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Formerly: criminal appellate defense, local school board. Now: parent defense in CPS cases. Always: dogs, sailing, family tech support. Views mine, ALL MINE, mine only.
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ok Trump Take Egg masterthread time: bsky.app/profile/mtsw...

I’m happy this guy is mad but all of this stuff is “I voted to cut benefits to brown people, not my own benefits”

- Why did you provoke and attack those two burglars?

@500womensci.bsky.social the NSF-funding cards for each state are incredible - thank you! One request -- there's a typo in the NJ card -- any chance it could be fixed, so we Jerseyans can print it out & publicize? (Card refers to "Fla." businesses.) Thanks!!

Who the hell is testing sperm counts of American *boys*? GTFOH

Same. Buh-bye, airbnb.

Not a fan of what DOGE are doing, so when I heard that the AirBnb co-founder was joining the board of DOGE i decided to vote with my feet

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

“Trump’s A Jagoff” #PresidentsDayProtest #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKingsDay #NoKings #pittsburgh #pgh

#50501Movement #Protest hits Trenton, NJ!

pundits: “Trump supporters just had valid concerns about the economy” actual Trump supporters: “i don’t care if Trump destroys the economy and kills my business, as long as he keeps the immigrants out. also I am an immigrant”

It is feeling like tomorrow is going to be the first really big protest day. medium.com/@thesynthesi...

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Wtf

If Jeffrey Epstein were still alive, it is absolutely clear that Trump would have pardoned him, and this Senate would have confirmed him for a cabinet position, probably one involving children..

Several people have skeeted at me hopeless variations of "but they won't comply" after I have noted the administration has lost yet another TRO. So, here. They're complying, at least for this one, at least for now. Keep it up. www.theverge.com/news/610765/...

A major escalation from the federal funding freeze (which is itself in violation of court orders): the Musk-Trump team literally took $80 million that had already been given to NYC's local government out of a New York City bank account: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/n...

Mass action: cis women (or are we?!) into the men's rooms?

my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

To absolutely no one's surprise, 19 yo Big Balls ... has issues.

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Elon Musk pledges $100 million to primary Pope Francis.

All practice guides are in the public domain. Just in case... osf.io/dk4r5/

Excuse me while I vent for a moment SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.

Wait... Detentions of immigrants at Guantanamo has already started?! www.aclu.org/press-releas...

NEW: Over 100 Jewish organizations just released a statement ringing the alarm bell over the Trump admin’s attacks on democratic norms & values. We know where this leads, for Jews & others. I’m proud @thejcpa.bsky.social brought together this broad coalition. jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/major-j...

My father was a foreign service officer, albeit w State not USAID. He would be proud of his colleagues for standing strong to protect the vulnerable people they serve and the staff with whom they work. The administration's disabling of USAID is shameful. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this: Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.

Woo hoo!!

Great explanation.

Wrote this in 2016 (mainly pertaining to regulation). Seems relevant now: thehill.com/blogs/pundit...

The Reform movement comes out strongly opposed to Trump's proposal to forcibly relocate Palestinians and develop the Gaza Strip. Thank you for this clear statement, which is a matter of human rights and basic decency. urj.org/press-room/r...

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

35+ Dems plan to hold the Senate floor all night to oppose the confirmation of Musk-Trump funding freeze architect Russ Vought. THIS is how we fight back while in the minority. (via @schatz.bsky.social)