David Elwell

Warren Says Trump DOJ Ouster of Antitrust Chief ‘Looks Like Corruption’ as Lobbyists, Wall St Rejoice “Every antitrust case in front of the Trump Justice Department now reeks of double-dealing," said Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

“Every antitrust case in front of the Trump Justice Department now reeks of double-dealing," Sen. Elizabeth Warren.​

DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.

The Recently Released Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.

A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0mTKuu

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.

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Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force - emptywheel Stephen Miller attempted to subjugate Minnesota with force. He didn't win. Everyone lost.

@emptywheel.bsky.social continues to offer the best insights into the fight against the authoritairan-wannabe regime in Washington DC. emptywheel.net/minnesota-de...

JUST IN: After Secretary Rubio declined a judge's suggestion to return illegally deported Any Lopez Belloza – a 20 year old Babson student who was sent to Honduras in defiance of a court order — Judge Stearns has orderd the admin to facilitate her return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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You might think that the inhumane conditions at America's concentration camps is because of this administration's usual lazy incompetence, but, no, it's because of this administration's usual vicious cruelty.

Court ruling means Minnesota immigrants sent to Texas may have little chance of returning Judges say Trump administration can indefinitely detain anyone who enters the U.S. illegally, a ruling that could affect thousands sent to Texas detention facilities.

A recent federal appeals court ruling that the Trump administration can indefinitely detain anyone who enters the U.S. illegally means Minnesota immigrants sent to Texas may have little chance of returning

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I’m just going to leave this here

This is how you frame a question.

The more this happens, the more it will happen. (sounds trivial, but permission structures & outrage fatigue are real.)

Tracking All of Trump’s Third-Country Removals (That We Know Of) Bookmark this post, it will be updated.

The Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated with new info on payments to "host" countries from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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This is so incredibly screwed up.

This is just unconscionable man

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When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.

Jason Leopold surfaces the FBI General Counsel office's guidance to agents in redacting the Epstein files. The problem: it's flagrantly noncompliant with the Epstein Act.

US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in controversial third-country deportation scheme

Trump carefully selects the world's most corrupt and morally depraved dealers for his deportation deals and then pays them lots of cash. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Boasberg Bashes Admin’s Latest Conduct in AEA Case ‘The Solution-less Mire’ In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to...

In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to withstand an all but certain appeal, Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump admin to facilitate the return of a subset of the men spirited out of the country 11 months ago under the Alien Enemies Act.

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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

"It’s not hard to see why ICE has expanded its reach beyond the Twin Cities. The qualities that have hindered ICE’s operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul — density and walkability; a large, almost exclusively left-of-center population — are absent here."
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What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire Saturday as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.

Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.

Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.

If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.

Trump nominee stalls after GOP senator challenges him on remarks about Jews and Israel Sen. John Curtis of Utah said he opposes Jeremy Carl for a State Department post in part because of his "anti-Israel views and insensitive remarks about the Jewish people."

A “legit white nationalist” faces confirmation hurdles: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

We must never normalize these ongoing attacks by DHS agents on the people they supposedly protect.

Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.

Not one more dime for this lawlessness.

end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance

The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.

The White House is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs.

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