A lot of people are responding with the idea that real judges wouldn’t conduct themselves in this manner and y’all should volunteer for CourtWatch.
A Post analysis found that immigration judges have ordered more than 440,000 asylum seekers removed during President Trump’s first 19 months back in office — more than during the previous eight years combined. https://wapo.st/4yZlKjy
September 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A lot of people are responding with the idea that real judges wouldn’t conduct themselves in this manner and y’all should volunteer for CourtWatch.
CopWatchNOLA and CourtWatch would open ALOT of people’s eyes to how this country works.
A lot of people are responding with the idea that real judges wouldn’t conduct themselves in this manner and y’all should volunteer for CourtWatch.
A Post analysis found that immigration judges have ordered more than 440,000 asylum seekers removed during President Trump’s first 19 months back in office — more than during the previous eight years combined. https://wapo.st/4yZlKjy
September 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
CopWatchNOLA and CourtWatch would open ALOT of people’s eyes to how this country works.
was doing ice courtwatch today and the masked feds lurking outside a courtroom to arrest immigrants were talking about going to ellis island and the tenement museum
July 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
was doing ice courtwatch today and the masked feds lurking outside a courtroom to arrest immigrants were talking about going to ellis island and the tenement museum
Let’s pay it forward. I’ll do a free pacer online training to the first 25 journalists who email me — Seamus at CourtWatch dot news
They asked if I wanted to spend early mornings, late nights, weekends, & at least one vacation going through tens of thousands of pages of court records. It sounded like heaven
Honored to have been awarded today a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting w/ NYTimes colleagues
Honored to have been awarded today a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting w/ NYTimes colleagues
May 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Let’s pay it forward. I’ll do a free pacer online training to the first 25 journalists who email me — Seamus at CourtWatch dot news
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a ‘courtwatch’ Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at three New York federal immigration courts. The US government has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a ‘courtwatch’ Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at three New York federal immigration courts. The US government has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”
On Monday afternoon, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani told Hell Gate that the NYPD infiltrating and spying on courtwatch groups would not be acceptable under his administration.
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Says NYPD Spying on ICE Courtwatch Group Under Commissioner Tisch Is 'Deeply Troubling'
Mamdani said he will be speaking with Tisch, whom he is retaining in his administration, about the investigation.
hellgatenyc.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On Monday afternoon, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani told Hell Gate that the NYPD infiltrating and spying on courtwatch groups would not be acceptable under his administration.
Did my first courtwatch today. However evil you think ICE is, they are worse. Before they shut the courts to the public, please find a day to see it firsthand. Take down their names and do not let them be forgotten
July 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Did my first courtwatch today. However evil you think ICE is, they are worse. Before they shut the courts to the public, please find a day to see it firsthand. Take down their names and do not let them be forgotten
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at 3 New York federal immigration courts. The US govt has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”🚨
JUDGE TO WASHINGTON: “NOT SO FAST”
The controversy surrounding the Anti-Weaponization Fund took another dramatic turn when federal judges began asking whether the legal settlement behind the program deserved a deeper investigation.
#CourtWatch #PoliticalStorm
F. M. P. at OGM News
The controversy surrounding the Anti-Weaponization Fund took another dramatic turn when federal judges began asking whether the legal settlement behind the program deserved a deeper investigation.
#CourtWatch #PoliticalStorm
F. M. P. at OGM News
June 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
JUDGE TO WASHINGTON: “NOT SO FAST”
The controversy surrounding the Anti-Weaponization Fund took another dramatic turn when federal judges began asking whether the legal settlement behind the program deserved a deeper investigation.
#CourtWatch #PoliticalStorm
F. M. P. at OGM News
The controversy surrounding the Anti-Weaponization Fund took another dramatic turn when federal judges began asking whether the legal settlement behind the program deserved a deeper investigation.
#CourtWatch #PoliticalStorm
F. M. P. at OGM News
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
On Monday afternoon, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani told Hell Gate that the NYPD infiltrating and spying on courtwatch groups would not be acceptable under his administration.
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-spying-...
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-spying-...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
On Monday afternoon, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani told Hell Gate that the NYPD infiltrating and spying on courtwatch groups would not be acceptable under his administration.
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-spying-...
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-spying-...
This post on X post landed someone (who I think is a 20yr old college student?) a criminal indictment. The whole thing is two pages long and basically amounts to "he posted this, which is illegal"
h/t CourtWatch
h/t CourtWatch
May 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This post on X post landed someone (who I think is a 20yr old college student?) a criminal indictment. The whole thing is two pages long and basically amounts to "he posted this, which is illegal"
h/t CourtWatch
h/t CourtWatch
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Courtwatch news is so interesting to read!
Everyone is apparently too busy with everything but this one flew under the radar: FOIA’d records revealed a former Democratic Senator was under investigation for vote buying
www.courtwatch.news/p/118-give-u...
www.courtwatch.news/p/118-give-u...
#118: Give Us 43 Minutes, Your Honor.
It’s a lot of work coordinating a dozen departments. Plus: Laser Pointing the FBI, Pete Rose, and MLK Jr. Also DOJ doesn’t know if it wants to collect thousands of innocent people’s cell phone data an...
www.courtwatch.news
March 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Courtwatch news is so interesting to read!
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Elected officials and community members, including JFREJers, are joining Team Lander now at a press conference following Comptroller Lander's arrest by ICE. Rabbi Ellen:
“I can only hope that brads arrest will rouse the people and that there will be ten times more people here [to courtwatch]”
“I can only hope that brads arrest will rouse the people and that there will be ten times more people here [to courtwatch]”
June 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Elected officials and community members, including JFREJers, are joining Team Lander now at a press conference following Comptroller Lander's arrest by ICE. Rabbi Ellen:
“I can only hope that brads arrest will rouse the people and that there will be ten times more people here [to courtwatch]”
“I can only hope that brads arrest will rouse the people and that there will be ten times more people here [to courtwatch]”
If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
If you're inspired by @bradlander.bsky.social
and all the New Yorkers who have been doing courtwatch and accompaniments for weeks, sign up for deportation defense here: jfrej.org/deportation-defense
And sign up to phonebank for Brad here: jfrej.org/callbrad
and all the New Yorkers who have been doing courtwatch and accompaniments for weeks, sign up for deportation defense here: jfrej.org/deportation-defense
And sign up to phonebank for Brad here: jfrej.org/callbrad
June 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you're inspired by @bradlander.bsky.social
and all the New Yorkers who have been doing courtwatch and accompaniments for weeks, sign up for deportation defense here: jfrej.org/deportation-defense
And sign up to phonebank for Brad here: jfrej.org/callbrad
and all the New Yorkers who have been doing courtwatch and accompaniments for weeks, sign up for deportation defense here: jfrej.org/deportation-defense
And sign up to phonebank for Brad here: jfrej.org/callbrad
Here's the latest episode--if you're able, consider supporting CourtWatch.
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#138 Reasonable Doubts
Judges form a band. It looks and feels exactly how you imagine it would. Plus, FTC now owns ObamaCare. Also, we have lamborghinis, Country Music Tea, and a self described “official spokesperson for th...
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August 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Here's the latest episode--if you're able, consider supporting CourtWatch.
www.courtwatch.news/p/138-reason...
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Link to this week's CourtWatch for those of you who haven't yet subscribed, which you should.
www.courtwatch.news/p/160-hackin...
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#160: Hacking For Press Release?
We found the only person in the world who wanted to receive a press release. Plus: Shotgun Weddings, Frosting Cakes, Seizing Reporter Records, and we may very well become a U.S. Attorney soon enough.
www.courtwatch.news
January 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Link to this week's CourtWatch for those of you who haven't yet subscribed, which you should.
www.courtwatch.news/p/160-hackin...
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