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In a time of deep grief, how do you forgive the unforgivable?…forgiveness is not…giving up, surrendering…or avoiding…justice. It is about how you hold in your heart a terrible wrong while you act in the world to correct that wrong and try to prevent it from happening again.” Phillip Moffitt 🙏🏼

I love Lighthouse coffee. They’re a small micro roaster in Fremont. Lots of different coffee varieties. Just picked up a pound of mixed Roasters Choice and French Roast today. Great community people also.

A hill I’ll die on: Best coffee roaster in Seattle is Lighthouse Coffee (not ⭐️bucks).

Outdated and Dangerous Antiquated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home to quash protests and order mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval.

Outdated laws give presidents sweeping power to use the military at home to suppress protests and make mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval. Congress must repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close the loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN

The Ninth Circuit vacated its panel‘s decision, leaving Judge Immergut’s order in place pending en banc review.

I believe the Massachusetts rainy day fund is a state managed fund that individual municipalities contribute to from their local budgets and from which they can draw but it’s not something the state can access. So local jurisdictions could decide to do this but not the state.

The US paradigm is if someone fails, it‘s their fault & responsibility to fix it - not that the system might be intentionally structured that way. It’s a deep psychological defense mechanism. Kids abused by a parent often believe they caused the abuse because it maintains their sense of control.

People are not honest about funerals. They say it’s only appropriate to cry but I have sung at the top of my lungs, cursed god and argued with fate. #poetry

@npr.org Dropping it off at a Post Office will not insure your ballot is postmarked on the day you mailed it b/c they have consolidated & moved postmarking machines to centralized locations where mail is being postmarked but it can take days to get mail from the local PO to the central locations.

Mariners fan here and I think everyone in Seattle is rooting for the Blue Jays!

We definitely need to follow the money in this corrupt regime but how does this seem to”bribey“ to you? It’s a civil lawsuit. How do you think Trump could affect the case? I suppose they could try to repeal the Trafficking Victims Protection Act but it wouldn’t be retroactive. What angle do you see?

He’s never getting the Nobel Peace Prize - no matter what he does.

JFC. They are completely deranged.

Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.

"This is extrajudicial killing. In American domestic law, that's called murder," says @becingber.bsky.social on #ILW2025's "Legality of Military Strikes on Drug Traffickers" Panel.

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The real things going on in our country are so crazy that I think I’ve lost my ability to discern either sarcasm or absurdity. 😅

As a Buddhist, I am not suggesting nor do I condone any form of violence as a response to this administration. I’m sorry if there was any misunderstanding about that.

@schumer.senate.gov WTF - Dems should be blanketing every single media source with ads focused on:
1. Trump’s corruption
2. Tariffs 👇🏼
3. The war he is starting with Venezuela
4. ICE abuses - there‘s lots of video
5. People who will lose their healthcare due to 200% cost increases.
6. Epstein files

As a lifelong (50+ yrs) Dem, donor & volunteer, I think you should resign. You really can’t figure out that the paradigm has radically changed. You’re trying to play chess with someone who has flipped the board, smashed the clock, tore up the rule book and eaten your queen. Get a fucking clue.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

Thank you for standing strong. I think the vast majority of people paying attention understand what is at stake. Republicans are completely untrustworthy negotiators. Keep blasting out the stories of people whose health insurance will double or triple without the subsidies. Make them front & center!

Oh come on, it’s only your right hand! You don’t really need it. 😺

It’s interesting that the GOP hasn’t done it yet. It allows them to continue blaming Dems for things but also suggests they are not 100% confident in their permanent ascendency. Side note - the filibuster as it currently exists is a recent invention and I think decidedly anti democratic.

As my US Marine grandfather who was killed in action in WWII fighting fascism would say, Semper Fi.

who has struggled to grasp the truth & gravity of our situation. It feels almost impossible to me that we are where I believe we are. I’ve resisted the horror of this realization for months - insisting the courts & institutions were going to hold. They’re not and now it is up to us.

If we are to avoid outright civil war, Congress will have to impeach him. I don’t know if the GOP has any red lines left. Perhaps a catastrophic blowout in 2026. Continued & escalating public demonstrations. International sanctions. I don’t know what is going to work. I’m an old mainstream lawyer

BTW, not a fatalist but Trump & Co have shown they feel completely unbounded by the Constitution, laws or courts. We’re 9 months in: tariffs, extrajudicial killings & renditions, bull dosing part of the White House. Trump is insane with power & he will have to be stopped bc laws/courts can’t.

They’re just obeying Herr Trump in advance. Reagan is rolling in his grave.

Good legal analysis but I don’t think they’re planning to have Trump “elected.” Bannon says Trump will “get” a third term -not elected. There’s not going to be a legal process. I keep thinking about the “revolution will be bloodless if Democrats allow it” comment. He will try to take over by force.

Trump’s “Let them eat cake” moment.

Pretty sure this is illegal in two party consent states.