Samantha Chapman (she/her)

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Every French leftist rn: “HOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!”

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer

BREAKING: Plainclothes agents detain and take Mahmoud Khalil from his home. His wife, Noor Abdalla, who is 8 months pregnant, recorded the video.

Agents refused to show a warrant to his wife and hung up on the family’s attorney.

If they can do this to Mr. Khalil, they can do it to any of us.

When he brought up 1984 I initially thought he was flipping his vote and then—

Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics When Florida’s lawyers tried to defend the state’s social media age restriction law by claiming it’s “well known” that platforms harm children, they probably weren&#82…

Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...

It is genuinely insane and hugely embarrassing that in this country political donations from corporate entities receive greater speech protection than permanent residents protesting US-funded war

HuffPost Chris Christie Leaves No Doubt

a dark day for ska

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the injunction at court hearing on a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups arguing that Trump’s order is unconstitutional.

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to curb birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign visitors.

A bill to defund public schools in Huron, SD. A bill to give civil immunity to church bouncers *even in the event they use deadly force*. Two bills forcing antiabortion propaganda to be included in public school health education. I COULD GO ON.

Please stay engaged at home: www.aclusd.org/en/bills

-a bill that allows law enforcement to detain anyone they want on the street for up to an hour without a warrant or arresting the individual, HB 1153
-a bill that provides unprecedented immunity to off-duty cops to perform a citizen’s arrest, HB 1148

-a bill that prohibits school staff from using a student’s preferred pronouns or calling them by any other name than their legal name, HB 1177

-a bill that requires schools to get permission from parents before a student can see the school counselor, and if a student shares any thoughts or asks questions about being queer, gay, or trans, the school must notify the parents, HB 1201
(this is especially monstrous for abused children)

-a bill is advancing that forces public schools to post the 10 Commandments in every single classroom, establishing a state religion and indoctrinating kids, SB 51
-another bill is advancing to require public schools to allow volunteer chaplains to proselytize to kids during the school day, HB 1054

Yes it’s important to call out federal level insanity but we’re going to burn out too quickly (by design) if we spend our energy on things we have no power to influence. State level advocacy is direly needed in SD right now in the following areas:

I’m begging all South Dakotans to focus your attention & outrage on pushing back against bad state-level legislation. Our congressional delegation isn’t going to respond to calls about Elon Musk, but your state legislators live in your communities & are more responsive to calls to fund libraries.

“Even well-intentioned chaplain policies will undermine the fundamental premise of our public education system and violate our longstanding First Amendment principles."

Public Schools are Not Sunday Schools. Stop SB 51. Public schools are not Sunday schools. Tell our elected leaders to oppose the mandatory display of the Ten Commandments and to vote no on Senate Bill 51. #SDLeg

Senate Bill 51, which would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms, is moving through the legislature, but we can still stop it. Contact the House Education Committee now to ask them to oppose this bill.

action.aclu.org/send-message...

CREW requests records on DOGE - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The public should know how DOGE will be constituted and funded, as well as whether it will be an official governmental body.

NEW: CREW has now filed 65 records requests investigating what DOGE is up to and whether it is complying with the law.

You can see them all here:

US judge blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisons A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican's executive order requiring all transgender women be housed in federal prisons for men and ending their access to gender-affirming care.

US judge in DC blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisons www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud... from @nateraymond.bsky.social

We don’t need a surveillance state to protect kids online • South Dakota Searchlight A bill aimed at limiting minors’ access to online content would require people to undergo an invasive age verification process before accessing adult content online.

"Is there harmful content on the internet for young viewers? Undoubtedly. But not every societal ill requires a solution from the government. ... In this case, parents already have the tools they need."

Commentary from @samchop.bsky.social of @aclusouthdakota.bsky.social

“Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture.” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO.

Heartbreaking day for me. It turns out a different Sam Alito has been reading my Pornhub essays.