Jim Baldauf
@baldaj18.bsky.social
Human rights, dignity, fairness, free thinking, evidence. Inexplicable immunity to prayer.
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Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
We can afford to fire national intelligence analysts because there are anonymous sources of Intel available online. And nobody in this administration is going to think critically about the contents of Intel reports anyway.
Update: a senior ICE official testified in court that the Department of Homeland Security created a team to investigate student protesters “based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website," confirming exactly what activists and academics told @hurwitz.bsky.social.
How a shadowy online blacklist became a legal threat to pro-Palestinian activists
“Are you familiar with the Canary?”
www.motherjones.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We can afford to fire national intelligence analysts because there are anonymous sources of Intel available online. And nobody in this administration is going to think critically about the contents of Intel reports anyway.
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This is unconscionable. The Supreme Court is broken, captured, hijacked. Roberts and the other 5 are aiding and abetting fascism.
NEW: SCOTUS shoots down a federal judge’s effort to protect eight men from being expelled—without due process—to South Sudan, where they face torture and death.
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
July 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is unconscionable. The Supreme Court is broken, captured, hijacked. Roberts and the other 5 are aiding and abetting fascism.
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Wild to think that everyone could be free and happy and their true selves and have a basic income and healthcare and have their needs understood and met by society and not be displaced or killed and instead we’re choosing this
June 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wild to think that everyone could be free and happy and their true selves and have a basic income and healthcare and have their needs understood and met by society and not be displaced or killed and instead we’re choosing this
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“We’re at real risk of normalizing political violence as a part of our democracy.”
As political violence surges, Trump has shut down one of the nation's top prevention programs, with most of its 40-plus personnel having been fired, reassigned, or otherwise pushed out.
As political violence surges, Trump has shut down one of the nation's top prevention programs, with most of its 40-plus personnel having been fired, reassigned, or otherwise pushed out.
Political violence is surging as Trump kills prevention efforts, a top security expert warns
Former DHS official William Braniff talks about building an innovative model for stopping terrorism—and how its loss may harm America.
www.motherjones.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“We’re at real risk of normalizing political violence as a part of our democracy.”
As political violence surges, Trump has shut down one of the nation's top prevention programs, with most of its 40-plus personnel having been fired, reassigned, or otherwise pushed out.
As political violence surges, Trump has shut down one of the nation's top prevention programs, with most of its 40-plus personnel having been fired, reassigned, or otherwise pushed out.
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Kentucky cops are training their dogs at a Creationist theme park where they’re rewarded for memorizing Bible verses.
Taxpayer-funded Jesus dog school is real. Will anyone care?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kentucky-c...
Taxpayer-funded Jesus dog school is real. Will anyone care?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kentucky-c...
Kentucky cops are paying Christian ministries to train their dogs at Ark Encounter
There's evidence that taxpayer-funded training seminars for dogs, hosted at Ark Encounter, pushed Christianity on participants
www.friendlyatheist.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Kentucky cops are training their dogs at a Creationist theme park where they’re rewarded for memorizing Bible verses.
Taxpayer-funded Jesus dog school is real. Will anyone care?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kentucky-c...
Taxpayer-funded Jesus dog school is real. Will anyone care?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kentucky-c...
The center between a government of the people and a government of oligarchs and gerrymandered representation is a meaningless center.
History teaches us that the way to stand up to a dictator is to fight back against him, not capitulate to him.
Surrendering to tyranny invites more of it.
This moment we're in should not be met with a "moderate" response.
Luckily, some Democrats starting to understand this.
Surrendering to tyranny invites more of it.
This moment we're in should not be met with a "moderate" response.
Luckily, some Democrats starting to understand this.
The Failures of “Centrism”
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The center between a government of the people and a government of oligarchs and gerrymandered representation is a meaningless center.
This was an excellent episode of pod Dave America. Government really does do things that serve the public. Listen, then buy the book for someone.
Michael Lewis
crooked.com
Michael Lewis
crooked.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was an excellent episode of pod Dave America. Government really does do things that serve the public. Listen, then buy the book for someone.
Michael Lewis
crooked.com
Michael Lewis
crooked.com
A year ago my father was very ill. He needed to be assisted with everything - getting up from the bed, using the toilet, etc. My mom was a patient helper, and Lori and I live close enough to help out for a few hours most days, as well. I'm thinking about this now, as the super bowl approaches.
February 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A year ago my father was very ill. He needed to be assisted with everything - getting up from the bed, using the toilet, etc. My mom was a patient helper, and Lori and I live close enough to help out for a few hours most days, as well. I'm thinking about this now, as the super bowl approaches.
The president is an idiot. And he thinks you're an idiot too.
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The president is an idiot. And he thinks you're an idiot too.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
Sounds pretty ominous.
Sounds pretty ominous.
Trump's first week: The Real Story
Let it be known
robertreich.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
Sounds pretty ominous.
Sounds pretty ominous.