The government punishing a law firm for defending a client seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against. - ThreadSky

prchovanec.bsky.social • 9 hours ago

The government punishing a law firm for defending a client seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against.

Reposted from Kyle Cheney

NEW: President Trump moved Tuesday to punish a law firm for providing pro bono legal services to Jack Smith as he prepared to face a potential investigation from the Trump administration.

He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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expatriot.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Yes, this is absolutely the tyranny we fought a revolution against, these are royalists. An even older enemy than the confederates and the Russians, who are all on the same side with the aim of destroying the country.

baronbrady.com•6 hours ago

They do it because they know Americans aren't the revolutionaries they once were. Authoritarianism has taken hold of our country.

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•8 hours ago

“…seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against.” feels like a phrase we age going to be using a lot.

prchovanec.bsky.social•9 hours ago

It actually seems like a substantive infringement of the right to legal counsel, since the intention is to scare away lawyers who might provide it.

elmobronowski.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Yeah, they should be able to sue to undo that order. All they need is to find a good lawyer and ….oh, I see.

brianinnc.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Time to dump some tea in the Potomac.

okiefrommuskogee.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Teslas

basedhits.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Teaslas.

residntevl.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Don't do that to the fish they don't need that.

whiskeyandwry.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Diet coke?

agllegal.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Possible 5th Am due process claim for the lawyers affected

asparaguspee.bsky.social•9 hours ago

We have moved the line so far for trump that I am unsure where the red line is.

geoffbowser.bsky.social•7 hours ago

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

tonyhig67.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The smallest pettiest man on the planet. No friends. Wife hates him. Just a miserable thug incapable of joy.

candystrata.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s exactly like that…

danthiell.bsky.social•7 hours ago

This doesn't feel too dissimilar to what ultimately took down Nixon. But it 2025, it'll barely warrant a mention in the newspaper.

southernredmenace.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Watergate was peanuts compared to this shit.

madamehardy.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I remember when Sam Ervin dropped the hammer on Nixon. When the rubber hit the road, he cared more about democracy than party politics.

southernredmenace.bsky.social•4 hours ago

There was a time, even despite the fact that this nation has always been inherently evil, where those with the burden of responsibility understood that failure to exact justice opened the floodgates and set dangerous precedents.

That time has tragically passed

danthiell.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I just mean this specific instance of Trump seeking retribution against a special prosecutor who was investigated him vs. Nixon firing a special prosecutor who was investigating him. But yes, on the whole, we're at several Watergates worth of scandal a day, at least.

mathandstuff.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The lesson they took from Watergate was to make sure they had control of the press first.

bornat3b.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Tennessee Holler and some other smaller outlets seem to really be knocking it out of the park.

I think it might be time to turn away from outlets that aren’t serving their journalistic best.

flame89.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Where’s John Adams when we need him?

billyceeee.bsky.social•8 hours ago

There are a lot of takes like this, and they are completely right. But the modern day comparators for the Trump administration are emerging markets countries that can’t escape the cycle of corruption, cronyism, and collapse. We are more like Venezuela than we want to be right now.

elyseea.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Exactly the kind.

johnnynovio.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Here comes another law suit. Any idea how many lawsuits Trump has accumulated since his first term?

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•3 hours ago

😔 🇺🇸 he is using the DoJ itself to make an example

If only we didn't have a legislative branch that didn't just roll over and bet on winning 2026 after TFU'ing 2024 🗳️ 🇺🇸

Democrats this strategy has failed twice before.

rouxblanche.bsky.social•8 hours ago

This is the weaponisation of government they supposedly objected to…

marbear123.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I smell a lawsuit coming.

catherinepdx.bsky.social•5 hours ago

How much do I despise Trump and his cronies ? More than I can say.

astro2025.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I thought Jack Smith was given a pardon from Biden...

travishampton.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Treason doesn’t have a statute limitation 😉

qgennas.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He has the authority to do a lot of things with clearance. He does not have a legal authority to punish people without procedural due process for being an attorney. Maybe Justice Roberts will expand presidential immunty further and make another rule for the ages where attorneys can't practice law.

snoozebuttonben.bsky.social•43 minutes ago

As bad as this all is, the canary in the coal mine is Jack Smith disappearing entirely. If that happens, pack your bags.

pnutsgrama.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Seriously? What the fuck is wrong with the 🍊💩 and his so called team? I know...I know.

barbarajustbarb.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Oh he doesn’t want to be a dictator? He’s drunk on power. Horrifying times and it seems every day gets worse.

missyandtillycorgi.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Lawyers don't deal well with orange throwing tantrums. Usually, we become lawyers because we can't stand injustice. The ones of us that don't defend orange morons and their puppet master for usurping the Constitution that is

zablanc.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I don't recall Trump losing Secret Service protection while he was charged for attacking the Capitol AND stealing state secrets.

It's almost like he is a criminal felon and sociopath who didn't lower the price of eggs.

jenniferb-3.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Also know as the revenge tour. Or revenge of the turds.

laurentguy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

In normal times: impeachment would follow.

blueresister61.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He’s a crybaby

noyouhush.bsky.social•9 hours ago

👿🤡👿🤡👿🤡👿🤡👿🤡

danieljarthur.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Illegal, unconstitutional and kremlin like by Krasnov.

hookersandwhiskey.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Better call Saul

markvr1.bsky.social•3 hours ago

You would hope the courts step in. Intentional government action to deprive someone of representation seems like it violates the right to counsel even if done through means that would normally be legal.

mathandstuff.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It's OK - Carville told us we don't have to worry our pretty little heads.

karhey.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Lawsuits coming

jmteo.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Its really really bad that they feel free to pull the security clearances of attorneys like this. Creates major barriers to due process rights for people in the intelligence and defense world.