Adam Davidson

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

I might end up talking about this graph all day.

I think one thing Dems need to realize is that "Americans" are not buying into the "cities on fire" lies of this admin.

It's JUST Republicans. So if you're a governor of a solidly blue state, or a blue-city mayor, the national story is NOT YOURS.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Crowd chanting, "lick them boots! Lick them boots!" at ISP.

No.

Signed, a criminologist (for all intents and purposes)

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

Great column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

(gift link)

If you are an immigrant, you learn the asymmetrical balance of power when it comes to mistakes.
You make a mistake - you pay for it. The bureaucracy makes mistakes - you might pay for that too.
This is getting worse. More administrative mistakes and zero tolerance for immigrant errors.

The President turning the military against Americans is a bigger story than the shutdown and media outlets should treat it accordingly.

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Entered: 09/30/2025)

Our little AAUP chapter went 2/2 vs. Trump!

Noem and Rubio…misused the sweeping powers of their offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their 1st Am protected political speech. They did so in order to strike fear into similarly situated non-citizens…

Feels like the compromise position for the democrats voting to fund the government should be 1. the healthcare funding they’re asking for so we don’t devastate tens of millions of people for no reason 2. Laws for the things we thought we already had laws for like not sending the military to cities

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

In five minutes of scrolling I saw the President declare war on the city I live in at a mandatory military rally, an interesting discussion among legal scholars and commentators about how to describe where we are on the descent into fascism, and someone call Adam Serwer a cat racist. Love this place

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

beyond heartbreaking

Shout out to Paul Butler.

Re: today's march in Chicago at 1 pm at 50 W Washington: I have seen some people posting complaints about this march that don't make sense, and I want to respond. First, some people complain that folks should take action in affected communities. They are. It's called rapid response. (Thread.)

a cartoon of a man saying " so professor would you say it 's time for everyone to panic ? " Alt: Kent Brockman: Professor would you say it’s time for everyone to panic Yes I would Kent

Every law prof rn

Border Patrol seen boating down Chicago River, raids at Cicero home and Northwest Side Home Depot, and more ICE protests planned • The TRiiBE Here’s a roundup of federal agent sightings today, Sept. 25.

UPDATE — Witness videos captured Border Patrol agents boating down the Chicago River today.

Also, there are multiple anti-ICE protests planned for the Chicagoland area this weekend.

More details ⬇️

thetriibe.com/2025/09/bord...

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

The tell tale signs of where things were going was when they arrested Ras Baraka and indicted LaMonica McIver. [those of you who have followed me for a while know that I was harping on this when it happened]

They did in fact use the Kirk killing as the reichstag fire

Yall are amazing!! We are so close to our goal!! Help us get there!

Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Increasingly feeling like Ryan Doerfler and Dan Epps should’ve been the democratic right flank on Supreme Court reform.

One of the key ways you refuse to comply with fascism is by becoming even louder and more fearless in supporting vulnerable people. You SHOW that you are unwilling to throw the "undesirables" under the bus if only for self-preservation because under fascism you will also become undesirable one day.

The crowd is starting to grow again, chanting and heckling federal agents as they move more agents to the rooftop.

Nut shot

I got tossed around, agents ripped my press credentials off, and shot me in the nuts if you are wondering how it’s going.

After a rest we are back.

THIS IS THE AMAR BOOK!?

I think what you meant to say is that the Trump administration has more than cut cocaine dealers’ profits in half.

For the journalists covering this, I cannot stress this enough:

You know who votes for reformers, who are among their most consistent political base?

THE AREAS WITH HIGH CRIME RATES.

WITH.

Tough-on-crime types wrap themselves in “the victims”—WHO DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM.