Heidi Li Feldman

Law professor (emeritus), philosopher, progressive. Committed to rule of law and pluralistic democracy. Interests include art, books, history, science, cats, sharp wit. Boosts are not necessarily endorsements.

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2026-04-09 03:01:44 UTC

Strait of Hormuz: closed as it ever was. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/09/iran-war-ceasefire-live-strait-of-hormuz-israel-strikes-middle-east-crisis-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69d702938f0892bae50d7cd9#block-69d702938f0892bae50d7cd9

2026-04-07 17:29:06 UTC

#SantaFe #NewMexico Emergency protest, today, 4/7, 4 pm, Santa Fe Plaza.
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2026-04-07 13:39:11 UTC

Republican Fascism in foreign affairs will dominate the news and our thinking today. But it continues to rampage wirhin. the U.S. Led by Elizabeth Warren, some Democrats in Congress are finally officially referring to the Trump regime’s practice of disappearing people.1/

2026-04-07 13:28:14 UTC

Not a single Republican in Congress has spoken out to condemn Trump’s genocidal threats. They are all as fascist as he is.

2026-04-02 18:04:28 UTC

I know this is being presented as an “acting” appointment but I cannot stress how sickening it is for Trump’s DEFENSE LAWYER to be serving as U.S. Attorney General. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/02/trump-white-house-ballroom-republicans-dhs-funding-deal-tariffs-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69cea59b8f08764b987c9028#block-69cea59b8f08764b987c9028

2026-04-02 15:15:35 UTC

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‘Under Donald Trump..they have been sent into the streets of major US cities. The result is the largest known deployment of BORTAC and BORSTAR agents in US history….The decision to use an offensive, heavily armed paramilitary units for street-level immigration sweeps in American cities is a first—a bellwether of the Trump administration’s project to militarize domestic law enforcement operations.’ 6/6

2026-04-02 15:13:27 UTC

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‘Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty is actively investigating 17 separate incidents involving federal agents for potential criminal conduct. At least two of those incidents—the January 21 gassing of a crowd in South Minneapolis and a chaotic enforcement action outside Roosevelt High School—involve BORTAC personnel, per videos and photographs taken on scene.’ 5/

2026-04-02 15:13:12 UTC

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‘Of the 234 federal law enforcement personnel WIRED identified in these reports, BORTAC and BORSTAR agents represent almost a quarter of all personnel involved in documented confrontations with civilians during Operation Midway Blitz.’ 4/

2026-04-02 15:12:10 UTC

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‘BORTAC and BORSTAR agents are not police—they are paramilitaries who operate by a different standard and with different rules of engagement, trained and suited not for law enforcement but for war.
A WIRED review of over 78 incident reports from Operation Midway Blitz found that BORTAC and BORSTAR agents were, as a group, the most violent of the hundreds of federal agents deployed to Chicago.’ 3/

2026-04-02 15:11:27 UTC

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‘THE AGENTS SENT to Chicago—and Los Angeles, North Carolina, Boston, Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Sacramento—come from a secretive, tightly knit world. Their names … are typically excluded from official documents and shielded from public records requests. In the streets of American cities, they are usually masked, identified only by “call signs” that are sometimes visible on their uniforms and mean nothing to people demanding badge numbers.’ 2/

2026-04-02 15:10:35 UTC

Important reporting on the paramilitary forces being used by DHS in American cities. https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/ 1/
‘BORTAC and its sister unit, Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue, or BORSTAR, were once reserved for desert rescues, executing high-risk warrants, conflicts with armed drug cartels, and manhunts.’

2026-04-01 14:09:06 UTC

It is dangerous and wildly wrong for a U.S. President to attend oral argument in a Supreme Court case.

2026-03-31 11:07:14 UTC

Truckload of Improper Funds: Attorney General Bonta Announces $1.64 Million Settlement over False Claims Allegations for Truck Reimbursements https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/truckload-improper-funds-attorney-general-bonta-announces-164-million-settlement

2026-03-30 14:48:00 UTC

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It is hard to maintain an appetite for political reconstruction. People want to forget awful times and awful conduct and paper over problems and conflicts. But we can’t ever have secular, pluralist constitutional democracy in the U.S. if we don’t do the work of disqualifying those who have destroyed it from government. 6/6

2026-03-30 14:44:58 UTC

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Others are going to downplay what they have said and done, arguing that these were “youthful errors.” 5/

2026-03-30 14:43:30 UTC

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If the U.S. pro-constitutional-democracy movement prevails, many now fairly anonymous Republican Fascists, especially, those now under 30, are likely to try to coverup their views and conduct during the past 10-15 years. 4/

2026-03-30 14:40:54 UTC

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Think of the hundreds of DOGE acolytes, the current members of College Republican groups, the law students still participating in the Federalist Society…these are all young adults who can never be entrusted with government positions. 3/

2026-03-30 14:38:37 UTC

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Long after we rid ourselves of Trump, his Cabinet, Steve Miller, the Roberts Court, Mike Johnson, etc., we will still have to do the work reconstructing the U.S. as a secular, pluralist constitutional democracy. 2/

2026-03-30 14:36:14 UTC

This guy is the face of the rising generation of Republican Fascism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/kai-schwemmer-college-republicans-livestream 1/

2026-03-29 04:11:06 UTC

We had a great No Kings 3 in Santa Fe. Some photos from the City March. 1/
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2026-03-27 03:14:58 UTC

This is going to be one of those threads where I speak my mind and heart. The run up to No Kings 3 has been intense. What is utterly clear to me: I’m not backing down or cowering in the face of Republicans Fascism or any other pressure to back off of civil rights, rule of law, and constitutional democracy. 1/

2026-03-26 05:26:10 UTC

The great Bette Midler singing an updated cover of a Woody Guthrie song, All You Fascists Bound to Lose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VXwncNvTo

2026-03-26 01:11:18 UTC

States using environmental law to stop ICE concentration camp construction. https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/op-ed-maryland-sued-to-stop-an-ice

2026-03-23 21:58:25 UTC

The Onion, continuing to give me life.
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2026-03-23 03:50:55 UTC

#1AsantaFe applauds this librarian in Tennessee who is refusing to go along with a county’s viewpoint discrimination against LGBTQ+ books. https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/rutherford-library-director-refusal
More about #SantaFe First Amendment group: https://1asantafe.beehiiv.com/

2026-03-20 06:11:36 UTC

Every time I pause what I am doing to catch up on the Trump-Netanyahu war of choice against Iran, there arenew wretched developments and consequences. I can’t wait to be in the streets on March 28, No Kings 3 day, protesting this lawless, dangerous war.

2026-03-19 22:03:12 UTC

‼️ “In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers were wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention.” #LawFedi https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-trump-admin-wrongfully-deported-more-than-100-asylum-seekers
Trump regime continues to lawlessly spirit people out of the U.S.

2026-03-19 16:59:21 UTC

Even if you don’t live in #SantaFe, I’d be grateful for any help spreading the word⬇️
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2026-03-18 17:30:19 UTC

Just as I was starting to fundraise to continue my fight for a street use permit for a City March in Santa Fe for No Kings, this message from Santa Fe City Manager arrived. Victory!
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2026-03-17 22:05:56 UTC

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‘The…“liberal democracy index” shows that the speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is unprecedented in modern history. [M]ain factor is a “rapid and aggressive concentration of powers in the presidency”, Lindberg says. Congress has been marginalised, jeopardising the “checks and balances” … so crucial to US democracy. [C]ivil rights have been rapidly declining and freedom of expression is now at its lowest level since the 1940s.’ 4/4

2026-03-17 22:02:18 UTC

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“US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.” 3/

2026-03-17 22:00:55 UTC

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‘“Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country,” says Staffan Lindberg, founder of the institute.’ 2/

2026-03-17 21:59:59 UTC

“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

2026-03-17 20:25:34 UTC

I'll be posting regular updates on #NoKings City March in #SantaFe #NewMexico, including details of how the effort to get a constitutionally valid street use permit is going. https://1asantafe.beehiiv.com/p/details-no-kings-3-city-march-in-santa-fe

2026-03-17 06:02:36 UTC

“The appointment of a controversial slate of vaccine advisers by Robert F Kennedy Jr likely violated federal law, and all votes taken by the committee over the past year have been stayed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.”
Good. Now let’s see if the ruling sticks.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-changes

2026-03-17 01:14:27 UTC

“Marchers deserve First Amendment protections” - oped by me, https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/marchers-deserve-first-amendment-protections/article_1dc820b8-c35a-4873-a398-34b436cef015.html
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2026-03-16 15:50:09 UTC

Another snatch by ICE, another death in ICE custody. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/afghan-asylum-seeker-dies-less-24-hours-ice-custody-rcna263626

2026-03-15 13:49:47 UTC

A terrific new resource for fighting ICE and protesting the companies making millions by serving ICE. https://unplugice.org/

2026-03-14 15:17:43 UTC

‘“In all my years as an immigration attorney, I have never seen a client simply vanish in the middle of their case with no explanation,” Shepard said. “When the government detains and transfers people in secrecy, without transparency or access to the courts, it tears at the basic protections a democracy is supposed to guarantee.”’
Asylum seeker deported to CECOT suing U.S. for damages. #LawFedi
https://www.advocate.com/news/venezuelan-cecot-dhs-legal-complaint

2026-03-14 02:30:00 UTC

The Onion is one of the things keeping me alive.
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2026-03-13 00:02:51 UTC

Given our context in the U.S., this is great news.
Senate again fails to pass homeland security funding as department shutdown nears one month – live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/12/republicans-trump-iran-senate-majority-leader-john-thune-voter-id-bill-save-america-act-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69b2f9ff8f08de00c5264dd5#block-69b2f9ff8f08de00c5264dd5

2026-03-12 08:29:28 UTC

If folks in small cities and town can’t assemble and protest Republican Fascism, the U.S. will never be rid of it.
Newspaper coverage of the situation in #SantaFe #NewMexico. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/onetime-organizer-of-next-no-kings-march-in-santa-fe-calls-city-fees-for-event/article_1a692563-5058-4536-a4b2-4eb08d99850b.html
Screenshots of paper’s print version in photos.
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2026-03-11 03:50:53 UTC

On March 28, people will gather in #SantaFe #NewMexico for #NoKings 3, to celebrate and fight for constitutional democracy in the United States. They will exercise their First Amendment rights to assemble and freely express their views.
That is, they will if local government lets them. So far the City of Santa Fe still isn't giving me much confidence. 1/ #LawFedi

2026-03-11 00:45:02 UTC

Attention #SantaFe #NewMexico! If you are participating in #NoKings 3 and want to know more about your First Amendment rights, I’m hosting an informal teach-in this Saturday, 3/14, 1 pm Santa Fe Brewing El Dorado Taproom. Full details at https://events.scenethink.com/first-amendment-teach-in-mar-14-2026
Community event, feel free to share.

2026-03-10 17:41:53 UTC

These are excellent points, well put.
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2026-03-10 05:02:15 UTC

You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab

2026-03-09 18:42:08 UTC

"What occurred on Thursday and Friday was a U.S. citizen detained with no cause," said Kevin Morrison, a Cook County Commissioner who represents the 15th District. "All she was told was that there was some curious travel history but they had no cause to detain her for those 30 hours."https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/family-demands-answers-after-us-citizen-detained-at-ohare-airport-held-for-more-than-30-hours/3904749/

2026-03-09 15:47:08 UTC

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Protestor, yesterday, at the Lensic Theater in #SantaFe #NewMexico. Inside Amy Coney Barrett, hosted by St. John’s College and University of New Mexico Law School, promoted her book. 5/
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2026-03-09 15:41:01 UTC

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Other photographers concentrated on the protestors. Here are some of their images. 4/
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2026-03-09 15:32:04 UTC

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My photos from the event include many of #NewMexico state police vehicles’ location and license plates and of state police themselves. Ditto for Santa Fe City Police. 3/
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2026-03-09 15:18:26 UTC

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I served as a neutral legal observer during the protests. I documented law enforcement and officials’ interactions with protesters. #SantaFe #NewMexico #LawFedi 2/
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2026-03-09 15:11:48 UTC

Yesterday in #SantaFe #NewMexico Amy Coney Barrett held an event to promote her book. Sponsored by St. John’s College and University of New Mexico Law School, Barrett spoke at the Lensic Theater. There were hundreds of protesters. 1/ #LawFedi
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2026-03-08 04:33:57 UTC

You know things are morally disastrous when China legit occupies the moral high ground.
China warns world cannot return to ‘law of the jungle.’ The US-Israel war on Iran “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister said on Sunday. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-china-warns-world-cannot-return-to-law-of-the-jungle-trump-says-iran-being-decimated?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69acec358f089ad2051869ae#block-69acec358f089ad2051869ae

2026-03-08 04:20:14 UTC

“A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game — it’s sickening. … Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store. …[W]e lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military. ”
- “A Call to Conscience” by the Catholic Archbishop of Chicago. https://www.archchicago.org/statement/-/article/2026/03/08/statement-of-blase-j-cupich-archbishop-of-chicago-a-call-to-conscience

2026-03-07 13:04:37 UTC

Check out USPS, doing what it can to fight Republican Fascism. You can purchase these Alex Trebek stamps at https://store.usps.com/store/product/alex-trebek-stamps-S_485304.
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2026-03-07 12:51:54 UTC

Top notch reporting and analysis showing how the Trump regime is using the Roberts Court, a pseudo-court in the tank for the regime, to undermine any other part of the federal judiciary trying still to adjudicate according to law. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-donald-trump-is-pushing-supreme-court-weaken-federal-judges-2026-03-07/ #LawFedi

2026-03-07 12:46:56 UTC

A murky, deeply troublesome situation has been unfolding in Chicago overnight. It appears CBP detained an American citizen at O’Hare, took her to an ICE detention facility in Chicago. She hasn’t been heard from since and her family cannot locate her. She may or may not have been transported to a different facility in Wisconsin. More details here: https://evanstonnow.com/skokie-woman-detained-by-border-patrol-at-ohare-being-held-at-broadview/ #SundasSunnyNaqvi

2026-03-07 05:51:58 UTC

It has been a hell of a week. Like everybody else who pays any attention, I’ve been ultra-distressed by the unfolding disaster in the Middle East, the continuing abductions by ICE and CBP, and various other large scale political events. I have been appalled and horrified by Trump’s utter indifference to the death and destruction he has caused, the risks he is creating for the American people, who he is supposed to be serving. Disgusted by Hegseth’s glee at his own lawless recklessness. 1/

2026-03-06 07:49:11 UTC

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Attempt to Exempt New and Experimental Nuclear Reactors from Environmental Review https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-opposes-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-attempt-exempt-new-and

2026-03-06 05:27:21 UTC

AG Brown: Firearms Industry Responsibility Act is constitutional; wrongful death suit against Precise Shooter should proceed https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-brown-firearms-industry-responsibility-act-constitutional-wrongful-death-suit

2026-03-05 22:21:34 UTC

Clear, useful reporting on the Florida bar association’s investigation into Lindsey Halligan, the procedures the bar assn takes before rescinding somebody’s law license, and the possible deterrent effects of a pending investigation on remaining Trump regime lawyers. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/lindsey-halligan-investigation-florida-bar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.TVkk.zg9fKPrmTMdg&smid=url-share

2026-03-05 18:54:21 UTC

OMFG. Trump has announced, via Truth Social, that Noem is out as DHS Secretary and will be replaced by Markwayne Mullin, imo one of the biggest morons in public life. 1/

2026-03-05 03:27:58 UTC

“The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways of violently killing Black people and the chat was renamed after what one member described as “Nazi heaven.”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314928484.html

2026-03-04 21:32:15 UTC

Mainstream practicing lawyers and judges are increasingly naming the problem: a corrupt Supreme Court in thrall to Republican Fascism. For example, Alex Aronson, who was chief counsel and senior counsel to U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, managing director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, and an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 1/

2026-03-04 15:52:38 UTC

Kristi Noem is before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee now. A friend told me to go here, https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/homeland-security-secy-noem-testifies-on-agency-oversight/440776, and back up to Ranking Member Jamie Raskin’s opening statement. Ordinarily I skip video of Congressional hearings (too much performance, not enough substance. I’m SO pleased I didn’t skip Raskin. Thanks to him, a full and ringing indictment of Noem is on the record.

2026-03-03 01:58:14 UTC

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Proposed Slashing of Healthcare AI Transparency and Bias Protections https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-opposes-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-proposed-slashing

2026-03-02 15:29:20 UTC

Spain, showing some actual leadership by refusing to permit U.S. to use Spa ish bases”for operations outside previously agreed-upon terms or contrary to the United Nations Charter.” Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez condemns the U.S.-Israeli unilateral attack on Iran. https://www.novinite.com/articles/237274/Spain+Forces+U.S.+Jets+Out+After+Blocking+Bases+for+Iran+Strikes

2026-03-02 12:19:23 UTC

Watching European leaders fold like cheap decks of cards, as they abandon even lip service to international law. German Chancellor Metz:
‘“Classifications [of the Iran attack] under international law will have relatively little effect,” the German chancellor told reporters in Berlin, adding he doesn’t aim to “lecture” Trump during his planned visit to the White House on Tuesday.’ https://www.politico.eu/article/us-israel-strike-iran-live-updates/ 1/

2026-03-01 20:15:32 UTC

Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts of America) tells Pete Hegseth to take a hike. https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scouting-america-transgender-still-welcome

2026-02-28 23:00:03 UTC

Here’s Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch being right about the utter unconstitutionality of Trump regime’s war on Iran. https://share.inquirer.com/Qsla9j

2026-02-28 22:50:34 UTC

Seems like a dangerous precedent for Trump to be setting if his justification for killing the leader of another country is that the leader is dangerous and evil.

2026-02-25 22:37:42 UTC

Whether building enormous concentration camps or seemingly having a hand in the death of this blind refugee, the Trump regime is making our country evil. https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/

2026-02-25 05:11:20 UTC

Attorney General Bonta Exposes Amazon Price Fixing Scheme Driving Up Costs for Americans, Asks Court to Immediately Halt Illegal Conduct https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-exposes-amazon-price-fixing-scheme-driving-costs

2026-02-25 01:31:21 UTC

A moment of awe, just captured now.
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2026-02-25 01:12:41 UTC

“[DoJ] has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that Pres. Trump sexually abused a minor…. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against … Epstein also mention Trump.”
Also missing are seemingly more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.”
A DoJ with no independence from Trump, will never hold Trump to account. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

2026-02-24 05:06:19 UTC

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At that meeting a police officer talked me through the department’s approach to fees, which meant charging ISF for all traffic officers and any other officers required for security in the discretion of the police department. He said these costs would run at least $11,000 but that the ultimate charge to ISF would be billed after the event based on what the PD said it cost them. 5/

2026-02-24 05:03:29 UTC

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The city is in charge of special event permitting, including events requesting street closure. After being told that ISF should make formal application for a permit, I,on behalf of the group, did so, including the route for the street march. The city’s special event official told me the police department would have to approve the route, and would decide the fees it would charge ISF. She asked me to attend a meeting with her and the police:to discuss. 4/

2026-02-24 04:59:45 UTC

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From early February, ISF started inquiries with the city as to how to get a “special event permit” to have streets closed for a No Kings march following musical events and readings from the Declaration of Independence at the Roundhouse, the #NewMexico state capitol building. The state has jurisdiction over the grounds there, and has been fine to work with. ISF has booked the grounds, following procedure, all good. 3/

2026-02-24 04:55:59 UTC

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This is a story about a city government doubling down on what I regard as a poor choice and a grassroots group doing what it can to act responsibly in the face of that. 2/

2026-02-24 04:53:46 UTC

Well, I just returned from a VERY interesting #Indivisible #SantaFe (ISF) meeting. Santa Fe’s new mayor was summoned to the meeting by a #NewMexico state legislator in attendance. This led to me having to supply the meeting with an impromptu presentation on First Amendment law and why the City of Santa Fe cannot lawfully charge ISF $25,000+ for a closed streets permit for #NoKings on March 28. 1/

2026-02-22 22:05:24 UTC

Finally (!) finished reading the 170-page (!!) IEEPA/Trump tariffs case, Learning Resources v. Trump. Yes, I’m glad that the immediate result was the Supreme Court clearly invalidating a Trump effort to assert dictatorial power. But the opinions in the case as a group showcase the mediocrity of the Roberts Court as a whole. #LawFedi 1/

2026-02-22 20:35:08 UTC

My home state of #NewJersey has a substantively important, perfectly named bill up for consideration. https://www.nj.com/hudson/2026/02/what-is-the-fk-ice-act-nj-bill-targets-immigration-enforcement.html
The Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act, aka, the FUCKICE act.

2026-02-22 06:56:38 UTC

This is a particularly galling episode in the Trump regime’s evil deportation program. https://apnews.com/article/iran-adoptee-deportation-4a68978053c29bfd6df152392ab73211

2026-02-21 05:56:34 UTC

Hey friends. I'm not ever going to be able articulate satisfactorily how much I appreciate my community here.This post will have to do.

2026-02-20 01:56:26 UTC

I KNOW somebody in this community can win this money.
“Fulu’s latest bounty is for Ring’s video doorbell cameras, meant to encourage hackers and tinkerers to disable software features that require the devices to send data to Amazon. The reward is a potential payout of $10,000 or more.” https://www.wired.com/story/a-10k-bounty-awaits-anyone-who-can-hack-ring-cameras-to-stop-sharing-data-with-amazon/

2026-02-19 13:40:35 UTC

Note that Andrew is not currently being investigated for crimes of sexual assault or abuse. “… the allegation is that he shared with Epstein confidential government information that he had access to because he was a UK trade envoy.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/live-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-over-links-epstein-bbc-reports-2026-02-19/

2026-02-19 07:09:54 UTC

What a real democracy does to a president who leads a seditious insurrection. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-verdict-insurrection-intl-hnk

2026-02-19 04:39:40 UTC

“DHS is using a repurposed Navy logistics program to fund the buildings and materials necessary to create these concentration camps quickly … Last year… the United States itself was added as number 27. That region is called TITUS: Territorial Integrity of the United States. And now, thanks to this relatively new designation, domestic vendors are being fast-tracked by DoW and DHS to expeditiously furnish and run concentration camps around the country.”https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-concentration-camps-wexmac-titus

2026-02-19 04:18:59 UTC

First Trump-Bondi DoJ lawyer to be held in civil contempt, for failing to abide by Minnesota federal trial judge’s habeas corpus orders. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judge-holds-government-lawyer-in-contempt-in-immigration-case #LawFedi

2026-02-18 18:07:26 UTC

Powerful, very brief essay. https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/february/to-remember-in-america
“Living in today’s America reminds me of that nursery school. The reigning tyranny; the men who brutalise the innocent – like the boy with the hammer – because they can; the people who, like my mother, say this can’t be true, life can’t be that terrible; if bad things happen, you are the problem; do not provoke; keep up the hope; things will be better – by the midterms, in four years, some day.”

2026-02-18 04:28:29 UTC

Do not use Microsoft products or services. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/ice-microsoft-technology-immigration-crackdown

2026-02-17 16:42:05 UTC

Another prominent and powerful private sector figure has resigned due to his contact with Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/17/hyatt-chair-thomas-pritzker-jeffrey-epstein-ghislane-maxwell Where is Howard Lutnick’s resignation?

2026-02-16 00:14:11 UTC

Otero County, #NewMexico ICE detention center to close. https://www.koat.com/article/otero-county-will-close-detention-facility-in-alamogordo/70368926
This is why we fought for #HB9 Immigrant Safety Act, just passed by Legislature and signed into law by our Governor.

2026-02-15 04:16:13 UTC

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Coalition in Opposing Rollback of Crucial Fair Housing Regulations https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-co-leads-multistate-coalition-opposing-rollback-crucial

2026-02-13 05:45:51 UTC

There have been numerous striking developments today in court cases involving the Trump regime, but this one, a motion by the DoJ to dismiss a criminal complaint brought against two Minnesota men is utterly remarkable. I’ll explain… 1/ #LawFedi
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2026-02-13 01:44:09 UTC

California Attorney General Rob Bonta Denounces EPA’s Rescission of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, Vows to Sue https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-denounces-epa%E2%80%99s-rescission-greenhouse-0

2026-02-12 20:14:34 UTC

Good for the Democratic Senators - except of course Fetterman. Senate Democrats block homeland security funding bill as department shutdown looms – live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/12/trump-tariffs-canada-republicans-democrats-ice-bovino-pam-bondi-jeffrey-epstein-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-698e288e8f08daf11acecac7#block-698e288e8f08daf11acecac7

2026-02-11 22:12:54 UTC

Crashing the courts is part of the strategy of the Trump regime. Trying to overwhelm the judiciary is a deliberate effort to functionally eliminate it as a check on the Republican Fascist program. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-crashing-us-court-system-minnesota/

2026-02-11 06:20:16 UTC

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“The authority the political branches possess over immigration does not include the power to seize liberty first and justify confinement later. Due process is not a courtesy extended at the government’s convenience. Due process is the condition that makes custody lawful in the first place. …When liberty is restrained without a meaningful opportunity to be heard, the Constitution’s promise is not delayed. It is denied.” 4/

2026-02-11 06:18:21 UTC

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“At bottom, this case turns on a simple but fundamental principle. In a government of laws,
words matter. Statutes derive their authority from the language Congress enacted and not from the
government’s improper efforts to expand that language to justify detention without process.” 🔥3/