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Debbie Jeon

@debbiejeon.bsky.social
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Legal Director at ACLU of Maryland, TFXC Mom, eternal optimist, ride-or-die Dem, lover of cats and dogs. Posts my own.

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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Commentary: Want to take a stand for Banned Book Week? Start next time you're at the ballot box - Maryland Matters
Maryland law has very specific rules for removing books from school library shelves, but that doesn't always stop a determined local school board, writes Sonia Kumar, which is why she says the fight a...
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤯Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Last two sentences!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎉🎉🎉
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 11/09/2026
25 years later, September 11 remains a day of remembrance.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Surprise , surprise !! Maryland Supreme Court puts redistricting question back on ballot www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland Supreme Court puts redistricting question back on ballot
The Supreme Court of Maryland issued its ruling just hours after hearing oral arguments for and against the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
O! M! G!
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 25/07/2026
Bruce performs "Streets of Minneapolis" at the ACLU Biennial Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., where he received the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports.
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"Streets of Minneapolis" Live at the ACLU Biennial Leadership Conference
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Insanity!!!
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Just in time for Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing starting Wednesday
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It seemed clear at the oral argument that even this conservative panel was not buying it. Glad to see this outcome!
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Heather Cox Richardson grew up in Maine and lives there still. Married to a lobsterman. Just saying… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather...
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Heather Cox Richardson - Wikipedia
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 01/07/2026
Susan Goering was a beloved advocate in Maryland for the civil rights and liberties of our people. We honor her lifetime of splendid service, including leading ACLU of Maryland. May the memory of this wonderful woman be a blessing to her family and to all those she loved and served.
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Civil rights attorney Susan Goering dies, led ACLU of Maryland
ACLU of Maryland’s Susan K. Goering worked on a lawsuit on a case against the Maryland State Police in which the agency admitted spying on peaceful protesters.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Must listen.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
DOJ now zero and nine in it's efforts to infiltrate voter privacy and undermine democracy. Happy to be adding Maryland to the list! www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Judge rejects Trump administration effort to obtain Maryland voter rolls
Federal judges have dismissed cases similar to Maryland’s in Michigan, California, Oregon and Massachusetts, among others.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/06/2026
The body of a dead baby duck floats in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after recent renovations directed by Donald Trump resulted in an algae infestation, leading workers to pour hydrogen peroxide into the water. June 21, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Utterly disgusting.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Losing Trust in Justice Dept., Judges Call Out Its Lawyers’ Behavior www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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Losing Trust in Justice Dept., Judges Call Out Its Lawyers’ Behavior
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/05/2026
Today: 1. A judge temporarily blocked the $1.8B slush fund 2. A judge ordered Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center 3. A judge asked the govt to answer charges of a fraud on the court in Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS 4. A judge asked DoJ to explain why he should dismiss the Oath Keepers’ charges
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Black Congress members focus on ‘massive voter turnout’ after gutting of civil rights law
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Literal Ham @literalham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Parente, who was a federal prosecutor for 15 years, said he had never heard of anything as bad as the conduct in the Broadview Six grand jury sessions. He said that while he has not yet been able to review the unredacted transcripts, Judge April Perry gave a summary in court of her impressions. She said she had reviewed thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts in her career and had never seen anything worse than what she saw in these pages.

Parente said during the grand jury sessions, prosecutors used vouching, which he called a "101 no-no for any prosecutor," kicked out grand jury members who disagreed with them, did not disclose that a No True Bill – which indicates no indictment – had been returned to either the defense or the public. Parente also said that after receiving the No True Bill from one grand jury, they re-presented their case after excluding grand jurors who disagreed with them. The grand jury then returned a True Bill to indict the "Broadview Six."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/05/2026
The NAACP launches a campaign calling on Black student-athletes to boycott Southern colleges in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act, leading to the dismantling of one majority-Black congressional district and a push to scrap others.
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NAACP calls on Black athletes to pause on southern schools over voting rights.
The civil rights organization is urging recruits to withhold their college commitments in states where new congressional maps could be drawn.
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I can’t make this up. Trump sued his own government, then dropped the lawsuit in exchange for his DOJ creating a $1,800,000,000 pot of money to compensate MAGA allies who baselessly claim to be “victims of lawfare and weaponization.” Astonishing corruption.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 14/05/2026
🚨 NEW: FOIA records show ICE included line items for a detainee labor program in contracts for two warehouse sites before the government had purchased either property. ICE has described the same facilities as short-term processing stops of three to seven days.
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Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities
Contracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
BREAKING: Judge McElroy quashes DOJ's Rhode Island Hospital subpoena in full, calling out DOJ's conduct as "misrepresent[ing] salient facts" under oath. "[T]he Court GRANTS both Motions to Quash and enjoins the DOJ from seeking or receiving any documents related to this now invalid subpoena."
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Mary S. McElroy, United States District Judge.
The United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") possesses immense
prosecutorial authority and discretion. As citizens, we trust that federal prosecutors,
when wielding this awesome power against a state, a company, or certainly against
vulnerable children, will play fair and be honest with its counterparts and the
judiciary.
DOJ has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case. It has misrepresented and withheld information to both this Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the "Texas court"). It did so in an obvious effort to shield it's recent investigative tactics-previously rejected by every
other court to review them-from this Court's review, in favor of a distant forum that
DOJ deems friendly to its political positions. 1 Its representatives have, under oath,misrepresented salient facts. It has misled the parties with whom it was negotiating in Rhode Island, who have now been placed in an untenable and unprecedented procedural position. And when its attorneys came to this Court to explain their conduct, the senior attorney-who was present at many of the events that took place
in this case sat silently by as his counterpart, a junior attorney who has been
practicing law for approximately six months and had no relevant information, was forced to answer questions about DOJ's blatant disregard for the proper course of
negotiations.
Now before the Court is the petitioner, the Child Advocate for the State of Rhode Island's (the "Child Advocate") Emergency Motion to Quash a subpoena duces tecum issued by DOJ as well as Rhode Island Hospital's ("RIH") Motion to Quash the same subpoena. (ECF Nos. 1, 28.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS both Motions to Quash and enjoins the DOJ from seeking or receiving any documents
related to this now invalid subpoena.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Looks like Henderson, Pillard , Pan❤️
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Never really thought I’d be a JC fan, but…
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Insane!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026
Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental Reviews www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...
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ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental Reviews
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Didn't bend, didn't cower, didn't even feel the need to stand next to Trump grinning awkwardly like it was normal. And now he's emerged unscathed with his job and his dignity intact and his reputation even stronger than before. Huh. Seems like this could be a model for others in power.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
😮
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/04/2026
☠️ No notes…
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Big win for the forces of good in Maryland today!! www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
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Judge halts construction of ICE facility in Maryland over environmental concerns
The federal government failed to do proper assessments of the area.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Local leaders, civil rights groups, and health providers file amicus brief, warning judge about Williamsport ICE facility
An amicus brief filed yesterday urges judge to pause construction on the Williamsport ICE facility and force a full public review of its impacts.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Every serious news organization should be running a story like this one. It’s a teachable moment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Vile’ Trump condemned for gloating over Robert Mueller death
Outrage mounts after president posted on Truth Social he was ‘glad’ former FBI director and special counsel had died
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Shocking courtroom revelations continuing before a federal judge in Baltimore tomorrow!
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Hooray!!
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A 1,500-bed detention facility is coming to rural Maryland. We’re calling on ICE to account for what that means — and asking you to do the same. open.substack.com/pub/projects...
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A 1,500-bed detention facility is coming to rural Maryland. We’re calling on ICE to account for what that means — and asking you to do the same.
An Open Letter to DHS's Sustainability Team from Project Salt Box
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
State of Maryland suing DHS over secret plan to create ICE internment facility in Washington County! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aeb...
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Statement by Attorney General Anthony Brown | ICE Detention Facility Lawsuit
YouTube video by Maryland Attorney General
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/02/2026
Our constitutional rights haven't changed. Despite what ICE may claim, we all have the right to record and document ICE activities in public. We're suing.
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ICE arrested me without cause. What I saw will haunt me forever. | Opinion
One ICE agent, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, 'You guys gotta stop obstructing us — that's why that lesbian b---- is dead.'
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 21/02/2026
Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Time for all the good apples to take a stand. marylandmatters.org/2026/02/15/p...
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Police leaders can't ignore abusive immigration enforcement any longer - Maryland Matters
Increasingly aggressive tactics of federal immigration authorities demand a response from local police and police organizations that champion ethics, transparency and bias-free policing, writes Karl B...
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Will it be the same panel that heard it last time?
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How funny is this— from the early days of zoom…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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