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"A 2-year-old girl and her father were detained by federal immigration agents in south Minneapolis and placed on a commercial flight out of Minnesota, despite a judge ordering the toddler’s release."

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2/ "The lawyers learned the child and her father had already been placed on a commercial flight to Texas.

'To me, that is clearly part of this effort to try to evade the court’s jurisdiction,' Vaynerman said.

'We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.'”
3/ source:

startribune.com/agents-detain-…

Court order:

"IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:

1. Respondents shall release C.R.T.V. to the custody of her attorney ...."

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More from @rgoodlaw

Jan 18
Why does DHS keep telling you false information on Minnesota about:

- what they mean by "criminal" immigrants
- the legal standard for arrests
- what the Supreme Court has said

Also, what implications does this have for the Insurrection Act?

Preview below of one issue.
1/2
2/ Here's my full discussion.⤵️

Unreasonable Suspicion: Decoding DHS Propaganda on ICE Arrests

3/ Should be non-partisan with shared concerns of extreme government overreach.

- DHS's position even flies in the face of what Justice Kavanaugh said is permitted.

- It raises @joerogan's very concerns.

- ACLU suit shows how ICE ensnares citizens and lawfully present. Image
Read 5 tweets
Jan 12
A time for choosing, from main street to wall street.

"This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. It is not about Congress’s oversight role. .... Those are pretexts."

Thank you, Chairman Powell.
2/ "I have served at the Federal Reserve under four administrations, Republicans and Democrats alike. ... Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats."
3/ "I will continue to do the job the Senate confirmed me to do, with integrity and a commitment to serving the American people."

Full transcript:
federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…
Read 4 tweets
Jan 11
NEW

An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:

In many cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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2/ I discuss this report at greater length on my YouTube channel and Substack

Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-18…
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=izontt…
3/ Customs and Border Patrol tried to keep the report’s findings secret from Congress.

Excerpt from LA Times Feb. 2014 (by @ByBrianBennett) ⬇️

latimes.com/nation/la-na-b…Image
Read 7 tweets
Jan 7
It was an honor to work with Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman on this important piece.

- The President did not have constitutional authority for the Venezuela operation.

- It also violated the "supreme Law of the Land" - UN Charter, which the Senate passed 89-2.

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2/ source

Congress, the President, and the Use of Military Force in Venezuela

By Brian Egan, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

justsecurity.org/128211/congres…
3/ "Applying even the OLC’s expansive view from its recent opinions to Operation Absolute Resolve, the Executive action clearly crosses the threshold for requiring congressional authorization."
Read 5 tweets
Jan 4
I joined with two great legal experts on this analysis.

In this thread, I highlight 3 items you may not see covered in same way, if at all, elsewhere.

Panama 'precedent'
safeguards for Heads of State
Venezuelan nationals new legal protections in US

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justsecurity.org/127981/interna…
2/ "Panama precedent" of 1989 US action to capture Noriega counts against, not in favor, of US actions in Venezuela.

a) UN General Assembly "strongly deplored" US 1989 action
b) HW Bush, James Baker, Amb Pickering cited justifications nowhere in Venezuela case

Excerpt⤵️ Image
3/ Maduro is a monster, but the U.S. action is also unravelling protections for Heads of State and Foreign Ministers around the world.

Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️ Image
Read 7 tweets
Dec 31, 2025
WSJ report is extraordinary in implicating Mar-a-Lago in Epstein systematic sexual abuse.

It takes a close read, but looks like WSJ is reporting Trump was informed and told Mar-a-Lago manager to "kick out" Epstein in 2003 not from Mar-a-Lago, but from the Mar-a-Lago Spa.

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2/ Note the WSJ report says:

"But Epstein continued to attend parties and events at Mar-a-Lago."

gift link (reporting by @joe_palazzolo @rebeccaballhaus @khadeeja_safdar):
wsj.com/us-news/trump-…
@joe_palazzolo @rebeccaballhaus @khadeeja_safdar 3/ It's in the very headline Image
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