David Hemond
@davidhemond.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, ground hog aficionado. Formerly Chief Attorney, Connecticut Law Revision Commission. See Dave Hemond’s Fleet Street davidhemond.wordpress.com Eyes and ears open for the good stuff.
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To every single reporter present: SHAME on you. You all could have, should have, spoken out.
How hard is it to say, “That’s rude and disrespectful”
He’s not going to kick all of you off the accessibility list at once.
Power in unity!
Stand up, for godsake!
How hard is it to say, “That’s rude and disrespectful”
He’s not going to kick all of you off the accessibility list at once.
Power in unity!
Stand up, for godsake!
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
To every single reporter present: SHAME on you. You all could have, should have, spoken out.
How hard is it to say, “That’s rude and disrespectful”
He’s not going to kick all of you off the accessibility list at once.
Power in unity!
Stand up, for godsake!
How hard is it to say, “That’s rude and disrespectful”
He’s not going to kick all of you off the accessibility list at once.
Power in unity!
Stand up, for godsake!
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Pi s always PI s. Keyhole peeping buttinskies with a bottle of rye in the desk and late on the rent. So easy. A sultry look and knock out drops in the drink. This one won't stop my play for Harold Worthington and his millions.
I hope the alligators are hungry tonight.
I hope the alligators are hungry tonight.
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Pi s always PI s. Keyhole peeping buttinskies with a bottle of rye in the desk and late on the rent. So easy. A sultry look and knock out drops in the drink. This one won't stop my play for Harold Worthington and his millions.
I hope the alligators are hungry tonight.
I hope the alligators are hungry tonight.
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Exactly right. Trump and Grenell destroyed the Kennedy Center.
“The Kennedy Center is not closing because of any structural necessity,” said another staffer. “The situation is far simpler: This is a self-inflicted crisis created by Trump and Ric Grenell, for which they bear full responsibility.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
‘Crisis’: The fallout from Trump’s surprise plan to close Kennedy Center
The president’s announcement shocked artists and staff. A letter obtained by The Washington Post brought the National Symphony Orchestra’s future into focus.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Exactly right. Trump and Grenell destroyed the Kennedy Center.
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The leadup to Jan 6 taught us: ratfuckery is ALWAYS preceded by organized efforts to set a narrative. So when a GOP Rep goes on TV and says, "it's dangerous that states run their own elections, really it should be the federal government", LISTEN. He's prepping the ground for stealing an election. 1/
BASH: Would you be comfortable w/Trump 'taking over' elections nationally?
REP GONZALES: POTUS is bringing up a fact on many Americans' minds - election integrity
B: Isn't the issue that he's not telling the truth?
G: One of the issues is every state does it differently. That gives a lot of doubt
REP GONZALES: POTUS is bringing up a fact on many Americans' minds - election integrity
B: Isn't the issue that he's not telling the truth?
G: One of the issues is every state does it differently. That gives a lot of doubt
February 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The leadup to Jan 6 taught us: ratfuckery is ALWAYS preceded by organized efforts to set a narrative. So when a GOP Rep goes on TV and says, "it's dangerous that states run their own elections, really it should be the federal government", LISTEN. He's prepping the ground for stealing an election. 1/
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Johnson is SUCH a scrofulous toad!! 🤮
"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Johnson is SUCH a scrofulous toad!! 🤮
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If you think my writing in the last few years about the threat the oligarchs represent was just the rantings of that weird nobody at the end of the bar (with 8k subscribers), please consider the rantings of a respected professor and the author of "On Tyranny."
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
If you think my writing in the last few years about the threat the oligarchs represent was just the rantings of that weird nobody at the end of the bar (with 8k subscribers), please consider the rantings of a respected professor and the author of "On Tyranny."
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If personnel is policy, then why is the St Louis US Attorney overseeing the election search in Georgia? My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi’s Unusual Pick for Georgia Fraud Case: Barbara L. McQuade
The Trump administration is sending one of its own to Georgia — where the president was once charged with election interference — in an apparent effort to retroactively validate Trump’s debunked claim...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Our tax money is paying for this.
The Trump administration has quietly purchased a nearly 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Berks County as it plans to convert such facilities into immigration detention centers across the U.S.
ICE buys $87 million warehouse in Berks County as it plots expansion of immigration detention centers across the U.S.
The building is one of at least 23 that ICE plans to convert into an immigration detention facility, Bloomberg reports. The Berks County warehouse could house up to 1,500 beds.
www.inquirer.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Our tax money is paying for this.
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Imagine if we had to follow the law when it's inconvenient?
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Imagine if we had to follow the law when it's inconvenient?
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Still no discussion on MSM about the horrific allegations made in the Epstein files. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Are journalists afraid of possible legal liability or afraid of threats?
Are journalists afraid of possible legal liability or afraid of threats?
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Still no discussion on MSM about the horrific allegations made in the Epstein files. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Are journalists afraid of possible legal liability or afraid of threats?
Are journalists afraid of possible legal liability or afraid of threats?
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🥰 Amazing!
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
🥰 Amazing!
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Léon Spilliaert, Belgian draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer and painter, 1881-1946.
Boomtakken, 1940.
Gouache on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mu.ZEE Museum, Ostend, Belgium
Boomtakken, 1940.
Gouache on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mu.ZEE Museum, Ostend, Belgium
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Léon Spilliaert, Belgian draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer and painter, 1881-1946.
Boomtakken, 1940.
Gouache on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mu.ZEE Museum, Ostend, Belgium
Boomtakken, 1940.
Gouache on paper.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Mu.ZEE Museum, Ostend, Belgium
Trump is nuts and not in a good way. We all know this to be true - with the exception only of the family outlying morons. So anyone supporting him gets the taint. Make a note. Don’t ever forget.
Trump now demands $1B from Harvard
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He’s Seeking $1 Billion From Harvard University
President Donald Trump said he’s seeking $1 billion in “damages” from Harvard University after the New York Times reported that his administration had backed off demands for $200 million to satisfy ac...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Trump is nuts and not in a good way. We all know this to be true - with the exception only of the family outlying morons. So anyone supporting him gets the taint. Make a note. Don’t ever forget.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph, the sacred river ran through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
Coleridge
(Progress is such a slippery concept.)
Coleridge
(Progress is such a slippery concept.)
Birthday list: 1. Pleasure barge
Roman wolf head ornament (bronze, ca. 1-100 CE), possibly for a pleasure barge “designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties.” Seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in January.
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph, the sacred river ran through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
Coleridge
(Progress is such a slippery concept.)
Coleridge
(Progress is such a slippery concept.)
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Birthday list: 1. Pleasure barge
Roman wolf head ornament (bronze, ca. 1-100 CE), possibly for a pleasure barge “designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties.” Seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art in January.
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Birthday list: 1. Pleasure barge
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That swath of cobalt!
Small daubs of almost discordant yellow…! Is that the hidden sun?
Tom Thomson. Approaching Storm, Dog Point. 1915
Small daubs of almost discordant yellow…! Is that the hidden sun?
Tom Thomson. Approaching Storm, Dog Point. 1915
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
That swath of cobalt!
Small daubs of almost discordant yellow…! Is that the hidden sun?
Tom Thomson. Approaching Storm, Dog Point. 1915
Small daubs of almost discordant yellow…! Is that the hidden sun?
Tom Thomson. Approaching Storm, Dog Point. 1915
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Some judges are amazing. This decision is well worth a read!
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Some judges are amazing. This decision is well worth a read!
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This is chilling.
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is chilling.
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Destroying every intangible asset, strength and good will this country possesses, while stealing the family silver has been the point of this administration, and the power projects that installed it.
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Destroying every intangible asset, strength and good will this country possesses, while stealing the family silver has been the point of this administration, and the power projects that installed it.
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Bravo France
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Bravo France
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I just picked up a prescription for an inexpensive medication I renew every three months. It has almost doubled in price since early November. Fyi.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I just picked up a prescription for an inexpensive medication I renew every three months. It has almost doubled in price since early November. Fyi.
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“Genuinely horrible vibes”
Around 2,000 strange tunnels—“erdstall”— have been found in Central Europe.
“These… passages are extremely narrow, never more than 2 feet wide nor high enough for an adult to walk in, sometimes…impossibly narrow, as small as 16 inches in diameter.”
Around 2,000 strange tunnels—“erdstall”— have been found in Central Europe.
“These… passages are extremely narrow, never more than 2 feet wide nor high enough for an adult to walk in, sometimes…impossibly narrow, as small as 16 inches in diameter.”
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
“Genuinely horrible vibes”
Around 2,000 strange tunnels—“erdstall”— have been found in Central Europe.
“These… passages are extremely narrow, never more than 2 feet wide nor high enough for an adult to walk in, sometimes…impossibly narrow, as small as 16 inches in diameter.”
Around 2,000 strange tunnels—“erdstall”— have been found in Central Europe.
“These… passages are extremely narrow, never more than 2 feet wide nor high enough for an adult to walk in, sometimes…impossibly narrow, as small as 16 inches in diameter.”
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This is an index of the work I’ve done on Jeffrey Epstein. And like Jeffrey Epstein, there are links to everything.
The Epstein Files
An index of PREVAIL's extensive coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, and the most notorious child sex trafficking operation in recent memory.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This is an index of the work I’ve done on Jeffrey Epstein. And like Jeffrey Epstein, there are links to everything.
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Trove of detailed information, if you can bear it all.
Staggered by the numbers of Epstein’s friends in the highest places, everywhere.
Grotesque, to know how many men (mostly) enjoyed “the touch of the younger kind.”
Staggered by the numbers of Epstein’s friends in the highest places, everywhere.
Grotesque, to know how many men (mostly) enjoyed “the touch of the younger kind.”
This is an index of the work I’ve done on Jeffrey Epstein. And like Jeffrey Epstein, there are links to everything.
The Epstein Files
An index of PREVAIL's extensive coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, and the most notorious child sex trafficking operation in recent memory.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Trove of detailed information, if you can bear it all.
Staggered by the numbers of Epstein’s friends in the highest places, everywhere.
Grotesque, to know how many men (mostly) enjoyed “the touch of the younger kind.”
Staggered by the numbers of Epstein’s friends in the highest places, everywhere.
Grotesque, to know how many men (mostly) enjoyed “the touch of the younger kind.”