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commonphoole.bsky.social
@commonphoole.bsky.social
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Retired CPA and Attorney living in Seattle. Home town Wenatchee.
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
This is *definitely* how you behave when you're trying to bring every resource to bear, rather than trying to cover up the unlawful behavior of your own personnel.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).

Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
commonphoole.bsky.social
Tomorrow we celebrate the anniversary of an angry mob threatening to hang an ex Trump official as he left office. Hopefully in 2028 the scope will be wider an the crowd larger.
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
This is the correct takeaway from that reporting, yes.
Screenshot of a verified Greg Olear post on X critiquing a Wall Street Journal story. The post argues that the main takeaway is not about Donald Trump banning Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, but instead alleges Trump’s involvement in procuring young women for Epstein over many years. Below is a quoted post expanding on the claim with additional details and references.
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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johnathanperk.bsky.social
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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warren.senate.gov
I've warned that a Warner Bros. merger could mean higher prices.

But don't take it from me. The CEO of Disney just said Netflix buying up Warner Bros. could increase Netflix's "pricing leverage" over consumers.

Translation: Higher prices for you to watch your favorite shows.
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal May Give Streamer ‘Pricing Leverage’ That ‘Might Not Necessarily Be Healthy’
Disney CEO Bob Iger said there were potential regulatory concerns with Netflix's deal to buy Warner Bros.'s film and TV studios and HBO Max.
variety.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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norbizness.bsky.social
We forget he ruined a perfectly viable football league 40 year ago because the NFL owners were never going to let him join their carte, as he was a low-rent slumlord's failson.
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
Speaking of lingering issues, anybody seen a guy skulking around with $50k in a CAVA bag? It's been nearly 15 months! Today would be a good day for the FBI to reveal what happened to the taxpayers' money that Tom Homan apparently took in exchange for propsective official favors.
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
commonphoole.bsky.social
Approaching your last chance to get into Bitcoin before it crashes!
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
commonphoole.bsky.social
Parkermolly.com NFL+
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
commonphoole.bsky.social
One reason I am not impressed with AI.
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
commonphoole.bsky.social
I wonder who won?
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Here's the dismissal opinion in the Dana Briggs case. Everyone should read it.

Among other things it describes that none of the very celebrated (by DHS) arrests on September survived.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) With today’s dismissal of the Briggs criminal information, none of these cases remains pending today – all have been dismissed. 3) As the docket entries reflect in all five of the cases, the undersigned magistrate judge obtained a sworn statement from the affiants in each affidavit, at the time of complaint issuance, that not only were the affidavit allegations true, but that video evidence of the encounters existed, that the affiants had reviewed the video evidence, and that the video evidence corroborated the version of events set forth in the affidavits. Mazur (D.E. 11); Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26); Ivery (D.E. 13); and Briggs (D.E. 14). Yet: a. In Mazur, the government promptly dismissed the misdemeanor criminal complaint upon its disclosure that after the arrest, the government reviewed additional bodyworn camera footage of the encounter and then decided to drop the charges on October 7, 2025. Mazur (D.E. 11). As this case was charged as a misdemeanor, it appears not to have been presented to a federal grand jury. b. In Collins/Robledo, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on October 8, 2025, upon its disclosure that on October 7, the federal grand jury returned a “no bill” against these persons and thus refused to indict them on the felony Section 111 charge. Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26). During the dismissal hearing, the prosecutor referred to a third recent “no bill” case that was not identified further on the record. c. In Ivery, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on October 9, 2025, stating a basis on the record that had to do with Mr. Ivery’s medical or mental
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
commonphoole.bsky.social
Went to see Robert Plant last night enjoyed it a lot.
Robert Plant on stage at Moore Theater in Seattle
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
commonphoole.bsky.social
I like Sam Darnold and would buy a 14 jersey if I didn't already have one. Here comes the duct tape.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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cindyjasper.bsky.social
Didn’t he already instruct DOJ to remove his name from all Jan 6 investigations?

He has a history of abusing his office to remove evidence of his involvement.

Lock the slimy bastard up already.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 17
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat “Shutdown.” The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on “Epstein,” are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, “Affordability” (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more! Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some “members” of the Republican Party are being “used,” and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein “TRAP,” which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
Richest nation in human history
In New Jersey, a single mother struggled to figure out how to feed her two young sons with $50. In Oklahoma, a 61-year-old woman questioned whether driving to a food pantry was worth the gas money. And in Colorado, a woman grabbed food from a Walmart dumpster.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
commonphoole.bsky.social
I want my law license back so I could go around indicating Trump's cronies on the hope that I will be retroactively appointed District Attorney.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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coalminephoenix.bsky.social
I think this explains why they are so worried about the masking and doxing, versus the pretext of “attacks on agents”. They may be aware of criminal and abusive backgrounds, or aware they have no process to screen such people out.
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
2/2 Judge Smith's Order from today:

"Defendants’ new condition is not a good faith effort to comply with the order."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

(h/t @kyledcheney.bsky.social)
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
One of my earliest smart political instincts was that Enron must be about to go bust bc of all the donations they were dropping.

This time around, I look at David Sacks, he of the SVB run followed by the bailout, and understand that the INSTALLED the bailout inside the [White] House.
davekarpf.bsky.social Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Oct 14
Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
It's Giving Enron
On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM