Millie Cassese ⚖️
@millienyc.bsky.social
NYC native 🇺🇸🇮🇹🎶🏀 🐸
Court reporter SDNY over 40 years ~ Words matter ~ Music heals
~ Protect the Rule of Law ~ ⚖️
Proud daughter of a WWII Army vet. 💜
~ Dissent is Patriotic ~
~ We the People ~
Court reporter SDNY over 40 years ~ Words matter ~ Music heals
~ Protect the Rule of Law ~ ⚖️
Proud daughter of a WWII Army vet. 💜
~ Dissent is Patriotic ~
~ We the People ~
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
"...one of the most explicit expressions of concern for the rule of law to come from a member of the federal judiciary amid Mr. Trump’s efforts to vastly expand the scope of presidential power." ⚖️
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"...one of the most explicit expressions of concern for the rule of law to come from a member of the federal judiciary amid Mr. Trump’s efforts to vastly expand the scope of presidential power." ⚖️
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
"Pres. Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Dept of Justice and on the bench."
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Pres. Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Dept of Justice and on the bench."
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"'...these voices are going away,' Roseann Canfora, Kent State journalism professor whose brother Alan Canfora was wounded in the shooting, said in an interview. 'John’s experience — and especially his voice — remind us about how precious our democracy is & the courage that it takes to defend it.'"
"John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970 [...] died on Oct. 25 at his home in Gibsonia, Pa., near Pittsburgh. He was 74.
His death was announced by Kent State."
🎁🔗
His death was announced by Kent State."
🎁🔗
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"'...these voices are going away,' Roseann Canfora, Kent State journalism professor whose brother Alan Canfora was wounded in the shooting, said in an interview. 'John’s experience — and especially his voice — remind us about how precious our democracy is & the courage that it takes to defend it.'"
"The proclamation announcing the pardons said they had been issued as a corrective measure to address 'a grave national injustice' that took place when the 2020 election went against Mr. Trump & Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the president."
The "grave national injustice" is the felon in the Oval.
The "grave national injustice" is the felon in the Oval.
Trump sees DEMS infighting over govt shutdown he doesn’t care about: uses media fog to pardon illegal acts by allies he DOES care about because they implicate him.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The proclamation announcing the pardons said they had been issued as a corrective measure to address 'a grave national injustice' that took place when the 2020 election went against Mr. Trump & Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the president."
The "grave national injustice" is the felon in the Oval.
The "grave national injustice" is the felon in the Oval.
"Pres. Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Dept of Justice and on the bench."
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Pres. Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Dept of Justice and on the bench."
"...one of the most explicit expressions of concern for the rule of law to come from a member of the federal judiciary amid Mr. Trump’s efforts to vastly expand the scope of presidential power." ⚖️
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"...one of the most explicit expressions of concern for the rule of law to come from a member of the federal judiciary amid Mr. Trump’s efforts to vastly expand the scope of presidential power." ⚖️
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
(gift article)
Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
"...state leaders said they should not be held financially responsible for a series of conflicting instructions issued by the Agriculture Dept, which at one point had signaled that it was preparing to release the funds for full food stamp payments."
"Conflicting." A descriptor for all things Trump.
"Conflicting." A descriptor for all things Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"...state leaders said they should not be held financially responsible for a series of conflicting instructions issued by the Agriculture Dept, which at one point had signaled that it was preparing to release the funds for full food stamp payments."
"Conflicting." A descriptor for all things Trump.
"Conflicting." A descriptor for all things Trump.
"Did you catch that? The most prolific liar in history wants people to 'stop lying.'"❕
Bless this reporter for fact-checking lying Donald right to his face!
Bless This Reporter For Fact-Checking Trump To His Face
His response was pathetic.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Did you catch that? The most prolific liar in history wants people to 'stop lying.'"❕
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🎼 "I awakened to the cry
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
"Upon the meek the grace
Is showered
It's decreed: The People Rule"
- Patti Smith
⚖️💙🎶🇺🇸
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
"Upon the meek the grace
Is showered
It's decreed: The People Rule"
- Patti Smith
⚖️💙🎶🇺🇸
Patti Smith singing on Colbert this weekend might lift you out of the funk we're all in, at least for a few minutes. Watch to the end - she switches to a different, important song for a line or two. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlN...
“Peaceable Kingdom” - Patti Smith (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎼 "I awakened to the cry
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
"Upon the meek the grace
Is showered
It's decreed: The People Rule"
- Patti Smith
⚖️💙🎶🇺🇸
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
"Upon the meek the grace
Is showered
It's decreed: The People Rule"
- Patti Smith
⚖️💙🎶🇺🇸
"It’s part of American lore that George Washington rebuffed proposals for a presidential palace. He believed a fledgling democracy shouldn’t emulate Versailles. America is not an imperial power like Britain. The White House is a representation in sandstone and brick of an Everyman’s American dream."
Trump has a long history of destroying valuable architecture and imposing his taste on existing landmarks.
Read about it here.
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/a...
Read about it here.
GIFT ARTICLE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/a...
Trump’s Vision of a Mar-a-Lago on the Potomac Upends an American Ideal
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"It’s part of American lore that George Washington rebuffed proposals for a presidential palace. He believed a fledgling democracy shouldn’t emulate Versailles. America is not an imperial power like Britain. The White House is a representation in sandstone and brick of an Everyman’s American dream."
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
Your homework for this Friday night:
1) Read his answers out loud.
2) Tell me he's not out of his mind.
1) Read his answers out loud.
2) Tell me he's not out of his mind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Your homework for this Friday night:
1) Read his answers out loud.
2) Tell me he's not out of his mind.
1) Read his answers out loud.
2) Tell me he's not out of his mind.
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
We will continue to shed light on President Trump’s callous disregard for the needs of millions across the country. He may keep partying at Mar-a-Lago, but we’ll keep showing up in court to protect SNAP benefits and the American people.
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We will continue to shed light on President Trump’s callous disregard for the needs of millions across the country. He may keep partying at Mar-a-Lago, but we’ll keep showing up in court to protect SNAP benefits and the American people.
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
Today I wrote about how the message from Tuesday's election can be summed up in two words: No Kings.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today I wrote about how the message from Tuesday's election can be summed up in two words: No Kings.
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"'Political officials are free to blame whomever they wish for the shutdown, but they cannot use rank-and-file civil servants as their unwilling spokespeople,' wrote Cooper, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama."
A federal judge ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration violated the free-speech rights of furloughed U.S. Department of Education employees by altering their out-of-office email messages to blame "Democrat Senators" for the ongoing government shutdown.
US judge bars Education Department emails blaming shutdown on Democrats
A federal judge ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration violated the free-speech rights of furloughed U.S. Department of Education employees by altering their out-of-office email messages to blame "Democrat Senators" for the ongoing government shutdown.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"'Political officials are free to blame whomever they wish for the shutdown, but they cannot use rank-and-file civil servants as their unwilling spokespeople,' wrote Cooper, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama."
Poor Vaughn Hillyard, struggling to answer Nicolle Wallace's question about Trump nodding off - - 'without' insulting the sleeping felon!
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Poor Vaughn Hillyard, struggling to answer Nicolle Wallace's question about Trump nodding off - - 'without' insulting the sleeping felon!
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day · May Day Strong
Stand with Veterans as we march, rally, and refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized. **Together we say NO this Veterans Day** - no to ICE, no to occupation, no to fascism, and no to cuts stri...
www.mobilize.us
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
🏀 "As the Knicks continue to iron out the kinks in their offense, the discipline the players have shown as it pertains to hitting the offensive glass has helped them get through some of the rough patches. It’s been a group effort that has often neutralized poor shooting stretches."
Wrote about the Knicks’ collective offensive weapon, the philosophy behind it and why it’s working so well:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Inside the Knicks' best collective weapon: Offensive rebounding
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🏀 "As the Knicks continue to iron out the kinks in their offense, the discipline the players have shown as it pertains to hitting the offensive glass has helped them get through some of the rough patches. It’s been a group effort that has often neutralized poor shooting stretches."
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Marjorie Taylor Greene is running for president. As Rachel Maddow would say: Watch this space.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is running for president. As Rachel Maddow would say: Watch this space.
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Marjorie Taylor Greene is running for president. As Rachel Maddow would say: Watch this space.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is running for president. As Rachel Maddow would say: Watch this space.
"'Apparently, screwing over New Yorkers in Congress wasn't enough – now she's trying to bring Trump's chaos and skyrocketing costs to our state,' the governor wrote."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Rep. Elise Stefanik announces run for New York governor, potentially challenging Kathy Hochul in 2026 election
Rep. Elise Stefanik announced she is running for governor of New York, potentially challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul in the 2026 election.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"'Apparently, screwing over New Yorkers in Congress wasn't enough – now she's trying to bring Trump's chaos and skyrocketing costs to our state,' the governor wrote."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
Reposted by Millie Cassese ⚖️
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.