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Whoa, Judge Perry says the Feds’ declarations about unrest at ICE facilities are not credible because some of the incidents they cite in their declarations were separately no-billed by grand juries

I've said it dozens of times. City government should put up live cams around the ICE facilities, the downtown area, and have them broadcast live feed, 24/7, on the city's website so people can go look for themselves whenever they wish.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It. Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.

Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.

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Shopping for groceries in Germany, what do you think? #FoodPrices #Economy @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1
Republican Shutdown.

This time, the Democrats proudly carry a message:

“Save healthcare and release the files, we’re ready to talk. You?”

The longer the other side stalls, the further the message spreads.

In any event, while decisions of the Ninth Circuit are "not binding" on this Court, Hays v. United States, 397 F.3d 564, 567 (7th Cir. 2005), and the Court frankly does not agree that "significantly impeded" is the same thing as "unable," the Court would still find that Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits even were the Ninth Circuit standard applied. As discussed, there is evidence of protests, some of which have included acts of violence. There is also evidence of property destruction, and discrete groups who have attempted to impede DHS agents. At the same time, there is significant evidence that DHS has not been unable to carry out its mission. All federal facilities have remained open. To the extent there have been disruptions, they have been of limited duration and swiftly controlled by authorities. Pairing all this with evidence that federal immigration officials have seen huge increases in arrests and deportations, see Doc. 13 at 34-35; id. at 34 n.124, the Court concludes that even under the Ninth Circuit standard, the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section 12406(3) simply do not exist.

Judge Perry rejects the Trump admin’s proposed definition of “unable” as basically any interference with federal law enforcement, and say that even if she did, “the factual conditions necessary for President Trump to have properly invoked Section 12406(3) simply do not exist.”

Altogether then, the phrase "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States" means that in order for the President to call forth the militia to execute the laws, the President must be incapable with the regular forces-that is, lacking the power and force with the military alone—to execute the laws. This understanding of "regular forces" is not only consistent with the ordinary meaning of "regular forces" at the time Section 12406's operative language was initially enacted, but it makes sense given the evolution of the Army over time.

Here, there has been no showing that the civil power has failed. The agitators who have violated the law by attacking federal authorities have been arrested. The courts are open, and the marshals are ready to see that any sentences of imprisonment are carried out. Resort to the military to execute the laws is not called for.

As to the second, Judge Perry examines what “unable” means, what it means to “execute the law,” and what the reference to “regular forces” means.

She concludes that it requires a situation where civil law has broken down and the military is unable to handle the situation.

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

It’s wild the agents who have videographers following them never seem to have footage of what they claim those they are arresting did

Jeffries is bringing the 🔥🔥🔥

Full story here 👇

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WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

Trump is putting Argentina first and America last.

In week 2 of the shutdown:
💰 He gave $20 MILLION to Argentina
💸 Announced new tariffs that’ll raise prices even more
🚫 Started firing furloughed workers
💃 Is building a White House ballroom

Mike Johnson disingenuously asks the press if they’ve ever seen a Democrat who wants reduce spending

He surely knows that the only president who ever produced a balanced budget was Bill Clinton

Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social

What a despicable little man who is lying through his teeth to try to incite violence against Americans who will be peacefully assembling to protest the Trump regime’s anti-democratic rule.

Kid Rock, who clearly shops at the "Tacky Meth-heads Who Like Silly Costumes" outlet, really shouldn't open his stupid mouth to talk about how other people look.

And Laura Ingraham should never open her snarling mouth to talk about anything.

3 MAGA counterprotesters were arrested at ICE in Portland

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

Says the guy who defrauded Medicare & Medicaid in 2003 that resulted in his company (Columbia/HCA) paying $1.7b in fines. Rick Scott should have been prevented from ever running for public office & he should have done prison time for his Medicare scam that defrauded taxpayers & Medicare recipients.

I wonder if putting a little bit of a n-95 mask on the intake outlet inside the costume would help?

A hospital my granddaughter works at had training for that about a month ago or more. The main lesson is don’t say anything or give any info on patients contact HR. Also they are not allowed in anyplace that’s supposed to be kept sterile.

Because they were totally about to start enforcing Sharia Law in Florida.🙄

This is so fucked up‼️Military families are having to go to food banks because #TrumpShutUSDown We bailed out Argentina to the tune of $20 billion and Qatar is getting a Air Force base in Idaho, but our military personnel have to resort to this. Republicans can’t govern‼️

Are American citizens being disappeared? Yes.

Are American citizens who are veterans of the US Armed Forces being disappeared? Yes.

Without warrant or probable cause—solely based on skin color—Trump goons captured and caged a citizen veteran for days.

This is a fascist regime.

Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

What on earth??

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ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
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