George P Burdell
@georgepburdell.bsky.social
DM = block. Lifelong Democrat living in deep blue Dekalb County. Georgia native. Wife, mother, aunt to many niblings. Quilter and embroiderer. Lawyer and CPA. Can drive a stick shift (even 3 on a tree - see picture). Recovering Southern Baptist.
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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The. More. You. Know. 💫
May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The. More. You. Know. 💫
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The president who’s taking bribes wants you to know that the people noticing his crime are the “crooked” ones
May 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The president who’s taking bribes wants you to know that the people noticing his crime are the “crooked” ones
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Public health officials in Los Angeles County have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection driven by a virus that can, in rare cases, cause severe illness. Here’s what to know.
What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Public health officials in Los Angeles County have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection driven by a virus that can, in rare cases, cause severe illness. Here’s what to know.
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NEW: The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump ‘Looking At’ Suspending Habeas Corpus, Stephen Miller Says
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Historian here OMG this is why the Trump regime insists we are in a “post constitutional order” it’s laying the ground for not upholding it! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
May 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Historian here OMG this is why the Trump regime insists we are in a “post constitutional order” it’s laying the ground for not upholding it! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump promised to "Make America Affordable Again." 100 days in, how's his progress on his economic policy promises?
-End inflation? ❌
-Cheaper groceries? ❌
-10% interest rate cap on credit cards? ❌
-Baby bonuses? ❌
-Free IVF? ❌
-No tax on social security & overtime? ❌
-End inflation? ❌
-Cheaper groceries? ❌
-10% interest rate cap on credit cards? ❌
-Baby bonuses? ❌
-Free IVF? ❌
-No tax on social security & overtime? ❌
April 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Trump promised to "Make America Affordable Again." 100 days in, how's his progress on his economic policy promises?
-End inflation? ❌
-Cheaper groceries? ❌
-10% interest rate cap on credit cards? ❌
-Baby bonuses? ❌
-Free IVF? ❌
-No tax on social security & overtime? ❌
-End inflation? ❌
-Cheaper groceries? ❌
-10% interest rate cap on credit cards? ❌
-Baby bonuses? ❌
-Free IVF? ❌
-No tax on social security & overtime? ❌
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Let’s hope Noem’s purse did not contain her cell phone with any active Signal chats
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Let’s hope Noem’s purse did not contain her cell phone with any active Signal chats
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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DOJ is tarnishing the crown jewel of the Department, the Civil Rights Division.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
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‘Complete bloodbath’: DOJ official on Trump admin’s changes to Civil Rights Division
The Trump administration is making quiet changes at the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian reports more. Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade joins José Díaz-Balart…
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April 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
DOJ is tarnishing the crown jewel of the Department, the Civil Rights Division.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
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Some Secretary of Defense. Arrogance + Ignorance = Danger.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Some Secretary of Defense. Arrogance + Ignorance = Danger.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Meals on Wheels is one of the best things HHS funds. Cutting funding is just cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
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Trump Cuts Threaten Agency Running Meals on Wheels
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meals on Wheels is one of the best things HHS funds. Cutting funding is just cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
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NEW: The National Intelligence Council determined in a secret assessment early this month that Venezuela is not directing an invasion of the United States by the prison gang Tren de Aragua, a judgment that contradicts Trump’s public statements
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U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportations
The determination is the most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting the president’s rationale for deporting suspected Tren de Aragua members without due process.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
NEW: The National Intelligence Council determined in a secret assessment early this month that Venezuela is not directing an invasion of the United States by the prison gang Tren de Aragua, a judgment that contradicts Trump’s public statements
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
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Hungary has just passed a constitutional amendment banning all public gatherings of LGBTQ people.
This is a carbon copy of Russia's criminalization of LGBTQ people.
apnews.com/article/hung...
This is a carbon copy of Russia's criminalization of LGBTQ people.
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Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights
Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.
apnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hungary has just passed a constitutional amendment banning all public gatherings of LGBTQ people.
This is a carbon copy of Russia's criminalization of LGBTQ people.
apnews.com/article/hung...
This is a carbon copy of Russia's criminalization of LGBTQ people.
apnews.com/article/hung...
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Yup. And John Roberts has enabled this every step of the way. History will not be kind.
April 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yup. And John Roberts has enabled this every step of the way. History will not be kind.
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Presidents Trump of the U.S. and Bukele of El Salvador said Monday they had “no basis” to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month.
No basis?
Trump is treating federal law and federal court orders as mere trash.
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No basis?
Trump is treating federal law and federal court orders as mere trash.
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Live updates: El Salvador’s president says he won’t release wrongly deported man back to US
President Trump is hosting Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House. The nation is holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported from the U.S.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Presidents Trump of the U.S. and Bukele of El Salvador said Monday they had “no basis” to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month.
No basis?
Trump is treating federal law and federal court orders as mere trash.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
No basis?
Trump is treating federal law and federal court orders as mere trash.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
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BREAKING: Famed Economist Paul Krugman just told Ari Melber:
"This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."
"This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."
April 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: Famed Economist Paul Krugman just told Ari Melber:
"This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."
"This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."