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skeezix77.bsky.social
Retired Attorney, 25 year Public Defender, Nana of 6, voracious reader and critical thinker. Proud lifelong liberal. Simulation theory adjacent but no fan of dystopian mindset.
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submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

So are Republicans going to start screaming about the Conclave being stolen?

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

This will go nowhere. The time for this approach has come and gone. Better to formulate new strategies.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

submitted 59 days ago • 3930 comments

I think he’s getting worse, if that even seems possible.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

FYI

submitted 63 days ago • 197 comments

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submitted 64 days ago • 329 comments

Grateful every day that I went with my VW id4 instead of the Tesla. That decision was made fall of 2023; it was already clear then where Musk was headed. Be skeptical of those saying they didn’t know…

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

submitted 64 days ago • 608 comments

This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason

submitted 64 days ago • 3460 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

submitted 64 days ago • 1847 comments

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

submitted 64 days ago • 660 comments

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

submitted 64 days ago • 1273 comments

🚨NEW: Major development. German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet. ‼️It includes details of Signal accounts. “It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”

submitted 85 days ago • 138 comments

the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed

submitted 90 days ago • 548 comments

We have now gotten to the “reject the evidence of your eyes and ears” and adopt the Party’s explanation portion of Orwell’s “1984”. Unfortunately, it’s at the end.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s plan to detect Social Security fraud: “The easiest way..is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing” I guess the millions of Americans who need Social Security to pay for food and rent Would just quietly stop eating and become homeless

submitted 90 days ago • 215 comments

If you supported a 10 year old American child with brain cancer, on her way to medical treatment, being deported because her parents are undocumented (but have no criminal records), then you’re a horrific person and I’m not sure how you sleep at night.

submitted 94 days ago • 376 comments

Donald Trump has sold America to the highest bidder and that bidder is Elon Musk.

submitted 100 days ago • 99 comments

Bernie, AOC and Elizabeth Warren seem to be the only ones actually getting out there and trying to do something. Where are the Dems? Crickets.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

& then the Canadians turned the heat.... UP

submitted 101 days ago • 687 comments

“Frightened for the safety of their families.” America, 2025.

submitted 103 days ago • 1115 comments

submitted 103 days ago • 892 comments

Colorado Senators Hickenlooper and Bennett, what are you doing to stop the destruction of our Democracy? Please consult Jasmine Crockett and Al Greene for instructions on how to proceed.

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submitted 110 days ago • 1911 comments

This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this. The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".

submitted 115 days ago • 591 comments

Opinion | The mainstream media is so broken that even throwing a Heil Hitler salute at a major political conference won’t get you any coverage. by Steve Bannon

submitted 118 days ago • 27 comments

another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened

submitted 118 days ago • 83 comments

A prime example of the damage done when those with insufficient knowledge “move fast and break things”. Sigh.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

I’m thinking the claim “Russia hoax” didn’t age well……….

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

For a decade we’ve been saying that Trump was doing Putin’s bidding. For a decade, the New York Times ignored that obvious reality. Now the Times pretends Trump’s capitulation is shocking news — “a head-spinning shift in relations.”

submitted 121 days ago • 25 comments

Some things we can do.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

The cowards at The NY Times are saying his post was a “suggestion”. Past time for them to be stating the truth, we are in for it now.

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

Here is the oath all executive branch employees take. It is to support and defend the Constitution, not to “implement the president’s agenda.” If the two purposes diverge, the Constitution prevails.

submitted 124 days ago • 270 comments

👇🏻👇🏻

submitted 124 days ago • 758 comments

Wondering how this strikes the Trump voters who “didn’t like his style, but agree with him on policy”. Too much for you yet?

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 124 days ago • 674 comments

As a career Public Defender, I am generally not much of a fan of prosecutors but she gets my respect.

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Tulsi Gabbard has learned her lesson. So have Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin, and Bashar al-Assad. by Susan Collins

submitted 127 days ago • 299 comments