Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused
In act after act, Trump and his cronies went after political opponents with extreme actions that could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent. A specific law firm, a specific university, a specific union, a specific hospital, and certain nonprofit employees were targeted for unfavorable treatment simply because Trump doesn’t like them and what they stand for.
These steps, I wrote, “could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid
perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too
gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Steve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance
i am having such a nice time
yes yes go birds. more importantly i require kansas city to Hurt
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
legendary run, can’t wait for the book❤️
HYPE HYPE HYPE
Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.
he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
miss you, buddy!
milkbone variety pack. there's no telling what flavors this boy's been eating
The inhuman centipede
don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)
"where are all the protests?"
read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
unfortunately
give the bills a gun
you heard me
my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient
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“Severance” is about living in the scenic Hudson River Valley
for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events
thanks so much! xe's narration is the best
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