Bartek Wołek
@bartosh.bsky.social
ILlegal aid attorney
a quiet poster (skill deficit)
sorry in advance for my overuse of simpsons
a quiet poster (skill deficit)
sorry in advance for my overuse of simpsons
Pinned
there has not even been a pretense of a casus belli but another Very Stupid Thing™ is apparently going to happen
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
there has not even been a pretense of a casus belli but another Very Stupid Thing™ is apparently going to happen
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
This is the 704 Outdoor Faceoff and also how I discovered South Carolina's phenomenal hockey team logo
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is the 704 Outdoor Faceoff and also how I discovered South Carolina's phenomenal hockey team logo
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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Trump just threw Elise Stefanik under a bus that Mamdani just made free.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump just threw Elise Stefanik under a bus that Mamdani just made free.
he is positively smitten with Mamdani
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
he is positively smitten with Mamdani
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Lindsey Halligan is single handedly curing my imposter syndrome
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Lindsey Halligan is single handedly curing my imposter syndrome
does this mean clay higgins voted against releasing the Epstein files but the senate kickback was a bridge too far
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
does this mean clay higgins voted against releasing the Epstein files but the senate kickback was a bridge too far
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The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
DOJ attorneys reaching new heights (depths?) for unprecedented, incompetent & unethical behavior
HUGE development IN hearing for Comey selective prosecution motion, It turns out that the grand jury NEVER saw the operative indictment. Whole separate basis for dismissal. Standby for more.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
DOJ attorneys reaching new heights (depths?) for unprecedented, incompetent & unethical behavior
when a throuple experiences irreconcilable differences
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
when a throuple experiences irreconcilable differences
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Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
She has no such authority and this would violate basic due process.
A person cannot be terminated from public benefits, such as SNAP, without first getting notice and an opportunity to contest any termination.
This is plainly illegal
A person cannot be terminated from public benefits, such as SNAP, without first getting notice and an opportunity to contest any termination.
This is plainly illegal
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that she plans to force millions of low-income SNAP recipients to reapply for the program. The news comes just weeks after Trump announced that, during the government shutdown, it would not provide SNAP benefits to those reliant on the program.
USDA Secretary Says All SNAP Recipients Must Reapply, Dubiously Citing Fraud
“Forcing millions to reapply is a deliberate effort to shrink the program and leave families hungry,” said one lawmaker.
truthout.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
She has no such authority and this would violate basic due process.
A person cannot be terminated from public benefits, such as SNAP, without first getting notice and an opportunity to contest any termination.
This is plainly illegal
A person cannot be terminated from public benefits, such as SNAP, without first getting notice and an opportunity to contest any termination.
This is plainly illegal
Article II powers are whatever we imagine them to be
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Article II powers are whatever we imagine them to be
a classic Pitt Pick 4
pitt pick 6 that ends up only netting them 4 points cause of a pick 2. that's the good stuff.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
a classic Pitt Pick 4
South Carolina really not doing it, huh
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
South Carolina really not doing it, huh
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Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I was listening to NPR this morning and someone said that the dems were facing a civil war after caving in on the CR
Anyway...
Anyway...
MT Greene firing back at Trump. Includes a text she sent him.
I don’t understand all the ins and outs of this nasty little fight, but I enjoy that it’s happening.
I don’t understand all the ins and outs of this nasty little fight, but I enjoy that it’s happening.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I was listening to NPR this morning and someone said that the dems were facing a civil war after caving in on the CR
Anyway...
Anyway...
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One of the nominees, Megan Benton, is the daughter of Eighth Circuit Judge Duane Benton, who announced a little over a week ago that he was retiring and giving Trump another powerful court of appeals seat to fill. Interesting timing.
New: President Trump has named three new district court judge nominees, including a former law clerk to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a lawyer pursuing litigation over the participation of transgender athletes in women's college sports. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One of the nominees, Megan Benton, is the daughter of Eighth Circuit Judge Duane Benton, who announced a little over a week ago that he was retiring and giving Trump another powerful court of appeals seat to fill. Interesting timing.
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Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
Not a single word about how completely corrupt it is that the president is directing DOJ investigations
Breaking news: Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated she has appointed a prosecutor to examine the relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and other prominent Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton, as requested by President Trump today.
Bondi says Justice will investigate relationships to Epstein suggested by Trump
President Donald Trump suggested the relationships between the disgraced financier and several prominent Democrats deserve more scrutiny than his own connections to Epstein.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Not a single word about how completely corrupt it is that the president is directing DOJ investigations
before you give them too much credit, the same group on the same day also voted to ban gender affirming care in US catholic hospitals
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
before you give them too much credit, the same group on the same day also voted to ban gender affirming care in US catholic hospitals