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Lawyer, musician, Bostonian-ish. Penn Law ‘18, former MA Appeals Court clerk, big law survivor turned plaintiffs’ lawyer. Pharmaceutical antitrust. Singer/songwriter. www.chrisobrienmusic.com
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Come to Boston, Tom Homan. It’s been a while since we tarred and feathered a tyrant. We’ll be waiting.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 5 days ago • 1064 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2288 comments

🧵 "I wake up each morning to a country I barely recognize, gripped by a fear that no longer fades with the dawn. The streets aren’t filled with tanks, yet we are under siege. The attack is quieter, but just as ruthless. It marches with every presidential executive order that tears at the… /1

submitted 10 days ago • 26 comments

Sadly, this is going to be how they get those who are committed to the rule of law out of the DOJ. People who actually care about the law won't allow themselves to be used for corrupt purposes. They will quit rather than follow an order that is contrary to the law.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

It would be shocking if it wasn't so predictable. It was always a scam.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Grateful the Pope has said what we all know. American conservatives are "Christians" the same way the Taliban are Muslims. In name only. They worship power, and Jesus is the mask that shields them from the inconvenient truth that their views and actions are the antithesis of what Jesus commands. 1/3

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is creating an international trade war for absolutely no reason. The result? The EU and Canada will band together and the US will be isolated. Prices of construction and manufacturing will rise in the US, which means fewer factories and fewer jobs. China will reap the rewards.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Pure corruption, and on DOJ letterhead. Here, the DOJ freely admits it is not making this determination based on the evidence or the merits of the charges against the mayor. It is quid pro quo for his cooperation with Trump admin policies. They bought the mayor of NY. No words.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 The moment Donald Trump becomes untouchable, America ceases to be a democracy. And when democracy dies, YOUR rights, YOUR voice, and YOUR freedom die with it. The system of checks and balances that has kept our democracy intact for nearly 250 years is being dismantled in front of our eyes. /1

submitted 13 days ago • 37 comments

Go birds.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

The administration's position is that the courts have no business checking the power of the Executive branch. This is insane. The judiciary serves as a check on the two other coequal branches.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

The people who were so angry that "Biden wasn't really in charge" seem fine now that Elon is in charge and the bumbling, senile, rapist-in-chief is being told to just sit there and scowl for the cameras.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Kamala Harris was not planning an ethnic cleansing to pave the way for golf course courses… Both sides were never the same.

submitted 17 days ago • 1099 comments

A very hearty “fuck you” to Travis Kelce.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

World's worst free speech absolutist.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe: 100 percent tariffs on Tesla.

submitted 20 days ago • 1626 comments

Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

submitted 21 days ago • 607 comments

I stand with Canada 🇨🇦

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

submitted 21 days ago • 215 comments

This is batshit.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Why aren't democrats holding press conferences every day to update the American people on the fascist takeover of our government? Why aren't they creating content and blasting social media with earnest calls to action? You get one shot to stop this. Once it's gone there's no getting it back.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

1. The executive orders did *not* freeze federal funding. 2. The Monday OMB memo *did* freeze federal funding. 3. OMB rescinded Monday’s memo, thereby rescinding the funding freeze. 4. The EOs (which did not freeze federal funding) are still in effect—and, for these purposes, irrelevant. Sigh.

submitted 25 days ago • 175 comments

Dear Germany, do not let Elon Musk buy your country too. Trust us.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

This. If Dems think they're being smart by giving up the resistance when vulnerable people need them the most, they are in for a surprise come primary season. They can all go be smart in the private sector and let fighters govern.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments