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James Gleick

I’m an author and journalist writing about science and technology and media and information. My books include Chaos, The Information, and Time Travel, as well as biographies of Richard Feynman and Isaac Newton.

I’m working on a history of the telephone.

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You have to wonder, do even Alito and Thomas appreciate the government thumbing their noses at the Supreme Court this brazenly?

from the NY Times: Alan Feuer Reporting from the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. Ensign, the Justice Department lawyer, says that the Trump administration agrees to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia. But his definition of the word is extremely narrow, allowing the White House to effectively take an entirely passive posture in the matter. "If Abrego Garcia presents himself at a port of entry," Ensign says, "we will facilitate his entry to the United States."
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Commentary: The New Republic | OK, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What?

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"It’s been a shameful abdication of leadership by Democratic elites... Schumer said that if Trump defied a Supreme Court order, then there’d be no choice but to “take extraordinary action.” Presumably he has been preparing for this possibility—not doing so would be almost inconceivable Democratic malpractice."

The New Republic · OK, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What?The Democratic leader said he’d take “extraordinary action” if the president disobeyed the Supreme Court. Well, Trump is doing exactly that by refusing to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.
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James Gleick

Fight fiercely, Harvard!
Fight, fight, fight!
Demonstrate to them our skill.
Albeit they possess the might,
Nonetheless we have the will.

(Tom Lehrer, 1945)

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"The White House is now brazenly ignoring the crystal clear import and goal of the Supreme Court’s order ... The Court will now rapidly have to decide whether to knuckle under to this institutional humiliation or stand its ground. I don’t know which course it will choose. But I am very eager to find out."

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TPM - Talking Points Memo · Bukele’s Offense Against the American PeopleBy Josh Marshall
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Nina Bernstein

“We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name — and cynical claims of antisemitism — to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities,” the letter reads. nytimes.com/2025/04/12/us/jewi

A flier calling for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, and Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University.
The New York Times · Jewish Groups and Synagogues Defend Students Detained by ICEBy Anemona Hartocollis
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(An absolute rule: If you see me post or repost anyone's request for a donation, I promise I donated, too.)

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Heidi Li Feldman

Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen has told El Salvador he will go there to work on Abrego Garcia’s judicially required release from Salvadoran prison. (See letter in pic.) I just made a small donation to Van Hollen’s campaign fund. If thousands do this, we can send a message to Dem electeds about who we will - and won’t - support as we fight for U.S. constitutional democracy and rule of law. Here’s Van Hollen’s actblue page. secure.actblue.com/donate/vanh

CHRIS VAN HOLLEN Ta (n2) 231-0121 United States Senate April 13, 2025 The Honorable Milena Mayorga Embassy of El Salvador. 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Ambassador Mayorga: ¡ write to urgently request a meeting with President Bukele during his current visit to the United States to discuss the illegal detention of my constituent, Kilmar Abrego Garcia The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Mr. Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador. On Saturday evening in a court fling to a federal judge in Maryland, the Trump Administration confirmed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center according to Michael G. Kozak, a senior official in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. However, they did not detail steps that have been taken to facilitate his return, as mandated by the Supreme Court. I have met with Mr. Abrego Garcia's wife, mother and brother and, as you can imagine, they are extremely worried about his health, safety, and continued illegal confinement, as am I I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Chris Van Hollen
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Jacob T. Levy

The slope isn't slippery; the frog isn't gradually getting boiled. Within its first hundred days the Trump administration has openly asserted the right/ power to seize and imprison anyone— including political dissidents, including citizens— and deprive them of any legal recourse at all. 5/

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Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, where Abrego Garcia resides, says he will go to El Salvador to check on Abrego Garcia if Bukele and Trump don’t release him from Salvadoran prison. theguardian.com/us-news/live/2
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the Guardian · Trump aides and El Salvador president say wrongly deported man won’t return to US: ‘No version of this ends with him living here’ – liveNayib Bukele says he won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia while Stephen Miller says he would be deported again if he did come back to the US
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[The Philadelphia Inquirer]: When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity. By Will Bunch April 13, 2025

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Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanityBy Will Bunch
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