MUST WATCH: ICE agents ran over a protester. Fled the scene. Hit a bystander on a bike.

Then threw smoke grenades at the crowd.

This all happened in broad daylight in the middle of downtown L.A.

I don't think any single piece of information has ever radicalised me like reading the statistics on how many women have their husbands/boyfriends dump them because they got a terminal illness diagnosis

Some folks are just *so* so close to saying "we need to let men do whatever they want to women, otherwise they'll hold our whole society hostage," but they keep getting tongue-tied and it comes out as "male loneliness epidemic"

LAST NIGHT AT UCLA -

On the one year anniversary of the violent encampment raid, UCLA admin called in riot police to break up students watching The Encampments documentary on campus.

These schools are at war with their students. Movies are illegal.

Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 1...

apparently more than half of Americans do not have proficient reading skills. we can get that number a lot higher www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-li...

Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love

the fraction of parents reading to their 0-4 year old kids frequently has apparently fallen by 23 POINTS since 2012 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

All of this for some students watching a documentary on campus. Fucking ridiculous.

Every review of youth gender medicine is just, "there's evidence that this helps and no evidence that this causes harm, but here's why that doesn't count."

why exactly is the white house allowing known circulators of CSM into the briefing room?

They’ve already deported someone to Rwanda! I reported on a State Dept. cable confirming it a week ago! I even shared the cable details so others could confirm!!!! I feel insane www.thehandbasket.co/p/us-rwanda-...

The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday A conservative judge on Friday warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."

NEW: The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday.

Hours later, a conservative judge who tried to intervene warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."

A mob of Hasidic men in Brooklyn chase down a woman who came to protest Ben-Gvir.

This sort of reaction has become normalized in NYC and LA, where violence against protestors has spiked enormously since October 7th.

This largely isn't covered or addressed by media, despite how widespread it is.

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025 The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why

Have reforms really triggered a crime wave? How much of mass incarceration is a result of the war on drugs or the profit motives of private prisons?

On International Fact-Checking Day, we're busting some of the biggest myths in the criminal legal system🧵
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Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif: “If our civilians are not safe then I am making it clear that Indian civilians will not be safe either."

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Canary Mission, the pro-Israel group taking credit for student deportation, explained The group has long maintained a pro-Israel blacklist. Now it claims to be escalating.

Canary Mission is a secretive pro-Israel group that's been running an employment blacklist for a decade.

Now, they're taking credit for Trump's student deportations — and providing more names for him to target.

www.vox.com/politics/410...

HigherGov screenshot showing information on a government contract. Awardee: Palantir Technologies. Awarding Agency: Internal Revenue Service. Potential value: $1.5mm. Start date: 4/18/25. End date: 7/18/25. Modified 4/21/25. Description TO BUILDING UPON THE INCIDENTAL ONTOLOGY MAPPING COMPLETED DURING THE PILOT, WE PROPOSE EXTENDING THE CURRENT CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY TO FINALIZE THE MAPPING OF THE IRS DATA ONTOLOGY IN ADDITION TO ENSURE FULLY OPERATIONAL MAPPING OF IRS INFRASTRUCTURE

And here's the contract details:

YouTube video by More Perfect Union Palantir: The New Deep State

Palantir just officially got the IRS contract to create "fully operational mapping of IRS infrastructure."

The same tech being used for the military 'kill chain' is going to be analyzing your financial information.

Here's our video on Palantir from last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95...

the incumbent that kat was challenging is retiring and stepping down from her seat. we interviewed her when she launched her campaign. get to know her if you haven’t yet!

ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.

they snatched these two men inside the courthouse. they were not wearing uniforms. they had no badges. they had no warrant. they’re just abducting people.

over 100 people are rallying outside the albemarle county courthouse right now to protest the abduction of two local residents here yesterday by masked men with no warrant who claimed to be ICE agents

“False Premise” Objections. Defendants object to certain discovery because they claim the requests are based on the “false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador.”[2] See Defs.’ Objs. & Resps. to Pls.’ First Set of Expedited Interrogs., ECF No. 98-1 at 3. Defendants—and their counsel—well know that the falsehood lies not in any supposed “premise,” but in their continued mischaracterization of the Supreme Court’s Order. That Order made clear that this Court “properly required the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.” See Noem v. Abrego Garcia, 604 U.S. –– (2025), slip op. at 2; see also Abrego Garcia v. Noem, No. 25-1404, 2025 WL 1135112, at *1 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025). Defendants’ objection reflects a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations. The objection is overruled. Defendants are therefore ordered to supplement their answers in full compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Their answers must include facts responsive to the requests, not oblique and incomplete, non-specific characterizations. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(3) (requiring that each interrogatory be answered “fully”). 2 See, e.g., Defs.’ Objs. & Resps. to Pls.’ First Set of Expedited Interrogs. Nos. 1, 3 & 6.

In the order — storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... — Xinis makes clear that she is done dealing with DOJ/DHS/State's BS.

"Defendants—and their counsel—well know that the falsehood lies not in any supposed “premise,” but in their continued mischaracterization of the Supreme Court’s Order."

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al., * Plaintiffs, * Civil Action No. 8:25-cv-00951-PX v. * KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, * United States Department * of Homeland Security, et al., * Defendants. * *** ORDER Pursuant to this Court’s Letter Order Regarding the Filing of Discovery Motions (ECF No. 80), Plaintiffs have notified the Court of seemingly intractable discovery disputes that require immediate attention to remain on the expedited discovery schedule. ECF Nos. 79 & 98. To facilitate the just and expeditious production of discovery, the Court rules on Defendants’ stated objections included within their answers to Interrogatories and responses to Requests for Production of Documents (“RPDs”). 1

I know others have gone into detail throughout the day, but I just want to make sure I highlight how important Judge Paula Xinis's order from today in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is.

It is about discovery — the evidence the gov't is to turn over — but her points are sharp and the context is key.

Judge Sweeney becomes the first non-D.C. judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act is likely not applicable to Tren de Aragua, and rules that the Trump administration may not apply it to anyone in Colorado without 21 days notice and opportunity to file a lawsuit.

Crucial context here: @adamisacson.com suggests that there may be as many as 31 people imprisoned in CECOT whose names have never been made public.

Their families have literally no public acknowledgment or way of knowing where their loved one is being held.

That is a classic disappearance.

He disappeared after detention. Now ICE is silent on the fate of Venezuelan man A Venezuelan man has disappeared into the U.S. immigration system. His family is looking for answers.

Read the whole story. It is shocking and horrifying. The United States government grabbed a man outside of his apartment and within less than 48 hours vanished him from the face of the earth.

He is probably imprisoned in El Salvador. But no one knows! He wasn't on the flight manifest leaked by CBS.

NEW: A SECOND story was released today of a Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump admin. Neiyerver Leon is a barber who entered legally seeking asylum in June 2023. ICE arrested him on March 13 and accused him of being in TdA.

Days later, he vanished off the face of the earth.

SCOTUS oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor are in 5 minutes.

What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.

Gather round. 🧵

Map from Inside Higher Ed of terminations across the US. Above the map it says “International Student Visas Revoked As of April 18, over 240 colleges and universities have identified 1,550-plus international students and recent graduates who have had their legal status changed by the State Department.”

Judges so far have blocked government efforts to strip status from many students, but so far the practice is continuing.

Most terminations are over minor law enforcement encounters (speeding tickets in some cases) and have nothing to do with Palestinian advocacy.

We know of over 1,500 cars so far.

Banias Law & @BaniasLaw Follow Here is the colloquy leading up to this paragraph. The judge coined the term "Shrodinger's Visa," which I find appropriate and pithy. #SaveSEVIS #F1 [Begin Screenshot] MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY] I'm not able to answer that question, Your Honor. THE COURT: How are you not able to answer that question? What does that even mean? He's either here legally or he's not here legally. You're the government's lawyer. Is he here legally? I mean, how is Mr. [client] supposed to know if he's here legally if you don't even know if he is here legally? MR. He was lawfully admitted to the United States -- THE COURT: No, no, Mr. [DOJ Attorney] there's a -- no, no Mr. [DOJ Attorney] there is a yes or no answer here. We are not -- this is not Schrodinger's visa, either he's here legally or he's not here legally. If you cannot answer the question, you have to explain to me why you cannot answer that question. MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY] I cannot answer that question. I have talked to ICE as to whether or not they consider at this point in time the individual, whether or not they are maintaining lawful status. THE COURT: And what does ICE say to that? MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY] I have not received a response

The bit leading up has to be seen to be believed. ICE erased students from the official foreign student database and told them to leave the country.

When Banias and others sued, ICE said nothing relevant had changed and the students could stay. Maybe? Or maybe not. Who knows? Not the government!

[QT] Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts •1d This has to be one of the craziest admissions from A JUDGE that l've ever seen in a court transcript. What the hell are we doing here?! [Start screenshot] THE COURT: Do you realize that this is Kafkaesque? I've got two experienced immigration lawyers on behalf of a client who is months away from graduation, who has done nothing wrong, who has been terminated from a system that you all keep telling me has no effect on his immigration status, although that clearly is BS. And now, his two very experienced lawyers can't even tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the Court can't tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the government's counsel can't tell him if he's here legally. [end screeenshot; start tweet that was being QTed] @ Dr. Émile P. Torres@xriskology•1d Four students at Case Western Reserve University -- my university —- were told that their visas had been revoked and that they will need to leave the country, while the semester is still going. Now, turns out, the... Comments 75 Retweets: 6.4K Likes: 45k Views: 2.3M

Over on X, a tale of the madness currently playing out with student visas is currently going viral on the basis of an astonishing quote from a judge calling what the Trump administration is doing “Kafkaesque.”

The lawsuit is one of Banias. law’s emergency TRO cases and the quote is from 5 days ago.