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@carolineplatt

appellate public defender. I like justice, dogs, music, sports, books, billiards, and the beach. Speaking only for myself; usual disclaimers apply. I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer. DC --> LA

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Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.

05.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 14900 πŸ” 2677 πŸ’¬ 309 πŸ“Œ 122
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary appsβ€”video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

03.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 1173 πŸ” 729 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 119
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KAINE: To wage offensive war, the framers of the Constitution were absolutely plain that you gotta come to Congress

KERNEN: But it's almost a moot point

KAINE: Let me just underline the fact that I made an argument about the Constitution and you said it's a 'moot point.' I don't believe that

03.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 3078 πŸ” 817 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 56
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epic ear architecture

03.03.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 328 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Feds asked New Mexico to halt Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking probe, records show Former AG says feds halted New Mexico’s Epstein inquiry without sharing promised evidence as state reopens Zorro Ranch i

New reporting finds that Trump's DOJ took over and quashed a state investigation into Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 2019.

As the walls close in on Trump, he'll do anything β€” including launch full-scale wars β€” to distract the public.

02.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 3546 πŸ” 1656 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 97

These assholes are really gonna go with β€œwar is peace, actually.”

01.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 2713 πŸ” 545 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 12
The front page of the NYT.

The front page of the NYT.

How would you know that the attack was 1) illegal and 2) w/o clear justification?

28.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 543 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6

I went to the protest by myself and I was talking to a few people around me. One man said: 'I sincerely hope that China doesn't start bombing Los Angeles to free us from our fascist regime.' - Everyone was extremely solemn at that comment.

28.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

We have some genuinely anti-war Democrats but Democratic leadership has been pro-war for as long as I can remember. It's genuinely depressing and horrifying.

28.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 400 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

That recent study shows that a few weeks on X pushes ppl to the right.

What does 30 years of exposure to Fox News, etc., do to a polity?

And at mass-exposure levels that were simply never possible before?

Propaganda comes for us all, and we’ve faced a lot of it.

01.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I get the impulse, esp among law types, to think abt the structural failures that have brought us now.

But I wonder, not glibly: how much is just Fox News?

Or Fox News + Sinclair + billionaires in general?

We have subjected to a far-right anti-American propaganda machine for a generation.

01.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9

Good thing to remember online right now is that everyone here is very emotionally dysregulated and dealing with that by posting

28.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 4542 πŸ” 841 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 72

sure the pedophile felon president just illegally bombed a country that may have nukes while federal forces under his command murder and harass people in america and immigrants are tortured and he moves forward with plans to build concentration camps and sorry idk where i was going fuck all of this

28.02.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 7844 πŸ” 1667 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 41

free note to everyone: you can just say we shouldn’t be bombing Iran rather than pretending this would be fine if Trump explained himself better

28.02.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 2760 πŸ” 638 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 19

Killing a bunch of elementary school girls to distract from having raped a bunch of middle- and high-school girls is pretty fucking grim.

28.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 3016 πŸ” 807 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 18
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 17021 πŸ” 6541 πŸ’¬ 469 πŸ“Œ 549

Cops lie.

27.02.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 1237 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 5

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

26.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 8092 πŸ” 3629 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 0

Lest anyone think Judge Murphy selectively quoted Mary Larakersβ€”the DOJ lawyer defending third-country deportationsβ€”here's the full exchange from the transcript. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

26.02.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 502 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11

There is a version of this world that could exist where, at any given time, the majority of humans beings are just chillin’ and eating fruit.

26.02.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 2571 πŸ” 383 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 35

Trump referred to voting as a "privilege" rather than a right. It's generally "voting rights," not "voting privileges."

25.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 493 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

By the way, Trump still has not publicly congratulated the U.S. women's hockey team. That seems to be lost in all this. No statement. No social media post. No call to them. Nothing.

24.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 2076 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 29

The real winners from the State of the Union address will be everyone who doesn’t watch it.

24.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 3247 πŸ” 535 πŸ’¬ 251 πŸ“Œ 50

Mike Johnson is scolding democrats for not attending the SOTU because β€œtheir constituents need them there”.

Yes, the same Mike Johnson who kept the House out of session for 266 days last year.

24.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 3529 πŸ” 989 πŸ’¬ 210 πŸ“Œ 48
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

β€œThe Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1868 πŸ” 823 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 58
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Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

24.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 29017 πŸ” 10795 πŸ’¬ 395 πŸ“Œ 303

If Kavanaugh doesn’t like β€œKavanaugh stops” he’s gonna love β€œKavanaugh Tariffs.” :)

20.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 280 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7

We should try electing some kind of deliberative body that makes decisions about levying taxes.

20.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 3578 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 24

Who is the fucking person who asked if the Supreme Court justices were still β€œinvited” to β€œyour” State of the Union.

What the fuck? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT QUESTION??

THE COUNTRY IS NOT ONE GIANT FUCKING COCKTAIL PARTY!!!

20.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 4648 πŸ” 755 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 29

As the world reels from the president's rant and threats of additional tariff chaos, I'd just like to remind the UK that they recently arrested someone who could probably bring down this entire house of cards with very little incentive.

20.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 14277 πŸ” 2864 πŸ’¬ 366 πŸ“Œ 138