Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
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Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC
Our Team
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Politico@politico.com · 18h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
I can't believe that with @nneka.bsky.social and her friends, I'm the one *doing the lying about what time things are as opposed to the one being lied to
Max Miller & Graham Platner are examples of men who perform masculinity in ways that men drool over even if it harms women. Democrats don’t need to follow the republican masculinity playbook to win men. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...
What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?
Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.
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Losing my mind at the person who showed up to a Hawaiian-themed wedding in a nude colored thong bikini bottom and bandeau top
Jeremy Diamond ☕️@dmnd.me · 2d agoOkay but what the goddamn hell www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
TIL there's a neighborhood near the Mexico City airport built by a spider.
As more courts adopt these hastily-scheduled mockeries of due process, we’re seeing depressingly similar stories from all over the country. @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app has the details. 7/9 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
A Brief Guide to “Mega Master” Hearings, the Engine Powering Trump’s Deportation Machine
The White House keeps finding new ways to push immigrants’ due process rights further out of reach.
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Also, immigration courts are doing something called “mega master hearings,” which is a hellish title for a hellish thing. These chaotic proceedings bundle 100+ cases with little to no advance warning. 6/9 nipnlg.org/work/resourc...
Mega Master Hearings: Fast Cases and Bad Outcomes
Since May 2026, immigration courts have been scheduling what attorneys are calling “mega master” hearings — sessions where over 100 people are called in at once, often with little to no advance notice...
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We also wrote a whole extra briefing about this summer’s surge in ICE activity. The gist is that ICE would like to stay out of the kind of news coverage that drives public resistance, but they’re still going to arrest everyone they possibly can. 5/9 unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...
Special Edition: ICE Is Still Everywhere — Unbreaking
A special briefing from the Immigration team on what's changed—and what hasn't—since ICE reduced its emphasis on named, military-style operations.
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ICE published data on detentions and deportations for the first time since April 9. They arrested 43,138 people in June, setting a miserable new record. (Yes, it’s worse, despite not generating constant headlines.) 2/9 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents arrested a record number of people in June, data shows
Guardian analysis shows officers arrested 43,138 people as quiet and steady operations ramp up across the country
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We added so many events to the Immigration timeline this round that our one-paragraph briefing turned into three. 1/9 unbreaking.org/blog/briefin...
Briefing: Immigration, Food Safety + more — Unbreaking
Lots of Immigration news, plus updates from Medical Research Funding, Food Safety, and Medicaid.
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When Uber Eats and DoorDash hid the tip button, delivery workers paid the price. Tips fell by 79%. In January, we changed that. Since then, more than $104 million has gone back into the pockets of the delivery workers who keep New York City fed.
I pet sting rays today! And held starfish!
For anyone who wonders if dogs can tell time, Krissy, who is on an overnight trip, usually takes Charlie for a walk at 8:00 a.m. in the morning. Precisely at 7:59 a.m., the dog walked into my office with this expression on her face. Guess what we're gonna do now.
"so it felt like character flaws rather than what it really was, which was undiagnosed ADHD" Oh my God the years I spent over the years berating myself for having more ambition than work ethic, not knowing my brain was working against me the whole time
NPR@npr.org · 3d agoFor decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 3d agoAnother example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
One struggled to have sympathy for people who so obviously failed to grasp the fundamental nature of Trump.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d agoTrump “came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. “My god." — Brad Karp, then the chairman of the law firm 2/2
This is one deeply reported, beautifully written (or edited) story, and you should find time this Sunday morning to read every word of it. 1/2 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that
To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day. July was a bit of a whirlwind, and not just because of the pyrocumulonimbus clouds.
oh to be a little dog who fits perfectly in the furniture
Elizabeth Harper@cadaverformosus.bsky.social · 5d agoday one. I exhausted. my brain is soup.
in portland someone spray painted penises around potholes, and they got filled pretty immediately www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
A crude pothole graffiti tactic got Portland’s attention. Please don’t copy it, officials say
Nearby apartment dwellers had a bird's eye view of the graphic murals.
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this is extremely good, not because I think Harris is likely to be the nominee again but because this is how expanding the Court becomes table stakes for everyone who wants to run for President
Taegan Goddard@politicalwire.com · 5d agoHarris Says Supreme Court Should Expand to 13 Justices https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/31/harris-says-supreme-court-should-expand-to-13-justices/
It's really nice not to have to worry if a social media post is gonna get me called to the principal's office. Because look at me. I'M THE PRINCIPAL NOW.
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Welcome to Soraya [dot] Press. I’m so glad you’re here! Legacy media is a dumpster fire right now (yes, even for Pulitzer finalists who allegedly write good). So I’m going independent, y’all. Soraya ...
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hcjdkkelmaaoo I just changed out of my plane clothes and The Husband said "you look like you're about to convince a bunch of scientists to come to your island, all expenses paid"
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3w agoHe's at it again.....I happily showed The Husband a new shirt I just got and he pulled up a picture of the Oogie Boogie Man 😭
