Laurus Grey (they/them)

I'm old enough to remember when Congress was in charge of appropriations.

Grey, grey, grey, grey and grey.

Bloody trichromats...

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

Sorry not sorry.

They come in paper in the US as well!

Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.

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Let’s go Maryland Senate!

The dissonance of having no respect from the detention facility staff providing legal coordination but also appreciation that they are actually doing their job well...

A @dailybeanspod.com listener went for a run in our neighborhood the other day.

A Former Federal Officer Is Running For Congress Because 'We're In Regime Territory' After protecting Congress on Jan. 6 and as the Trump administration runs roughshod over democracy, he’s running for Congress — again — because, he told HuffPost, “We’re in regime territory.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/100-pr...

The pettiness is matched only by the stupidity.

Five, but three are under duress due to a infuriating new allergy to shellfish. Only celery and grapefruit are truly distasteful.

The epitome of cowardice.

You are doing good and honest work. I wanna figure out how to do what you do when I get my degree. I never want to have to charge someone for my legal services. No one should forego counsel just because they can't afford it.

Instead of train cars, we'll have semi truck trailers of people being loaded into concentration camps where they'll race substantial likelihood of dying from neglect, malnutrition, disease, and murder.

THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.

I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.

🗣️ @ossoff.senate.gov : “Remember — We were told MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. The wealthiest Cabinet ever. THIS IS THE EPSTEIN CLASS. They are the elites they pretend to hate. If you’re Bannon, how do you sell any of this?”

This is so delightful

Saying it loud for the folks in the back -- get off Substack! There are a bunch of you on here that I'd love to follow in longer form, but I don't hang with Nazis...

o rly

Y'all, working with immigration clients is a lot right now. I'm just a lowly student attorney in a clinic repping two clients but still it's a lot. These are just people in stupid predicaments through no fault of their own trying to live their best lives.

A private right of action for constitutional violations / no qualified immunity or gtfo

YouTube video by Harry Dunn Done Waiting

January 6 was the worst day of my life. But the threat of Donald Trump didn’t end when the mob left the Capitol.

That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress.

I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.

ICE cannot be reformed. It needs to be abolished.

Democrats want to ABOLISH ICE.

More attention here, please.

Death, taxes, and being disappointed by Chuck Schumer.

We want ICE ABOLISHED. You can't reform immorality out of existence.

Reached or breached? It's a balmy 34 degrees here in the MD suburbs of DC... My yard, however, still resembles a skating rink.

BREAKING: Georgia is suing to get their ballots back.