Jodi Breckenridge Petit
@jodibp.bsky.social
Debate and discourse; Democrat; interested in education (on the school board), national security; and science; Jayhawk.
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"it turns out the government’s case may be even weaker than it seemed. Its flaws are compounded by an additional problem that warrants closer scrutiny: the timeline of Richman’s employment." @annabower.bsky.social is SO helpful!
ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"it turns out the government’s case may be even weaker than it seemed. Its flaws are compounded by an additional problem that warrants closer scrutiny: the timeline of Richman’s employment." @annabower.bsky.social is SO helpful!
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Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
'there was an exchange that hinted at how Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons had made it easier for nutjobs like Spaceman Chuck.'
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
'there was an exchange that hinted at how Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons had made it easier for nutjobs like Spaceman Chuck.'
‘There is always gonna be another mountain, and we’re always gonna want to make it move. At the end of 2025, it’s not wonder this song is hitting us right where we live.’
The Gap has a proud tradition of pissing off homophobes, and I’m proud to announce that they’re continuing this legacy with a new holiday ad that already has dumb people clutching their idiot pearls.
www.queerty.com/the-gap-drop...
www.queerty.com/the-gap-drop...
The Gap dropped its holiday ad & we have a feeling MAGA snowflakes aren't gonna like it. Oh well. - Queerty
The Gap isn't a fair weather brand
www.queerty.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
‘There is always gonna be another mountain, and we’re always gonna want to make it move. At the end of 2025, it’s not wonder this song is hitting us right where we live.’
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
‘When we’re drinking from a firehose, it’s hard to focus on the individual spouts of water.’
The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
188. Five Questions About "Extrajudicial Killings"
There is no obvious legal argument to support President Trump's expanding campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. And the implications are even scarier.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
‘When we’re drinking from a firehose, it’s hard to focus on the individual spouts of water.’
‘They beat me with stolen police equipment, construction tools, broken furniture, my own baton, and, at one point, a flagpole with the American flag still attached.’
Still breaks my heart.
Still breaks my heart.
"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor."
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Rioters tried to kill me on January 6. Trump pardoned them.
What it’s like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
‘They beat me with stolen police equipment, construction tools, broken furniture, my own baton, and, at one point, a flagpole with the American flag still attached.’
Still breaks my heart.
Still breaks my heart.
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Mike Johnson doesn’t want a compromise and it has nothing to do with the subsidies and it has nothing to do with the ACA and everything to do with Epstein. He doesn’t want to swear in the new Rep and he has to if the House comes back in session.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Mike Johnson doesn’t want a compromise and it has nothing to do with the subsidies and it has nothing to do with the ACA and everything to do with Epstein. He doesn’t want to swear in the new Rep and he has to if the House comes back in session.
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Shocked, shocked to learn this administration is shutting down effective public programs and forcing us to go through regulatory rentiers instead. Crony capitalism 2.0.
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Shocked, shocked to learn this administration is shutting down effective public programs and forcing us to go through regulatory rentiers instead. Crony capitalism 2.0.
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Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.
Complete shambles.
Complete shambles.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.
Complete shambles.
Complete shambles.
‘Hott shockingly—
answered "No" when asked if he agreed "agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?"’
answered "No" when asked if he agreed "agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?"’
Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
‘Hott shockingly—
answered "No" when asked if he agreed "agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?"’
answered "No" when asked if he agreed "agree that it's unconstitutional to arrest people for being opposed to Midway Blitz?"’
‘Amid the chaos of the Trump Administration, implementing all of Cheney’s dreams of unitary executive on Chicago’s residents and Latin American fishermen, his death didn’t even make it above the fold of the NYT.’
"we never recovered from things Dick Cheney did to United States. and now the precedents he established have empowered a madman" @emptywheel.bsky.social
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/04/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/04/d...
Dick Cheney, Gone But Not Forgotten - emptywheel
The precedents Dick Cheney established as Vice President have empowered the madness and authoritarianism of Donald Trump.
www.emptywheel.net
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
‘Amid the chaos of the Trump Administration, implementing all of Cheney’s dreams of unitary executive on Chicago’s residents and Latin American fishermen, his death didn’t even make it above the fold of the NYT.’
‘What makes all of this exceptionally stupid, though, is that Pam Bondi described reading the transcripts before she ratified the prosecution back on October 31, the same day the transcripts mysteriously weren’t all delivered to Judge Currie.’
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
‘What makes all of this exceptionally stupid, though, is that Pam Bondi described reading the transcripts before she ratified the prosecution back on October 31, the same day the transcripts mysteriously weren’t all delivered to Judge Currie.’
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Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
'Disbar the liar.'
'Never good news': Expert flags unusual judge demand in James Comey case
Dismiss the case with prejudice. Disbar the liar. #Halligan #Perjury
www.rawstory.com/lindsey-hall...
Dismiss the case with prejudice. Disbar the liar. #Halligan #Perjury
www.rawstory.com/lindsey-hall...
'Never good news': Expert flags unusual judge demand in James Comey case
For a second time, U.S. District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over transcripts from the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey aft...
www.rawstory.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
'Disbar the liar.'
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It’s because she lied to the GJ. She should be the one under indictment.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s because she lied to the GJ. She should be the one under indictment.
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Applying for a job at I.C.E.? Here are some tips to help nail your interview!
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Applying for a job at I.C.E.? Here are some tips to help nail your interview!
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‘In love and in leadership.’
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
‘In love and in leadership.’
Go Joe!
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Go Joe!
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
Thanks for the list @propublica.org !
The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thanks for the list @propublica.org !