Dahlia Lithwick

ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

thank you

thank you Chris

Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts An unholy alliance between the Roberts majority and the Trump administration is demolishing the separation of church and state.

With @rachellaser.bsky.social of Americans United on all the many many ways church is crowding out state, and why it all started at SCOTUS

MS NOW confirms Corey Lewandowski is also out at DHS.

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

The Justice Department released *some* of the missing files, namely FBI interview notes from the woman alleging Epstein trafficked her as a young teen to Trump, Trump sexually assaulted her, and then she later endured a series of threats not to talk. Very dark reading www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

LETTER TO CONGRESS Judge Blocks Trump’s Illegal Mass Layoffs NatSec, Tech Leaders Urge Congress to Investigate Pentagon’s Supply Chain Risk Designation Threats Signatories urge congressional oversight and warn against attacking US companies, like Anthropic

"We further urge Congress to exercise its oversight authority against this inappropriate use of executive authority against Anthropic, and to consider legislative guardrails ensuring that such designations are reserved for their intended purpose: protecting the United States from foreign threats, not disciplining American companies for disagreeing with the executive branch." LETTER TO House and SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEEs

We're proud to support this bipartisan coalition of high-level former defense officials and policy leaders urging Congress to investigate the Trump admin’s threat to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk - a penalty for disagreeing w/the admin.

Read the letter: https://protdem.org/4sq0yjm

Dan Crenshaw has been ousted from Congress.

The AP called the #TX09 primary for Steve Toth, one of the most far-right members of the Texas House.

A person holding a microphone gives a thumbs-up gesture. Text reads, "Election 2026: James Talarico defeats Jasmine Crockett in Texas U.S. Senate primary."

James Talarico is expected to win the Texas Senate primary over Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Decision Desk HQ projects. Many in the party viewed the race, the first major primary of the 2026 midterms, as a test of the party’s future direction. https://bit.ly/4rQ5OwR

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

Very stable genius strikes again.

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Fortunately, we have Andrew Weissmann to illuminate these dark times and to offer a roadmap back to sanity, a reinvestment in our age-old principles and a return to virtue.”

- @kenlburns.bsky.social

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Yes, Supreme Court Decisions Really Matter | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts No, that doesn’t mean the wizards in robes are doing magic. The former Solicitor General of the United States puts the tariffs case in its legal realism context.

With former Solicitor General of the United States Donald Verrilli Jr. on why one still fights at SCOTUS

If I want to know about Supreme Court procedure I would definitely ask on Truth Social, yep

Pentagon removes senior official from Joint Staff post, sources say U.S. Vice Admiral Fred Kacher only took the post in December.

Trump has dismissed Vice Admiral Fred Kacher, deputy director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for issuing warnings to him about what might go wrong in a new war against Iran, Reuters report. www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

The recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning TARIFFS could allow for Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to be returned to Countries and Companies that have been “ripping off” the United States of America for many years to come, and now, according to this Decision, could actually continue to do so, at an even increased level. I am sure that the Supreme Court did not have this in mind! It doesn’t make sense that Countries and Companies that took advantage of us for decades, receiving Billions and Billions of Dollars that they should not have been allowed to receive, would now be entitled to an undeserved “windfall,” the likes of which the World has never seen before, as a result of this highly disappointing, to say the least, ruling. Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible??? PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump on the Supreme Court's tariffs ruling: "Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???"

Lest anyone think Judge Murphy selectively quoted Mary Larakers—the DOJ lawyer defending third-country deportations—here's the full exchange from the transcript. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The most fraudridden administration in American history will make an argument to the Supreme Court that it will not fund eligible health care claims because it is fighting fraud.

Seeing some "fuck Kansas" replies/QTs and while I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment behind the statement, I think a better response would be "fuck, we need to help the people of Kansas"

If anyone knows a good way to do that, please put it in the comments and I will amplify

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

Transgender adults in Kansas have received letters ordering them to surrender their drivers licenses until they obtain a new one with a marker reflecting their sex assigned at birth.

Their current licenses are now invalid.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Ann Godoff, a Top Editor and Publisher of Best Sellers, Dies at 76

Rest in peace and in the power of words. Grateful every day I had the honor of working with her.

How to stop a dictator I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.

How To Stop The Dictator
Part 2

In Brazil, South Korea, and Poland, Dictators tried and failed to overthrow Democracy.

The population fought back and won.

What strategies worked?

Why is nonviolence so important?

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www.vox.com/politics/479...

Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system.

Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...

"We are witnessing a White House cover-up of serious allegations against the President by a survivor. We demand AG Bondi come clean…and tell the American people if their President is under investigation for allegations of sexual assault,” said Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov

.... actually what is brilliant in MN is a lack of cooperation.

Dr Oz: "We're announcing a 6 month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment -- prosthesis, orthotics -- supplies across the board."

Newsmax, yes Newsmax, says this about Tucker Carlson:

"Isn’t Tucker Carlson almost sort of whatever one considers entertainment, but almost like an entertainer? He's really not a journalist. He has his own brand of entertainment. Do you even think his opinion matters?"