Jodi Breckenridge Petit

Why I Am Resigning A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Incredible resignation. 💙

"it turns out the government’s case may be even weaker than it seemed. Its flaws are compounded by an additional problem that warrants closer scrutiny: the timeline of Richman’s employment." @annabower.bsky.social is SO helpful!

Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."

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'there was an exchange that hinted at how Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons had made it easier for nutjobs like Spaceman Chuck.'

Thanks for the guidance, Mrs N. If and when you get one, will you share a photo with us? They do look amazing.💙

‘There is always gonna be another mountain, and we’re always gonna want to make it move. At the end of 2025, it’s not wonder this song is hitting us right where we live.’

I read it as ‘sooooo not Hermes!’

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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

We lost. Super solid Tar Heel win! 🏀

Don’t postpone joy.

Super DOGE efficient!

Yes!

Yes!

This can’t be real.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

‘When we’re drinking from a firehose, it’s hard to focus on the individual spouts of water.’

‘They beat me with stolen police equipment, construction tools, broken furniture, my own baton, and, at one point, a flagpole with the American flag still attached.’

Still breaks my heart.

Mike Johnson doesn’t want a compromise and it has nothing to do with the subsidies and it has nothing to do with the ACA and everything to do with Epstein. He doesn’t want to swear in the new Rep and he has to if the House comes back in session.

Our sticker from 2024--kid competition. #rabbithole, yes, but so fun.

Yes--most counties have fun competitions for those who drop off or vote in person. Your local kiddo nailed it! 💙

Ohhhh, this has me pondering.🤔

Shocked, shocked to learn this administration is shutting down effective public programs and forcing us to go through regulatory rentiers instead. Crony capitalism 2.0.

I voted stickers.

Chaffee County ones from today. Vote

Hot to vote, I voted, & Witch Better Have My Ballot stickers.

I had a great morning shift in Chaffee County, Colorado!

"The actions yesterday - in which FBI Special Agents were terminated and then reinstated shortly after - highlight the chaos that occurs when long-standing policies and processes are ignored. An Agent simply being assigned to an investigation and conducting it appropriately within the law should never be grounds for termination. Director Patel has disregarded the law and launched a campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution. FBI Agents deal in facts, and we urge Director Patel to do the same. When leadership abandons due process, it doesn't just erode trust - it makes the American public less safe. FBI Agents must be free to focus on protecting the American people, not fear losing their jobs over third party social media posts." (edited)

Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.

Complete shambles.

‘Hott shockingly—
answered "No" when asked if he agreed "agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?"’

‘Amid the chaos of the Trump Administration, implementing all of Cheney’s dreams of unitary executive on Chicago’s residents and Latin American fishermen, his death didn’t even make it above the fold of the NYT.’

‘What makes all of this exceptionally stupid, though, is that Pam Bondi described reading the transcripts before she ratified the prosecution back on October 31, the same day the transcripts mysteriously weren’t all delivered to Judge Currie.’