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[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I think today was an inflection point - maybe small, but real.

The President, having launched a global trade war, feted in the Oval Office a Central American dictator who runs a mega-prison known for starvation and torture - a prison to which our government has, by its own admission, sent at least one person "in error."

They disappeared a man without a single criminal charge who's lived and worked here for 15 years - who was alleged to be a member of a gang based in a state he never lived by one anonymous informant. No other evidence. No trial. No conviction. Nothing but a legal order that he not be deported to El Salvador, where he's now serving a life sentence.

The Supreme Court just ruled, without any noted dissent, that the government must facilitate the man's release.

But Trump and his dictator friend said no. They laughed. They mocked the journalist who asked whether they'd abide by the Court's order. The Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the White House Deputy Chief all lied about the facts of the case. Then the President repeated his proposal to send American citizens to the dictator's prison, and asked him to build five more.

The same day we found out that the government knowingly disappeared a PhD student for nothing but an op-ed, a man's 19-year old son who agents admitted was the wrong kid, and a visa-holding Russian scientist at Harvard who forgot to declare frog embryos at the border.

But: it's all breaking through. It's getting more coverage. More people are paying attention. More elected Democrats are speaking up. More conservative pundits and legal scholars are speaking up. Even Joe Rogan thinks it's bullshit.

Now we have to keep pushing. This is much bigger than immigration or deportation policy - this is about whether we live in a free country or a police state. It's the whole ballgame.

[Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) @a_greenberg]

Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance exec and former IRS crypto tracer jailed in Nigeria for the last eight months until charges were dropped yesterday, just texted me that his plane has taken off from Abuja. He's on his way home.

Updating our story: https://t.co/0FDJBCFeXE

[Protos Live Headlines @ProtosLive]

Tigran Gambaryan Free to Leave Nigeria for Medical Treatment After Money Laundering Charges Dropped: Reports - CoinDesk

[The Digital Chamber @DigitalChamber]

Tigran Gambaryan's unjust detention in Nigeria has robbed him of irreplaceable moments: his son's fifth birthday and first day of school, his wife's birthday, their 15th wedding anniversary, and his own 40th birthday. For half a year, he has endured inhumane treatment, separated from those he loves most.

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

A new DoJ indictment alleges that RT employees "covertly fund[ed] and direct[ed]" a US company with $10m in order to push pro-Russia content. The company is based in Tennessee.

There is one media company based in Tennessee with the same phrase listed in the indictment...

[Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) @a_greenberg]

This video👇is of Tigran Gambaryan, the former US federal agent who led many of the biggest crypto crime cases in history. He's being charged in Nigeria with money laundering and tax evasion, entirely for the actions of his employer, Binance. He's now been jailed and denied medical care for a herniated disc in his back that requires surgery.

Here you can see that Nigerian officials have even denied him the use of a wheelchair or any help walking into the courtroom in an attempt to avoid embarrassing photos/videos of his condition.

Where is the the US @StateDept? Where is @SecBlinken? Where is @StateSPEHA Roger D. Carstens, for whom this case should have met the criteria to be treated as a hostage situation months ago?

Why isn't the US doing more to help this American citizen and former civil servant?

It's long past time to bring Tigran home.

[jakokar @jakokar]

Bruh I'm never flying @SouthwestAir again, it's literally always a disaster and it's not even cheap anymore

[jakokar @jakokar]

Nigeria is unlawfully holding Tigran hostage over charges that have nothing to do with him personally. A foreign govt holding a U.S. citizen for ransom in desperate bid to find scapegoat for their struggling economy. Pls sign & share: https://t.co/M4zzSJCNSh

#bringtigranhome

[Nick Bax @bax1337]

This dude was involved in almost every big early crypto investigation:
Gox hack
Silk Road corruption
Welcome2Video (CSAM site)
VIP Twitter ATO
as well as countless smaller cases he doesn't get public credit for.

Total travesty here. I feel so terrible for him and his family.

[Tay 💖 @tayvano_]

@bax1337 I'm kinda shocked that this wasnt actioned after @a_greenberg's piece on the situation.

Like, are you fucking kidding me? Get this man back with his wife and kids ffs.

https://t.co/PAcm8ej5OW

[jakokar @jakokar]

Damn, WWE really took a left turn after Vince left

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

Just a reminder that Pat Tillman, the man in the ad the NFL just opened the Super Bowl up with, was shot in the head by his own men in an intentional friendly fire incident after he became openly critical of U.S. war efforts (particularly in Iraq).

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

Shocked that this wasn't included in the "Twitter Files" which was supposedly about government efforts to censor content on Twitter.

[jakokar @jakokar]

@Phillystunna221 😭

[Terrell Jermaine Starr @terrelljstarr]

Unlimited PTO is the way to go.

Some folks think people will abuse it, but my last employer had unlimited PTO and that was not the case. Not only did people not abuse it, but folks were careful of still being perceived as not working hard enough.

[TOP DAWG ENT @TopDawgEnt]

Kill Bill Video Out Now!! ⚔️ #SOS #TDE @sza

https://t.co/WcLfHEFVQT

[simone @TennesseeHoney_]

eagles-cowboys first quarter broadcast

[jakokar @jakokar]

@ROOMWAGE It's about an inch off the ground