Don Lemon: “If Barack Obama had sued his own government, settled with himself in secret, created a billion dollar fund with no congressional oversight to pay his political allies. What if he did that? They would’ve had him in chains before sundown. The National Guard would have been called in. Impeachment articles would have been filed. Can you imagine Fox News?”
New: A federal judge has blocked ICE from broadly making arrests at immigration courts in Manhattan.
The ruling comes after the feds admitted ICE lied to them about the legal justification for the arrests in the first place.
https://t.co/3JiREbY7Mz
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis—an ally to Trump—may lose her seat in Congress after a NY court supported redrawing her district.
“New York’s appellate judges had a duty to step in and press the pause button on such a clearly unconstitutional decision,” she says.
https://t.co/BuC2Yscwyw
Some chaos at the Stonewall National Monument, where elected officials put up a Pride flag that the Trump admin replaced with a USA flag.
Some activists were unhappy that the Pride flag was merely zip tied to the pole, and lobbed snowballs at @bradhoylman.
New: ICE is now holding immigrants on MULTIPLE floors at 26 Federal Plaza, in addition to the infamous 10th floor cells.
A federal judge, tasked with overseeing the facility's conditions, had no idea.
More @CourthouseNews
https://t.co/gLIXmYQmt7
Last month, ICE injured a photographer when they shoved a reporter out of an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza.
I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since.
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They canceled comedians over jokes about Charlie Kirk.
But when it came to “I love Hitler” and slave rape jokes, JD Vance called them “just kids.”
This isn’t slip-of-the-tongue ignorance — it’s calculated permission.
The Right always finds grace for white supremacists. Never for Black or Jewish lives.
DONNIE J. AND KaroLYIN’ LEAVITT WILL HAVE THEIR (LITTLE) HANDS “FULL” TODAY. WHOOPS. I, GAVIN CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM, AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR (MANY SAY), WILL HOST THE GREATEST PRESS CONFERENCE OF ALL TIME. AFTER THAT — “THE MAPS” WILL SOON BE RELEASED. VERY MUCH ANTICIPATED. HISTORY MADE. THE GOP’S RIGGED GAME IS OVER!!!! THE PEOPLE RETAKE CONGRESS. YOU'RE WELCOME, AMERICA! LIBERATION DAY!!! THAT IS WHAT MANY ARE CALLING IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. — GCN
New: A federal judge orders ICE to improve the living conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, the controversial Lower Manhattan immigration holding facility.
More coming @CourthouseNews
As law enforcement struggles to grasp why Luigi Mangione is garnering sympathy, I spoke to a man who says UnitedHealthcare denied vital treatment for his blood clots.
Doctors amputated his leg as a result.
Read it @CourthouseNews 🫵
https://t.co/d8NOaVgef9