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Elon told us to find more productive work in the private sector, so we did
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Wonder if this song has now been sung in the actual orbit of the actual moon
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This is the worst possible time for presidential records to be hidden from the public.
Use our action center to tell Congress: Presidential records are vital parts of the American story, and the Justice Department’s efforts to say otherwise are wrong.
Use our action center to tell Congress: Presidential records are vital parts of the American story, and the Justice Department’s efforts to say otherwise are wrong.
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Since these agencies will not inform Congress or the media about why and how they are using these dragnet surveillance tools, we, along with our clients and cocounsel at DDF and LC, will seek judicial orders for the information owed to the American people
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These apps have scanned over 100,000 people, be they protesters, immigrants, citizens, and have used this tool of automated racial bias to accelerate unlawful removals and detentions across the country with no meaningful oversight
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these apps scan faces in real time, search large biometric databases, and make identity and citizenship determinations in the field, regardless of other evidence. You have no right to refuse a scan
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DDF and LC filed FOIAs to learn how the apps are used, what data they collect, and what ICE/DHS does with that information. The agencies failed to produce a single record.
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Today, FIG, along with the Democracy Defenders Fund and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, filed new litigation against DHS & ICE for information on the facial recognition apps Mobile Fortify and Mobile Identify
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/04.01.26-pr
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/04.01.26-pr
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Today, FIG, along with the Democracy Defenders Fund and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, filed new litigation against DHS &ICE for information on the facial recognition apps Mobile Fortify and Mobile Identify
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/04.01.26-pr
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/04.01.26-pr
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ok sorry for teasing this earlier it turned out we needed a last check but I promise it's a good one
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I miss the steady civil service paycheck and health insurance but DANG do I love suing the government
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As DOJ and DHS refuse to comply with congressional oversight, we are happy to seek an order imposing judicial oversight of their misconduct
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Attorney General Bondi has been engaged in massive resistance to disclose anything about this matter. Before the Judiciary Committee she resorted to petty personal barbs and tried to wrap Homan in the flag to defend his conduct
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We are not the only ones seeking this info, even Senate Judiciary members have been forced to resort to FOIA to get basic oversight info from DOJ. We, with DDF, filed another suit last month for the FBI case file as well. www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democratic-senators-file-foia-request-demand-answers-about-tom-homan-controversy
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On behalf of our client, @democracydefendersfund.org, we are seeking information about the investigation, its dismissal, who told the FBI to dismiss it, and how Homan ended up in a position of such sensitivity with no background investigation whatsoever
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This afternoon, my firm filed two new lawsuits against DHS and DOJ for records of the Tom Homan corruption probe. People who take $50k in a Cava bag from undercover FBI agents do not end up running federal immigration policy!
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/03.30.26-pr
www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/03.30.26-pr
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"Previous demonstrations in Missoula have drawn thousands, and the one Saturday, organized by Missoula Resists, Indivisible Missoula and Stand Up Fight Back, was estimated at more than double, possibly triple, the first No Kings rally..."
dailymontanan.com/2026/03/28/protestors-back-at-the-capitol-while-other-montana-no-king-rallies-double-prior-attendance/
dailymontanan.com/2026/03/28/protestors-back-at-the-capitol-while-other-montana-no-king-rallies-double-prior-attendance/
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NEW: If you use a VPN that connects to overseas servers—which is often the whole point—it may, ironically, subject you to warrantless surveillance under US law. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/using-a-vpn-may-subject-you-to-nsa-spying/
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Today in AI:
Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials.
Everyone involved should be fired.
archive.is/ELrCI href="/search?t=posts&q=selection-4267.0-4317.311">#selection-4267.0-4317.311
Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials.
Everyone involved should be fired.
archive.is/ELrCI
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For any young attorneys looking to get into FOIA, whistleblower protection, or environmental law, my old role as staff counsel at @peer.org is open! I wouldn't be the lawyer I am today without the time I spent there.
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/72c6cabba4424e21976d31a3ef051892-staff-counsel-public-employees-for-environmental-responsibility-peer-silver-spring
www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/72c6cabba4424e21976d31a3ef051892-staff-counsel-public-employees-for-environmental-responsibility-peer-silver-spring
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