Crystal
@crystal-lakesamish.bsky.social
Mom. Public servant. Concerned global citizen.
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The Hawaii Constitution "offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling, taking a shot at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Hawaii Constitution "offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling, taking a shot at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
Don't stop fighting.
Those who try to appease Trump invariably lose. Those who stand up and fight back tend to fare well.
It’s true when it comes to law firms; it’s true when it comes to higher ed; and as his failed case against CNN demonstrated this week, it’s true in his court fights against news organizations.
It’s true when it comes to law firms; it’s true when it comes to higher ed; and as his failed case against CNN demonstrated this week, it’s true in his court fights against news organizations.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don't stop fighting.
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Chris Murphy: "The fact of the matter is if you don't put constraints on Donald Trump's illegality, this democracy isn't going to be here next November. It isn't going to be here in 2028. So Democrats, yes, have to draw firm moral lines in the sand right now."
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chris Murphy: "The fact of the matter is if you don't put constraints on Donald Trump's illegality, this democracy isn't going to be here next November. It isn't going to be here in 2028. So Democrats, yes, have to draw firm moral lines in the sand right now."
Those of you on the inside do everything you can to save it, however you can little bit by little bit.
Trump has found a terrifyingly effective way to eliminate bad news: delete the data.
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
From hunger and poverty stats to foreign investment numbers, federal agencies are being gutted—making it harder to measure the impact of his policies.
@crampell.bsky.social reports:
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Those of you on the inside do everything you can to save it, however you can little bit by little bit.
What a disgrace we are to the world.
The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What a disgrace we are to the world.
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If a reasonable person would know the order is illegal, you MUST refuse.
Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is.
Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person
Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.
Not just the right.
The DUTY.
Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is.
Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person
Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.
Not just the right.
The DUTY.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If a reasonable person would know the order is illegal, you MUST refuse.
Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is.
Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person
Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.
Not just the right.
The DUTY.
Obedience is not absolute, duty to the Constitution is.
Oath is to defend the Constitution not a person
Yes. U.S. service members have a legal and moral obligation to disobey an illegal order.
Not just the right.
The DUTY.
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Trump admin shuts down Radio Free Europe’s Hungary service as a gift to Viktor Orbán; it ends Friday, with Kari Lake claiming the US “shouldn’t pay for divisive globalist propaganda that hurts allies like Hungary.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump admin shuts down Radio Free Europe’s Hungary service as a gift to Viktor Orbán; it ends Friday, with Kari Lake claiming the US “shouldn’t pay for divisive globalist propaganda that hurts allies like Hungary.”
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Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
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NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
CfA - FL + VA Bar Complaint - Lindsey Halligan
www.documentcloud.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave after seeking a stiff sentence for a Jan. 6 defendant who had been granted clemency and later appeared armed outside the home of former President Barack Obama.
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave after seeking a stiff sentence for a Jan. 6 defendant who had been granted clemency and later appeared armed outside the home of former President Barack Obama.
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.
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BIG NEWS: When Adam Kinzinger stood up to Trump and risked everything, director Steve Pink captured it all. Meidas Studios just released our latest documentary ‘The Last Republican’ on all major platforms. Watch the movie today!
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BIG NEWS: When Adam Kinzinger stood up to Trump and risked everything, director Steve Pink captured it all. Meidas Studios just released our latest documentary ‘The Last Republican’ on all major platforms. Watch the movie today!
CHICAGO
Did you ever think that Trump's ICE focus on Chicago is a message to Pope Leo? A message that the Pope holds no power over him and he cares nothing for the poor and huddled masses. Just a thought. It is one way his bruised ego can lash out without directly engaging his conservative fan base.
Did you ever think that Trump's ICE focus on Chicago is a message to Pope Leo? A message that the Pope holds no power over him and he cares nothing for the poor and huddled masses. Just a thought. It is one way his bruised ego can lash out without directly engaging his conservative fan base.
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
CHICAGO
Did you ever think that Trump's ICE focus on Chicago is a message to Pope Leo? A message that the Pope holds no power over him and he cares nothing for the poor and huddled masses. Just a thought. It is one way his bruised ego can lash out without directly engaging his conservative fan base.
Did you ever think that Trump's ICE focus on Chicago is a message to Pope Leo? A message that the Pope holds no power over him and he cares nothing for the poor and huddled masses. Just a thought. It is one way his bruised ego can lash out without directly engaging his conservative fan base.
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Only about 400 of the 2000 National Guard have actually been deployed.
Trump and Miller are salivating so hard for martial law that they made a mostly peaceful resistance moment into a January 6 insurrection.
Trump and Miller are salivating so hard for martial law that they made a mostly peaceful resistance moment into a January 6 insurrection.
The dynamic is similar in LA. Trump laughably claimed that without his troops, the city would have burned down.
But Newsom's office tells me most of the National Guard members have been waiting at armories w/nothing to do.
Voters will get the absurdity of this. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
But Newsom's office tells me most of the National Guard members have been waiting at armories w/nothing to do.
Voters will get the absurdity of this. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Only about 400 of the 2000 National Guard have actually been deployed.
Trump and Miller are salivating so hard for martial law that they made a mostly peaceful resistance moment into a January 6 insurrection.
Trump and Miller are salivating so hard for martial law that they made a mostly peaceful resistance moment into a January 6 insurrection.
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![“The legal provision Donald Trump is relying on to deploy the National Guard [is] under 10 USC Section 12406. He is violating the law because that provision very clearly says that the governors of the states have to give the order. And Governor Newsom clearly didn't do that.” CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU. June 10, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5bl2qrmv4oubrlyg7eavvjm2/bafkreiabog5lwwljwj5k5snzgyn43jklpodai6wbipbndxqlndhy4izv5a@jpeg)
Oh my
NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oh my
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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
May 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CBS reporter Scott Pelley:
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.
If you haven’t already shared this, please do.
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Also, @rbreich.bsky.social with facts bsky.app/profile/rbre...
Republicans are spreading lies about the Medicaid work requirements in their budget bill. Here are the facts:
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
May 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Also, @rbreich.bsky.social with facts bsky.app/profile/rbre...
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See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
A Terrible Idea
Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders
www.justsecurity.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
See you at 1 AM, yes, you read that right, when Republicans take up the spending bill, which includes
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
a provision that would restrict courts from holding gov’t officials in contempt for violating court orders—possibly explaining the subterfuge. www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...
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The Marco Rubio who testified today is not the one I served with in the Senate. He has had a full MAGA lobotomy.
Today I directly told him about the many ways he has betrayed American values and interests:
Today I directly told him about the many ways he has betrayed American values and interests:
Senator Van Hollen questions Secretary Marco Rubio in Senate Foreign Relations hearing
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Marco Rubio who testified today is not the one I served with in the Senate. He has had a full MAGA lobotomy.
Today I directly told him about the many ways he has betrayed American values and interests:
Today I directly told him about the many ways he has betrayed American values and interests:
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The biggest rivalry in MLS 🔥
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The biggest rivalry in MLS 🔥
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"What is it about building a new health clinic and upgrading wastewater infrastructure for my constituents in Thomasville, Georgia that is inconsistent with administration policy?"
Thank you @ossoff.senate.gov for grilling Lee Zeldin on canceling EPA environmental justice funding!
Thank you @ossoff.senate.gov for grilling Lee Zeldin on canceling EPA environmental justice funding!
May 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"What is it about building a new health clinic and upgrading wastewater infrastructure for my constituents in Thomasville, Georgia that is inconsistent with administration policy?"
Thank you @ossoff.senate.gov for grilling Lee Zeldin on canceling EPA environmental justice funding!
Thank you @ossoff.senate.gov for grilling Lee Zeldin on canceling EPA environmental justice funding!