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
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.
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"as though we're preparing for a hurricane"
New Orleans.
New Orleans.
Saturday neighborhood pop up at the corner of Magazine & Napoleon in New Orleans.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
We're all bracing for the regime's assault as though we're preparing for a hurricane. We've got this.
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"as though we're preparing for a hurricane"
New Orleans.
New Orleans.
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
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This is correct. The 80s didn’t end until Smells Like Teen Spirit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is correct. The 80s didn’t end until Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once he realized that it couldn’t be stopped.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once he realized that it couldn’t be stopped.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from Trump and support the bipartisan bill.
We never lear that control comes with sensible regulation not bans.
$28 Billion Hemp Industry Faces Extinction With Government Re-Opening @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...
$28 Billion Hemp Industry Faces Extinction With Government Re-Opening
The cannabis world's thriving sector has enjoyed federal legalization since the 2018 Farm Bill. Now, because of an amendment in the bill to reopen the government, it might go up in smoke.
www.forbes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We never lear that control comes with sensible regulation not bans.
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This is true and it's also disheartening for anyone who was yelling about what this would entail before the election.
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is true and it's also disheartening for anyone who was yelling about what this would entail before the election.
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I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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A strong geomagnetic storm striking Earth could make the northern lights visible this week in places farther south than usual.
Northern Lights Forecast: How to See the Aurora Across the US on Thursday
A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to push the often-magical light display farther south than usual.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A strong geomagnetic storm striking Earth could make the northern lights visible this week in places farther south than usual.
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My interview on the BBC was immediately preceded by:
1) A UN expert characterizing atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan as crimes against humanity.
2) A former prosecutor for the International Criminal Court characterizing U.S. maritime strikes as a crime against humanity.
What a time.
1) A UN expert characterizing atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan as crimes against humanity.
2) A former prosecutor for the International Criminal Court characterizing U.S. maritime strikes as a crime against humanity.
What a time.
Thankful for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the BBC today on the legal implications of the lethal US maritime strikes and their role in the Secretary of State's Venezuela regime change project.
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
My interview on the BBC was immediately preceded by:
1) A UN expert characterizing atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan as crimes against humanity.
2) A former prosecutor for the International Criminal Court characterizing U.S. maritime strikes as a crime against humanity.
What a time.
1) A UN expert characterizing atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan as crimes against humanity.
2) A former prosecutor for the International Criminal Court characterizing U.S. maritime strikes as a crime against humanity.
What a time.
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#GVerse #TLCleanse This is the cutest thing you will see today 😂😆 Pets & babies it don’t get any better!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#GVerse #TLCleanse This is the cutest thing you will see today 😂😆 Pets & babies it don’t get any better!