A Public Defender
A California public defender.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderFor everyone saying this doesn't matter because ICE doesn't follow the law: 1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderGood news: fossil fuels provided less than half of US electric power in March for the first time ever oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
- Reposted by A Public DefenderTommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderI saw this story breaking about Mike Waltz and noticed something weird about his phone in that he isn’t actually using “signal” as in the secure messaging app but is using something MUCH worse that I haven’t seen reported on yet. Quick thread but it’s an Israeli intel guy behind it
- Reposted by A Public DefenderEXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderLove this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderSCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me. This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderBut nowhere in this NYT article--or pretty much anywhere in mainstream news--is there any indication of on what authority El Salvador claims to be detaining these people. They are just hostages. And the article ignores that there is no lawful basis for their ongoing detention.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderPractically, what does this mean? The government is saying it will go back to garnishing wages, tax returns, social security payments, etc. in order to collect money from the >5 million people currently in default on student loans. I'll make this a lil mini thread that highlights the key points.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderAmerican citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE. And it's gonna keep happening. During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.** From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
- A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderNorthwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderTPM’s @hunterw.bsky.social makes a convincing case - citing experts - that we should be referring to CECOT as a “concentration camp,” “penal colony,” or “permanent prison camp.” Based on its features (no due process, indefinite detention) he says: “President Trump is sending people to the camps.”
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- Reposted by A Public Defender"Tesla pays $323 million a year taxes to China for its Chinese plant. They pay zero dollars in United States taxes." #TaxDay2025
- Reposted by A Public DefenderIn terms of how to form anti raids groups, typically you talk to local businesses, to local workers, you give them access to a helpline to call if they see ICE turning up for a raid, you get people to commit to coming out at short notice.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderI can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
- Reposted by A Public DefenderThis is so fucked up. ICE agents in Massachusetts smashed the window of a car to grab a Guatemalan guy who was with his wife. They were waiting for their lawyer to arrive because he has a pending asylum case. Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...
- Reposted by A Public Defender1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump. You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans. The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults. Subscribe to support my reporting.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderI’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...
- Reposted by A Public Defender1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina But that claim is false We have receipts
- Reposted by A Public Defender12 Dem Senators and 48 Dem House members voted for the Laken Riley Act—allowing US Govt to deport immigrants on the mere accusation of a crime. As you see those 60 Dems complain about Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, among many more—please know they enabled this fascism.
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderThere are specific regulatory and procedural requirements to end a student’s legal status, attorneys say. But the basis for the vast majority of terminations—including traffic violations and other misdemeanor issues—wouldn’t meet them, they say. And students aren’t getting a chance to respond.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderNothing to see here but Florida's royal family laundering public funds into the royal family's campaign slush fund. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
- Reposted by A Public DefenderElon Musk now admits his Department of Government Efficiency will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
- Reposted by A Public Defenderinternational students are a lynchpin of the finances of many universities - they pay full-freight tuition and are not eligible for most types of financial aid - its hard not to read this as a particularly cruel and callous part of the right's attempt to defund and destroy America's universities.
New, from me: Marco Rubio used to boast that he was banned from China, calling it a totalitarian state. Now he combines a) new surveillance capabilities to monitor and punish international students, with b) little accountability or due process. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...
- Reposted by A Public DefenderIf your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
- Now you can have your own Stepford wife.
- #Realbotix presented a special #robot for "intimacy and communication" Such a robot is almost a full copy of a real #woman, perfectly talks and memorizes interlocutors, and the most interesting thing is that a cyberwoman can... express emotions and feel the same as a normal person.
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- This would be the outcome around the country if the Senate passes the SAVE Act: To throw out military and *overseas* votes — that make an electoral difference — if they can’t “cure” technical defects w/in 30 days. @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
- 🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
- Reposted by A Public DefenderTrump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important: He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderProbably fine. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by A Public DefenderYou should have asked him how the SAVE Act does not violate the 19th Amendment: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” If men don’t have to provide the same documentation, it’s gender discrimination
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- FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirement for drug testing and replace it with “AI-based computational models of toxicity” and organoid toxicity testing www.fda.gov/news-events/...
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderI cannot stress enough that it is possible to govern well, and to do so in a manner that is broadly accretive.
- Reposted by A Public DefenderThe SAVE Act passed the House today
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- Reposted by A Public Defenderthis is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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- Reposted by A Public DefenderLeavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
