Trina K
@trinak.bsky.social
“Where everything is absurd and nothing is funny” -Alexandra Petri
Appellate lawyer ⚖️ book reader 📚
parent of a high schooler💅🏾 news junkie 🗞️ Coloradan ⛰️
Appellate lawyer ⚖️ book reader 📚
parent of a high schooler💅🏾 news junkie 🗞️ Coloradan ⛰️
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all the respect to the first person who figured out how to cook and eat an artichoke, that shit wasn't self-evident
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
all the respect to the first person who figured out how to cook and eat an artichoke, that shit wasn't self-evident
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019.
This is the *23rd* such grant since then.
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i know everyone's excited about picking a name but i'm stoked for the DOD gender reveal
I'm renaming it back to Department of Defense with equivalent authority. Your move, Mr. President.
September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
i know everyone's excited about picking a name but i'm stoked for the DOD gender reveal
Texas is redrawing maps
And Newsom’s posts are ALL CAPS
History rewritten
Look! An Instagram kitten!
We can scroll past the collapse.
#limerick
And Newsom’s posts are ALL CAPS
History rewritten
Look! An Instagram kitten!
We can scroll past the collapse.
#limerick
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Texas is redrawing maps
And Newsom’s posts are ALL CAPS
History rewritten
Look! An Instagram kitten!
We can scroll past the collapse.
#limerick
And Newsom’s posts are ALL CAPS
History rewritten
Look! An Instagram kitten!
We can scroll past the collapse.
#limerick
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So odd that Congress is so willing to have their power usurped and stripped from them.
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So odd that Congress is so willing to have their power usurped and stripped from them.
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Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up.
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources
abcnews.go.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up.
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
"Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons"
Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
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Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
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"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
Nothing triggers my anxiety quite like watching middle schoolers flying around the parking lot and streets around the school on scooters
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Nothing triggers my anxiety quite like watching middle schoolers flying around the parking lot and streets around the school on scooters
Sharing for a college friend I know personally #mutualaid
Donate to Help a Trans Family Rebuild After Fleeing for Safety, organized by Lori Stevens
E, B, and their daughter L fled to New Zealand for their safety as a… Lori Stevens needs your support for Help a Trans Family Rebuild After Fleeing for Safety
www.gofundme.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sharing for a college friend I know personally #mutualaid
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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A White woman called a Black child the n-word and raised half a million dollars in support, but we’re supposed to teach children that racism doesn’t exist.
Got it.
Got it.
May 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A White woman called a Black child the n-word and raised half a million dollars in support, but we’re supposed to teach children that racism doesn’t exist.
Got it.
Got it.
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Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
@emilystjams.bsky.social I just devoured Woodworking and loved it so much 🙏
April 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@emilystjams.bsky.social I just devoured Woodworking and loved it so much 🙏
ICE deported a child age two
A citizen like me and you
“But wait” say the courts
“No need,” ICE retorts
“Check out her tiny tattoo!”
#limerick
A citizen like me and you
“But wait” say the courts
“No need,” ICE retorts
“Check out her tiny tattoo!”
#limerick
The U.S. has “beautiful beef”
Said Lutnick the Commerce chief
Our threats have been hurled
Now we’ll tax the whole world!
That surely will lead to relief?
#limerick
Said Lutnick the Commerce chief
Our threats have been hurled
Now we’ll tax the whole world!
That surely will lead to relief?
#limerick
April 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ICE deported a child age two
A citizen like me and you
“But wait” say the courts
“No need,” ICE retorts
“Check out her tiny tattoo!”
#limerick
A citizen like me and you
“But wait” say the courts
“No need,” ICE retorts
“Check out her tiny tattoo!”
#limerick
💀
If you’re attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke about the toddler cancer patient they just disappeared despite her being a citizen.
Otherwise it’s going to be awkward when you’re mugging for photos with Stephen Miller.
Otherwise it’s going to be awkward when you’re mugging for photos with Stephen Miller.
April 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
💀
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The “Terrorist Twos?”
Are Trump, Bondi and Karoline Leavitt gonna claim this child is a terrorist?
NEW: The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday.
Hours later, a conservative judge who tried to intervene warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."
Hours later, a conservative judge who tried to intervene warned of his "strong suspicion" that the administration "just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process."
April 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The “Terrorist Twos?”
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This person I follow on the other place keeps a running thread of Trump administration shenanigans paired with episode titles in the style of It’s Always Sunny and I think “The Gang Files a Letter” might be the funniest one yet
April 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This person I follow on the other place keeps a running thread of Trump administration shenanigans paired with episode titles in the style of It’s Always Sunny and I think “The Gang Files a Letter” might be the funniest one yet
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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This is an incredible admission. I do not understand how Murkowski can remain in the Republican party.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is an incredible admission. I do not understand how Murkowski can remain in the Republican party.