Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it. By @jesswash.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c... #HandsOffMyTeachersUnion

Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union

Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.

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A hearing is about to start in Abrego Garcia's civil case. I'll try to cover for @lawfaremedia.org . Colleague @annabower.bsky.social might be joining. Among other things, govt is seeking to dissolve Judge Xinis's preliminary injunction preventing Abrego from being removed immediately. /1

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something that about 20 states and territories currently allow. n.pr/3LwuxpK

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to grace periods for mail ballot returns

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something that about 20 states and territories currently allow.

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Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... via @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social @motherjones.com

Then they came for the Dreamers

Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.

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So glad for my friend and sister @stacydavisgates.bsky.social and the rest of the newly elected IFT officers. They're ready to fight for every student across the state. bsky.app/profile/ifta...

Illinois Federation of Teachers@iftaft.bsky.social · 10mo ago

For years, our schools have been promised more. Today, Illinois educators are coming to collect. Educators and public employees from every corner of our state came together to elect a new Illinois Federation of Teachers leadership team.  >>

Okay, the closed hearing is over. We should be resuming with oral arguments shortly. I do have a deadline, I'm afraid. I may not to cut out around 4:30pm, regardless of whether we're done. .. /167

G: nothing further Rand has nothing further. Now Judge Xinis is closing the courtroom for 10 minutes of testimony under seal. After that we'll resume with oral arguments. /166

I know this isn’t the point but is it normal for DHS officials to stay at a Ritz-Carlton on work trips?

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports. “Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

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As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/

So grateful to @gregsargent.bsky.social (#ff) for his pertinacious efforts to uncover the truth and ensure that Kilmar Abrego Garcia get a fair hearing in the court of public opinion. Still a long road ahead, but the path ahead is becoming increasingly clear. FIGHT BACK. Winning is possible.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has been released, have been informed by ICE that he could now be subject to deportation to Uganda, and he's been told to report to ICE next week, a source confirms to me. A few points about this, because there will be a lot of bullshit about it. 1/

Trump’s State Dept is partnering with 64 nations to deport immigrants to places they’ve never lived even though 91% of those nations were flagged by the U.S. itself for human rights abuses. theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t... via @theintercept.com

State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records

The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.

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And we're back. "All rise!" as Judge Crenshaw takes his seat behind the bench. Crenshaw: Are we ready for argument? McGuire: I'm happy to answer whatever questions the court might have about our positions or the proof

You can catch up on the evidence presented by the government during the last hearing in @rparloff.bsky.social's excellent rundown for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

According to court filings submitted ahead today's hearing, the government plans to call the same witness that it did during the last hearing before the magistrate judge. The witness is Special Agent Peter Joseph, a homeland security investigator who has worked on Abrego's case.

K: I just wanna understand what we're talking about here... Xinis [so frustrated]: I just wanna know what's gonna happen if you choose 3rd country removal! K: ...Once country ID'ed, Abrego will receive notice of country he will be removed to...then opportunity to express fear

Khojasteh: I apologize, your honor. Do you mind asking the question again. Xinis points him to DHS language re: no further procedures required if diplomatic assurances received. Khojasteh spends some time reading.

Xinis: My suggestion would be that I would enter a TRO that's just to hold the place of this hearing, saying that if he's released DHS cannot remove him beyond the confines of Tennessee [or where he's held] until we have this hearing...that's what I think will happen if we don't come back tomorrow

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HAPPENING NOW: Hello again from Greenbelt, Maryland, where an ICE official is set to be questioned about the Trump administration's plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from criminal custody in Tennessee. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along 🧵⬇️

Great segment from Latino USA's @reynaldoleanosjr.bsky.social on Venezuelan men sent to El Salvador's mega prison CECOT via the Alien Enemies Act. Strong context mixed with the story of one man with no criminal record, likely sent to ES because of his tattoos. www.latinousa.org/2025/04/27/c...

'We Are in a Constitutional Crisis': A Mega Prison and What's at Stake - Latino USA

What began as an ordinary traffic stop for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father, escalated into a nightmare scenario. He...

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Federal officials have launched a full-throated effort to label Abrego García a gang member and “a terrorist,” an argument based on a gang survey that was decommissioned amid questions over racial profiling www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison

A Maryland police department gang unit survey is the source of allegations that the mistakenly deported man is a gang member. The survey and the database it fed into are no longer used after complaint...

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Reuveni essentially says that the government is handling the case contrary to his advice and asks for another 24 hours to try to persuade them to try to bring Abrego-Garcia back. DOJ's Reuveni: "I would ask the court to give us, the defendants, one more chance to do this."

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Paula Xinis sounds inclined to order feds to arrange return of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, who was erroneously deported to El Salvador & put in anti-terrorism prison. Not convinced he's MS-13. "That's just chatter in my view. I haven’t been given any evidence."