Derek Anderson
@derekcrimlaw.bsky.social
Criminal Defence/Human Rights Lawyer (trials and appeals). Former Legal Analyst on @ABPrimetime. Father + Husband. Dog owner; cat griever. Guitar dude. Trying to walk a line.
New pieces. I’m happy with this direction.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New pieces. I’m happy with this direction.
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For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
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as I said before, everyone keeps dancing around the fact that this is open nativist blood libel. This is how you legitimize mass dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population of a nation. And this is now an institutionalized belief in ostensibly the most powerful org in international finance.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
as I said before, everyone keeps dancing around the fact that this is open nativist blood libel. This is how you legitimize mass dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population of a nation. And this is now an institutionalized belief in ostensibly the most powerful org in international finance.
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It's not a ceasefire if they're sending air attacks. What is wrong with everyone
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's not a ceasefire if they're sending air attacks. What is wrong with everyone
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This, 💯%. And it's not merely messaging—it's just simple, discernible fact. The best messaging is messaging that reminds people of what is true and known to be true.
The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.
The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This, 💯%. And it's not merely messaging—it's just simple, discernible fact. The best messaging is messaging that reminds people of what is true and known to be true.
The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.
The entire 2024 presidential campaign should have been about this.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
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Find someone who loves you as much as some people here love the idea of being Sophie Scholl
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as some people here love the idea of being Sophie Scholl
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When you give yourself a Department of War, soon enough you are going to find a war to fight.
September 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When you give yourself a Department of War, soon enough you are going to find a war to fight.
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My theory is, they thought they could ride the Kirk stuff all the way home, they started all this final game fascist stuff rolling, and.
They're too excited to stop it, even realizing the political capital went poof with Kimmel.
Their blood got pumping and by God they're gonna try it
They're too excited to stop it, even realizing the political capital went poof with Kimmel.
Their blood got pumping and by God they're gonna try it
Bondi: "Under President Trump's leadership, there is ZERO TOLERANCE for political violence and domestic terrorism. I am deploying federal agents to ICE facilities around the country. If you so much as touch one of our federal officers, you will go to prison."
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
My theory is, they thought they could ride the Kirk stuff all the way home, they started all this final game fascist stuff rolling, and.
They're too excited to stop it, even realizing the political capital went poof with Kimmel.
Their blood got pumping and by God they're gonna try it
They're too excited to stop it, even realizing the political capital went poof with Kimmel.
Their blood got pumping and by God they're gonna try it
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I predict a troll two-step: this dipshit writes the column and then all the conservative outlets will run the next one bewailing how unfairly the column was treated and how the readings of it were in bad faith.
I think the only surprise here is how quickly this is happening this openly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I predict a troll two-step: this dipshit writes the column and then all the conservative outlets will run the next one bewailing how unfairly the column was treated and how the readings of it were in bad faith.
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Expect any non-citizen (for now) in any position of power to be harassed and abused on pretext by the secret police.
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Expect any non-citizen (for now) in any position of power to be harassed and abused on pretext by the secret police.
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Horrific: Doctors Without Borders is suspending medical work in Gaza City due to Israel's violence, including airstrikes & tanks less than 1KM from their facilities.
Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.
Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.
September 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Horrific: Doctors Without Borders is suspending medical work in Gaza City due to Israel's violence, including airstrikes & tanks less than 1KM from their facilities.
Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.
Comes same day Netanyahu used his UN speech to scold dozens of nations for accusing him of committing war crimes.
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Horrors.
It’s just sick. I am beyond upset that our government allows this to continue without opposition.
The situation in Gaza City is "nothing short of cataclysmic", a UN official has told the BBC, as Israeli tanks and troops continue to advance on the third day of a ground offensive.
The situation in Gaza City is "nothing short of cataclysmic", a UN official has told the BBC, as Israeli tanks and troops continue to advance on the third day of a ground offensive.
'Cataclysmic' situation in Gaza City, UN official says, as Israeli tanks advance
A constant of stream of Palestinians flee southwards as Israeli tanks reportedly push further into Gaza's biggest urban centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Horrors.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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Repugnant racism.
Join me in condemning this kind of statement and this kind of hate.
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Repugnant racism.
I spend more time in this room than it almost any other room of our house. This room sustains me. And doesn’t it look wonderful this afternoon, all buttery and inviting?
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I spend more time in this room than it almost any other room of our house. This room sustains me. And doesn’t it look wonderful this afternoon, all buttery and inviting?
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It is crazy that I just had to put this PSA on LinkedIn. LINKEDIN!
September 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It is crazy that I just had to put this PSA on LinkedIn. LINKEDIN!