Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article) Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

She was put on indefinite leave from the NIH because she spoke out against the abuses there.

The NIH “Director” says that science shouldn’t be political, then he purges dissent.

Well done @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social.

Her courage is inspiring and I believe that one day it will be rewarded.

Judge blocks Trump administration plan to strip protected status for Haitians in US – as it happened This live blog is now closed.

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."

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It's so much bigger than Epstein What the Epstein files really reveal

It's so much bigger than Epstein
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This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.

The new fake video of Alex Pretti that is being used to discredit his memory is an AI fake made by @mazemoor (on X).

He even admitted it.

It has been debunked by many sources.

The video is a very good fake, but it’s fake....

I slow-motioned the mistake for you.

WATCH👇🏻

#TheAlexPrettiFakeVideo

It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.

And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.

Sit with that.

White Minnesota Ladies Protesting ICE Really Throwing A Wrench In Right Wing Propaganda Machine How are they supposed to pretend to protect women who hate them?

White Minnesota Ladies Protesting ICE Really Throwing A Wrench In Right Wing Propaganda Machine
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Jack Smith has Jeffrey Clark/Scott Perry texts admitting there was NO foreign election interference in 2020 per a briefing from DNI Ratcliffe January 2nd, 2021 per Volume I of his final report. DNI Gabbard is going to try to create foreign interference where DNI Ratcliffe failed. @raskin.house.gov

ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1

"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."

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John Leguizamo issues stern warning to ICE-supporting fans John Leguizamo issues stern warning to ICE-supporting fans

John Leguizamo issues stern warning to ICE-supporting fans

Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)

Melanie Stansbury: “Arresting journalists.
Raiding election offices.
Invading American cities.
Committing violence against our own people.

The worst of what we feared is here — it’s time for any of my colleagues sitting on the sidelines to do something & stand up”

Don Lemon reports outside City Hall in New York Lev Radin/ZUMA

Don Lemon from inside the Minnesota church protest: “I’m just here photographing. I’m a journalist. We’re here just chronicling & reporting”

Going to be difficult to assert that he was doing anything other than reporting on the event in his capacity as a journalist

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation The senators presented a letter demanding that top DOJ official Todd Blanche clarify the legality of his actions, pointing to ProPublica reporting that found he owned at least $159,000 in related asse...

NEW: Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing ProPublica reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in related investments when he shut down crypto investigations at the DOJ.

Kimmel to Kermit on The Muppet Show's return: "Your show has been off the air... were you guys suspended?"

Gavin Newsom: “ You will not have a country if he rigs this election — you will have a president who will be running for a third term

He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”

AFGE, the largest federal employee union, is calling for the immediate termination of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller for smearing their slain union member Alex Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.”

Hundreds of Target employees urge the company to keep ICE out of stores. Read the letter to leadership. More than 275 employees signed a letter to Target leadership that outlined four steps they say the company should take in response to ICE.

"...represents a moral failure to protect those in our community," says the letter to management."

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The day before Alex Pretti was murdered, hundreds of Target workers urged the company to bar ICE from its stores.

"Target's continued inaction in the face of the current administration puts all of us at risk of more harm in our workplaces and..."

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BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.

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"Sanders today secured a Senate vote on his amendment to the government funding package to repeal the $75 billion funding increase for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)..."

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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been blocking a vote on the revised government funding deal, says he is lifting his blockade in exchange for a vote on his bill to end sanctuary cities.

GOP Sen. John Kennedy worries his party is losing the initiative on immigration: "I've never seen a political party take its best issue and turn it into its worst issue in the period of time that it has happened, in the last few weeks," Kennedy tells reporters.

Wow! I can’t believe we got this done! Now call your senators and tell them restrictions are nice, but they should strip the BBB funding of ICE and CBP.

Minneapolis' Community-Driven Anti-ICE Organizing Is Showing The Way What Minneapolis activists have to teach us about organizing communities to resist ICE

ICE’s tactics have been terrifying and tragic, but Minneapolis is responding in incredible ways. Residents are organizing, feeding and housing their neighbors, and putting real social infrastructure in place. What’s taking shape isn’t just a reaction, it’s a blueprint for resistance.