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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!

www.nbcboston.com

Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters

Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.

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Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.

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Prisonculture

@prisonculture.bsky.social

What we witnessed was a political kidnapping of an elected official and I don't know what more to say than that.

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Art Candee 🍿🥤

@artcandee.bsky.social

ICE is the Gestapo. Full stop.

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WOKE MARXIST POPEHAT

@kenwhite.bsky.social

OK, I’m told the feds released Mayor Barka rather than holding him over the weekend on the pretext they couldn’t get him before a judge. I am pleasantly surprised, through I suspect the decision was made on a lower level and that the people who made it may suffer.

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Coach Finstock

@coachfinstock.bsky.social

I was panicked that my 7-year-old might freak out during the face melting scene in Indiana Jones but she said "I guess he shouldn't have opened that" as seriously as possible and I've been crying laughing for 10 minutes

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Jen Cross

@jencross.bsky.social

Wow, I found a Scarlet Tanager this evening! This is maybe a once a year bird for me. So exciting. 🪶

A bright red bird with black wings and a light tan beak. He is perched on a thin branch facing right with forest canopy behind him.

A bright red bird with black wings and tail and a light tan beak. He is facing left and singing.

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

I've said we need to litigate to protect voting rights everywhere. I am proud that today my team filed a lawsuit in Wyoming. This is how we expand the map for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

www.democracydocket.com

Wyoming’s Version of the SAVE Act Would Lower Turnout Even Further. Now It’s Being Challenged in Court.

Read more here.

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Ankit Panda

@nktpnd.bsky.social

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

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Philip Bump

@pbump.com

Well, without an ankle monitor, what is to stop her from co-authoring another op-ed?

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's attorney Mahsa Khanbabai confirms ICE improperly tried to make her wear an ankle monitor: "Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rümeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction."

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SEIU_ORG

@seiu.org

BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Rumeysa outside, surrounded by reporters and her team.

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The House spent a whole week on Gulf of America and Senate Republicans won’t even bring it to the floor for a vote. Another productive week for the Republican Congress.

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Jon Cryer

@mrjoncryer.bsky.social

Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order? And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman? We need names.

Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social

Please watch THIS particular interview, shared by @prisonculture.bsky.social to get the play by play on what happened. Getting arrested for protesting is a king move, but that's not what happened here. This was a goddamned grab and sack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjf...

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

Video stills of Rümeysa Öztürk being released from ICE custody via NBC 10 Boston

Rümeysa Öztürk, smiling with arms crossed, walks through a parking lot.

Rümeysa Öztürk, smiling, greets a reporter on grass surrounding a parking lot.

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Schooley

@schooley.bsky.social

To think the other possibility was prison.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com

“In the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.”

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com

Here's Judge Sessions's written order for Rümeysa Öztürk's release. We haven't yet seen confirmation that she's been released—I'll certainly update you as soon as it appears! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ORDER
The Court held a telephonic conference with counsel for
Petitioner and counsel for Respondent at 4:50pm. The Court
reaffirmed its ruling made at the bail hearing earlier on
5/9/25. In light of the Court's finding of no risk of flight and
no danger to the community, Petitioner is to be released from ICE custody immediately on her own recognizance, without any
form of Body-Worn GPS or other ICE monitoring at this time.
Petitioner is not subject to any travel restrictions.
Respondent's counsel shall submit proposed conditions of release
after conferring with ICE no later than 5/12/2025.
DATED at Burlington, in the District of Vermont, this 9th
day of May 2025.
/s/ William K. Sessions III
Hon. William K. Sessions III
U.S. District Court Judge

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

37 minutes ago

Ras Baraka elevated in 1 day for standing up to fascism. Democrats, learn from this.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wearing a brown jacket, black hat, red tie

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Acyn

@acyn.bsky.social

Newsom: I’ll give you a specific example: just this morning, in anticipation of meeting with Chinese counterparts in Geneva, he decided to negotiate against himself—the great negotiator—from 145% tariffs imposed on China, now he says, “Well, maybe it should be 80%.”

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Hank Green

@hankgreen.bsky.social

There was a moment when movies (rather than novels) took over as the primary form of fiction in our culture. At some point we’ll all need to admit that YouTube videos have taken the non-fiction mantle.

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@prisonculture.bsky.social