but the right rushed even faster to blame the left for its opposition to Trump's authoritarian movement, a movement backed to the hilt by Kirk’s Turning Point USA.

A brief history of Donald Trump's 9/11 controversies From claiming that Muslims celebrated the attacks in Jersey City to failing to back an effort to help first responders.

In case you needed a refresher:

Deception. Hypnosis. Did a Texas Ranger's methods ensnare the innocent? Texas Ranger James Holland became famous for cajoling killers into confessing to their crimes. But did some of his methods — from lying to suspects to having witnesses hypnotized — ensnare innocent…

Lying to suspects remains a staple of homicide detective work and is protected by the courts.

Charlie Kirk—friend to Trump and his family, confidante to Cabinet officials, and an interpreter of politics and faith to the MAGA world—“was one of the most influential unelected people in America,” Isaac Stanley-Becker and Ashley Parker write. https://theatln.tc/HoYTUl6o

Evergreen High School shooter identified by authorities Authorities say the school shooter was radicalized by an “extremist network.”

The teenager who opened fire at his classmates before shooting himself has been identified by authorities as 16-year-old Desmond Holly. He died at the hospital of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. via @coloradopublic.bsky.social

Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani "It's so ugly, it's so cowardly, it's so stupid."

"I’ve never seen the Democratic leadership not endorse the Democratic candidate. It’s so ugly, it’s so cowardly, it’s so stupid."

@timothypmurphy.bsky.social talked to Democratic voters who want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani

Michigan judge dismisses charges against 15 pro-Trump 'fake electors' A Michigan judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 people who signed false certificates saying Donald Trump won the state's electoral votes in 2020.

JUST IN: A Michigan judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 people who signed false certificates saying Donald Trump won the state's electoral votes in 2020.

DHS Claims Videotaping ICE Raids Is ‘Violence’ The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants.

In a big reversal from their usual faux-masculinity, ICE is now claiming that videotaping their actions is “violence.” That’s quite embarrassing, but it’s also a serious attack on the freedom of the press. From @matthewccook5.bsky.social with @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:

Michigan judge tosses case against 15 people accused of attempting to falsely certify Trump as 2020 winner The 15 had been accused of submitting certificates that falsely said Trump won the election in Michigan, when in fact President Joe Biden carried the state.

A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certifying President Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state. https://to.pbs.org/4nlF7gL

What to Expect Next in the Trump Administration’s Strategy to Meddle with the Vote Efforts to protect the coming elections must begin now.

Over the next 15 months, we can expect a coordinated campaign — backed by the full power of the executive branch — to undermine confidence in our election system. Here’s what to expect, and how key actors can be ready to respond: bit.ly/4fRIqtA

Hegseth visits Puerto Rico as U.S. steps up military operations in the Caribbean The visit comes as the U.S. prepares to deploy 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico for operations targeting drug cartels, a person familiar with the planning said Saturday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/3HOq6Fl

Florida surgeon general admits he banned vaccine mandates based on vibes In an interview on CNN, Dr. Joseph Ladapo said officials did not conduct any analyses to predict the impacts of killing off vaccine mandates.

After his announcement this week that he would seek to eliminate “all vaccine mandates,” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, made one thing clear: This decision was based on no science, just vibes.

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…

There is a very real prospect that President Trump could lose the midterms.

It’s ahead of this threat of defeat that he and his allies are working overtime to sway the elections before a single vote is cast. @ariberman.bsky.social reports on the unprecedented moves.

Supreme Court blesses racial profiling by ICE The conservative justices don't explain a decision that green lights detaining people for how they look.

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino.”

In LA now, that is the reality, at least as long as this case continues. And there’s no reason in this opinion to assume it won’t soon be the reality for the rest of us, too.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

The Supreme Court is really “just vibes” In a new book, legal podcaster Leah Litman describes how the GOP and its jurists are "just not that into democracy."

@leahlitman.bsky.social said it best: “Political culture imagines that the Supreme Court safeguards the Constitution, when in reality it is chipping away at the constitutional rights of historically marginalized groups."

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ICE GOONS have been unleashing tactical beatdowns on unarmed protesters in LA.

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