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Appellate public defender. Broadway superfan. #FOIA nerd. #DCStatehood #PDTwitter #AppellateTwitter πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ 😷 She/her. Personal account. (@amyeph from Twitter)

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It's wild how there are at least 20-30 people in the Trump administration who are each,, somehow, the most contemptible person you've ever seen in your life. Just an M.C. Escher staircase of loathsomeness.

07.03.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Worth watching the whole clip, but purely in propaganda terms it seems to me, admittedly just an amateur observer when it comes to war fighting, that it may be useful to send the message to the 91+ million Iranian civilians that we are not trying to kill them.

07.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3016    πŸ” 557    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 28

So we have yet another incident where a US citizen was shot and killed by ICE, and the official ICE account differs from bodycam footage.

This is the story that took nearly a year to break and now we have the bodycam footage.

07.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

in the criminal justice system, the people are mostly represented by a public defender, who protect their rights against the crimes of the state. these are their stories.

07.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
United States Onurt of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No. 26-5050
September Term, 2025
1:25-cv-02471-ACR
Filed On: March 6, 2026
Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al.,
Appellees
V.
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, et al.,
Appellants
BEFORE: Walker, Pan, and Garcia, Circuit Judges
ORDER
Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, the
opposition thereto, the reply, the amicus briefs, and the Rule 28(i) letters, it is
ORDERED that the motion for a stay be denied.

United States Onurt of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 26-5050 September Term, 2025 1:25-cv-02471-ACR Filed On: March 6, 2026 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, et al., Appellees V. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, et al., Appellants BEFORE: Walker, Pan, and Garcia, Circuit Judges ORDER Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal, the opposition thereto, the reply, the amicus briefs, and the Rule 28(i) letters, it is ORDERED that the motion for a stay be denied.

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, keeps in place a lower court order blocking DHS Sec. Noem’s effort to end Haiti temporary protected status designation.

Judges Pan and Garcia deny DOJ’s request to stay the district court order. Judge Walker would have granted it.

Haiti TPS is safe for now.

07.03.2026 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2192    πŸ” 603    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 29
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a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van Alt: A cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of an NYPD van pointing fingers at each other
07.03.2026 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a hard lesson to learn, but you can NOT assume that police are there to help you, even when you call them.

These guys are experienced lawyers and they let the police into the building during an active dispute over who controls the building. An understandable mistake but still a big mistake.

06.03.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 288    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Any time a cop says "I'm just trying to figure out what's going on here", that cop has already made up his mind as to what's going on and he's already decided on his plan for what he's going to do about it.

06.03.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

This story is wild. As far as I can tell from the body camera clips I watched, the footage shows MPD special operations strategizing their forcible entry into private property without a warrant, based on the say-so of a political appointee with nothing more than a stack of print outs.

06.03.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 624    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

07.03.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5313    πŸ” 1009    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 38

This is why we cannot take our eye off the ball. What ICE is doing is also an every day occurrence in marginalized communities. Solutions must center this fact. #DismantleChangeBuild

07.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

06.03.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8467    πŸ” 2492    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 283
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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

NEW: Pardon seekers are routinely being asked to pay $1m+ to lobbyists & lawyers claiming access to Trump, often with bonuses if clemency is granted.

I investigated the Trump Pardon Industrial Complex, & detailed the backstory behind 1 interesting pardon.

06.03.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 441    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 19
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6858    πŸ” 2561    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 91

Bear in mind these are the same Americans who wouldn't wear a goddamn mask to keep from spreading a novel plague to their neighbors. Americans, by and large, aren't willing to sacrifice shit for their own children.

06.03.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

06.03.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12775    πŸ” 2844    πŸ’¬ 740    πŸ“Œ 182
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Rahm Emanuel's coverup of Laquan McDonald's death can't be forgotten Democrats can embrace police reform or Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan β€” but not both.

And, fuck Rahm.

06.03.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 440    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 14

Same thing I do now: fighting against the government when they try to trample the rights of poor people.

06.03.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The use of AI to identify targets (without subsequent specific human confirmation) should be considered a war crime.

And by that I don't mean "we should make a rule" I mean that straightforward application of the existing rules would tell you that it is a war crime.

05.03.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1990    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 22

A lot of the comments on this post are saying β€œironic, they’re not acting like Christians at all” which is weird because I’ve read a history book and I’m pretty certain sending children off to die in endless wars against foreign brown people is normative Christian behavior actually

06.03.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Corey Lewandowski to begin affair with Markwayne Mullin

05.03.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2767    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 27

Kristi Noem’s firing could have a chilling effect on cabinet members’ ability to award nine-figure no-bid contracts to their cronies.

05.03.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1035    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4

ending her career lying about an orwell quote while the entire room is getting news notifications about how she’s been fired and clearly doesn’t know it, perfect

05.03.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6160    πŸ” 1262    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 40
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12187    πŸ” 7366    πŸ’¬ 288    πŸ“Œ 335

The reason they’re called human rights is all human beings have them. If you’re talking about the supposed exclusive rights of the herrenvolk you should use another term or just switch to German entirely.

05.03.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1932    πŸ” 430    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 12
Image of a tweet from Nancy Youssef, reporter for the The Atlantic, which reads: "The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 billion a day, a congressional office told me."

Image of a tweet from Nancy Youssef, reporter for the The Atlantic, which reads: "The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 billion a day, a congressional office told me."

$1 billion PER DAY.

That’s enough to pay for:

🩺 A year of health care for 100,000 Americans

πŸŽ“ 4 years of college tuition for 25,000 students

πŸ₯¬ Food for 30 million families

🏠 A month’s rent for 500,000 households

β˜€οΈ Enough solar panels to power 50,000 homes

EVERY. DAMN. DAY.

05.03.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If I get one more email about Claude or whomever the fuck.

1. I wanna read my own shit.

2. I wanna write my own shit.

3. I wanna pay an editor to talk me through my own shit.

4. I don’t want that AI bullshit. If you don’t use it, you lose it. And I want to hold my brain as long as possible.

05.03.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7
Steve King 9
@SteveKinglA
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe
Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3753    πŸ” 1013    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 47

They are torturing and killing people in our concentration camps, and I wish more people were actively bothered by that

05.03.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12716    πŸ” 3539    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 92
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On top of the concentration camps, kidnapping, and murders, the news now reports ICE is buying microwave tech to kill the car engines of first amendment legal observers. And Democrats are still not even asking to claw back the 2025 budget increases.

05.03.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14