Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 9% [Updated] - emptywheel Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...

Ut oh.

Yesterday I reported that just 18% of the cases against people arrested September 27-28 at Broadview in Chicago had survived.

Make that 9% -- they just moved to dismiss another case.

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Gov. Shapiro: The way Trump has chosen to deploy the National Guard is extremely dangerous. It does not make us more safe. It creates chaos and real danger in our communities.

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

Greene on the Epstein files: "I can't conclusively say that's why the House isn't in session, but the House should be in session...there is a new Democrat that's been elected that deserves to be sworn in...if it's to avoid the discharge petition, why drag this out? It's going to have 218 signatures"

Trump will visit Walter Reed tomorrow for a 'routine yearly checkup.'

His last routine annual physical exam was 6 months ago.

Trump Claims Illinois Democratic Gov. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Johnson ‘Should Be In Jail’ Read more here.

Trump called for the imprisonment of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over their alleged failure to protect ICE officials. The move marks the president’s latest call to punish political opponents who oppose him.

Fox Business's Charles Payne claims that if Mikie Sherrill becomes the governor of New Jersey, "a lot of people in Jersey will have to go without air conditioning and buy a bunch of blankets."

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

Her pivot could expose everything Washington wants buried...or prove the system still owns her. If Greene’s break is real...the GOP’s in trouble. If it’s not...America is. 🔥👇
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Screenshot of a tweet from Matt Hill (@thematthill) on X. The tweet states that Greg Bovino admitted agents can detain people based on behavior like looking scared or gripping the steering wheel tightly, even if they’re U.S. citizens. Below is a CNN screenshot showing Bovino being interviewed, with the headline: ‘Exclusive: Agent leading Trump’s immigration crackdown speaks to CNN.’

How is that probable cause?!

DHS and ICE have 20 days to produce all raw footage in their possession from the South Shore Chicago apartment complex raid.

Darkness is no longer YOUR ally. We will shed light on your illegal actions.

Rep. Clark: Speaker Johnson said we have an eternity to deal with health care. No, we don't. They took away the tax credits that help people pay for premiums. They chose to spend that money on permanent tax credits for billionaires. Families are finding out that their premiums are about to double

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

We now have armed soldiers from the state of Texas eagerly volunteered by their governor to impose the president’s will on the citizens of Illinois.

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Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

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Klobuchar: "I went over there this morning and there are actually more statues of deceased Republican leaders than there are Republican House members over there right now."

The fucking hypocrisy of the Trump administration.

How Trump gets and processes information How Trump is making potentially lethal decisions

How did I miss this? Trump thinks Portland is on fire and is justified in sending in the troops because he watched a five-year-old clip on Fox? Are you kidding me? We are so in 25th Amendment territory. Biden never did anything close to this:

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

A Federal Judge Shows How the Courts Should Deal With Trump’s Lies District Court Judge Karin Immergut’s opinion shows that courage in judging doesn’t require rhetoric or defiance—only the quiet insistence that facts still matter.

A Federal Judge Shows How the Courts Should Deal With Trump’s Lies

District Court Judge Karin Immergut’s opinion shows that courage in judging doesn’t require rhetoric or defiance—only the quiet insistence that facts still matter.

Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s Deployment of Texas National Guard in Chicago Read more here.

Illinois sued to block Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, saying “the American people…should not live under the threat of occupation…particularly not because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor.” https://bit.ly/4q4KEL4

"As one of the few Jews on [the flotilla]...they asked me if I was Jewish...threw me in front of the Israeli flag... we were strip-searched & zip-tied & blindfolded, & sent to this detention camp."

Horrifying testimony to Zeteo from freed activist David Adler:
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There. A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

Oh. Election denier and right winger Pizzagate TPUSA hack Jack Posobiec appears to have voted illegally - living in Maryland but voting in Pennsylvania. From Jacqueline Sweet at @slate.com and @marisakabas.bsky.social at The Handbasket: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Fun fact: Even if federal money *was* being spent on Medicaid coverage for undocumented immigrants (it isn’t), the money wouldn’t be “going to illegal aliens.”

It would be going to *healthcare providers*…ie, hospitals, doctors, etc.

Medicaid enrollees don’t receive the money.

Q: Has the president abandoned his campaign pledge to mandate insurance coverage for IVF?

LEAVITT: No

Q: Is there any update on that?

LEAVITT: I'll check

Q: We've seen this spate of gun violence in this country- mass shootings, Michigan church attacked, children being shot in pews in Minnesota. Has any of this made the president rethink gun safety prevention?

LEAVITT: The president is always going to protect the 2A constitutional rights of Americans

I have a whole collection of challenge coins from various people, and this is hands down the dumbest fucking coin I’ve ever seen.

Q: You just said federal layoffs are an 'unenviable choice,' but Trump has described this as an 'unprecedented opportunity' to lay off additional workers. Which is this?

Leavitt: Trump likes to have a little fun every now and then, and I think both things can be true at the same time

this was an especially unhinged question even by the standard of Karoline Leavitt-era White House press briefings