Diane Goldstein
@dianemgoldstein.bsky.social
Ret. Peace Officer, 🏀⚽️ Fanatic, Abuelita, Potty Mouth, Fur Kids Fan, Tweets r Mine & not an opinion of LEAP
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Like Many Drug Policy Reformers, I’m Driven by Personal Tragedy
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice ...
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For my new followers here is my drug reform origin story 👉🏻 bit.ly/48T3s6J and why I work hard everyday to change policy, law and culture in policing to save the lives of people who use drugs & uphold our civil liberties #nomoredrugwar #harmreductionsaveslives
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I'm unsurprised to see more legislation that puts barriers in front of government liability, except this was sponsored by Democrats??? What the heck are they doing? Sure, it would save some money, but you know what else saves money? Accountability for the criminal negligence that's causing lawsuits
February 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I'm unsurprised to see more legislation that puts barriers in front of government liability, except this was sponsored by Democrats??? What the heck are they doing? Sure, it would save some money, but you know what else saves money? Accountability for the criminal negligence that's causing lawsuits
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The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
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Left: Hackneyed cartoon exaggerating moral weakness of “you made me like this” losers.
Right: actual Marc Randazza on Twitter.
Right: actual Marc Randazza on Twitter.
February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Left: Hackneyed cartoon exaggerating moral weakness of “you made me like this” losers.
Right: actual Marc Randazza on Twitter.
Right: actual Marc Randazza on Twitter.
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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The Deportation Data Project has some interesting information about how people are being arrested by immigration police and what is happening.
First thing worth pointing out, the increased number of immigration arrests are from massive "street arrests" and more transfers from other agencies.
First thing worth pointing out, the increased number of immigration arrests are from massive "street arrests" and more transfers from other agencies.
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The Deportation Data Project has some interesting information about how people are being arrested by immigration police and what is happening.
First thing worth pointing out, the increased number of immigration arrests are from massive "street arrests" and more transfers from other agencies.
First thing worth pointing out, the increased number of immigration arrests are from massive "street arrests" and more transfers from other agencies.
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About fucking time.
A German soccer executive is calling for a boycott of the World Cup because the president of the hosting nation is a cunt.
apnews.com/article/germ...
A German soccer executive is calling for a boycott of the World Cup because the president of the hosting nation is a cunt.
apnews.com/article/germ...
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 AM
About fucking time.
A German soccer executive is calling for a boycott of the World Cup because the president of the hosting nation is a cunt.
apnews.com/article/germ...
A German soccer executive is calling for a boycott of the World Cup because the president of the hosting nation is a cunt.
apnews.com/article/germ...
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More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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"The Congressional Budget Office confirmed to Filter that the agency is saying it was unable to find six qualifying peer-reviewed papers about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of syringe service programs."
Feds Compare Strategies for OD Crisis: Reducing Supply, Demand or Harm - Filter
On January 13 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report analyzing three policy approaches to the opioid-involved overdose crisis, ...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
"The Congressional Budget Office confirmed to Filter that the agency is saying it was unable to find six qualifying peer-reviewed papers about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of syringe service programs."
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James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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STOLEN HONOR
Pres. Kennedy fought in war, inspired a nation, was assassinated, & honored in death. How does ANY living president steal honors given to the dead❓This is like prowling a cemetery stealing memorial flowers from the graves for your own personal bouquet. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Pres. Kennedy fought in war, inspired a nation, was assassinated, & honored in death. How does ANY living president steal honors given to the dead❓This is like prowling a cemetery stealing memorial flowers from the graves for your own personal bouquet. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
As Trump Puts His Brand on Washington, the Kennedy Center Gets a New Name
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
STOLEN HONOR
Pres. Kennedy fought in war, inspired a nation, was assassinated, & honored in death. How does ANY living president steal honors given to the dead❓This is like prowling a cemetery stealing memorial flowers from the graves for your own personal bouquet. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Pres. Kennedy fought in war, inspired a nation, was assassinated, & honored in death. How does ANY living president steal honors given to the dead❓This is like prowling a cemetery stealing memorial flowers from the graves for your own personal bouquet. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
In a fleeting moment I almost said this was similar to the ending of kids knowing how to drive a stick shift. Then I thought that is the worst analogy ever because because people still needed to know how to drive. This generation is not getting smarter, they are getting lazier b/c of tech
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In a fleeting moment I almost said this was similar to the ending of kids knowing how to drive a stick shift. Then I thought that is the worst analogy ever because because people still needed to know how to drive. This generation is not getting smarter, they are getting lazier b/c of tech
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The use of acquitted conduct at sentencing is one of those things where people don't believe it when you tell them about it because it sounds like nonsense.
It remains insane to me that the govt can try you for one crime and then just punish you for entirely different crimes reason.com/2025/12/08/t...
The government wants to punish orgasmic meditation defendants for crimes they weren't charged with
The prosecutors argue that sentencing based on unconvicted—or even uncharged—conduct doesn't violate due process.
reason.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The use of acquitted conduct at sentencing is one of those things where people don't believe it when you tell them about it because it sounds like nonsense.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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I'm sorry to add to this conversation but this section from the latest Lizza novel is worth elevating.
December 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm sorry to add to this conversation but this section from the latest Lizza novel is worth elevating.
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Excited for Retro Covid.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excited for Retro Covid.
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“Instead of being shielded, our children are being recruited into a lifestyle of drug selling and drug usage by the current system.”
—*Judge James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed*, p. 2.
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
—*Judge James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed*, p. 2.
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“Instead of being shielded, our children are being recruited into a lifestyle of drug selling and drug usage by the current system.”
—*Judge James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed*, p. 2.
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
—*Judge James P. Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed*, p. 2.
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
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if you ate a costco hotdog, you may be entitled to compensation
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
if you ate a costco hotdog, you may be entitled to compensation
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There’s a reason Caesar was forbidden to cross the Rubicon and return to Rome with his army. It’s what separates a relatively free society from a fascist one.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There’s a reason Caesar was forbidden to cross the Rubicon and return to Rome with his army. It’s what separates a relatively free society from a fascist one.
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Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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"One of Tina Peters’ lawyers, Peter Ticktin, suggested on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s podcast this week that the military be used to free Peters from prison."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
Colorado's DOC says it won't pursue the transfer of Tina Peters, the Trump-supporting county clerked convicted for breaching voter equipment, as the federal government requested recently. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"One of Tina Peters’ lawyers, Peter Ticktin, suggested on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s podcast this week that the military be used to free Peters from prison."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.