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Showing up for a court hearing should be protected
Anyone can go to immigration hearings to bear witness, offer support, and stand up for due process and the rule of law. We must keep showing up for our immigrant neighbors in whatever way we can. Always a pleasure talking with Ali Velshi! youtu.be/jHKWznvDMS4
— Brad Lander (@bradlander.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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President Biden Pays respects to Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband in Minnesota state capitol
President Biden arrived at the Minnesota state capitol to pay respects to Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband who were murdered in their homes by a MAGA assassin. This is what a real president looks like. God, how we miss him. All Biden did was get older, and look where we are.
— Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Los Angeles thoughts – Senator Bernie Sanders
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
— Senator Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) June 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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More than 150 retired judges criticize arrest of Hannah Dugan in letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi
More than 150 retired judges criticize arrest of Hannah Dugan in letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi
byu/DriftlessDairy inwisconsinA bipartisan group of more than 150 former federal and state judges sharply criticized the Trump administration for its handling of the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan in a May 5 letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Seeing a judge handcuffed, photographed and perp walked highlights the authoritarian playbook of the Trump administration,” said Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge and Democratic President Bill Clinton appointee who helped write and signed the letter. “It is something we should never tolerate in the United States.”
Another lead signer, J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former federal appeals court judge, said: “I have spent my career upholding the Constitution. I never imagined I’d see a judge treated like this in America. The arrest and prosecution of judges is where rule by law ends and authoritarianism begins. The judiciary is the last obstacle to a president with designs on tyrannical rule.”