Carole LaRochelle
@caroletherolfer.bsky.social
I believe in facts, science. Somatic explorer @redwoodempirerolfing. Embodiment curator. Resistor.
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
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Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Sure seems like it.
The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve
The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda.
interc.pt
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Sure seems like it.
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November 6, 2025
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
November 6, 2025
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In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all reut.rs/47yNiQJ
In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all reut.rs/47yNiQJ
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Kristi Noem is telling bald-faced lies about ICE arrests.
More than 70% of those detained have no criminal convictions.
170+ of those arrested or detained have been American citizens.
More than 70% of those detained have no criminal convictions.
170+ of those arrested or detained have been American citizens.
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kristi Noem is telling bald-faced lies about ICE arrests.
More than 70% of those detained have no criminal convictions.
170+ of those arrested or detained have been American citizens.
More than 70% of those detained have no criminal convictions.
170+ of those arrested or detained have been American citizens.
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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This document is … insane? Incredible?
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This document is … insane? Incredible?
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
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NM Gov Michelle Luján Grisham, has allocated $20 mn to build health clinics. “I want more primary-care access for women and their families." The clinics are concentrated on the border with Texas, where signs advise that visitors are now entering a state where a woman's health choices are respected.
How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...
www.newyorker.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
NM Gov Michelle Luján Grisham, has allocated $20 mn to build health clinics. “I want more primary-care access for women and their families." The clinics are concentrated on the border with Texas, where signs advise that visitors are now entering a state where a woman's health choices are respected.
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If I'm understanding the timeline correctly: the city sent the zoning notice, DHS chose to view it as a "sanctuary politician attempting to prevent the brave men and women of Ice from" blah blah, and then protests and overreaction by cops escalated from there.
Portland threatens to evict Ice from Oregon facility over permit violations
Records obtained by Street Roots and the Guardian back claim from Oregon city’s mayor that Ice violated a land-use permit to detain people overnight
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If I'm understanding the timeline correctly: the city sent the zoning notice, DHS chose to view it as a "sanctuary politician attempting to prevent the brave men and women of Ice from" blah blah, and then protests and overreaction by cops escalated from there.
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EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
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An update on the US citizen that Trump's secret police summarily executed, and then lied about every aspect of what had transpired
ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
An update on the US citizen that Trump's secret police summarily executed, and then lied about every aspect of what had transpired
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October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025
Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
October 1, 2025
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So James Comey has been indicted for testifying, in essence, that he didn't authorize Andrew McCabe to be an anonymous media source about the Hillary Clinton email investigation—which McCabe disputes.
But a DOJ IG report examined all the circumstantial evidence and concluded McCabe was lying.
But a DOJ IG report examined all the circumstantial evidence and concluded McCabe was lying.
![INDICTMENT
COUNT ONE
False statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government
[18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)]
1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES
B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the
Government of the United States, by falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing that he, JAMES B. COMEY JR., had not "authorized
someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports" regarding an FBI
investigation concerning PERSON 1.
2. That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding
an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.
3. All in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreig64rkqqi3z5ssu66f2fy6nimwfxyaymydwqfrhxveid6skd36m7m@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
So James Comey has been indicted for testifying, in essence, that he didn't authorize Andrew McCabe to be an anonymous media source about the Hillary Clinton email investigation—which McCabe disputes.
But a DOJ IG report examined all the circumstantial evidence and concluded McCabe was lying.
But a DOJ IG report examined all the circumstantial evidence and concluded McCabe was lying.
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Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
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"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...
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Let’s spell this out. Trump fired a qualified U.S. attorney who refused to do his bidding and installed his own personal lawyer to punish a perceived opponent. Justice needs to follow the law, not politics.
This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.
This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemies
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted just days after President Trump issued a public demand for the DOJ to act "now" to prosecute him, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Let’s spell this out. Trump fired a qualified U.S. attorney who refused to do his bidding and installed his own personal lawyer to punish a perceived opponent. Justice needs to follow the law, not politics.
This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.
This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.
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Trump is using the justice department to pursue his political enemies and it is a perverse violation of DOJ’s mission.
I worked for DOJ for 25 years and it just makes me cringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
I worked for DOJ for 25 years and it just makes me cringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
U.S. Attorney Races to Present Case Against James Comey
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Trump is using the justice department to pursue his political enemies and it is a perverse violation of DOJ’s mission.
I worked for DOJ for 25 years and it just makes me cringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
I worked for DOJ for 25 years and it just makes me cringe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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I was up in #Churchill, Man. last week.
Our stories roll out this week. Stay tuned…
Our stories roll out this week. Stay tuned…
September 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was up in #Churchill, Man. last week.
Our stories roll out this week. Stay tuned…
Our stories roll out this week. Stay tuned…
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Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.
September 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.
