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In which the Fifth Circuit decides that detainees are not, in fact, afforded basic due process under a tortured reading of immigration statutes—they can now be held indefinitely for no reason other than pending removal proceedings. This is nuts.

Watch Ronaldo Salgado’s heart-wrenching statement after his father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas on July 7.

In which a member of the Texas State Board of Education advocates for major revisions to teachings on Nazi Germany while repeatedly struggling to pronounce "a really long word that starts with a K." The word? Kristallnacht – "the Night of Broken Glass."

FIRED BY EMAIL. Those motherfuckers. Nothing says bravery like firing someone who has excoriated you in front of God and everyone by *email.* I'm sure the reporting will reflect this kind of fearlessness. JFC.

BREAKING: '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley was just fired — by email — after saying Bari Weiss had "murdered" the newsmagazine. There is widespread belief that Pelley's departure could very well trigger a broader exodus.

EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

Reading through client stories at Dilley, and I am running out of lawyerly ways to say that the government is currently being run by monsters.

“.. A handout picture released by the Iranian foreign media department of graves getting dug for the victims of a strike on an elementary school.” @reuters.com

So as someone living in Austin (which has possibly just had a terrorist shooting) with friends living in the middle east (who are supposed to evacuate on I guess one of the canceled flights?), I am dying for the NYT to interview me, in particular, about how I feel about this war. I am tired of this.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents. Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress. Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg. My report:

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

In which only one of the four candidates for AG states that the office should respect court decisions, even if it disagrees with them. I encourage Texans to vote in Republican primaries if they can, because it's usually the only election that winds up mattering. 3/4 these people are unhinged.

Our kids nymag.com/intelligence...

Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.

Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state's 42-year-long reliance on the national organization.

yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

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Said it before and I'll say it again: A real problem with the legal profession's cultural norm of venerating the Supreme Court is that the legal profession never contemplated that there might someday be a justice as dumb as Brett Kavanaugh on it

Who has made this 🤣

We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Former US military lawyers speak out: "The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both." Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes 1/2

BREAKING: “After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “

the main reason to buy cheap coffee is it tastes bad but gets the job done. the main reason to buy expensive coffee gear and specialty beans is it tastes bad and it's your fault. once again everything comes back to catholic brain or protestant brain

For context, both of these school districts are trying to figure out how many schools they need to close because the state has refused to fund them on top of approving a voucher system. But sure, let's spend the six dollars they have left litigating a clearly dumb lawsuit.

If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?

What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.* Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.

a real question for the roberts majority is what in their view distinguishes jim crow disenfranchisement from majority-minority districts? a related question is what in their view made the typical jim crow law — which was facially neutral — unconstitutional?

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

this is a GOOD speech

Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"

Time is a flat circle, nothing ever happens, etc

Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured. W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org

Sec Kennedy said he doesn’t know how many people died of COVID in the US. But cites what percentage of world COVID deaths occurred in the US. US deaths divided by worldwide deaths X 100. So either he knows how many people died in the US or doesn’t know percentages.

NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Headlining ‘Gun Rights’ Event With Well-Known Jan. 6 Rioter talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-a...

PULTE: Public officials shouldn't be exempt from scrutiny SORKIN: Speaking of that, Ken Paxton has at least 3 examples of alleged mortgage fraud. Are you looking at that? PULTE: Unless it's been made public, I'm not going to comment on any specific situation S: Why wouldn't you make it public?

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July)

Minutes ago, the Texas Senate passed HB7, which will incentivize people to bring $100,000 lawsuits against anyone who makes, sends, or transports abortion medication in Texas. In a guest essay, Kaitlyn Kash begs Gov. Greg Abbott not to sign it. #txlege thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/03/i...

oh. don't call it that