ICE officials are driving without license plates in Illinois. They have been accused of several hit-and-run incidents in Broadview.

“'It’s also a dangerous situation,' the ACLU's Alexandra Block) says. 'People don’t know that they are federal agents, and it’s an invitation to copycats who are bad actors kidnapping people because there’s no way to distinguish kidnappers from federal agents when they’re acting this way.'”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/09/federal-immigration-officers-ice-dhs-license-plates-immigration

#news #chicago #uspol #illinois #law

Judge Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization & deployment of the #NationalGuard of the #UnitedStates within #Illinois."
👏👏👏

You have to be very clear with these snakes.

#Court is adjourned.

Once Judge Perry’s written order is posted, I will link it (she said Friday) Isn’t it nice when justice is served & democracy is upheld?

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #immigration #fascism #tyranny

Trump has targeted political foes, including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and New York AG Letitia James, for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.

But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Law #Government #USPolitics

Judge Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization & deployment of the #NationalGuard of the #UnitedStates within #Illinois."
👏👏👏

You have to be very clear with these snakes.

#Court is adjourned.

Once Judge Perry’s written order is posted, I will link it (she said Friday) Isn’t it nice when justice is served & democracy is upheld?

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #immigration #fascism #tyranny

Trump has targeted political foes, including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and New York AG Letitia James, for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.

But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #NewYork #LetitiaJames #Law #Government #USPolitics

I love how the federal judge gave the DOJ until 4 pm to submit evidence regarding the National Guard protecting the federal courthouse in Chicago.

Not a good sign.

"Perry says she will call the court back into session between 4:30 pm and 5 pm to rule; she gives DOJ until 4 pm to offer more evidence that anyone has called for national guard troops to protect the Dirksen courthouse."

https://bsky.app/profile/heathercherone.bsky.social/post/3m2rsc4wols2s

#law #chicago #illinois #uspol #immigration

I love how the federal judge gave the DOJ until 4 pm to submit evidence regarding the National Guard protecting the federal courthouse in Chicago.

Not a good sign.

"Perry says she will call the court back into session between 4:30 pm and 5 pm to rule; she gives DOJ until 4 pm to offer more evidence that anyone has called for national guard troops to protect the Dirksen courthouse."

https://bsky.app/profile/heathercherone.bsky.social/post/3m2rsc4wols2s

#law #chicago #illinois #uspol #immigration

ICE officials are driving without license plates in Illinois. They have been accused of several hit-and-run incidents in Broadview.

“'It’s also a dangerous situation,' the ACLU's Alexandra Block) says. 'People don’t know that they are federal agents, and it’s an invitation to copycats who are bad actors kidnapping people because there’s no way to distinguish kidnappers from federal agents when they’re acting this way.'”

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/09/federal-immigration-officers-ice-dhs-license-plates-immigration

#news #chicago #uspol #illinois #law

19-year-old Jorge Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant in Alabama on an H-2B visa, was convicted of murder after a fatal car crash.

He was initially sentenced to the maximum possible punishment, longer than what prosecutors had requested: 99 years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Law #Accident #Crime #Immigration #Alabama

#Trump told reporters yesterday he would consider utilizing the #InsurrectionAct, a law enacted >200 ago, to sidestep any #court rulings restricting his orders to send #NationalGuard #troops into cities over the objections of local & state officials.

#law #military #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

During the hearing, a lawyer for the federal government said #Texas #NationalGuard troops were not expected to be deployed in #Illinois until Tuesday or Wednesday. The lawyer said he believed Illinois National Guard troops would begin reporting for duty tomorrow & would undergo training before being sent out on assignment.

#Chicago #Trump #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

During the hearing, a lawyer for the federal government said #Texas #NationalGuard troops were not expected to be deployed in #Illinois until Tuesday or Wednesday. The lawyer said he believed Illinois National Guard troops would begin reporting for duty tomorrow & would undergo training before being sent out on assignment.

#Chicago #Trump #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

Judge April M. Perry, a Biden appointee, pressed #Trump admin lawyers during the emergency court hearing for more information about #NationalGuard assignments in #Illinois, where state officials are suing to stop their deployment. She described herself as “very troubled by the lack of answers,” but she said she needed time to review the case before ruling on the state’s request for a temporary restraining order.

#law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo

Total bullshit

Judge Declines to Stop #NationalGuard Troops From Deploying in #Illinois, for Now

Illinois officials had sought to block the deployment as 200 National Guard troops from #Texas headed to #Chicago. Gov #JBPritzker called the mobilization “an #unconstitutional #invasion.”

She set a hearing for the issue on Thursday. Troops from Texas are on their way, according to a #military official.

#law #tyranny #MilitaryState #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago/0c4840e6-fced-5a16-8ac6-1a96d5a0f83b?smid=url-share

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine

A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Government #Law #Trump

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law

Anyone who thinks the #UnitedStates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #Constitution needs to check their head.

“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:

#Journalist #MarioGuevara Deported After Covering #AntiTrump #Protest

Mario Guevara was deported from the #US early on Oct 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists

#law #FreedomOfThePress #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #FuckSCOTUS #immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/mario_guevara_deportation_freedom_of_press

Anyone who thinks the #UnitedStates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #Constitution needs to check their head.

“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:

#Journalist #MarioGuevara Deported After Covering #AntiTrump #Protest

Mario Guevara was deported from the #US early on Oct 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists

#law #FreedomOfThePress #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #FuckSCOTUS #immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/mario_guevara_deportation_freedom_of_press