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Almost-retired lawyer. Consumer advocate. Archaeology, Religious Studies. Episcopalian. Democrat. Love books, cats, and sports.

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Yes.

08.10.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem is in Portland so dear frog guy please donโ€™t dress up as a dog next time.

07.10.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

07.10.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9809    ๐Ÿ” 4360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 486    ๐Ÿ“Œ 487

Oh, how sweet!

08.10.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Dangerous Precedent Behind Johnsonโ€™s Refusal to Seat Adelita Grijalva On September 10, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva won her Arizona special election, and nearly a month later, Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in.

Speaker Mike Johnsonโ€™s refusal to seat Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is more than the Epstein files, and a dangerous test of whether election results still guarantee representation. My latest

07.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 720    ๐Ÿ” 282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

I had a similar reaction. She believes she will never be held accountable. Indeed, she thinks she owes the Senators absolutely no deference or even civility.

08.10.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40952    ๐Ÿ” 15855    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1310    ๐Ÿ“Œ 947

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if thereโ€™s any statesโ€™ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

06.10.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13335    ๐Ÿ” 3499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 259    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110

Lucy is promising that this time she will definitely hold the football.

07.10.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 227    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

05.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9920    ๐Ÿ” 4096    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 233    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134
Amazing Grace
YouTube video by Save America Movement Amazing Grace

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

youtu.be/AxZDE8PBhFk

05.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1807    ๐Ÿ” 827    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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As seen on the streets of Evanston. Thank you to those in this community keeping watch.

05.10.2025 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This makes sense to me. Trump has long lived within a constructed reality, created to correspond to his self interest and the image heโ€™s wished to project. Vulnerable to manipulation by those close to him who know this.

05.10.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.โ€ 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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27547    ๐Ÿ” 10644    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 823    ๐Ÿ“Œ 519
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Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."

05.10.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8654    ๐Ÿ” 3159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86
Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

05.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5662    ๐Ÿ” 2145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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โ€œThereโ€™s a baby!โ€

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointmentโ€” which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

05.10.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15872    ๐Ÿ” 8429    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1840    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1051
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

05.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5624    ๐Ÿ” 2491    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152

They find inspiration in evil.

04.10.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administrationโ€™s โ€œCompact forโ€ฆ | AAC&U AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administrationโ€™s โ€œCompact for Academic Excellence in Higher Educationโ€

Remember back in April, when hundreds + hundreds of college/univ prez signed letter via @aacu.org and Amer Acad of Arts and Sciences, standing up for academic independence?

@aacu.org is back with another statement, about odious Trump "compact" www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac...

04.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Pure evil.

04.10.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They left innocent and traumatized people with all that to put back together, somehow.

04.10.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No notes, this is a perfectly reasonable summary

04.10.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4146    ๐Ÿ” 1369    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 154    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Greta is an international hero many times over.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

04.10.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 425    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

This morning, theย Trump Administrationโ€™s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

04.10.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23976    ๐Ÿ” 7423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1463    ๐Ÿ“Œ 580
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A lazy #Caturday.

04.10.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some times in America we have the exact right President in office to lead in crucial moments (i.e. Lincoln). But at other times we have the exact wrong President in office (i.e. Andrew Johnson). Today we have the worst President in our history in office at a most crucial moment.

04.10.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11478    ๐Ÿ” 2776    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 552    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

It only took 256 days to reach the โ€œzip tying little kids at 2am on the streetโ€ stage of this administration.

04.10.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3890    ๐Ÿ” 1405    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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Now That Fascism is Here... Fascism isnโ€™t coming to America; itโ€™s here.

We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.

We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.

It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...

04.10.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1878    ๐Ÿ” 828    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

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