Jeff Harrison

A direct link to the 10/15/2025 published PDF is here oag.maryland.gov/FederalActio... for the Maryland Attorney General's guidance about local police cooperation with federal agents

Third time a Republican trifecta under Trump led to a shutdown. Dysfunctional government is what they do.

Well, the federal government has officially shut down, and it’s entirely the fault of Trump and the Republican Party. They control the White House and Congress. They cancelled multiple meetings with Democrats to hash out an agreement. They clearly wanted a shutdown. Pathetic.

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and the House. This government shutdown is failed Republican leadership on full display.

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees who were interned in Trump's shuttered Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp have now disappeared without a trace. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Me trying to explain what’s happening in 2025 to my 1999 self: “the endless doomscrolling was getting overwhelming, so I decided to put down my iPhone for a while and get my energy back up by eating some Hormbles Chormbles”

"Human rights groups say...forcible expulsion of refugees and asylum seekers...violates both domestic and international law."
"'...removals that bear the hallmarks of forced disappearances...,' says Rebecca Sharpless, a University of Miami law professor who studies ICE flights."

the fact that in multiple cases the Supreme Court has worked to legalize bribery in the United States is a major corrosion of our civil order

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Gorsuch and Jackson each filed a concurring opinion. See it at www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

From the NRA v Vullo case, unanimous decision at the US Supreme Court in 2024: "Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."

From the NRA v. Vullo unanimous decision at the US Supreme Court in 2024: "Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."

There’s something in the air here in DC.

Energy shift.

My body is feeling it.

Everyone, stay safe. Watch out for each other.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Franklin uttered the phrase on this very date (September 17), the last day of the Constitutional Convention, in 1787

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

This is the way

NEW: Judge Xinis issues her written order scheduling an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's habeas case for October 6. She enjoins the govt from removing Abrego from the US in the meanwhile. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Maybe they could go to the White House, there is a yuge unsightly pile of garbage lying there

National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC

Judge dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit against all Maryland federal district judges ---
"The ruling, by a Trump appointee [Thomas Cullen], slammed the Trump administration for an 'unprecedented' effort to 'smear and impugn' judges who rule against it."

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"A federal circuit court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that requires Pennsylvania to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments."

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

Despite all the flag burning bs, Supreme Court bs, and Kilmar Abrego Garcia cruelty, do not forget ---👇👇

HAPPENING NOW: At 2:00 p.m. ET, Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a telephone conference regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's newly-filed lawsuit challenging his removal to Uganda.

Abrego was detained by ICE earlier today.

I plan to live-post the hearing for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along ⬇️🧵

Your daily reminder from me that this administration operates like someone who abuses their partner.

They use hurt and fear to maintain power and control. They cannot tolerate pushback and refuse to take any responsibility for their actions.

And they always blame the victim for their violence.

The United States is trafficking human beings.
#KilmarAbregoGarcia

Yet again I am thinking about how frustrating it is that media outlets still refer to RFK, Jr. as a vaccine "skeptic" when he is quite literally trying to destroy mass vaccination in the United States.

One more time:
"The only way this administration exceeds its stupidity is with its viciousness."