"If you find that we're doing something illegal that's irreparable harm" is the kind of argument that judges are very, very annoyed that government attorneys make.
06.05.2025 15:14 β π 734 π 149 π¬ 22 π 2@mair1961.bsky.social
"If you find that we're doing something illegal that's irreparable harm" is the kind of argument that judges are very, very annoyed that government attorneys make.
06.05.2025 15:14 β π 734 π 149 π¬ 22 π 2βStop the Stealβ supporter, Ed Martin, was in the mob outside of the Capitol on 1/6.
If he doesnβt like your point of view, he threatens to investigate you.
He praises white supremacists who support neo-Nazi ideologies.
Tell your Senator to vote NO on Ed Martinβs nomination for US Attorney in DC.
Ohio voter here.
I just voted in our primary. When I arrived I was immediately confronted by a poll worker wanting my last name, so that she could direct me to the appropriate table for check-in. (I think this immediately put me on defense; in all my sixty years Iβve never had that happen.)
The βBiden Crime Familyβ was one of their greatest/lamest hits of the last four years. The βTrump Crime Family?β Itβs radio silence.
06.05.2025 15:36 β π 426 π 84 π¬ 18 π 2@hcrichardson.bsky.social
wrote now the extreme right has taken over the media.
They have planted right wing influencers in the White House press conferences. To ask the planned right questions to get their reply misinformation message out.
Kristi Noem refuses to say whether she believes the Constitution grants due process rights to everyone in America:
06.05.2025 15:15 β π 2658 π 864 π¬ 235 π 100Americans (usually wholesalers or retailers) pay tariffs directly when goods are received at port.
Then, the cost is passed all the way down the line to consumers.
NEW VIDEO: If there is one consistent theme in voter suppression, it is that Republicans hate students voting. Now, two advocacy groups and a student voter are challenging Indianaβs new law banning the use of student ID for voting.
Paige and I explain.
youtu.be/VqwQU6GwRzU
This is how you accurately write a headline. Rolling Stone gets it.
27.04.2025 02:33 β π 12150 π 4223 π¬ 336 π 190Happy birthday!! Definitely find time to celebrate!
27.04.2025 14:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You canβt say criminals donβt deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
26.04.2025 23:25 β π 44443 π 11795 π¬ 549 π 447There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
The scale of corruption being perpetrated right now is almost beyond the limits of imagination. This is just one example, almost certainly not the greatest.
09.03.2025 23:52 β π 3130 π 1277 π¬ 72 π 30"In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan.
The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..."
www.wkow.com/news/politic...
"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..."
www.advocate.com/politics/hug...
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09.03.2025 22:54 β π 20709 π 4981 π¬ 334 π 153The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding π
#TraitorTrump
Anna tweet to Ed Martin: Hi Ed, do you think itβs appropriate for an acting US attorney to spread false info accusing uncharged individuals of criminal acts? Do you think this public statement is consistent with DOJ norms and your ethical duties as a member of the bar? Looking forward to your response!
Just asking questions.
01.03.2025 18:23 β π 12410 π 2047 π¬ 375 π 81Dr. Collins noted that when he was recruited to the institutes, and through many of the years that followed, βinvestment in medical research was seen as a high priority and a nonpolitical bipartisan effort β saving countless lives, relieving human suffering and contributing substantially to the U.S. economy.β βN.I.H. is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world,β he wrote. βIt is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be.β He went on: βWhen you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on N.I.H. research over many decades. When you hear about sickle-cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by N.I.H.β
Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
What a goddamn farce. Border crossings are currently at a 50-year low.
01.03.2025 16:47 β π 1312 π 407 π¬ 126 π 34Wow. π³
01.03.2025 19:56 β π 583 π 177 π¬ 20 π 5Trump on Friday transported back to Florida with him boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
01.03.2025 19:40 β π 1361 π 660 π¬ 231 π 77A lot of people are going to die from this
01.03.2025 19:05 β π 16960 π 6749 π¬ 1183 π 488This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the governmentβs ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workersβ rights"
Tom Friedman: "This is a total perversion of U.S. foreign policy practiced by every president since World War I. My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who β well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV.β"
01.03.2025 01:04 β π 11741 π 2665 π¬ 576 π 123Russia interfered in the 2024 election, as well. Their goal was to elect Donald Trump and weaken U.S. support for Ukraine. This is all well-documented, but what's been publicly released is most certainly just the tip of the iceberg. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
01.03.2025 20:13 β π 1045 π 347 π¬ 22 π 11A reminder for these times.
01.03.2025 22:24 β π 82935 π 17776 π¬ 651 π 450And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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