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Mattathias Schwartz

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legal affairs correspondent // The New York Times first dot last at n y times dot com

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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW from @londonoe.bsky.social: Renee Good's family has filed two federal lawsuits over her killing at the hands of a federal agent in Minneapolis last winter. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing (Gift Article)
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨NEW: Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The New York Times w/ Devlin Barrett www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The Times (Gift Article)
Judge Patrick J. Schiltz had warned that the administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” The attorney general accused him of “obvious bias.”
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Minnesota's chief judge on concerns about Trump violations of court orders: "It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea." @schwartzesque.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/09/2026
"The condemnation of Judge Micko by Trump-aligned media outlets was followed by a series of violent threats, which have not been previously reported. In the interview, Judge Schiltz revealed that Judge Micko and his family had to be moved to a secure location, where they remained for several days."
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns I spoke with Judge Patrick J. Schiltz and six other federal judges from the D. Minn bench about the administration's disregard for court orders during Operation Metro Surge. Gift link below: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“You walk down the street, and you assume you’re generally safe because of the law,” he said. “It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism.“ Rare interview with Minnesota federal court chief judge by @schwartzesque.bsky.social
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: More drama between the branches. Federal judges say the executive branch's G.S.A. is a bad landlord. They're asking Congress to give them control of their own courthouses, some of which are falling apart... 🎁 >>> www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...
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Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses (Gift Article)
Undrinkable water. Leaks. Mold. Federal courthouses need billions of dollars in repairs, and judges say the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NEW >>> a profile of Judge Emil Bove and how he is acclimating to the Third Circuit
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW: Sex, Lies and Secrets: A Federal Judge’s Trysts Go Public We talked to three of Judge Eleanor Ross’s clerks. Gift link >> nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u... by Nick Bogel-Burroughs and myself
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Sex, Lies and Secrets: A Federal Judge’s Trysts Go Public
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NEW: Losing Trust in Justice Dept., Judges Call Out Its Lawyers’ Behavior The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are criticizing their lack of candor. Gift link: 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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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
An important piece from @schwartzesque.bsky.social, about the destruction of DOJ norms in federal courts, and its costs. 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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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
NEW: First, DHS ordered that info be withheld from Judge Melissa DuBose. Now it is accusing her of an "intimidation campaign." Authorities still can't find the man who she ordered released. He's wanted overseas, for homicide. But DHS didn't tell DuBose that. 🎁 >> www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
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Homeland Security Dept. Escalates Its Dispute With Federal Judge
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEW: Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Lawyer for Possible Misconduct 🎁https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/politics/special-counsel-lawyer-misconduct.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.Y3gx.ryzl8-8d84u2&smid=url-share
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Special Counsel to Investigate Trump Administration Lawyer for Possible Misconduct
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEWS: Federal judges in Rhode Island have chosen a special counsel to investigate possible misconduct by Kevin Bolan, a DOJ attorney.
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
the Spice must flow
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Current mood.
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hegseth reads prayer at the Pentagon: • "Pour out your wrath" • "Let every round find its mark" • Asks for "overwhelming violence" • "Let justice be executed swiftly and without remorse — that evil may be driven back and wicked souls delivered to the eternal damnation"
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
NEW: Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy Federal judges are weighing strategies for how to respond to the high stakes, anonymous threats and politicized atmosphere of the Trump era. gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...
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Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy
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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Very grateful to get to speak with @schwartzesque.bsky.social about judicial opinions that are increasingly sounding the alarm — (🎁 link)
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Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We spent hours talking to Greg Bovino in his final days as a Border Patrol official. He mocked Tom Homan. Criticized the current CBP chief. Acknowledged clashes with ICE and the National Guard. Lots more here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Gregory Bovino’s Final Days: Harsh Words and Few Regrets
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Former CIA Director John Brennan comes pretty close to saying that Russian interference was decisive in 2016 From this newly-posted Miller Center interview... d1b57bn6yaf7zy.cloudfront.net/BHO-Brennan2...
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
My old write-around profile of Robert Mueller for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, RIP www.gq.com/story/robert...
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Inside the Secret World of the Mysterious Robert Mueller
He runs the most disciplined shop in Washington, so we talked to the people who know him best to figure out what comes next—and what it means for Trump.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Overnight: The Trump administration is making a renewed push to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a judge they've sorted out logistics to send him to Liberia (and rejected his proposal to go to Costa Rica) assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
“Those who drafted the First Amendment believed that the nation’s security requires a free press and an informed people and that such security is endangered by governmental suppression of political speech. That principle has preserved the nation’s security for almost 250 years.”
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
not to justify the therapist but if i had an affair i’d also want him to come x2/week during my office hours
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Some good news! Jesse Barron's "Transference in the Afternoon" is now free to read at @grantamag.bsky.social. Is sex with a therapist an affair or abuse? A trove of emails may hold the answer. Gripping reading, best nonfiction I've read in a long time. 🎁 granta.com/transference...
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Transference in the Afternoon
Jesse Barron on the destructive potential of transference.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Significance: "It is a landmark case that tests both the limits of immunity for military contractors, as well as the ability of foreign citizens to pursue accountability in American courts for offenses that happened thousands of miles away."
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Our story on the ruling, gift link — www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
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$42 Million Verdict for Iraqi Victims of U.S. Abuse Is Upheld on Appeal
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Justin Sun, a Chinese-born crypto billionaire, was accused by Biden’s SEC of making $31m+ through fraudulent crypto trades. After Trump won, Sun spent $75m on a cryptocurrency developed by the Trump family’s crypto company. Last week, Trump’s SEC settled the case against Sun for a $10m fine.
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S.E.C. Settles Its Case Against Justin Sun, an Investor in the Trumps’ Crypto Coins
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I highly recommend Jesse Barron's "Transference in the Afternoon" ... you can find it in the new Granta granta.com/transference...
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Transference in the Afternoon
Jesse Barron on the destructive potential of transference.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A 20-year-old freshman at Babson College in Massachusetts said she would remain in Honduras on Friday, the deadline that a judge had given the Trump administration for facilitating her return to the US after it violated a court order by mistakenly deporting her. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
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Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🚨SCOOP: Perhaps you’re familiar with Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, co-founder of Binance, Trump pardon recipient, crypto’s 60-billion-dollar man? Here’s what’s in his unpublished memoir… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...
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Crypto’s Richest Man Details His Secret Talks, Prison Time and Humbling Comedown
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NEW: Any Lucia López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College, was deported by mistake, in violation of a judicial order. A judge ordered her return by Friday. Now the Trump administration has said it will deport her again if she comes back. Free gift link >>> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
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Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
miss this guy ... it's been too long
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A Trump-aligned legal team, which includes attorneys from Stephen Miller’s America First Legal, has been filing lawsuits against DEI efforts in Philly. After challenging diversity in city contracting and school admissions, their latest is about police promotions. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Five Philly police officers sue over DEI, backed by a Trump-aligned legal team
The police officers say they were passed over for promotions in favor of candidates with lower civil service exam scores because of a 2021 policy change to promote diversity.
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
And here's the @nytimes.com story by John Yoon, free gift link -- www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...
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Family of U.N. Expert Critical of Israel Sues Trump Over Sanctions
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The daughter of Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, has sued the Trump admin. She claims that an EO imposing sanctions on people connected to the International Criminal Court violates amendments 1, 4, and 5. Complaint >> storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Complaint – #1 in L.C. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00688) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against SCOTT BESSENT, PAMELA BONDI, MARCO RUBIO, DONALD J. TRUMP ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number BDCDC-12265643) filed by L.C., MASSIMILIANO CALI. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2...
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEWS: Matthew Isihara, the first DOJ attorney to be held in contempt of court for years, is now appealing that ruling to Eighth Circuit. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Since 2022, Matthieu Aikins and I have been investigating the CIA’s Afghan surrogate commandos, known in Afg as the Zero Units but officially called the CTPTs by the CIA. These units’ existence has been publicly known since 2010, but their relationship with the CIA is still an official secret...
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They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
If it’s too snowy for school, there should not be laptop school This is not a pandemic
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/02/2026
Federal judges have ordered the Trump administration at least 35 times since August to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases, according to a New York Times review of federal dockets.
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases. @schwartzesque.bsky.social and co from NYT (Philly-based reporters get h/t priority) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
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Michael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“'I want to just stress that an adverse decision from a judge is not a reason to stop doing what you know to be right,' Mr. Singh (an associate deputy attorney general) said. 'We are the ones charged with keeping America safe.'” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Where we are: Associate Deputy Atty General tells assembled US federal prosecutors: “I want to just stress that an adverse decision from a judge is not a reason to stop doing what you know to be right.” That. statement. is. not. consistent. with. the. rule. of. law.
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨SCOOP: One judge found a Trump official in contempt. Dozens have gotten close. That's the backdrop. Now check this out. Here's what Main DOJ is saying in private: "An adverse decision from a judge is not a reason to stop doing what you know to be right." gift >> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
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Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
With ICE conducting warrantless arrests and shuttling detainees around the country too chaotically for DOJ to keep up, judges are increasingly looking to the penalty box. Minnesota may have been the tipping point, but judges in CA, NY and TX aren’t far behind. w/ @schwartzesque.bsky.social
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
this is so ... Edith Wharton
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NEW: "Terror against noncitizens" ... "unlawful, wanton acts" ... "shameless" claims by the government A barnburner of a ruling on detaining immigrants without bond, and executive-branch defiance, from Judge Sunshine S. Sykes, C.D. Ca. Free gift link ... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...
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Judge Condemns ‘Terror Against Noncitizens’ and Orders Hearings for Detainees
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