Grant Smith

Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.

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They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again

Trump Administration Diverted $2 Billion in Pentagon Funds to Target Immigrants, Lawmakers Say The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.

Trump Administration Diverted $2 Billion in Pentagon Funds to Target Immigrants, Lawmakers Say.

The administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, lawmakers wrote.

Great to work on this one with @noahhurowitz.bsky.social

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US weekly jobless claims post largest increase in nearly 4-1/2 years amid seasonal volatility The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years last week, but the surge likely does not suggest a material weakening in labor mar...

The labor market has stagnated amid low supply and demand for workers, which economists blamed on reduced immigration and import tariffs.

The adoption of artificial intelligence for some job roles is also eroding demand for labor.

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Trump troop deployments to US cities have cost more than $340 million, senator says The deployment of U.S. troops to cities around the United States has cost more than $340 million, a U.S. Senator said on Thursday, highlighting the expense of President Donald Trump's use of the milit...

Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said the deployments had so far cost $341.3 million.

"These costs are tabulated in more than taxpayer dollars and cannot be overstated," Duckworth, herself a combat veteran, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

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South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.

Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...

Border patrol agents are clearly recording raids with Meta glasses www.404media.co/border-patro...

Judge orders Trump to end National Guard deployment, calls LA mission 'profoundly un-American' A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end its National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, calling the president's arguments "profoundly un-American.'

“It is profoundly un-American to suggest that people peacefully exercising their fundamental right to protest constitute a risk justifying the federalization of military forces,” U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer wrote in the opinion. calmatters.org/justice/2025...

KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, Petitioner, v. KRISTINOEM, et al., Respondents. ・・・・・ Civil Action No. 8:25-cv-02780-PX ORDER For the reasons stated in the foregoing Memorandum Opinion, it is this 1ith day of December, 2025, by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, ORDERED that: 1. Petitioner Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's Petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 at ECF No. 1 is hereby GRANTED; 2. Respondents SHALL release Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately; 3. Respondents SHALL notify Abrego Garcia's counsel of the exact time and location of his release no fewer than four hours prior to releasing him, and notify the Court of the status of Abrego Garcia's release by email to chambers no later than 5:00 p.m. today, Thursday, December 11, 2025; 4. A representative of the United States Pretrial Services Office for this District SHALL separately contact Abrego Garcia's criminal counsel with further instruction for installation on the release conditions previously imposed in his criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); | 5. Respondents SHALL immediately transmit this Order and the accompanying Case 8:25-cv-02780-PX| Document 111 Filed 12/11/25 Page 2 of 2 Memorandum Opinion to all relevant officers, agents, and employees under their control and who are involved in this matter and the pending criminal case, United States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); 6. Within a week of the date of this Order, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2025, the parties SHALL submit a joint status report as to the parties' position regarding resolution of Respondents' pending motion to dissolve at ECF No. 72; and 7. The Clerk is DIRECTED to transmit a copy of this Order to all counsel of record. December 11, 2025 Date /s/ Paula Xinis United States District Judge

BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”

New initiates are blindfolded and walked along a trail as part of an induction ceremony during a gathering and cross-burning marking the 160th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan outside Maysville, Kentucky, May 17. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

America, 2025:

New initiates are blindfolded and walked along a trail as part of an induction ceremony during a gathering and cross-burning marking the 160th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan outside Maysville, Kentucky, May 17.

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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."

Five years from now, me visibly sweating and trying to explain to a CPB agent why I should be allowed back into my habitation quadrant what the slut gnomes of false Berlin skeet was about

This article explains why the right's "censorship industrial complex" myth has been so successful: "The government wasn’t defending her, she was banned from defending herself, and even potential allies were staying quiet, having sensed which way the wind was blowing."

JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.

That means the grand jury refused to indict.

NJ May Expand Civil Commitment to Anyone Accused of Recent Overdose - Filter New Jersey legislators are considering a proposal to require involuntary commitment for any overdose survivors revived by law enforcement. It ...

Law enforcement who respond to an overdose and would be directed to take the survivor into custody and transport them directly to a screening for treatment. But the bill also goes further.

EXCLUSIVE: Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases, a Reuters examination has found.

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Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”

Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Trump Plans to Take Money From Violence Prevention to Fund His Immigration Crackdown Grants meant to help violence prevention are being steered to local law enforcement — and recipients must cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The Trump administration has reoriented a grant initiative originally meant to fund community-based violence prevention, using it instead to bolster local law enforcement and the president’s immigration crackdown.

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...

It took 75 years to go from "The buck stops here" to "I don't get involved in that. That's up to them."

ICE director demands Mass. church remove ‘ICE was here’ nativity scene ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons is calling for the removal of a nativity scene at a Catholic church in Mass. that protests U.S. immigration policies.

Fairly remarkable article here: ICE's acting director is publicly demanding that a parish in Massachusetts remove its nativity scene because it offends the administration.
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The economy is doing great! So good!

And, as another reminder, when I buy PACER documents, I make them available to anyone through @free.law's RECAP extension, which then makes them available to all at CourtListener.

PACER itself should be free, but, until it is, everyone who can use RECAP to help make docs accessible should do so.

Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...

In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.

Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Wait, so do they or don't they want me wearing athleisure to the airport?

Wealthy County in New York Must Pay $112 Million Over Immigrant Rights Violations New York’s Suffolk County, home to the ultra-wealthy Hamptons and the bucolic North Fork, must pay $112 million in damages to immigrants after a court ruled that their detention in local jails violate...

The suit, which dropped during the first Trump administration, alleged hundreds of foreigners were held past their release dates. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Same headline.

Seven years apart. 🤡

@politico.com
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Detainment shackles sit on the tarmac for immigrants deemed eligible for an expedited order of removal, at an airport in Tampa, Florida, November 7. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Shackles, holding cells and outbound flights: Inside an ICE deportation center in Florida www.reuters.com/pictures/sha...