We know now more than EVER before: Immigration detention is at a crisis point.

HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two more ICE detention facilities.

A THREAD. The Trump Administration’s mass deportation agenda is resulting in dangerous levels of overcrowding and deteriorating conditions at facilities like Krome.

We know now more than EVER before: The Trump Administration’s cruelty and inhumanity knows no bounds.

HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD. The Trump Administration has begun detaining pregnant women in facilities ill-equipped to manage their well-being and safety.

Detainees at the facility expressed serious concern for pregnant women and pregnant women told Committee staff they could not access adequate care.

Donald Trump pardoned violent insurrectionists as one of his FIRST actions back in office. This is contrary to the rule of law, and Americans are rightfully outraged.

THIS is what some of them are up to. (Hint: it’s not good.) 🧵


JAKE LANG was charged with assaulting police on January 6th.

Now… he’s announced plans to run for Marco Rubio’s Senate seat and organized a new “national constitutional militia.”

🚨 POTENTIAL KASH PATEL PERJURY 🚨

Kash Patel may have committed PERJURY before Congress, per breaking whistleblower reports.

It fits into a pattern of behavior that shows Kash Patel is not fit to be entrusted with government authority.

Here’s how. A THREAD. JANUARY 29, 2025

DOJ-FBI leadership meet, and notes from that morning meeting read: “KP wants movement at FBI, reciprocal actions for DOJ.”

This was the day before Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing.

We have grave concerns with Kash Patel’s nomination, especially given developments during and after his hearing.

Republicans *must* schedule an additional hearing to thoroughly examine serious questions.

Here’s why. A THREAD. Kash Patel gave misleading testimony regarding his role in producing a recording for a “choir” of violent January 6th insurrectionists.

He testified under oath that he “didn’t have anything to do” with it, but he had many times before literally taken credit for producing it.

We know now more than EVER before: The Supreme Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making.

Chief Justice Roberts AND the Judicial Conference refuse to act.

HERE is the news we just broke. A THREAD. FEDERAL LAW VIOLATION.

Justice Scalia accepted lavish gifts from billionaires and others with business before the Court for more than a decade, in violation of federal law—including 258 personal trips, dozens of which were never disclosed.

There are 41 days until Donald Trump is inaugurated.

HERE is what President Biden can do to protect immigrant families beforehand. A THREAD. Designate and extend Temporary Protected Status for all eligible countries.

Consider providing Deferred Enforced Departure as appropriate.

Expedite processing DACA recipients’ benefit requests.

🚨 HISTORY OF ETHICAL LAPSES INVOLVING HARLAN CROW, LEONARD LEO🚨

For years, Harlan Crow & Leonard Leo have gained private access to SCOTUS justices for themselves and friends.

Private planes, luxury resorts, lavish gifts… it’s damning. And why we’re investigating.

THREAD ⬇️ 2008 – Leonard Leo organized private jet travel for Justice Alito to Alaska for a luxury fishing trip.

Justice Alito did not include any of this on his financial disclosures. propublica.org/article/samuel…

The 150 lifetime judges confirmed under President Biden bring the demographic and professional diversity reflective of America to the bench.

Take a look. ⬇️ We’ve confirmed more Black women to the federal circuit courts than all prior Presidents combined.

We’ve confirmed the first-ever Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Senator Feinstein was the first woman to ever serve as Chair or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Her accomplishments, her kind heart, and her legacy will impact our federal judiciary and our nation forever.

Take a moment, and appreciate her legacy. ⬇️ Dianne led the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

She worked with @SenatorDurbin, @SenJoniErnst, and @LisaMurkowski to reach consensus.

It strengthened a lifeline for many survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Here’s the road map for Supreme Court ethics reform.

The Chief Justice could adopt an ethical code of conduct today. But he hasn’t.

If the Supreme Court doesn’t act, Congress must. We’ve encouraged the Court to adopt a code of ethics for over a decade, spanning multiple administrations and much of the Roberts Court.

Despite astonishing revelations, he has so far refused to take meaningful steps to restore public confidence in the Court.

NEW: the Biden-Harris administration just announced a multi-year plan of action to support successful reentry for incarcerated people.

This visionary plan will help provide life-changing second chances.

HERE are the highlights. 🧵 The admin’s Alternatives, Rehabilitation, and Reentry Strategic Plan is all-encompassing.

It’s an all-options approach across government to strengthen public safety, improve rehabilitation, and support successful reentry.

It’s a response that meets the importance of the work.

THREAD: Firearm-related fatalities are a leading cause of line-of-duty deaths—a threat that's only become worse with the proliferation of assault weapons.

Here's just some of the law enforcement leaders calling on Congress to do more to address the threat of gun violence ⬇️ “I have seen the devastating consequences [that] unchecked gun violence can have on the communities we serve – gun violence that could have been curbed by meaningful action by Congress.” – East Baton Rouge County Sheriff's Office Captain Frederick Thomas cnn.com/2022/06/16/pol…

MUST-READ: The fall of Roe didn't happen overnight. It's the result of a decades-long effort by extreme anti-abortion lawmakers to peddle misinformation and pass laws to chip away our rights.

HERE is how Republican lawmakers & judges have been mobilizing for a post-Roe America⬇️ Just hours after SCOTUS overturned Roe, ARKANSAS Attorney General Leslie Rutledge confirmed that abortion is now immediately illegal. AR is one of 13 states with “trigger bans” which will prohibit abortion within 30 days of Roe's fall—several of which took effect the day of.

COMING SOON: Former acting AG Jeffrey Rosen testifies alongside two other former DOJ officials, Rich Donoghue and Steve Engel, on information uncovered in this Committee's October 2021 investigative report.

Here's what you need to know before the upcoming #January6thHearings ⬇️ Last year, this Committee interviewed Rosen, Donoghue, and former US Attorney BJay Pak as a part of our tandem #January6th investigation. Their testimony makes clear that DOJ repeatedly told Trump that the stolen election claims he was peddling were false. judiciary.senate.gov/subverting-jus…

THIS MORNING 🚨 former U.S. Attorney BJay Pak testifies in the #January6thCommitteeHearings.

This Committee was the first to interview Pak in Summer 2021 about the Big Lie and false claims of election fraud in Georgia.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW before today's hearing ➡️ On December 3, 2020, Rudy Giuliani made a variety of false claims at a GA Senate subcommittee hearing, including claiming a video showed that election workers at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena had tabulated suitcases full of illegal ballots they had pulled from underneath a table.

MUST READ: As the #January6thCommitteeHearings begin, get caught up on what the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation has uncovered thus far.

WHAT WE FOUND in our investigation into former President Trump’s campaign to pressure DOJ to overturn the 2020 Election.

⬇️⬇️⬇️ On 1/22/21, @ktbenner reported that Acting AAG Jeffrey Clark sought to involve DOJ in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results & plotted with then-President Trump to oust Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen, who reportedly refused Trump’s demands. /1 nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/…

TONIGHT, the #January6thCommitteeHearings begin in the House.

On the Senate side, this Committee has worked in tandem to investigate the events leading up to January 6, 2021, including the involvement of the President and House Republicans.

⬇️ WHAT WE FOUND ⬇️ In October, following the first 8 months of our investigation, Chair @SenatorDurbin released new testimony and a majority staff report entitled "Subverting Justice: How the Former President and his Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election." judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/rele…

Last year, Simone Biles and other gymnasts testified before this Committee during a hearing on the FBI's dereliction of duty in the Nassar case. It's obvious that the agents were not only negligent, but did their best to cover up what had happened—and that is inexcusable.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1534492456250753024

"How much is a little girl worth? It truly feels like the FBI turned a blind eye to us."

ICYMI: Olympic champion Simone Biles first testified to Congress in front of this Committee last September, telling her story of abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar.

https://twitter.com/JudiciaryDems/status/1438188369092153348?s=20&t=PxnxwUkBUFlF8NKpehftgw

The National Republican Senatorial Committee circulated talking points insisting that Republicans aren't pushing toward a total ban on abortion, nor infringing on other privacy rights like contraception.

HERE is the truth about what's happening in red state gov'ts RIGHT NOW ⬇️ ARKANSAS: If Roe is overturned, the state has a 2019 “trigger law” that will immediately ban abortions within the state except to save the life of the mother. The state's AG affirmed that this ban would take effect immediately. arkansasonline.com/news/2022/may/…

Let's get right to it: Senator Cruz and others who spoke on the floor today are wrong... yet again.

Here's why ⬇️ 1. Judge Jackson provided documents totaling 12,000 pages from her time on the Sentencing Commission alone. If you stacked all those pages together, you'd get a pile nearly four feet tall—and that's not counting her nearly 600 opinions. Republicans have all relevant material.