John Crittenden
@johncrittenden.bsky.social
Proud SF native 🌁, UCLA Law adjunct and double Bruin, retired IP lawyer at Cooley LLP, cyclist, grandfather, world traveler pursuing trilingualism 🇫🇷🇲🇽!
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For Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. SAFE, with chapters in >70 med schools, works to ensure that all clinicians have the skills to help patients and communities minimize their risk of firearms injury or death. Learn more at standsafe.org
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December 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
For Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. SAFE, with chapters in >70 med schools, works to ensure that all clinicians have the skills to help patients and communities minimize their risk of firearms injury or death. Learn more at standsafe.org
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Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud:
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud:
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
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This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
French news heading: “At the UN meeting, Trump keeps the madness going”
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
Lors de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, dans un discours décousu qui s’adressait davantage à ses électeurs qu’à son auditoire, le président américain a oscillé entre l’autocongratulation et l’...
www.liberation.fr
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
French news heading: “At the UN meeting, Trump keeps the madness going”
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
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(Second version for BlueSky)
(Second version for BlueSky)
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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(Second version for BlueSky)
(Second version for BlueSky)
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It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up
Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What does Jimmy Kimmel really think about Charlie Kirk? His own words:
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
Trump Divides America in Aftermath of Charlie Kirk Murder & Republicans Block Epstein File Release
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
What does Jimmy Kimmel really think about Charlie Kirk? His own words:
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
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« Aux Etats-Unis, le Parti républicain est désormais une secte autoritaire centrée autour d’une personnalité »
« Aux Etats-Unis, le Parti républicain est désormais une secte autoritaire centrée autour d’une personnalité »
Les « freins et contrepoids » américains, censés protéger la démocratie, sont en train de lâcher, alerte l’historien Jack Norman Rakove.
www.lemonde.fr
July 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
« Aux Etats-Unis, le Parti républicain est désormais une secte autoritaire centrée autour d’une personnalité »
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*this* is how desperate Trump is to distract from Epstein:
-denaturalize Rosie O’Donnell
-cane sugar in Coca-Cola
-threaten Washington Commanders
-Hillary’s emails
-arrest Obama
-arrest Kamala
-arrest Oprah
-arrest Beyoncé
-arrest Al Sharpton
-denaturalize Rosie O’Donnell
-cane sugar in Coca-Cola
-threaten Washington Commanders
-Hillary’s emails
-arrest Obama
-arrest Kamala
-arrest Oprah
-arrest Beyoncé
-arrest Al Sharpton
July 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
*this* is how desperate Trump is to distract from Epstein:
-denaturalize Rosie O’Donnell
-cane sugar in Coca-Cola
-threaten Washington Commanders
-Hillary’s emails
-arrest Obama
-arrest Kamala
-arrest Oprah
-arrest Beyoncé
-arrest Al Sharpton
-denaturalize Rosie O’Donnell
-cane sugar in Coca-Cola
-threaten Washington Commanders
-Hillary’s emails
-arrest Obama
-arrest Kamala
-arrest Oprah
-arrest Beyoncé
-arrest Al Sharpton
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Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
July 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
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"My photographer got hit twice by less than lethal rounds and he's got blood on one of his arms and we just took off running with the entire crowd. It was absolutely chaotic."
July 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"My photographer got hit twice by less than lethal rounds and he's got blood on one of his arms and we just took off running with the entire crowd. It was absolutely chaotic."
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Love to see news clippings from a normally idyllic farm along the California coast look more like a dispatch from a war correspondent in Vietnam.
"My photographer got hit twice by less than lethal rounds and he's got blood on one of his arms and we just took off running with the entire crowd. It was absolutely chaotic."
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Love to see news clippings from a normally idyllic farm along the California coast look more like a dispatch from a war correspondent in Vietnam.
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News you won't see on Fox News:
➡️ Local data shows crime in California drops in nearly every major crime category.
➡️ The state just recorded the second-lowest homicide rate since 1966.
➡️ Our investments in law enforcement are paying off.
➡️ Local data shows crime in California drops in nearly every major crime category.
➡️ The state just recorded the second-lowest homicide rate since 1966.
➡️ Our investments in law enforcement are paying off.
July 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
News you won't see on Fox News:
➡️ Local data shows crime in California drops in nearly every major crime category.
➡️ The state just recorded the second-lowest homicide rate since 1966.
➡️ Our investments in law enforcement are paying off.
➡️ Local data shows crime in California drops in nearly every major crime category.
➡️ The state just recorded the second-lowest homicide rate since 1966.
➡️ Our investments in law enforcement are paying off.
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With ICE poised to receive a massive infusion of cash courtesy the Republican spending bill, I figured it was worth documenting what they've been doing with the money they've currently got. Gift link: wapo.st/4lv53Wh
Opinion | This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Immigration and Customs Enforcement stands to see a sharp increase in its funding under the Republican budget bill.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With ICE poised to receive a massive infusion of cash courtesy the Republican spending bill, I figured it was worth documenting what they've been doing with the money they've currently got. Gift link: wapo.st/4lv53Wh
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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43% in emissions. That’s the reduction achieved by Helsinki after shutting down its coal-fired power stations. A bold decision, in line with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement in 2015. And Helsinki is not acting alone.
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
43% in emissions. That’s the reduction achieved by Helsinki after shutting down its coal-fired power stations. A bold decision, in line with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement in 2015. And Helsinki is not acting alone.