feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him
David Samuel Cohen is an American attorney who served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2021 to 2025, previously holding the position from February 9, 2015 to January 20, 2017. He served as acting director of the CIA from January 20 to March 19, 2021 until the Senate confirmation of William J. Burns. .. more
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Who's coming to save you?
Just like overpaying low-OPS and high-whiff rate right fielders justifies ticket prices at CBP. :)
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Maybe 2025 laid bare the charade more than in the past, but it's always been a charade.
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Who, yes, have been lied to by charlatans and who deserve better.
But also . . . they’re idiots.
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I have to believe the tell-all that will be written about this Court will show the other eight Justices feeling the same way about Justice Kavanaugh.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Thanks ChatGPT -- by avoiding you I saved time and made my life easier! /end
In the process, I saved all the time it would have taken me to explain everything to ChatGPT. I then used that time to do other things in my life....
I had to ask a professional to lower their fee because the fee offered was too high for our project’s budget. Touchy email to write to someone, with somewhat high stakes. So...
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
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"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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