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2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors" Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.

"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors."

"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."

- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek

2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"

What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com

"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Interesting. Do they have opinions as to which MSAs?

Happy birthday, Chris!

This kind of repudiation of the Supreme Court by a state Supreme Court justice is very rare. But — speaking as a former Alaska Supreme Court clerk — this is also part of their structural purpose. There’s a reason our rights can be, and often are, given *better* protection under state constitutions.

Alayna Treene @alaynatreene Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops to help with local law enforcement (without buy-in from the state’s governor) could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN Now he’s going to Memphis W/ @HBRabinowitz https://cnn.com/2025/09/12/politics/chicago-memphis-trump-national-guard

It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."

omg it's finally happening

occasionally former judges speak out about the Supreme Court but I have long wished current judges would do so

a sitting judge saying it is "inexcusable" that "sweeping rulings arrive with breathtaking speed but minimal explanation" feels like an important door opening

'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Donald Trump to send the national guard to Chicago, in a similar manner that he has done so in Los ...

The full 12 minutes of @govpritzker.illinois.gov speech today, which was superb.

(Via Nicole Wallace / @msnbc.com segment.)

www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...

it will take years to undo the damage from this lawless, criminal conduct. business as usual once Democrats reclaim executive power will unacceptable. no turning the page without repairing the damage

Right on.

Against Vulgar Positivism A Reply to Eric Levitz

Great piece on the power and importance of rhetoric and the poverty of popularism.

www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-vu...

Democrats writing letters

"Free D.C.! Free D.C."

Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.

If you live in/represent a Blue State, want to gerrymander the FUCK out of your state, support and are willing to fight for a national anti-gerrymandering law you are principled, consistent and doing exactly the right thing.

Arkadi Gerney and I argue for maximum deterrence as our best path forward in @washingtonpost.com

“Impeach Judge Bove and then prosecute him for his crimes” should be table stakes for Democratic candidates in 2026, he has broken the law more egregiously than like 90 percent of the people who will come before him in his courtroom

I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.

If a Democrat wins the presidency in 2028, investigating Bove for criminal obstruction of justice as relates to the court orders in the J.G.G. case should be a priority. Statute of limitations is five years.

I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.

I'm not convinced this is quite right--my read is that they think it's popular in red states to 'own the libs'

So part of the appeal of visibly cruel ICE raids is inflicting harm on their perceived enemies in blue states

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whole thread is good, but this point is especially important to take in:

Remarkably strong correlation between pundits who told me the Supreme Court upholding Texas’s abortion bounty hunter law was technical and not a sign it would overturn Roe, and pundits assuring me birthright citizenship is fine because people can “just file a class action” or whatever

The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.

"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."

if you haven’t yet, and have some time this weekend, read this important piece on what’s happening to the Voting Rights Act as we speak, and what’s happening to groups that work for Native voters’ rights