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Jay Young

@impactofficer.bsky.social
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Senior Director of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for Common Cause. Ultracrepidarian. My views and opinions (particularly on Arsenal Football Club) are my own.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h
Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview: A few hundred people are out protesting right-wing provocateur Jake Lang and his attempted "crusader march" on the local Palestine Fest going on nearby. Police in riot gear just formed a line, with Lang's group behind them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has extended the deadline for public comments on its #2030Census proposal from Oct. 13 to Nov. 2 www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
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Public Inspection: Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions
Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Chicago taxpayers should pay more than $260.8 million to 17 men who spent decades in prison after they were coerced into confessing to crimes by a disgraced former Chicago police detective, city lawyers recommended. @wttw.bsky.social
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City Lawyers Propose Spending $260.8M to Settle 16 Cases Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Guevara
Chicago taxpayers should pay more than $260.8 million to 17 men who spent decades in prison after they were coerced into confessing to crimes by a disgraced former Chicago police detective, city lawye...
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 01/10/2026
The team gave the Lady Phoenix a dolly full of brand new equipment: cleats, pads, helmets, sports bras and more.
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Bears surprise North Lawndale College Prep girls flag football team with equipment, gear
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Justice Dept files ethics complaint against Minnesota fed judges over remarks in NYT interviews, argues 2 including GWBush appointee are 'overtly political' & 'partisan' for statements on immigration enforcement surge. Judges say they abided by rules www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Justice Department files ethics complaint against Minnesota federal judges
DOJ alleges the district judges showed bias when they spoke to The New York Times about the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cornell University has agreed to an independent investigation into how the school handled fraternity sexual assault allegations, governor says
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Cornell agrees to independent review of how it handled fraternity sexual assault allegations: Governor
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the outside review, saying what happened raised "serious questions about Cornell campus culture."
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: The Chicago City Council voted 46-3 Tuesday to allow Chicago’s parking meters to be sold to an investment firm after months of controversy that dredged up memories of the 2008 deal that continues to roil Chicago politics nearly two decades later. @wttw.bsky.social
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Chicago’s Parking Meters Have Been Sold, Again. Here’s What to Know
Here’s a breakdown of what it means that New York-based Stonepeak Partners is set to become the new owner of the city’s more than 36,000 meters.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:
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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*insert <Chefs_Kiss.gif>*
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Safety is not adjacent to the educational mission — safety is, in fact, its precondition." www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Leading AI chatbots cite partisan websites masquerading as independent local news outlets nearly half of the time when people ask about candidates and issues" www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms
Partisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're doing pop up concentration camps now. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-seeks-...
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ICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its space
A request for information seeks ready-made detention, interview and courtroom units, with no limits on how many people the units would hold or for how long.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The headlines on the SCOTUS SAVE ruling are doing Trump's PR for him. 2 things they skip No mass voter purges before the midterms. The law bars them 90 days out & we're in that window Noncitizen voting? FL, IN, IA & OH ran voters through SAVE & found almost NOTHING -TN
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The Big Lie aka La Gran Mentira
This analysis exposes Donald Trump and his allies’ disinformation campaign around immigrants and voting.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Controversial opinion: candy corn is as good as the fat Easter jellybeans. Not something I want to see year round, but I will take a handful.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor resigns after a report accused him of sexual harassment and ethics lapses.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS once again freezes the lower federal courts’ rulings in the Missouri redistricting case—and affirms that, as the Missouri Supreme Court held earlier this month, Missouri will use the 2022 map in the November elections. There were no public dissents.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Now this is interesting...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The prosecutor at the center of the "Broadview Six" scandal alleged that Boutros laid "responsibility at my feet for a felony prosecution that you personally directed over my objection that the case was better suited to misdemeanor charges."
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Phil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hearing Mikel Arteta has actually won four Premier League titles
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Erling Haaland is going to score so many goals in the National League.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“If we're not careful, the emergency docket can and will become an end-run around the standard review process.” www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Jackson skewers Supreme Court over emergency docket
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/09/2026
Good morning from the ICE facility in Broadview, IL. As ICE vehicles trickle in and out of the lot, a small group of Chicagoland locals are holding a prayer service for those impacted by deportation efforts. The area around the facility is open, contrasting prior months of "protest zones."
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“She nearly lost her home to foreclosure and her teenage daughter was entrusted with running her household. Her college-age son left a football scholarship to return home and help with costs around the home. Mason has three children and also raised four of her brother’s children.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens... You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Since SCOTUS destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Southern states can now redraw a dozen majority-Black districts in time for the 2028 elections, triggering the largest drop in Black congressional representation since the end of Reconstruction. And that’s just the beginning.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and MS NOW journalists are now back at the White House, hours after federal judge orders Trump to lift ban.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 24/09/2026
Mounting threats to federal judges’ safety could erode their independence and drive judges away from the bench. Here are some steps the legal community can take to protect judges and the rule of law: bit.ly/46HxWJG
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Five Ways the Legal Community Can Protect Judges and the Rule of Law
From speaking in defense of judges to advocating for greater judicial security funding, lawyers and legal organizations can play a critical role as threats against judges escalate.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As expected.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: The Commerce Department inspector general's office says it observed some workers for the "2026 Census Test" using their personal phones to locate households and not following interview procedures, putting at risk the public's trust in the security of their data and the accuracy of test results
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Management Alert: Operational Issues Observed During the 2026 Census Test
Home > Reports > Management Alert: Operational Issues Observed During the 2026 Census Test Date Issued September 21, 2026 Report Number OIG-26-028-I Report Type Audits / Evaluations, Census Reading Ro...
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kinda rare to get the smoking gun handed to you right off the bat.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your regular reminder that this is a public website and things that you say can and will be used against you.
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Kao and his close associates had donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with over $40 million a year in government funding." www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
RFK Jr. received more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in D.C. All were gifts from Gavin de Becker, a security consultant and supporter.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Joint statement from the White House television pool members: (via @cnn.com)
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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/09/2026
A free press is essential to a free society. Our democracy depends on it.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two updates: The plaintiffs have already filed for a TRO: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And the case has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly—a Trump appointee, but the same one who ruled *for* Jim Acosta in the press pass revocation dispute during the first Trump administration.
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Temporary Restraining Order – #2 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Akayla Gardner, Cheyenne Haslett, Betsy Klein, MS NOW Cable, LLC, POLITICO LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Declara...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JUST IN: POLITICO's joint lawsuit with CNN and MSNOW to lift the White House ban is now live. Read it here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“There is still time to reach voters and bring them into this election, but we are no longer talking about a future opportunity... The window to engage them is open now, and it is narrowing every day.” apnews.com/article/midt...
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Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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WNBA @wnba.com · 20/09/2026
NO ROOKIE HAS SCORED MORE 👏 With her first point today, Olivia Miles passes Caitlin Clark (769) for the most points scored by a rookie in WNBA history. #WNBASeason30 | 2026 Postseason Push | DraftKings
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Jay Young @impactofficer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“If one wants to conquer a lifeless galaxy full of dirt, rocks and little else, one must be wearing the shiniest black boots possible. Also a hat.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Star Trek is turning 60 – and the vision it promised feels more distant than ever | Dave Schilling
The US’s deployment of weaponry in space marks the latest backward step from the show’s optimistic conception of the future
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
Today at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2026
Illinois will not look away and stay silent — we must remain vigilant and prepared. What happened here during Operation Midway Blitz cannot simply disappear from the public record.
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ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
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