Thread by @HMAesq

SUCCESS!!

I'm 2 days late posting this because I got hacked an hour after I posted a thread on @stephenm and white nationalist law group.

On 4/9, the Mich. Supreme Court ruled in my favor: my lawsuit v. @UMich to unseal the #TantonPapers will proceed!

hma-legal.com/mich-supreme-c…

If you're new here: 4 years ago I filed a FOIA to unseal the secret papers of John Tanton, the racist mastermind behind the anti-immigrant movement.

His organizations, known as the Tanton Network, are responsible for stalling immigration reform for the past 30 years.

They run for cover when confronted with evidence of their eugenics-fueled origins.

Sadly, they're rarely confronted. That's why I want to break the seal on their founders' papers.

motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

What’s great is that, in a rare move on a motion to dismiss, the MSC actually *affirmed* the judgment of the Ct of Appeals. That decision was highly favorable to us because it gutted most of UM’s arguments in favor of keeping the Tanton Papers secret.

hma-legal.com/wp-content/upl…

Now, that decision has the blessing of the MSC. Heading into the trial, we’re in a substantially stronger legal position.

I will demand to see the mysterious gift agreement and hold UM's feet to the fire. (Got a couple of other moves ready which I’m not ready to share just yet).

Like most advocates, I have to spend most of my time putting out the fires the Tanton Network unleashed on aspiring Americans throughout the US.

I decided to focus my advocacy on taking out the flamethrower.

msnbc.com/american-voice…

No matter who’s in the White House, meaningful immigration reform will continue to fail as long as the Tanton Network has a seat at the table, and that’s why they must be exposed for the eugenicists and racists they are.

Exposed for the lies they’ve told the American people about immigrants, for hiding their noxious origins, and for the junk data they’ve peddled on Capitol Hill.

theintercept.com/2019/09/12/ant…

I’m indebted to the folks who’ve been sounding the alarm on the Tanton Network for decades – but as the new kid on the block, I say thank you. Partially:

@olcplc my lawyer
@Allandaros since day 1
@splcenter current and former: @heidibeirich, @MarkPotok Stephen Piggott
@CAIRMI

Former Breitbart reporter Katie McHugh
My dear friend @Alyssa_Milano
Old school veterans @rickswartz13 @MarioHLopez @dburghart

Journalists who saw the importance
@nkulish @AliciaMenendez @isabelaalhadeff @nwarikoo @DougTribou... and so many others.

Thank you ALL.

If sunlight disinfects, this decision just ripped the shade off the window.

Upward and onward!

#ReleaseTheTantonPapers