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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 1d ago

Just as I was starting to fundraise to continue my fight for a street use permit for a City March in Santa Fe for No Kings, this message from Santa Fe City Manager arrived. Victory!

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 1d ago

Excellent article about protesters in Michigan shining a light on the concentration camp ICE is building next to Detroit’s airport. Also discusses what opponents of such places are doing elsewhere. https://www.thefarce.org/they-bought-the-warehouse-in-secret-because-they-know-what-happens-when-you-find-out/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 2d ago

“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 2d ago

“The appointment of a controversial slate of vaccine advisers by Robert F Kennedy Jr likely violated federal law, and all votes taken by the committee over the past year have been stayed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.”

Good. Now let’s see if the ruling sticks.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-changes

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 2d ago

“Marchers deserve First Amendment protections” - oped by me, https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/marchers-deserve-first-amendment-protections/article_1dc820b8-c35a-4873-a398-34b436cef015.html

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 3d ago

Another snatch by ICE, another death in ICE custody. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/afghan-asylum-seeker-dies-less-24-hours-ice-custody-rcna263626

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 4d ago

“So while you were putting off a necessary surgery so you could afford gas, the department overseen by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was, in one month, dropping $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts … It’s enough to make you want to grab a torch and pitchfork and start marching. Except marching may be out of the question if you haven’t been able to see a doctor about your chronic knee pain.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/03/13/us-healthcare-costs-hegseth-pentagon-spending-iran-war/89118836007/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 5d ago

‘“In all my years as an immigration attorney, I have never seen a client simply vanish in the middle of their case with no explanation,” Shepard said. “When the government detains and transfers people in secrecy, without transparency or access to the courts, it tears at the basic protections a democracy is supposed to guarantee.”’

Asylum seeker deported to CECOT suing U.S. for damages. #LawFedi

https://www.advocate.com/news/venezuelan-cecot-dhs-legal-complaint

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 5d ago

Attorney General Davenport Seeks Order to Stop the Trump Administration’s Latest Illegal Tariffs https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-davenport-seeks-order-to-stop-the-trump-administrations-latest-illegal-tariffs/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 5d ago

The Onion is one of the things keeping me alive.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 6d ago

Governor Healey and Attorney General Campbell Launch State Portal to Report ICE Misconduct https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-and-attorney-general-campbell-launch-state-portal-to-report-ice-misconduct

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 12, 2026

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#Journalists there’s a story bigger than #SantaFe here. ⬇️ Santa Fe is the capital of #NewMexico, a state critical to stopping Republican Fascism. Yet the City is unconstitutionally burdening mass protest of Trump and his ilk.
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 11, 2026

AG Brown sues Department of Education for unlawful data demand to colleges and universities https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-brown-sues-department-education-unlawful-data-demand-colleges-and

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 11, 2026

On March 28, people will gather in #SantaFe #NewMexico for #NoKings 3, to celebrate and fight for constitutional democracy in the United States. They will exercise their First Amendment rights to assemble and freely express their views.

That is, they will if local government lets them. So far the City of Santa Fe still isn't giving me much confidence. 1/ #LawFedi

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

A clever friend pointed out that posting these two graphics together conveys full information about the First Amendment workshop I am hosting in #SantaFe, this Saturday, 3/14. Time and location in the graphics. Please share widely. This is a community event. #NoKings

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

These are excellent points, well put.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

You have GOT to read this to this to believe it. https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 09, 2026

"What occurred on Thursday and Friday was a U.S. citizen detained with no cause," said Kevin Morrison, a Cook County Commissioner who represents the 15th District. "All she was told was that there was some curious travel history but they had no cause to detain her for those 30 hours."https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/family-demands-answers-after-us-citizen-detained-at-ohare-airport-held-for-more-than-30-hours/3904749/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 08, 2026

in Arizona, CPB using a “Cold War-era law to ticket legal immigrants for minor offenses like not carrying their immigration documents, a break from the agency’s longstanding focus on people in the country illegally.” https://azcir.org/news/2026/03/04/border-patrol-tickets-legal-immigrants-carry-your-papers/ The U.S. is a show-me-your-papers country.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 08, 2026

You know things are morally disastrous when China legit occupies the moral high ground.

China warns world cannot return to ‘law of the jungle.’ The US-Israel war on Iran “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister said on Sunday. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-china-warns-world-cannot-return-to-law-of-the-jungle-trump-says-iran-being-decimated?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69acec358f089ad2051869ae#block-69acec358f089ad2051869ae

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 08, 2026

“A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game — it’s sickening. … Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store. …[W]e lose our humanity when we are thrilled by the destructive power of our military. ”
- “A Call to Conscience” by the Catholic Archbishop of Chicago. https://www.archchicago.org/statement/-/article/2026/03/08/statement-of-blase-j-cupich-archbishop-of-chicago-a-call-to-conscience

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

Check out USPS, doing what it can to fight Republican Fascism. You can purchase these Alex Trebek stamps at https://store.usps.com/store/product/alex-trebek-stamps-S_485304

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

A murky, deeply troublesome situation has been unfolding in Chicago overnight. It appears CBP detained an American citizen at O’Hare, took her to an ICE detention facility in Chicago. She hasn’t been heard from since and her family cannot locate her. She may or may not have been transported to a different facility in Wisconsin. More details here: https://evanstonnow.com/skokie-woman-detained-by-border-patrol-at-ohare-being-held-at-broadview/ #SundasSunnyNaqvi

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

It has been a hell of a week. Like everybody else who pays any attention, I’ve been ultra-distressed by the unfolding disaster in the Middle East, the continuing abductions by ICE and CBP, and various other large scale political events. I have been appalled and horrified by Trump’s utter indifference to the death and destruction he has caused, the risks he is creating for the American people, who he is supposed to be serving. Disgusted by Hegseth’s glee at his own lawless recklessness. 1/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

In Ninth Circuit argument, Washington defends gender-affirming care against unconstitutional attacks https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ninth-circuit-argument-washington-defends-gender-affirming-care-against

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Attempt to Exempt New and Experimental Nuclear Reactors from Environmental Review https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-opposes-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-attempt-exempt-new-and

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

RE: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116178290400173886 Here is the clearest description I have seen of the relationship between OK governor’s power to appoint and the timetable for election of a replacement. https://okpolicy.org/special-election/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

Trump’s war of whim in the Middle East is rapidly draining the Pentagon’s munitions and other resources. Replacing these will require extra-budget appropriations from Congress. https://www.csis.org/analysis/37-billion-estimated-cost-epic-furys-first-100-hours

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

Trump seeks dictatorial power over the leadership of any country in the world He ‘said he must "be involved in the appointment" of Iran's next leader as he was in Venezuela, and dismissed the idea of the assassinated ayatollah's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, succeeding his father as supreme leader as "unacceptable". "They are wasting their time. Khamenei's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela," Trump [said]?’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/05/iran-war-latest-updates-canada-carney-trump-israel-tehran-strikes?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a9c8648f08ef977b47047b#block-69a9c8648f08ef977b47047b

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 04, 2026

“This latest analysis reinforces that we are hurtling toward a system of “autocratic legalism,” where democracy dies not through military coups but through legal mechanisms that appear legitimate while systematically dismantling popular sovereignty.“ Aronson concludes we have to act now to try to prevent this. 4/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 04, 2026

Mainstream practicing lawyers and judges are increasingly naming the problem: a corrupt Supreme Court in thrall to Republican Fascism. For example, Alex Aronson, who was chief counsel and senior counsel to U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, managing director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, and an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 1/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 03, 2026

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24 hours later, DoJ has made a U-turn.

“The US justice department abruptly reversed course on Tuesday and decided it would defend executive orders made by Donald Trump to try to penalize law firms that represented clients or causes the president did not like.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/03/doj-drop-law-firms-case-trump-executive-orders

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 03, 2026

U.S. military leaders trying to avoid being held liable for war crimes and responsible for violations of domestic executive order banning the assassination of foreign leaders. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/03/donald-trump-iran-war-powers-kristi-noem-primaries-friedrich-merz-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a72f388f083ffba587c6db#block-69a72f388f083ffba587c6db 1/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 02, 2026

Spain, showing some actual leadership by refusing to permit U.S. to use Spa ish bases”for operations outside previously agreed-upon terms or contrary to the United Nations Charter.” Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez condemns the U.S.-Israeli unilateral attack on Iran. https://www.novinite.com/articles/237274/Spain+Forces+U.S.+Jets+Out+After+Blocking+Bases+for+Iran+Strikes

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Mar 01, 2026

Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts of America) tells Pete Hegseth to take a hike. https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scouting-america-transgender-still-welcome

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

I woke up last night in the middle of the night and caught the news of Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran. Hard to fall back asleep. Got up early to go to a community north of me to discuss how to react to ICE car stops, which are escalating in frequency in northern New Mexico. Returned home.

Now I have beginnings of a migraine, am tired, a nap would be good, but sleep still hard to come by.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

Here’s Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch being right about the utter unconstitutionality of Trump regime’s war on Iran. https://share.inquirer.com/Qsla9j

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

Seems like a dangerous precedent for Trump to be setting if his justification for killing the leader of another country is that the leader is dangerous and evil.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

Because, of course:
“A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer…” https://www.wired.com/story/a-white-house-staffer-appears-to-run-massive-pro-trump-meme-page/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

What a disgusting criminal Trump is.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026

States should explicitly regulate conditions for all civil detainees. Pass laws for any facility where people are held or confined for civil purposes. Would give state AG power to investigate any such facility and enforce laws. https://chicagoreader.com/news/feature-news-politics/ice-detention-geo-group-highlands/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026

Meanwhile, the IRS has been in cahoots with ICE. Judge Kollar-Kottelly explains. “Of the 47,289 taxpayer addresses that the IRS disclosed to ICE through these two mutually exclusive matching processes, 90.3% (i.e., 42,695 addresses) were matched by TIN Matching, while the other 9.7% (i.e., 4,594 addresses) were matched by Address Matching. Id. ¶ 10.” … 1/2 #LawFedi https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/kollar-kotelly-irs-violated-law-thousands-times-ice-data.pdf

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

"For weeks, FIFA Peace Prize winner Donald Trump has been on the warpath, threatening another devastating war of choice in the Middle East over a nuclear program he claims to have obliterated last year."

FIFA Peace Prize winner on the warpath! 😆 https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/124439

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

In case anybody else needs the snarky laugh this gave me.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

Whether building enormous concentration camps or seemingly having a hand in the death of this blind refugee, the Trump regime is making our country evil. https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

A moment of awe, just captured now.

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

“[DoJ] has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that Pres. Trump sexually abused a minor…. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against … Epstein also mention Trump.” Also missing are seemingly more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.” A DoJ with no independence from Trump, will never hold Trump to account. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 24, 2026

Well, I just returned from a VERY interesting #Indivisible #SantaFe (ISF) meeting. Santa Fe’s new mayor was summoned to the meeting by a #NewMexico state legislator in attendance. This led to me having to supply the meeting with an impromptu presentation on First Amendment law and why the City of Santa Fe cannot lawfully charge ISF $25,000+ for a closed streets permit for #NoKings on March 28. 1/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 22, 2026

Finally (!) finished reading the 170-page (!!) IEEPA/Trump tariffs case, Learning Resources v. Trump. Yes, I’m glad that the immediate result was the Supreme Court clearly invalidating a Trump effort to assert dictatorial power. But the opinions in the case as a group showcase the mediocrity of the Roberts Court as a whole. #LawFedi 1/

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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · Feb 22, 2026

My home state of #NewJersey has a substantively important, perfectly named bill up for consideration. https://www.nj.com/hudson/2026/02/what-is-the-fk-ice-act-nj-bill-targets-immigration-enforcement.html The Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act, aka, the FUCKICE act.

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