Carl Botterud
@botterud.bsky.social
Dad, spouse, lawyer, workplace investigator, political junkie, usually very curious, holder of many opinions, sometimes love sharing same.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Thank you AWI for a phenomenal workplace investigator institute!
February 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you AWI for a phenomenal workplace investigator institute!
FDR SOTU 1944 - prophetic:
… if … we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
www.fdrlibrary.org/address-text
… if … we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
www.fdrlibrary.org/address-text
1944 State of the Union Address Text - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
www.fdrlibrary.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
FDR SOTU 1944 - prophetic:
… if … we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
www.fdrlibrary.org/address-text
… if … we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."
www.fdrlibrary.org/address-text
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Trump is attacking the FBI and his supporters use the rationale that it’s necessary because people no longer trust the FBI - conveniently ignoring that people don’t trust the FBI because Trump and his ppl have spent years attacking it
February 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump is attacking the FBI and his supporters use the rationale that it’s necessary because people no longer trust the FBI - conveniently ignoring that people don’t trust the FBI because Trump and his ppl have spent years attacking it
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I want to tell @EricReinhart how outraged and offended I am that the opinion piece he wrote for my newspaper @latimes.com was edited to change its meaning. I am so so sorry that this happened. And I happen to agree that making RFK Jr. hed of HHS is a mass casualty event waiting to happen.
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I want to tell @EricReinhart how outraged and offended I am that the opinion piece he wrote for my newspaper @latimes.com was edited to change its meaning. I am so so sorry that this happened. And I happen to agree that making RFK Jr. hed of HHS is a mass casualty event waiting to happen.
Abandoned Wednesday morning. Found Wednesday afternoon. No chip. Vet visit with more to come. Now home. Introducing my grand dog, Keaka. #DogsofBluesky
January 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Abandoned Wednesday morning. Found Wednesday afternoon. No chip. Vet visit with more to come. Now home. Introducing my grand dog, Keaka. #DogsofBluesky
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Column: How Donald Trump’s second inauguration outdid the cruelty and excesses of his first
@rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
@rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Column: How Donald Trump's second inauguration outdid the cruelty and excesses of his first
The president freed the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, disparaged California firefighters and welcomed the members of a new American oligarchy to Washington.
www.latimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Column: How Donald Trump’s second inauguration outdid the cruelty and excesses of his first
@rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
@rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Read this report before the Trump administration withdraws or disappears it for being woke
“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Read this report before the Trump administration withdraws or disappears it for being woke
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Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children!
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
Salk: Well thank God
Me: Of course they will grow up
Salk: Well I hope so
Me: And get old
Salk: I guess?
Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine
Salk: what now
Me: And leave NATO
Salk: shit
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In Sinclair Lewis's "It Can't Happen Here," (1935) the fascist who got elected President of the United States writes in his autobiography about his realization, early in life, that being an obnoxious dunce got him far more attention than being a smart and decent person.
November 28, 2024 at 11:25 PM
In Sinclair Lewis's "It Can't Happen Here," (1935) the fascist who got elected President of the United States writes in his autobiography about his realization, early in life, that being an obnoxious dunce got him far more attention than being a smart and decent person.
Someone has been watching too much of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness season 2. Probably thinks it’s a documentary.
Trump reportedly warming to the idea of sending Special Forces to Mexico to assassinate cartel leaders. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 28, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Someone has been watching too much of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness season 2. Probably thinks it’s a documentary.
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Even people we’ve disagreed with bitterly on fundamental issues can come together around the idea Trumpists are shitty, broken people.
I don’t personally know Rep. Nancy Mace or Rep. Sarah McBride, and I can’t say I’ve thoroughly researched their biographies or political views. But I’ve seen enough in recent days to say this: I am very grateful to be of the party of Sarah McBride, and not that of Nancy Mace.
November 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Even people we’ve disagreed with bitterly on fundamental issues can come together around the idea Trumpists are shitty, broken people.
If you are interested in free speech or defamation issues, read this.
A Stanford student got in a car accident that killed two people and was charged with crimes. After the victims' families wrote to Stanford about it, saying he should be disciplined, he sued them and tried to use the suit to silence their advocacy. Yesterday he lost. This is the story.
An Anti-SLAPP Victory
This Is The Most Absolutely Despicable SLAPP Suit I Ever Saw, And We Just Won It
www.popehat.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
If you are interested in free speech or defamation issues, read this.
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I’m new to Bluesky.
Happy to be here.
Happy to be here.
November 12, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I’m new to Bluesky.
Happy to be here.
Happy to be here.
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History will repeat itself
November 13, 2024 at 10:30 PM
History will repeat itself
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Same
Can’t express enough just how delightful it is to make a post and not have hundreds of hateful replies. Thanks, Bluesky. @bsky.app
November 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Same
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I guess I’m gonna have to start blocking the Blue Maga election deniers here. Four years of that shit from MAGA world, not up for it from the people that are supposed to be sane.
November 20, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I guess I’m gonna have to start blocking the Blue Maga election deniers here. Four years of that shit from MAGA world, not up for it from the people that are supposed to be sane.
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I told my mom I nuked my Twitter account and she sounded both terrified and impressed, like I’d burned down my own house but for unimpeachable reasons
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I told my mom I nuked my Twitter account and she sounded both terrified and impressed, like I’d burned down my own house but for unimpeachable reasons
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
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Networks will advertise a new season of a show for 6 months, air like 3-4 episodes and then take a month hiatus, and wonder why people are gravitating towards streaming service shows that release entire seasons at once.
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Networks will advertise a new season of a show for 6 months, air like 3-4 episodes and then take a month hiatus, and wonder why people are gravitating towards streaming service shows that release entire seasons at once.
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While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
November 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM
While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
@rabcarian.bsky.social has a thoughtful piece in today’s LA Times, worth a read.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Abcarian: George Gascón, ousted as L.A. County's top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy
Voters, always on edge about crime and safety, grew impatient with the district attorney, who didn't work hard enough to show them he was right.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
@rabcarian.bsky.social has a thoughtful piece in today’s LA Times, worth a read.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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I don’t even have a way to say how bad this would be. I will need some time to collect my thoughts from where this grenade just sent them.
Not that I didn’t expect politicization of the top ranks, but I didn’t think it would be this fast and furious.
Not that I didn’t expect politicization of the top ranks, but I didn’t think it would be this fast and furious.
November 12, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I don’t even have a way to say how bad this would be. I will need some time to collect my thoughts from where this grenade just sent them.
Not that I didn’t expect politicization of the top ranks, but I didn’t think it would be this fast and furious.
Not that I didn’t expect politicization of the top ranks, but I didn’t think it would be this fast and furious.