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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
August 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 22, 2025 BY EMAIL Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice Dear Deputy Attorney General Blanche, The Department placed each of us on administrative leave ostensibly to review our, and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office's, handling of the Adams case. It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case. We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none. We have served under Presidents of both parties, advancing their priorities while pursuing justice without fear or favor. The role of a career prosecutor is not to set policy. But a prosecutor must abide by the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of professional ethics set by the bar and the courts. The Department has long understood that these duties can and should coexist with the need to follow Department policies and orders. This is to the benefit of all: the courts, defendants, and the public, who can have confidence in the good faith and judgment of line prosecutors; the Department, which retains credibility while still receiving zealous advocacy from its lawyers; and the prosecutors themselves, who can stand in court confident that they are ethically carrying out their duties. Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington. That is wrong. Serving in the Southern District of New York has been an honor. There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign. Sincerely, Celia V. Cohen Andrew Rohrbach Derek Wikstrom Assistant United States Attorneys
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Trump loves him some Hungary, a failing, small state in E Europe. It can foretell our future failure, if we allow it. My latest in reply:

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-men...
Trump's Mentor Is A Dictator
What Viktor Orban’s Hungary can show us about our future.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Raskin: He destroyed more than $10 trillion in American wealth in a single week. And then he went golfing and bragged to America about winning the tournament at his own golf course. That's like bragging about being endorsed by your own campaign manager. So much winning
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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mdtoorder.bsky.social
apple.news/AGr65IwfeT4y...
What this disastrous week taught us about the Trump presidency — Vox
Donald Trump’s tariffs were at once predictable and shocking.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
bookworm7557.bsky.social
Anybody know what’s happening with the travel ban? My daughter and her fiancée are about to cancel a trip to Paris they’ve been saving for for over a year now because he’s a permanent resident from Cuba. They’re afraid he’ll be barred from reentry if the ban is issued during the week they’re gone.
March 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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tristansnell.bsky.social
CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack

But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?

SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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katzish.bsky.social
Seems bad when the American Bar Association has to be like, "You know what we're into, Mr. President? The law"
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Feb 10
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
February 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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danielrolphauthor.bsky.social
True luxury is found in the simplest moments.
December 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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lakotaman.bsky.social
Absolutely
November 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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dulaclab.bsky.social
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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rikefranke.bsky.social
Et oui.

“According to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, the time has come for governments to show a “sense of humility” when dealing with tech giants and to use “statecraft” that “we’ve in the past reserved for dealing with other states”. “

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Countries are losing the fight with tech titans
Elon Musk’s White House role shows how governments are in thrall to these new superpowers
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:01 AM