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Every story quoting Trump saying this is to "rescue our nation’s capital from crime" needs to note that violent crime in D.C. is down 26%, murders are down 12%, juvenile arrests are down 20%, and ask who will get hurt from a domestic military deployment and what this "crackdown" is really about

Trump asserts control of Washington DC police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

President Donald Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan police department. The move comes over the objections of local leaders.

Art of sailor moon with the words 'my tummy hurts and I'm mad at the government'

morning mood

Yet another court ruling affirms that our constitution gives citizenship equally to every child born on U.S. soil — regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

This ruling is a crucial step in stopping this attack on newborn babies and on the very fabric of our nation.

Boston City Council Supports End to Debt-Based Driving Restrictions BOSTON — Today, the Boston City Council adopted a resolution in support of legislation to end debt-based driving restrictions. The resolution, filed by Councilors Liz Breadon (District 9), Henry Santa...

Thank you @lizbreadon.bsky.social @ben4district6.bsky.social @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social & Boston City Council for supporting the Road to Opportunity Act to end debt-based driving restrictions @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social @aclum.bsky.social @CPCSnews @mapoli.bsky.social www.nclc.org/boston-city-...

Massachusetts passes first on-time budget in nearly a decade, includes fare-free transit and end to broker fees - The Boston Globe The proposal represents a deal between House and Senate leaders that slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from health care and other areas from earlier drafts.

Big wins for civil rights in the state budget!

✅Immigrant legal defense
✅Access to counsel for housing stability
✅Essential reproductive and gender affirming health care
✅Community-based responses to behavioral health emergencies

Thank you, legislative leaders!
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Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Immigrants rights’ advocates filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

More information about the lawsuit with @aclu.org, @aclu-nh.bsky.social, @aclumaine.bsky.social, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @asianlawcaucus.org, and Democracy Defenders Fund:

Without the rule of law, babies are put at risk by attacks on birthright citizenship, people who look like me wouldn’t even be able to hold office, there would be no government services to take care of American citizens. That’s what’s at stake with this President and this White House.

So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

More than 1M descend on Boston Common for Pride, No Kings rallies The Boston Pride Parade and No Kings march converged Saturday in downtown Boston.

1m people allegedly in boston today. the scale of this is just crazy. i think record-breaking www.wcvb.com/article/more...

Very grateful to the the AG for supporting of one of ACLUM’s top priority bills!

Glad to stand in solidarity with hundreds of people at today’s rally calling for the immediate release of David Huerta and an end to ICE raids

Advocates Academy. Immigration. Learn more about the state of immigration under the Trump administration, what's happening in Massachusetts, and what we're doing to fight back. May 14, 6:30 PM, Zoom.

THIS WEEK: Join us for an Advocates Academy training to learn more about the state of immigration under the Trump administration, what's happening in Massachusetts, and what we're doing to fight back.

🗓️May 14
⏰6:30 PM
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Rümeysa Öztürk comes home, speaks at press conference in Boston - The Tufts Daily Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday and spoke publicly to a crowd of reporters at Boston Logan International Airport following her release from Immigration and ...

Rümeysa was detained for 45 days in Louisiana — over 1,300 miles from her friends and her lawyers.

On Saturday, she finally landed safely at home in Massachusetts.

Rümeysa never should have been locked up for exercising her First Amendment rights.
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.

Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable. The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.

"It’s an open question whether ICE targeted these men because of their tattoos or whether agents detained them first, then fabricated a pretext later. " slate.com/news-and-pol...

Roses are red
Violets are blue

i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated

Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."

New year, new platform, same ACLU.

We’ve got a busy year ahead of us — and we’re ready.

Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters President Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas leasing across large swaths of the Atlantic, Pacific, eastern Gulf of Mexico and North Bering Sea.

President Joe Biden will move Monday to block all future oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters — equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total land area of the United States.

2025.

Day 1.

God help us.

Who Were the People Killed in the New Orleans Attack on New Year’s? This is what we have learned about a few of the 15 people who died when a man slammed a pickup into crowds on Bourbon Street.

A man drove his truck through a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more, before opening fire. This is what we have learned about some of those who died in the attack.

Abortions were up 37% in Mass. last year, driven by patients from other states Massachusetts saw a substantial increase in abortions in 2023, the first full year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Most of the change can be explained by a nearly seven-fold rise ...

Massachusetts saw a 37% increase in abortions in the year after the Dobbs decision.

Patients and providers in our state deserve privacy – especially in the face of continued threats to access nationwide. We must ban the sale of cell phone location data.
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"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes

Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.

Steward Health Care regulation in Mass. What happened? The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from the Healey administration and other elected officials until the company imploded and it was too late.

"Time and again, Massachusetts health regulators acquiesced to Steward’s demands even as Steward flouted state laws. Handed a loose rein, Steward’s executives rode the hospital chain right into bankruptcy."

#mapoli

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Firewalls For Freedom

Without the assistance of state and local governments, an authoritarian presidential administration will find it much harder to act on its worst threats. Massachusetts leaders must build a firewall between state and local resources and federal or out-of-state law enforcement agencies that attempt to violate our constitutional freedoms. When federal or out-of-state agencies request Massachusetts government cooperation to undermine the civil rights of our people, state agencies can and should decline to provide it.

Massachusetts has already taken important steps to secure access to abortion, gender-affirming care, and other reproductive health care: In 2020, lawmakers passed the ROE Act to codify the right to abortion in state law, strike archaic provisions that criminalized abortion, and expand access to care. After Roe was overturned in 2022, policymakers passed a best-in-the-nation shield law for abortion and gender-affirming care. Massachusetts leaders should continue to push reproductive freedom forward for patients and providers in our state.

In a second Trump administration, state and local leaders who value civil liberties must do everything in their power to ensure that our municipal and state governments do not assist the Trump administration in improper persecution of Massachusetts people. States cannot control the sprawling federal surveillance and law enforcement infrastructure, but state and local leaders can and must limit the reach of the federal government within their jurisdictions.

The ACLU has never been more prepared for the fight ahead. We have the playbook to fight back — and we, the people, are ready to defend our fundamental freedoms.

Here’s how Massachusetts leaders can take action TODAY to build a firewall for freedom: aclum.org/firewalls

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