Philip Cole
@coleslaw-firm.bsky.social
Connecticut, USA.
Attorney, music lover, demoscratic-socialist, skier, news junkie, and Nintendo gamer.
**My views do not reflect those of my employer.**
Attorney, music lover, demoscratic-socialist, skier, news junkie, and Nintendo gamer.
**My views do not reflect those of my employer.**
Given how many of Trump's accusations have been admissions, it is kind of suspicious that he hasn't shown empathy to fellow victims of attacks... I mean, if you were shot, wouldn't you be talking about it frequently?
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Given how many of Trump's accusations have been admissions, it is kind of suspicious that he hasn't shown empathy to fellow victims of attacks... I mean, if you were shot, wouldn't you be talking about it frequently?
Excellent article highlighting that the Trump administration has so little respect for the rule of law, that they are labeling anyone who defies them—including judges appointed by Raegan, W, and Trump '45 that are merely upholding the law—as radical activists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
An Ethicist ‘in the Scalia Mold’: The Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Excellent article highlighting that the Trump administration has so little respect for the rule of law, that they are labeling anyone who defies them—including judges appointed by Raegan, W, and Trump '45 that are merely upholding the law—as radical activists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Proud to see my Connecticut Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social leading the charge on reforming ICE or else it gets no further funding.
Non-paywall gift link to @wsj.com article: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
#DefundICE #GovernmentShutdown
Non-paywall gift link to @wsj.com article: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
#DefundICE #GovernmentShutdown
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Proud to see my Connecticut Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social leading the charge on reforming ICE or else it gets no further funding.
Non-paywall gift link to @wsj.com article: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
#DefundICE #GovernmentShutdown
Non-paywall gift link to @wsj.com article: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
#DefundICE #GovernmentShutdown
What positive outcome could possibly come of Donald Trump pulling the USA out of the World HEALTH Organization? Surely losing our collaboration and influence will not help our competitiveness...
Trump is likely still mad thinking that the WHO made him look dumb during COVID.
Trump is likely still mad thinking that the WHO made him look dumb during COVID.
Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM
What positive outcome could possibly come of Donald Trump pulling the USA out of the World HEALTH Organization? Surely losing our collaboration and influence will not help our competitiveness...
Trump is likely still mad thinking that the WHO made him look dumb during COVID.
Trump is likely still mad thinking that the WHO made him look dumb during COVID.
It is so incredibly poignant that @theacademyusa.bsky.social Best Picture nominee (hope it wins)
One Battle After Another
is about fighting ICE...
I bet a lot of Americans wish they could do that right now.
#OneBattleAfterAnother #Oscars
One Battle After Another
is about fighting ICE...
I bet a lot of Americans wish they could do that right now.
#OneBattleAfterAnother #Oscars
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It is so incredibly poignant that @theacademyusa.bsky.social Best Picture nominee (hope it wins)
One Battle After Another
is about fighting ICE...
I bet a lot of Americans wish they could do that right now.
#OneBattleAfterAnother #Oscars
One Battle After Another
is about fighting ICE...
I bet a lot of Americans wish they could do that right now.
#OneBattleAfterAnother #Oscars
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
Trump should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Threatening an ally and NATO with war, for not giving him a peace prize? Insane. Spoiled. Not at all what a real leader looks like. And while we're at it, this letter is so incredibly unprofessional for a sitting president.
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Trump should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Threatening an ally and NATO with war, for not giving him a peace prize? Insane. Spoiled. Not at all what a real leader looks like. And while we're at it, this letter is so incredibly unprofessional for a sitting president.
Stamford, Connecticut, Nationwide—come out this weekend to protest ICE brutality this weekend, Sat/Sun Jan. 10/11.
Here is the #StamfordCT link organized by @indivisible.org :
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
More locations: mobilize.us
#ICEProtests #ICEProtest #ICEOutForGood #ICE #Connecticut #
Here is the #StamfordCT link organized by @indivisible.org :
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
More locations: mobilize.us
#ICEProtests #ICEProtest #ICEOutForGood #ICE #Connecticut #
January 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Stamford, Connecticut, Nationwide—come out this weekend to protest ICE brutality this weekend, Sat/Sun Jan. 10/11.
Here is the #StamfordCT link organized by @indivisible.org :
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
More locations: mobilize.us
#ICEProtests #ICEProtest #ICEOutForGood #ICE #Connecticut #
Here is the #StamfordCT link organized by @indivisible.org :
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
More locations: mobilize.us
#ICEProtests #ICEProtest #ICEOutForGood #ICE #Connecticut #
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You can see in the videos that the woman murdered in Minnesota waved at the ICE vehicle to let them know it was clear for them to go through.
They decided to get out and murder her instead
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by her own government.
RIP
They decided to get out and murder her instead
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by her own government.
RIP
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
You can see in the videos that the woman murdered in Minnesota waved at the ICE vehicle to let them know it was clear for them to go through.
They decided to get out and murder her instead
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by her own government.
RIP
They decided to get out and murder her instead
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by her own government.
RIP
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
The Trump administration's lies have become ever more real-time and blatant as videos of the 1/7/2026 shooting of citizen Renee Nicole Good show: 1) she was not a "domestic terrorist" as Kristi Noem lied; and 2) the ICE shooter was neither run over nor seriously injured as Donald Trump lied.
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The Trump administration's lies have become ever more real-time and blatant as videos of the 1/7/2026 shooting of citizen Renee Nicole Good show: 1) she was not a "domestic terrorist" as Kristi Noem lied; and 2) the ICE shooter was neither run over nor seriously injured as Donald Trump lied.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Yeah, broad daylight murders of mothers tend to aggravate. I am definitely aggravated. Everyone should be. If we had a real President with honor, they would be taking responsibility by now.
This was the death of an American citizen by ICE agents who ostensibly have the goal of safety?!
This was the death of an American citizen by ICE agents who ostensibly have the goal of safety?!
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis by an ICE officer appears destined to aggravate the nation’s already-raw divisions over immigration enforcement, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Deadly Force on a Frozen Street
Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a dark turn in Minneapolis.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Yeah, broad daylight murders of mothers tend to aggravate. I am definitely aggravated. Everyone should be. If we had a real President with honor, they would be taking responsibility by now.
This was the death of an American citizen by ICE agents who ostensibly have the goal of safety?!
This was the death of an American citizen by ICE agents who ostensibly have the goal of safety?!
[Content WARNING] Slowed and stabilized video of the January 7, 2025 shooting of 37-year old Renee Nicole Good shows the ICE officer who shot her may have intentionally positioned himself affront her car likely as a justification for deadly force.
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
[Content WARNING] Slowed and stabilized video of the January 7, 2025 shooting of 37-year old Renee Nicole Good shows the ICE officer who shot her may have intentionally positioned himself affront her car likely as a justification for deadly force.
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this is actually much more important video
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
this is actually much more important video
Never Forget: Januarv 6, 2021
On this dav, Donald Trump continued to lie that the election he lost was "stolen" and incited a riot wherein 140+ law enforcers were injured leading to 5 deaths, and $$$ millions in property damage to taxpayer-funded buildings was incurred.
On this dav, Donald Trump continued to lie that the election he lost was "stolen" and incited a riot wherein 140+ law enforcers were injured leading to 5 deaths, and $$$ millions in property damage to taxpayer-funded buildings was incurred.
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Never Forget: Januarv 6, 2021
On this dav, Donald Trump continued to lie that the election he lost was "stolen" and incited a riot wherein 140+ law enforcers were injured leading to 5 deaths, and $$$ millions in property damage to taxpayer-funded buildings was incurred.
On this dav, Donald Trump continued to lie that the election he lost was "stolen" and incited a riot wherein 140+ law enforcers were injured leading to 5 deaths, and $$$ millions in property damage to taxpayer-funded buildings was incurred.
Sure looks like ICE in Minneapolis murdered a citizen and then lied about the supposed justification.
This modern gestapo needs to end.
This modern gestapo needs to end.
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Sure looks like ICE in Minneapolis murdered a citizen and then lied about the supposed justification.
This modern gestapo needs to end.
This modern gestapo needs to end.
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Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
Law firms should turn their libraries (no longer needed, given digital resources, and costly to update) into quiet scream rooms. Just a room with regularly-washed pillows for the once in a blue moon occasion when one might hypothetically need to scream into a pillow. Hypothetically.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Law firms should turn their libraries (no longer needed, given digital resources, and costly to update) into quiet scream rooms. Just a room with regularly-washed pillows for the once in a blue moon occasion when one might hypothetically need to scream into a pillow. Hypothetically.
NYT front page today describes and provides emails involving Jeffrey Epstein that strongly indicate Donald Trump knew of the sex trafficking. Is there really much doubt left that Trump was a knowing pedophile and/or beneficiary of sex trafficking?
Gift (free) link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Gift (free) link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NYT front page today describes and provides emails involving Jeffrey Epstein that strongly indicate Donald Trump knew of the sex trafficking. Is there really much doubt left that Trump was a knowing pedophile and/or beneficiary of sex trafficking?
Gift (free) link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Gift (free) link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
Dick Cheney was the very first politician i remember disliking. The war on terror brought many erosions of rights and pointless violence.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Dick Cheney was the very first politician i remember disliking. The war on terror brought many erosions of rights and pointless violence.
Attorney I know: "kinda blows my mind that men in Connecticut get more parental leave than I do as a woman [in the South]."
It should blow EVERYONE'S minds that America is one of the only major countries not to guarantee paid parental leave.
We need to catch up to the rest of the world.
It should blow EVERYONE'S minds that America is one of the only major countries not to guarantee paid parental leave.
We need to catch up to the rest of the world.
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Attorney I know: "kinda blows my mind that men in Connecticut get more parental leave than I do as a woman [in the South]."
It should blow EVERYONE'S minds that America is one of the only major countries not to guarantee paid parental leave.
We need to catch up to the rest of the world.
It should blow EVERYONE'S minds that America is one of the only major countries not to guarantee paid parental leave.
We need to catch up to the rest of the world.
I remember when Americans would not hesitate to punch a Nazi in the face.
But as reported in this chilling @politico.com piece (HIGHLY recommend reading), many so-called Young Republican leaders nationwide are increasingly fine using Nazi / racist rhetoric.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
But as reported in this chilling @politico.com piece (HIGHLY recommend reading), many so-called Young Republican leaders nationwide are increasingly fine using Nazi / racist rhetoric.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I remember when Americans would not hesitate to punch a Nazi in the face.
But as reported in this chilling @politico.com piece (HIGHLY recommend reading), many so-called Young Republican leaders nationwide are increasingly fine using Nazi / racist rhetoric.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
But as reported in this chilling @politico.com piece (HIGHLY recommend reading), many so-called Young Republican leaders nationwide are increasingly fine using Nazi / racist rhetoric.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
That so many people are speaking up against Kimmel's cancelation gives me a lot of hope for the future of America, because admittedly Kimmel is far from a top tier comedian... we're not saying this because of his individual value. We're saying this because free expression is essential to democracy
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That so many people are speaking up against Kimmel's cancelation gives me a lot of hope for the future of America, because admittedly Kimmel is far from a top tier comedian... we're not saying this because of his individual value. We're saying this because free expression is essential to democracy