Erik Tanouye

John Roberts Is The Villain

Those shitty AI videos your cousin keeps posting on facebook have more believable human interactions than this.

the afternoon of June 12, 2025, Gavidia, a U.S. citizen, was at a tow yard in Los Angeles County that was visited by immigration agents conducting a roving patrol. Id. 1 157. Around 4:30 p.m., upon hearing someone say that immigration agents may be at the premises, Gavidia went outside to confirm this. Id. 1 158. At the time, his clothes were dirty from working on his car. Id. On the sidewalk outside the gate, Gavidia saw a federal agent between two cars step forward. Id. 1 159. Soon after, Gavidia saw several other agents wearing similar vests with the words "Border Patrol Federal Agent." Id. He also noticed that the agents were carrying handguns and at least two of the agents had a military-style rifle. Id. When Gavidia attempted to head back inside the tow yard premises, a masked agent said, "Stop right there." While the agent approached Gavidia, another unmasked agent ran toward him and asked if he was American. Gavidia told the agent that he is American multiple times. Id. The agent responded by asking, "What hospital were you born in?" Id. Gavidia calmly replied that he did not know. Id. The agent repeated the same question two more times, and each time Gavidia provided the same answer. At that point, the agents pushed Gavidia up against the metal gated fence, put his hands behind his back, and twisted his arm. Id. Gavidia had been on his phone, and the masked agent also took his phone from his hand at that point. Id. Gavidia explained that the agents were hurting him and that he was American. The unmasked agent asked a final time, "What hospital were you born in?" Id. Gavidia responded again that he did not know and said East L.A. Gavidia then told the agents that he could show them his Real ID. Id. The agents had not asked to see Gavidia's identification. When Gavidia showed his Real ID to the agents, one of them took it from him. It ultimately took about twenty minutes for Gavidia to get his phone back, but the agents never returned his Real ID.

Another plaintiff is a U.S. citizen who works at a tow yard. Border Patrol stopped him on sight.

When he said he was a citizen, they demanded to know what hospital he’d been born in. When he said he didn’t know, they shoved him hard up against a fence.

They later basically stole his REAL ID.

Clown car legal team.

How did we get Nazi artificial intelligence before we got jetpacks?

What an absolute nightmare

There needs to be a criminal punishment for the people responsible for this hellish thuggery

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The cup of water shaking on the dashboard as a T-Rex approaches in Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park made a whole meal out of how large the big dinosaurs were and how terrifying it was to *feel* them coming.

In Jurassic World: Rebirth, the biggest dinosaurs on earth sneak up on people MULTIPLE times.

They stomp around in tall grass and simply no one notices them.

I just got an email from Social Security telling me I should watch Tulsa King and listen to The Piano Guys?

Text reads: One wonders whether our own situation is much different, and, even more gloomily, whether there will be anyone to say, as Conquest did not but might as well have, “I told you so, you fucking fools.”

Drive My Tár

One day I want to see John Roberts as bankrupt financially as he is morally.

There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American.

A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!

Very excited about Cuomo losing, but jonesing for an update on my randomly selected slate of 22 delegates to the judicial convention.

Democratic Party leaders thinking, “Lesson learned. Next time we just need to find a *better* old white sex pest .”

One day I want to see John Roberts as bankrupt financially as he is morally.

With this in mind, at 6:14 p.m., as the hearing continued, Mr. Reuveni, again listening on the public line, emailed attorneys with the DHS Office of General Counsel, ICE Office ofthe Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), and the DOS Office of Legal Advisor informing them along with other DOJ attorneys that the “Judge is certifying a nationwide class as we speak. It is likely a classwide tro is imminent.” At 6:44 p.m. , Mr. Reuveni sent a follow-up email: "The judge is presently issuing a class-wide TRO. Can folks confirm for us if at the moment any individuals subject to the AEA are being staged for removal, or are presently in the air as part of removal (but not yet having landed and disembarked)?" At 6:44 p.m., Mr. Reuveni texted his supervisor Mr. Flentje referencing Bove's March 14, 2025, comment that it might become necessary to tell a court "fuck you." Mr. Flentje acknowledged Bove's comment with a joke referencing the possibility that either he or Mr. Reuveni could be fired, impliedly for reporting up their chain of command concerns that a court order may have been violated. At 6:46 p.m., Mr. Reuveni emailed DHS the substance of Judge Boasberg's oral order concerning class certification and a TRO: “The class is ‘all noncitizens in US custody subject to the AEA' a minute order with more specifics will issue. Please confirm receipt of this email and let us know ASAP on the questions below concerning removals not yet effectuated, including those involving folks in the air. ” At 6:48 p.m. Mr. Reuveni sent another email: "Sorry for all the emails. Last email: the judge specifically ordered us to not remove anyone in the class, and to return anyone in the air.”

Reuveni says that on March 15 he was emailing DHS updates telling them that Judge Boasberg was entering a court order to block the flights, worried that Ensign wouldn't act.

His supervisor, August Flentje, noted Bove's "fuck you" line and joked Reuveni might be fired for raising alarm.

He was.

Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump

Proud to have done my civic NYC duties:

1) Didn’t rank Cuomo

2) Took a wild-ass-guess about 22 Delegates to the Judicial Convention based on a few of their MySpace profiles

Why push for impeachment?

Because politics is an exercise in moving public opinion as much as counting votes in the senate.

The Jan 6 Hearings were not a criminal proceeding against Trump that would end in jail, but they focused public attention.

Performative public investigations matter

I'll sum this up in one sentence: ICE is using armed force to say laws don't apply to them.

We are there.

“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing.

Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle.

Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop.
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If Brad Lander has just worn a tactical vest, a mask, and a hat, would the alleged ICE members have stopped him or merely assumed he was apprehending the person he was escorting through the hall and let him go about his business?

DOJ’s lawyer says that Trump could call up the National Guard in every state and Washington, D.C., and THAT would be unreviewable.

A person who looks like the fictional character Jon Snow is seen in the background of Brad Lander being detained by men assailants claiming to be ICE officers.

I can’t believe Jon Snow just stood there and let this happen.

Online legal scholar watching Fred Korematsu get arrested for being Japanese: “Don’t worry everyone, he’ll be able to challenge this in court, and he can sue for his release.”

I hope I’m wrong, but I think you may be overestimating the power of lawsuits and rightful claims to stop what’s been happening at a furious pace.

Yeah, but I guess I don’t really expect the NYPD to help or de-escalate, while I (probably naively) think the press could change the narrative tremendously with a simple change.