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@jacobmsmall.bsky.social

Virginia employment attorney, software developer, and dad. Owner of @jmadisonplc.bsky.social. Building Cloud Counsel by J. Madison PLC.

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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62099    πŸ” 11237    πŸ’¬ 1207    πŸ“Œ 522

Looks like wipe out for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans

Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more

GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then

Now will be below 40 in second Trump era

Will have full break down tomorrow

05.11.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 461    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 15

I agree with her.

27.10.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tag me next time.

No one is saying we shouldn’t have borders β€” I am saying we do have borders and laws, and that by pretending we don’t we are buying into the GOP’s anti-immigrant narrative.

Dems should be talking about to improve the immigration system. Not repeating Trump’s talking points.

24.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no please don’t do the mean evil stuff to meeeeeee! You’re only supposed to target the others!! The others!!!

23.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This Is Just To Say

I have murdered
the people
that were in
the boats

and which
you were probably
hoping
had inalienable rights

Forgive me
they were terrorists
so gangster
and so bad

23.10.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats β€˜Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks.

The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats β€˜Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks. The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.

23.10.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5292    πŸ” 1670    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 72
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Trump's ICE is a reckless agency. Collaboration hasn't worked. We need to change our lawsβ€”and stand up to Washington.

22.10.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1676    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 10

Dems absolutely blew it out in Virginia House of Delegates fundraising

Some districts have Congressional level numbers for Dems in terms of money raised

HD-75 $1.5M
HD-82 $1.35M
HD-89 $1.25M
HD-97 $1.05M
HD-57 $950K
HD-73 $910K
HD-86 $907K
HD-22 $835K
HD-71 $678K

16.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Please consider donating to 5 key VA House of Delegate candidates! These races are critical to protect voting rights, reproductive freedom, public schools & more. The margins are razor-thinβ€”every dollar helps flip these seats blue!

secure.actblue.com/donate/sspa2...

11.10.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

09.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1347    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 23
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Some people just make things up.

Other people are experts ⬇️

05.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

05.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 27630    πŸ” 10674    πŸ’¬ 824    πŸ“Œ 520

Our cities are under siege

04.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1322    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 16

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

30.09.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 49916    πŸ” 15592    πŸ’¬ 670    πŸ“Œ 724

Trump & Hegseth are prepping the military for orders to fire on American citizens. The only question at this point is whether those orders would be followed at the command level.

30.09.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 9
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So happy to join artists, dancers, students, musicians and community leaders for a glorious celebration at the Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival in the heart of the 8th!

29.09.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 614    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

But my entire business infrastructure is in Google Cloud and honestly Gemini 2.5 Pro has seemed to be the smartest foundation model and it was great when I was using it in cursor. My early attempts to use Gemini CLI weren’t successful.

19.09.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve used cursor, across multiple iterations of it AI and agents, and was blown away. It allowed me to get much more efficient. Then I was taken aback by Claude Code, and found myself just using cursor as a text editor while Claude’s agent worked in a terminal window.

19.09.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok now realizing you are @ Firebase, my question seems silly.

But I’ve been wanting to try Gemini CLI more and replace Clause Code with it. Very happy with most Gemini tools I use.

19.09.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

18.09.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29827    πŸ” 9941    πŸ’¬ 657    πŸ“Œ 474

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

18.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 48199    πŸ” 15303    πŸ’¬ 1281    πŸ“Œ 634

Do you have a view on whether Gemini CLI is comparable to Claude Code? Have you compared them?

19.09.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i say this to encourage you as much as i say it to remind myself: try your small cases. just do it. it's worth it.

16.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

it's ongoing so i'm not going to say much but we got a plaintiff's verdict today for a case we tried in November.

small failure to promote case with modest damages. about $5,000 in economic damages and then the full cap, $300,000, in compensatory damages. fees and other relief to come.

very happy

16.09.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a very Nazi thing to say, actually.

11.09.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6670    πŸ” 1281    πŸ’¬ 560    πŸ“Œ 59

What a ridiculous take.

You cannot practice politics the right way while also pushing for evil policies.

There is no way to correctly use civil society to roll back the civil rights act or to engage in campaigns of disappearing people. That is not a thing.

The ends poison the means.

11.09.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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