@bntran.bsky.social
All opinions are my own. Looking to share ideas, thoughts and news rationally & without alternative facts. Used to love Twitter, then deleted it on 10/28/22 (you know why). Tried Threads but hated how it limited political news.
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Precisely no one involved thinks Comey's post was a credible threat to assassinate POTUS. It's like if the Biden DOJ opened a federal hate crimes probe into William Barr because Barr posted a pic of him giving the ok sign.
May 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Precisely no one involved thinks Comey's post was a credible threat to assassinate POTUS. It's like if the Biden DOJ opened a federal hate crimes probe into William Barr because Barr posted a pic of him giving the ok sign.
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New enemy of the state just dropped.
May 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New enemy of the state just dropped.
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Trump plans to slap Americans with a 25% tax on imports from our neighbors.
Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.
Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.
January 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Trump plans to slap Americans with a 25% tax on imports from our neighbors.
Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.
Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.
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Congressional Republicans are working to abolish OSHA. This is the entire text of the “NOSHA” or “Nullify OSHA” act. Two sentences.
February 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congressional Republicans are working to abolish OSHA. This is the entire text of the “NOSHA” or “Nullify OSHA” act. Two sentences.
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We are the generation that must face Americas greatest constitutional crisis. WHAT Trump is doing is one issue, HOW he chooses to do it is another.
His total disregard for the other co-equal branches of government is quite literally a constitutional crisis.
His total disregard for the other co-equal branches of government is quite literally a constitutional crisis.
February 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We are the generation that must face Americas greatest constitutional crisis. WHAT Trump is doing is one issue, HOW he chooses to do it is another.
His total disregard for the other co-equal branches of government is quite literally a constitutional crisis.
His total disregard for the other co-equal branches of government is quite literally a constitutional crisis.
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The man who bankrupted his own casino has hired a drug addict to cook the nations books.
February 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The man who bankrupted his own casino has hired a drug addict to cook the nations books.
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Our secretary of defense couldn’t win a custody battle, how the hell can we expect him to win a war?
February 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our secretary of defense couldn’t win a custody battle, how the hell can we expect him to win a war?
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I'm a sexual harassment lawyer. I help survivors of workplace abuse get justice.
Due to overwhelming demand, I'll be posting more detailed advice on how to turn the tables on a creepy boss.
Lots more educational content coming 👍
Due to overwhelming demand, I'll be posting more detailed advice on how to turn the tables on a creepy boss.
Lots more educational content coming 👍
November 14, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I'm a sexual harassment lawyer. I help survivors of workplace abuse get justice.
Due to overwhelming demand, I'll be posting more detailed advice on how to turn the tables on a creepy boss.
Lots more educational content coming 👍
Due to overwhelming demand, I'll be posting more detailed advice on how to turn the tables on a creepy boss.
Lots more educational content coming 👍
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Retired Justice David Souter, a splendid and deeply principled jurist and a kind and gentle man, died at his home last night. He was dedicated to the Constitution and to the living tradition it embodies still — even when a Supreme Court majority betrays its spirit and ignores its enduring text.
May 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Retired Justice David Souter, a splendid and deeply principled jurist and a kind and gentle man, died at his home last night. He was dedicated to the Constitution and to the living tradition it embodies still — even when a Supreme Court majority betrays its spirit and ignores its enduring text.
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Pirro is the 23rd former Fox employee Trump has named to his administration.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
Trump just appointed Fox host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Yes, Jeanine Pirro.
May 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pirro is the 23rd former Fox employee Trump has named to his administration.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
She's wildly unqualified to be DC's top prosecutor and was been described by her former executive producer as a "reckless lunatic."
Gonna thread some of her lowlights.
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It's not just that hand-picked district judges in single-judge divisions in Texas and Louisiana *regularly* entered nationwide injunctions against Biden policies; it's that many of those injunctions were subsequently thrown out by *this* Supreme Court.
People have awfully short memories.
People have awfully short memories.
May 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's not just that hand-picked district judges in single-judge divisions in Texas and Louisiana *regularly* entered nationwide injunctions against Biden policies; it's that many of those injunctions were subsequently thrown out by *this* Supreme Court.
People have awfully short memories.
People have awfully short memories.
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I'm trying to come up with a metaphor for how the Trump administration's gamesmanship (e.g., moving detainees around to try to defeat jurisdiction in specific districts) helps to drive home the dire consequences of a #SCOTUS ruling that would limit universal injunctions.
"Cheating at Battleship"?
"Cheating at Battleship"?
May 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm trying to come up with a metaphor for how the Trump administration's gamesmanship (e.g., moving detainees around to try to defeat jurisdiction in specific districts) helps to drive home the dire consequences of a #SCOTUS ruling that would limit universal injunctions.
"Cheating at Battleship"?
"Cheating at Battleship"?
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Sad news out of #SCOTUS:
Retired Justice David Souter (who served from 1990-2009) passed away yesterday at the age of 85:
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
For a whole bunch of very different reasons, Souter was my favorite justice when I was in law school.
May his memory be a blessing.
Retired Justice David Souter (who served from 1990-2009) passed away yesterday at the age of 85:
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
For a whole bunch of very different reasons, Souter was my favorite justice when I was in law school.
May his memory be a blessing.
Press Release of Supreme Court of the United State
www.supremecourt.gov
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sad news out of #SCOTUS:
Retired Justice David Souter (who served from 1990-2009) passed away yesterday at the age of 85:
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
For a whole bunch of very different reasons, Souter was my favorite justice when I was in law school.
May his memory be a blessing.
Retired Justice David Souter (who served from 1990-2009) passed away yesterday at the age of 85:
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
For a whole bunch of very different reasons, Souter was my favorite justice when I was in law school.
May his memory be a blessing.
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Good. Break them.
WSJ: New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers
Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order, but the accord has left the firm in turmoil
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order, but the accord has left the firm in turmoil
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers
Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order, but the accord has left the firm in turmoil.
www.wsj.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Good. Break them.
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I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
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Pee-Wee German pretending a 4-year-old was kidnapped and trafficked out of the country without her cancer medications as a *favor* to her mother. What a vile monster.
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Pee-Wee German pretending a 4-year-old was kidnapped and trafficked out of the country without her cancer medications as a *favor* to her mother. What a vile monster.
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Trump's also extraordinarily lazy, utterly unconcerned with the operation of the government he ostensibly leads, devoting much of his time to various grifting schemes and suffering from advancing dementia. So there's that.
After the Arrests and Bullets, Trump Takes on Second Term With a New Fervor
Having escaped prison and death, President Trump has returned to power seeking vindication and vengeance — and done more in his first 100 days to change the trajectory of the country than any presiden...
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trump's also extraordinarily lazy, utterly unconcerned with the operation of the government he ostensibly leads, devoting much of his time to various grifting schemes and suffering from advancing dementia. So there's that.
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The comparison of Trump to FDR - even when presented as a "negative" comparison - is entirely inapposite. FDR and a small group of cronies didn't act alone, and at odds with most Americans like Trump. 1/
April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The comparison of Trump to FDR - even when presented as a "negative" comparison - is entirely inapposite. FDR and a small group of cronies didn't act alone, and at odds with most Americans like Trump. 1/
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FDR, his huge cadre of public servants drawn from many walks of life and the Democratic Congress entered office with a mandate from the voters to address a great crisis, and then acted with the active support of the nation. 2/
April 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
FDR, his huge cadre of public servants drawn from many walks of life and the Democratic Congress entered office with a mandate from the voters to address a great crisis, and then acted with the active support of the nation. 2/
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Trump and his cronies are taking actions the pubic never wanted, and they have known as much from the outset, as evinced by the fact that they are acting under a deep cover of lies and disinformation. 3/
April 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Trump and his cronies are taking actions the pubic never wanted, and they have known as much from the outset, as evinced by the fact that they are acting under a deep cover of lies and disinformation. 3/
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And the public has responded to Trumpers' actions not with support, it did to the New Deal, but with consternation and opposition. 4/
April 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
And the public has responded to Trumpers' actions not with support, it did to the New Deal, but with consternation and opposition. 4/
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