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A Snarky Grandpa (Bruce) @asnarkygrandpa.bsky.social · 15h

Trump often says that Ukraine needs a new president, but never mentions that Russia needs a new president? Could it be more clear which side he is on?

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TMC @tcampb.bsky.social · 5h

The only thing we want to livestream is the removal of #47 from office. It would be a global hit with perhaps with the most viewers of anything livestreamed ever.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 10h

Tick tock, you MAGA motherfuckers…

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h

Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.”

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TMC @tcampb.bsky.social · 6h

It was a privilege to be at Senator Jon Ossoff's Roswell, GA campaign office today to see and hear Jon in person. VOTE BLUE!!! Listen to what he said today 10/11/2026: www.facebook.com/share/v/19U4...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

The Art of the Deal, folks. Donald is such an idiot.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Houthi attack on Riyadh's major airport today apparently killed an American. We'll see how Trump responds.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The DOJ beclowns itself again.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Calling Aileen M. Cannon "a judge who has issued several rulings favorable to the president" is like calling me "a lawyer who has lost several personal items"

From the NYT: Prosecutors could avail themselves of a grand jury in the Fort Pierce courthouse where the only sitting judge is Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who issued several rulings favorable to the president, especially in the classified documents case against him.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thrilled to say that the person who was falsely accused is an @immcouncil.org attorney, and thanks to her advocacy and the work of multiple others, we successfully prevented the Trump admin from sending a gay man back to Iran just before the war broke out. You may even remember that story.

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LGBTQ Iranians Sought U.S. Asylum, But Now Face Deportation

Three LGBTQ Iranians sought asylum in the U.S. Now two face deportation back to Iran, where being gay is punishable by death.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the biggest routine lies by the Trump admin is that if someone in detention gives up, they'll be immediately deported and can leave detention. That is just completely false.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dear lord. @hoppock.bsky.social is not kidding about this MESS of a decision. There are extensive typos throughout, it misstates the law multiple times, and makes sweeping decisions about global asylum procedures in a case in which none of that is necessary to decide the appeal.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yep. The martyrdom aspect of the U.S. military livestreaming the public firing squad execution of a man in a wheelchair could be quite significant!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.

Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]

It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]

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End of public executions in
Kentucky
As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.

On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ABOLISH ICE, PROSECUTE THE MASKED THUGS, LEGALIZE OUR FAMILIES ABOLISH ICE, PROSECUTE THE MASKED THUGS, LEGALIZE OUR FAMILIES ABOLISH ICE, PROSECUTE THE MASKED THUGS, LEGALIZE OUR FAMILIES

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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TMC @tcampb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well, maybe we should put the statue of liberty on the first boat ship back to France. This administration wants to have a lily white country, we can see the incredible damage it has done and is doing to ourselves. This 'mass deportation' scheme is killing us in so many ways....

nytimes.com

Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)

Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ICE appears to be using the parking lot of the Roxbury warehouse for processing and brief detention, and at least once appears to have taken people inside. But also, read this inside look from a federal contractor about how everyone knew the warehouse plan was insane but Miller demanded inhumanity.

NPR spoke to an official at a government contractor whose company was approached to convert several of the warehouses into ICE facilities. He spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the government.

"No one that we spoke to at DHS was for this idea whatsoever. The deputy director told us point-blank that they had pushed back very hard on it. Everybody knew warehouses are horrible places to put people," he says.

At a meeting with a deputy director at DHS, he says, his company proposed an alternative: FEMA-style camps in Texas that would be more humane.

He says that idea was swiftly shot down. While White House adviser Stephen Miller was not at the meeting, they were told that this was not what Miller wanted.

The contractor says his understanding from that meeting was that "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted."

"Steve Miller certainly seemed to make that point to everyone that he wanted it to be cruel. This was what Miller had stated to the DHS at that time, to the DHS director and deputy director. What surprised me was just how adamant the people were that it was going to happen. Damn the consequences. I would say in 25 years of working with the U.S. government, I've never been in that position before."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ICE is already setting record arrests, fueled by a growing push towards arresting people with no criminal records and people who are technically out of status but are checking in with the government and waiting for a bureaucrat to decide their applications. Now they want to ramp up arrests by 50%.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Many of us have been separated from our families,” reads the letter, which was signed by 45 detained immigrants, as dozens joined in to stage the hunger strike. “We have missed births, funerals, years of our lives while sitting behind fences without having committed any crime.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.

The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”

texastribune.org

Austin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agent

The surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“We still have so many questions,” Lorenzo Jr. asked during one Congressional hearing. “What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected behind anonymity while my brother and I stand before cameras showing our faces, proudly saying our first and last names.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.

The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 04/10/2026

Last Friday, I sat in a witness box in El Paso answering questions about a place I’ve never visited. My border-data nerdery helped build the case to halt border barrier construction in the Big Bend. A preliminary injunction is now in place. A rundown:

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Spreadsheets 1, Bulldozers 0 (for now) - Adam Isacson

An account of my testimony in El Paso federal court on October 2, in a hearing to halt border barrier construction in and near Big Bend National Park. We won a key round—a preliminary injunction—and m...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dug into this and her name seems to be Zhao Jing. She’s being held at Adelanto. A habeas lawsuit was filed at 11:05 AM Pacific today. On X, a user said Ms. Zhao had taught her son. As to why ICE arrested her, no idea. Most likely she’s a pending asylum applicant who got stuck in backlogs for years.

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Search Results: 1
JING ZHAO
Country of Birth : China, Peoples Republic of Status: In ICE Custody
State: CA
Current Detention Facility: ADELANTO ICE
PROCESSING CENTER

Screenshot of PACER filing:

Notice of Electronic Filing
The following transaction was entered by Bayburtski, Hohannes on 10/4/2026 at 11:05 AM PDT

Case Name:
Case Number:
Filer:
Document Number: 1
Zhao v. janecha et al
5:26-cv-05854
Jing Zhao
Docket Text:
PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in Federal Custody by Petitioner Jing Zhao.

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Her name is Zhao Jing, and my heart broke when I heard her shout "Jing Zhao." Because I saw terror, helplessness, and despair on her face, which shattered me. I never imagined I'd see her in such a way. I still have her contact information; I have her email records. She was once my eldest son's early intervention teacher, with extremely fluent English close to native speaker level, and a senior staff member at that institution—a team-leading Supervisor. She's even from the same hometown as me. For someone in her situation, do you have any advice?

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Recent Progress:
Last night, a friend of this lady reached out to me, asking for my help. Early this morning, I got in touch with Ms. Zhao by phone. After our conversation, I obtained her specific details. That friend had helped top up her phone credit. Since her father doesn't know how to answer calls from the immigration detention center, I also found a kind-hearted friend to go to her residence, visit her elderly father, and promptly check on his health condition.
I immediately drafted a writ of habeas corpus, handed it to the lawyer for review, and have now uploaded it to the federal court for official filing.
I hope she can redain her freedom soon.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

An extraordinary story, and I hope you read it.

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TMC @tcampb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jack Smith: "I will not be intimidated." We want him to be the next AG for the next administration. www.facebook.com/share/v/1JZM...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lol!😂 TODAY IN SPORTSBALL: The Iowa Hawkeyes play the Atlanta Hawks in an exhibition game to raise awareness of GOP stupidity.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Florida’s María Elvira Salazar claimed. “In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record.” But what she doesn’t say in the clip is that she’s _repeatedly_ voted to fund ICE and CBP:

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The Rampage Continues: Another In-Custody Death, Trump’s ICE Shoots a DoorDash Delivery Man, Beats U.S. Citizens Including Teens

“Donald Trump and his allies have built a mass deportation machine that treats every driver, every neighbor, and every bystander as expendable.”

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The validity of laws like this have been debated for decades. Now, we’re going to finally see whether they withstand federal court challenges.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears retaliation by the gov’t, "shared photos taken by his attorney from the encounter, after he’d been released from detention. The photos captured his swollen head, wrists, neck and arms covered in deep purple bruises.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW: The Supreme Court, over the objections of the 3 liberal justices, grants a stay in the D.V.D. litigation, authorizing the Trump admin to resume third country removals without any notice to people being sent to countries they've never been to. The Court also agrees to hear the case in December.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 CERTIORARI GRANTED 26-426 DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL. (26A406) The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents’ claims. (2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f)(1). (3) Whether the Government’s Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.

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