Michael Bokar
@bokarmic.bsky.social
Former NJ Senior Deputy Attorney General. I applaud people who mistakenly voted for Trump in 2016 but had the good sense and decency to go the other way in subsequent elections.
I wonder whether the thousands of posts every day blasting Trump and his GOP flunkeys are having a real world effect.
Meaningful change will happen, I suspect, only when enough Trump supporters feel in their heart and gut the grave harm he is inflicting on them, their loved ones, and the country.
Meaningful change will happen, I suspect, only when enough Trump supporters feel in their heart and gut the grave harm he is inflicting on them, their loved ones, and the country.
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wonder whether the thousands of posts every day blasting Trump and his GOP flunkeys are having a real world effect.
Meaningful change will happen, I suspect, only when enough Trump supporters feel in their heart and gut the grave harm he is inflicting on them, their loved ones, and the country.
Meaningful change will happen, I suspect, only when enough Trump supporters feel in their heart and gut the grave harm he is inflicting on them, their loved ones, and the country.
The term “political violence” is meaningless. No one can know for sure what really motivates acts of violence, be it mental illness, hatred of mankind, or something else.
The proper description for this is, simply, violence. And it’s wrong no matter which political party the offender sides with.
The proper description for this is, simply, violence. And it’s wrong no matter which political party the offender sides with.
This breakdown is 🔥
The debate on which side uses political violence as a weapon is over. The receipts are here, and they all point right.
PS: Only one side has been threatening civil war, and it isn’t the left.
The debate on which side uses political violence as a weapon is over. The receipts are here, and they all point right.
PS: Only one side has been threatening civil war, and it isn’t the left.
September 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The term “political violence” is meaningless. No one can know for sure what really motivates acts of violence, be it mental illness, hatred of mankind, or something else.
The proper description for this is, simply, violence. And it’s wrong no matter which political party the offender sides with.
The proper description for this is, simply, violence. And it’s wrong no matter which political party the offender sides with.
The Trump White House posted this Theodore Roosevelt quote on the applause due the risk taker over the critic.
This is generally true, but when the doer consistently acts without decency or morality the role of the critic assumes much greater importance.
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This is generally true, but when the doer consistently acts without decency or morality the role of the critic assumes much greater importance.
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The White House on X: "“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; https://t.co/8a9JX39lfY" / X
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; https://t.co/8a9JX39lfY
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July 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Trump White House posted this Theodore Roosevelt quote on the applause due the risk taker over the critic.
This is generally true, but when the doer consistently acts without decency or morality the role of the critic assumes much greater importance.
x.com/whitehouse/s...
This is generally true, but when the doer consistently acts without decency or morality the role of the critic assumes much greater importance.
x.com/whitehouse/s...
This is the DOJ’s statement on the Epstein investigation.
July 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is the DOJ’s statement on the Epstein investigation.
Yes, the new budget law will adversely affect many Medicaid recipients even though benefit amounts won’t change. But the act also contains numerous benefits for working class and middle class Americans…
July 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yes, the new budget law will adversely affect many Medicaid recipients even though benefit amounts won’t change. But the act also contains numerous benefits for working class and middle class Americans…
SCOTUS’s universal injunction decision isn’t the death of democracy that some are calling it.
There are alternative procedures like class actions and APA suits. And, as Justice Kavanaugh noted, district courts rarely have the last word in major injunction cases anyhow. That job belongs to SCOTUS.
There are alternative procedures like class actions and APA suits. And, as Justice Kavanaugh noted, district courts rarely have the last word in major injunction cases anyhow. That job belongs to SCOTUS.
📌Thanks to a loaded, radical-Right Supreme Court that believes in monarchies, not democracy, a convicted felon, who regards the truth as his mortal enemy, now has the power he needs to wage war on the citizens of this country he pillages for his gain.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
FIGHT BACK
Friday's fascist Supreme Court decision is designed to make us submit ... DON'T
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June 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
SCOTUS’s universal injunction decision isn’t the death of democracy that some are calling it.
There are alternative procedures like class actions and APA suits. And, as Justice Kavanaugh noted, district courts rarely have the last word in major injunction cases anyhow. That job belongs to SCOTUS.
There are alternative procedures like class actions and APA suits. And, as Justice Kavanaugh noted, district courts rarely have the last word in major injunction cases anyhow. That job belongs to SCOTUS.
SCOTUS’S decision in the universal injunction cases doesn’t really change things that much, as Justice Kavanaugh discusses in his concurring opinion.
Nationwide injunctions against federal laws and executive orders can still be sought via class actions and the Administrative Procedure Act…
Nationwide injunctions against federal laws and executive orders can still be sought via class actions and the Administrative Procedure Act…
June 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
SCOTUS’S decision in the universal injunction cases doesn’t really change things that much, as Justice Kavanaugh discusses in his concurring opinion.
Nationwide injunctions against federal laws and executive orders can still be sought via class actions and the Administrative Procedure Act…
Nationwide injunctions against federal laws and executive orders can still be sought via class actions and the Administrative Procedure Act…
Marjorie Taylor Greene, in an impassioned post, broke with Trump over his military action in Iran.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 on X: "I spent millions of my own money and TRAVELED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY campaigning for President Trump and his MAGA agenda and his promises. And Trump’s MAGA agenda included these key promises: NO MORE FOREIGN WARS. NO MORE REGIME CHANGE. WORLD PEACE. And THIS is what the people" / X
I spent millions of my own money and TRAVELED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY campaigning for President Trump and his MAGA agenda and his promises. And Trump’s MAGA agenda included these key promises: NO MORE FOREIGN WARS. NO MORE REGIME CHANGE. WORLD PEACE. And THIS is what the people
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June 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene, in an impassioned post, broke with Trump over his military action in Iran.
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This puts Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities in the correct perspective.
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dan turrentine on X: "It was too depressing to write this last night, after we got off air, so I went to bed. But, it needs to be said by more Democrats: this was not an impeachable offense, and Trump did not need congressional approval for one precision attack under the circumstances, just as Obama" / X
It was too depressing to write this last night, after we got off air, so I went to bed. But, it needs to be said by more Democrats: this was not an impeachable offense, and Trump did not need congressional approval for one precision attack under the circumstances, just as Obama
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June 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This puts Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities in the correct perspective.
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What right-minded person could disagree with this ticket, which would be just as compelling if these men were shown in reverse?
June 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What right-minded person could disagree with this ticket, which would be just as compelling if these men were shown in reverse?
The cruelest item in Trump’s new federal budget may be his proposal to “cut funding at the National Cancer Institute by more than $2.7 billion, nearly a 40 percent decrease.” The American Cancer Society responded: “For the past 50 years…
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The cruelest item in Trump’s new federal budget may be his proposal to “cut funding at the National Cancer Institute by more than $2.7 billion, nearly a 40 percent decrease.” The American Cancer Society responded: “For the past 50 years…
Sometimes we should take a timeout from Trump bashing and give credit where credit is due.
May 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sometimes we should take a timeout from Trump bashing and give credit where credit is due.
Trump posted this about Putin’s latest atrocities in Ukraine:
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and town over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he‘s just tapping me along.”
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and town over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he‘s just tapping me along.”
April 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump posted this about Putin’s latest atrocities in Ukraine:
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and town over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he‘s just tapping me along.”
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and town over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he‘s just tapping me along.”