AB Lafferty
banner
ablafferty.bsky.social
AB Lafferty
@ablafferty.bsky.social
Semi-Retired Attorney, former Administrative Law Judge (NYC), former Assistant District Attorney (Western MA), Adjunct Professor residing in the Republic of Vermont.

Queer Human
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
But, don't dare call them both Nazis...
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If the false claim Bovino was called out on by a Federal judge was made under oath in testimony or an affidavit submitted to the court, he should be charged with the crime of perjury. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No shit? What else is new in our Fascist Trumpian world? Have the Democrats challenged the Texas redistricting plan in Federal court or any other Republican state involved in redistricting? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midterms
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"He has already turned the Oval Office into a wrestler’s changing room. Now the president is building a place so gilded Nero would feel at home." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling
He has already turned the Oval Office into a wrestler’s changing room. Now the president is building a place so gilded Nero would feel at home. Why did he pick an architect whose speciality is Catholi...
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Given Trump's involvement in the crypto market, the granting of this pardon represents a clear, bad faith conflict of interest. The courts should impose a good faith requirement for the exercise of the pardon power. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange
Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four months
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
While the drug overdose death rate is declining nationally, three of the most MAGA populated counties in Vermont have seen drug related deaths increase by 29% to 92%. Is there a direct correlation? Remember, dead people don't vote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Overdose in America: analysis reveals deaths rising in some regions even as US sees national decline
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bullshit! One of those "kids" is a Vermont State Senator from Orleans County who resides in North Troy, VT. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Humor used to confront Budding Fascism in Portland. Photo from AP.
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A public service reminder that democratic socialism isn’t communist totalitarianism or fascism…
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The World is laughing at this dangerous clown with access to the nuclear codes. Pray to the Deity of your choice for peaceful deliverance from this pestilence... www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-expl...
Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The committee recognized Trump with a "certificate of participation."
www.borowitzreport.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If only they would all leave…
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reposted by AB Lafferty
FYI this is going around seeming to be from me and Liz.

This is not from us.
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Little Fascist Remote…What we are seeing now with Trump and the media is the classic illustration of corporate-state interaction that Mussolini said defined Fascism.
September 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM