Chalin
@chalin.bsky.social
Louisiana ex-pat, IP attorney, and panda lover. Mom to 2 daughters and too many cats.
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
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If the Supreme Court okays third terms, Obama should hold his 2028 Election Night Landslide Victory rally not in Grant Park, but right on the Ellipse, just south of the Epstein Ballroom and Catering Venue.
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If the Supreme Court okays third terms, Obama should hold his 2028 Election Night Landslide Victory rally not in Grant Park, but right on the Ellipse, just south of the Epstein Ballroom and Catering Venue.
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I borrowed the best seller #LuckyLoser from the Alexandria city library but didn’t get a chance to get into it. But when I tried to renew or re-enter a hold request, the title was suddenly not in the catalog. Did someone make them pull it from their shelves?
October 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I borrowed the best seller #LuckyLoser from the Alexandria city library but didn’t get a chance to get into it. But when I tried to renew or re-enter a hold request, the title was suddenly not in the catalog. Did someone make them pull it from their shelves?
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I’ve seen enough.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve seen enough.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Impeach Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
After a half century on this planet I’ve come to realize that’s the kids are right, we’re right, have always been right. About Vietnam, about Wall Street, about Bernie, about Gaza. Maybe instead of demanding they join us in the moderate seats we should let them drive the bus?
August 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
After a half century on this planet I’ve come to realize that’s the kids are right, we’re right, have always been right. About Vietnam, about Wall Street, about Bernie, about Gaza. Maybe instead of demanding they join us in the moderate seats we should let them drive the bus?
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August 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I couldn’t read anything after learning that less than 2% of $$ raised by these former DCCC staff-turned-fundraising consultant & PAC founders actually goes to candidates. @democrats.org need to stop this now before it kills the party.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I couldn’t read anything after learning that less than 2% of $$ raised by these former DCCC staff-turned-fundraising consultant & PAC founders actually goes to candidates. @democrats.org need to stop this now before it kills the party.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
Being anti-Netanyahu, anti-settler, anti-IDF, anti-Gaza genocide =/= antisemitic.
Everything about this story is horrific:
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
The DOJ says it will investigate a US citizen for saying “fuck Isr**l” to a guy in an IDF shirt.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
August 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Being anti-Netanyahu, anti-settler, anti-IDF, anti-Gaza genocide =/= antisemitic.
Apparently I’ve been mispronouncing “mien” my whole life. #nytconnections
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Apparently I’ve been mispronouncing “mien” my whole life. #nytconnections
Shocked, SHOCKED to hear that luring all the 50-yr olds into an early retirement delivers a huge hit to experience, expertise, and institutional knowledge. 🙄
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Trump’s actions are pushing thousands of experts to flee government
The U.S. DOGE Service’s push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Shocked, SHOCKED to hear that luring all the 50-yr olds into an early retirement delivers a huge hit to experience, expertise, and institutional knowledge. 🙄
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People:
It’s fen-ta-nill (-CH3) not fen-ta-nawl (-OH)
It’s fen-ta-nill (-CH3) not fen-ta-nawl (-OH)
May 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
People:
It’s fen-ta-nill (-CH3) not fen-ta-nawl (-OH)
It’s fen-ta-nill (-CH3) not fen-ta-nawl (-OH)
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ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
Pam Bondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
Eddie Izzard’s prescient recap of the Trump tariff policy:
“We don’t want your Deutschiemarkies!”
{pause for market collapse}
“Oh we do? We do? Terribly sorry. Redial…”
youtube.com/clip/UgkxJeF...
“We don’t want your Deutschiemarkies!”
{pause for market collapse}
“Oh we do? We do? Terribly sorry. Redial…”
youtube.com/clip/UgkxJeF...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Eddie Izzard’s prescient recap of the Trump tariff policy:
“We don’t want your Deutschiemarkies!”
{pause for market collapse}
“Oh we do? We do? Terribly sorry. Redial…”
youtube.com/clip/UgkxJeF...
“We don’t want your Deutschiemarkies!”
{pause for market collapse}
“Oh we do? We do? Terribly sorry. Redial…”
youtube.com/clip/UgkxJeF...
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Video shows Georgetown researcher Suri's ICE arrest in Arlington VA.
An Indian national in US on a work visa, Suri is a postdoc at Georgetown, conducting research on peacebuilding in conflict zones like Iraq & Afghanistan. He was transferred to detention facility in Louisiana where he remains held.
An Indian national in US on a work visa, Suri is a postdoc at Georgetown, conducting research on peacebuilding in conflict zones like Iraq & Afghanistan. He was transferred to detention facility in Louisiana where he remains held.
New video captures ICE arrest of Georgetown researcher, ACLU says
Suri’s wife, Mapheze Saleh, said ICE agents did not tell her husband why he was being detained before placing him in a car and driving away.
www.wusa9.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Video shows Georgetown researcher Suri's ICE arrest in Arlington VA.
An Indian national in US on a work visa, Suri is a postdoc at Georgetown, conducting research on peacebuilding in conflict zones like Iraq & Afghanistan. He was transferred to detention facility in Louisiana where he remains held.
An Indian national in US on a work visa, Suri is a postdoc at Georgetown, conducting research on peacebuilding in conflict zones like Iraq & Afghanistan. He was transferred to detention facility in Louisiana where he remains held.
Lord, I know we’re supposed to open our hearts to the converted but I *cannot* NOT pull my hair out when I read quotes like this. Did these people listen to anything he said in the past 3 years?
April 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lord, I know we’re supposed to open our hearts to the converted but I *cannot* NOT pull my hair out when I read quotes like this. Did these people listen to anything he said in the past 3 years?
Why are these people celebrating themselves? Asking on behalf of the Associated press.
White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host
Amber Ruffin was removed after a Trump official accused her of being “hate-filled” and took aim at the White House Correspondents’ Association for booking her.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Why are these people celebrating themselves? Asking on behalf of the Associated press.
White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
White House correspondents’ dinner scraps plan for comedian to host
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
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“….you will be prosecuted.”
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped.
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped.
March 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“….you will be prosecuted.”
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped.
But they weren’t prosecuted. Prosecuted would be having a day in court. Prosecuted would require the government to prove gang membership. Prosecuted would mean the chance to mount a defense.
They weren’t prosecuted. They were kidnapped.
Fuck all these people
(Brian Schatz?! So disappointed)
(Brian Schatz?! So disappointed)
March 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fuck all these people
(Brian Schatz?! So disappointed)
(Brian Schatz?! So disappointed)
Get ready for this on a grand scale. They are going to sell off government properties, services and contracts to their friends and families. This is how authoritarian oligarchies are formed.
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Brother of Trump’s GSA leader tried to buy prime federal property
The proposal to buy a parcel in Silicon Valley prompted a complaint to the inspector general. The GSA says it rejected the offer and its acting administrator followed ethics rules.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Get ready for this on a grand scale. They are going to sell off government properties, services and contracts to their friends and families. This is how authoritarian oligarchies are formed.
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Senate Democrats were offered nothing in exchange for voting for a GOP budget and decided it was a deal that was too good to pass up
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Senate Democrats were offered nothing in exchange for voting for a GOP budget and decided it was a deal that was too good to pass up
Where is the lawsuit? Why do these people think appeasement will work ? Fucking grow a pair!
Breaking News: The Trump administration demanded discipline and admissions policy changes at Columbia before restoring $400 million in grants and contracts.
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Where is the lawsuit? Why do these people think appeasement will work ? Fucking grow a pair!
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If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.