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CCJ
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Wife, mother, retired Harvard ‘79 lawyer semi-anonymously looking for some classmates. Same handle on X. Still in the Resistance, but more tired this time.
Pinned
I’ve arrived. Still trying to find everyone.

My new header is a photo of a friend’s sign from the January 2017 Women’s March, so you can tell why I’m tired this time.
For the 250th anniversary of our War of Independence, I’m writing a summary for my kids of my g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandfather’s experiences in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Lexington & Concord, which I’ll be sharing here for those of you who might also be interested. /1
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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3/ You can think whatever you want about the merits of him staying (his U.S. family, his steady job) or being deported (the alleged gang affiliation), there's really only one key fact:

A court ruled he CANNOT be deported to El Salvador bc he would face threat of death there.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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2/ Abrego Garcia came to the U.S. over 10 years ago. He married a U.S. citizen and has three U.S. citizen children.

But he put in removal proceedings because he didn't apply for asylum in time and because of alleged ties to drug gangs. He denies any gang affiliation.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.

This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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On Jan 6, Jack Posobiec posted from the rooftop overlooking the Capitol that Alex Jones' Infowars had rented, til the major breaches were complete, then went for a tour of the Capitol grounds along with Ashley St. Clair.
February 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Poso is if not a direct Russian asset then deeply adjacent. He emerged from his last deployment in the Navy as a Roger Stone employee deployed to the RNC (at "Citizens for Trump"), and finally made contact with the lovely Belarusian who had been chasing him for a year on Twitter, now his wife.
February 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Jack Posobiec was instrumental in both Pizzagate (the weaponization of RU info op) and the Macon Leaks (same).

No wonder Pete Hegseth was such a whimpering baby about Putin. He was traveling with a Putinist.
February 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth falls below $400 billion for the first time this year after Tesla’s 27% stock avalanche - FORTUNE
February 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Pope Francis’ letter to U.S. Bishops is incedibly powerful. This stands out to me especially. Every purported Christian faith leader who has endorsed or stood silent before Trump’s ugly immigration policies needs to be confronted with this statement.

www.vatican.va/content/fran...
February 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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If I were the one who had made up the title of this episode, I would have added “—Or Not” to it. And with some emphasis on the “not.”
How to Stop the Dismantling of Our Government
George Conway explains.
www.thebulwark.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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My take, essentially, is that we could be weeks or maybe even days away from the disintegration of the rule of federal law in this country. At some point this administration is going to stop obeying court orders. What then? Nothing good.
If I were the one who had made up the title of this episode, I would have added “—Or Not” to it. And with some emphasis on the “not.”
How to Stop the Dismantling of Our Government
George Conway explains.
www.thebulwark.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Musk and Trump are both in the habit of stiffing people they owe money. If markets even suspect that this habit will extend to Treasuries, God help us 2/
February 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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For those not familiar with how financial markets work, US Treasuries are the ultimate safe asset, used as collateral for everything. Even a hint that some Treasuries might not be honored could bring everything to a screeching halt 1/
February 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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“For now, it’s fair to say that there’s a lot we don’t know about what DOGE is up to. And therein lies the problem.”

Me on what we know—and, mostly, what we don’t know—about DOGE’s access to the payment system at the Treasury Department.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...
DOGE-ing Questions in Federal Court
A Feb. 5 hearing—part of a suit that alleges unlawful access to Treasury systems by DOGE associates—raised more questions than answers. 
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Excellent piece on our weak hold on democracy. Hear the Founders.

www.commonwealmagazine.org/americas-dec...
America’s Decline & Fall
The founders anticipated someone like Trump partly because they’d been reading Edward Gibbon’s 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'
www.commonwealmagazine.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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want chimken
January 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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This is also a valuable resource for sky users

theblue.report
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The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
theblue.report
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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