Good judges matter

NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.www.politico.com/news/2026/03…

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-03-01T12:44:56.864Z

For weeks, Judges Joseph Goodwin (Clinton), Robert Chambers (Clinton), Thomas Johnston (GWB) and Irene Berger (Obama) have been ordering the release of dozens of detainees ICE and its WV partners have picked up since Jan 1. But they’re not stopping there www.politico.com/news/2026/03…

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-03-01T12:49:57.676Z

One reason they’re ordering release of detainees — rather than bond hearings: Berger and Johnston say the hearings are increasingly a pre-cooked sham, resulting in detention without a genuine chance for bond. www.politico.com/news/2026/03…

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-03-01T12:58:02.328Z

It’s so weird

Her lips were moving but Trump’s words kept falling out:

BREAKING: Pam Bondi appears to have just committed a federal crime by lying under oath. Ted lieu just caught her in a lie and called for her resignation live on TV.

Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T17:03:26.581Z

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) 2026-02-11T17:15:47.987Z