Diane Rudin
@dianerudin.bsky.social
Ally-in-training; she/her. M&A Paralegal.
❤️cats! AuDHD lvl.1; somewhere between a polymath & a dilettante: legal history, Tolkien, needlework, Babylon 5, theology, Star Trek, diplomatics, MCU, calligraphy, etymology.
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Diane Rudin
@dianerudin.bsky.social
· Mar 25
“So many people forget that the first country that the Nazis invaded was their own.” -Dr. Abraham Erskine, in the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011)
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This is how it feels in the USA, but I know they were there all along, a cancer on the soul of a nation. We need to build back better.
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This is how it feels in the USA, but I know they were there all along, a cancer on the soul of a nation. We need to build back better.
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We must halt these hearings immediately until this abuse stops.
How can authorities expect people to follow the law when they are not?
This is entrapment.
It’s unconstitutional.
It’s bounty hunting.
It’s intimidation.
It’s immoral and it is inhumane.
How can authorities expect people to follow the law when they are not?
This is entrapment.
It’s unconstitutional.
It’s bounty hunting.
It’s intimidation.
It’s immoral and it is inhumane.
June 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We must halt these hearings immediately until this abuse stops.
How can authorities expect people to follow the law when they are not?
This is entrapment.
It’s unconstitutional.
It’s bounty hunting.
It’s intimidation.
It’s immoral and it is inhumane.
How can authorities expect people to follow the law when they are not?
This is entrapment.
It’s unconstitutional.
It’s bounty hunting.
It’s intimidation.
It’s immoral and it is inhumane.
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And aren't in uniform, are wearing masks, and not identifying themselves.
I'd call it kidnapping by Brownshirts, that's what I'd call it.
I'd call it kidnapping by Brownshirts, that's what I'd call it.
June 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And aren't in uniform, are wearing masks, and not identifying themselves.
I'd call it kidnapping by Brownshirts, that's what I'd call it.
I'd call it kidnapping by Brownshirts, that's what I'd call it.
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I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.
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HEROES: The Ukrainian spy couple who executed Operation Spiderweb on Russian soil and changed the trajectory of the war.
Kateryna & Artem Timofeev.
Kateryna & Artem Timofeev.
June 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
HEROES: The Ukrainian spy couple who executed Operation Spiderweb on Russian soil and changed the trajectory of the war.
Kateryna & Artem Timofeev.
Kateryna & Artem Timofeev.
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the post and comments both focus on huerta, but what stood out to me in that video, what really shocked me, was the end when he picks up a woman to throw her away and once she’s out of camera we hear a big crash
June 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
the post and comments both focus on huerta, but what stood out to me in that video, what really shocked me, was the end when he picks up a woman to throw her away and once she’s out of camera we hear a big crash
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Bondi DOJ has a problem.
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
On left:
DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas
On right:
DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"
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They aren’t going after gang members and criminals as Trump and his ass licker Christi Noem claimed. Criminals aren’t children in schools or showing up for check-ins at immigration centers. Nor hard working people in factories and businesses.
IT WAS ALL A LIE TO GET VOTES
IT WAS ALL A LIE TO GET VOTES
June 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They aren’t going after gang members and criminals as Trump and his ass licker Christi Noem claimed. Criminals aren’t children in schools or showing up for check-ins at immigration centers. Nor hard working people in factories and businesses.
IT WAS ALL A LIE TO GET VOTES
IT WAS ALL A LIE TO GET VOTES
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ICE agents are arresting children, putting them in a furniture-less basement without food, and we're not supposed to call them Nazis.
June 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ICE agents are arresting children, putting them in a furniture-less basement without food, and we're not supposed to call them Nazis.
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Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
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By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.
June 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
By the way a military parade when we’re not celebrating a war victory is something a dude who never served would do.
If they ever publish the entire collection as an art book, I’ll be buying it.
THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If they ever publish the entire collection as an art book, I’ll be buying it.
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The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.
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I also take exception that Musk is “the smartest” person in the country. We have many smart people who were born here, understand how our government works, are CPAs, and wouldn’t treat the service provided by government workers as equivalent to a now second rate social media platform.
May 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I also take exception that Musk is “the smartest” person in the country. We have many smart people who were born here, understand how our government works, are CPAs, and wouldn’t treat the service provided by government workers as equivalent to a now second rate social media platform.
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BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
If anyone is surprised by this, go read Project 2025. Or 1984. Or both.
May 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If anyone is surprised by this, go read Project 2025. Or 1984. Or both.
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“A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.” www.al.com/news/mobile/...
Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: ‘Color of our skin has become a crime’
He said when he tried to record the incident, the agents knocked his phone out of his hand.
www.al.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“A construction worker in south Alabama says he was forcibly detained Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who claimed his proof of U.S. citizenship was fake.” www.al.com/news/mobile/...
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goddamn it - the last thing we need is "move fast and break things" and anti-regulatory needledicks in charge of the NRC. I have been yelling this ever since I heard a friend's kid (interning at SpaceX) start crowing about nuclear power
May 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
goddamn it - the last thing we need is "move fast and break things" and anti-regulatory needledicks in charge of the NRC. I have been yelling this ever since I heard a friend's kid (interning at SpaceX) start crowing about nuclear power
Nothing good can come of this.
NOTHING.
This is dangerous.
NOTHING.
This is dangerous.
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Nothing good can come of this.
NOTHING.
This is dangerous.
NOTHING.
This is dangerous.
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From the ambush of South Africa’s president, to his ugly assault on a WH reporter, to a kowtowing GOP making the rich richer and the poor poorer and sicker, to the escalating war against Harvard & higher ed: We must not be numbed by the flood of outrages.
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
How Much More Stupidity Will Americans Endure?
Reflecting on the escalating hostility to America values, principles and decency in a 24-hour period
www.americaamerica.news
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
From the ambush of South Africa’s president, to his ugly assault on a WH reporter, to a kowtowing GOP making the rich richer and the poor poorer and sicker, to the escalating war against Harvard & higher ed: We must not be numbed by the flood of outrages.
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
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The depravity of this was neatly captured by the Reuters journalist who shot the image Trump brandished.
“In view of all the world,” he said, Trump used his work to push the idea that “white people are being killed by Black people.”
Link to full piece below. 6/6
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
“In view of all the world,” he said, Trump used his work to push the idea that “white people are being killed by Black people.”
Link to full piece below. 6/6
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
newrepublic.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The depravity of this was neatly captured by the Reuters journalist who shot the image Trump brandished.
“In view of all the world,” he said, Trump used his work to push the idea that “white people are being killed by Black people.”
Link to full piece below. 6/6
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
“In view of all the world,” he said, Trump used his work to push the idea that “white people are being killed by Black people.”
Link to full piece below. 6/6
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
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As Budget Chair I got constant Republican lectures to ignore looming climate disaster because of the debt.
“The debt, the debt, the DEBT!!”
Now they’re in charge and they’re hiking debt limit $4 trillion for tax breaks, mostly to the richest. What a sham.
“The debt, the debt, the DEBT!!”
Now they’re in charge and they’re hiking debt limit $4 trillion for tax breaks, mostly to the richest. What a sham.
May 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As Budget Chair I got constant Republican lectures to ignore looming climate disaster because of the debt.
“The debt, the debt, the DEBT!!”
Now they’re in charge and they’re hiking debt limit $4 trillion for tax breaks, mostly to the richest. What a sham.
“The debt, the debt, the DEBT!!”
Now they’re in charge and they’re hiking debt limit $4 trillion for tax breaks, mostly to the richest. What a sham.
Someone please tell me I am hallucinating and that this filing with the court is not, in fact, handwritten. 😳
This is fun. Josh and Eric demand Judge Boasberg recuse himself from JGG, and they have asked that Trump personally rule on this motion because Josh and Eric are suing the judge, so it wouldn't be fair for the judge himself to rule on recusal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Someone please tell me I am hallucinating and that this filing with the court is not, in fact, handwritten. 😳
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- Limits state authority
- Sec. 44001: Preempts state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years.
- Project 2025: Seeks centralized control when state laws conflict with federal priorities.
- Sec. 44001: Preempts state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years.
- Project 2025: Seeks centralized control when state laws conflict with federal priorities.
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
- Limits state authority
- Sec. 44001: Preempts state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years.
- Project 2025: Seeks centralized control when state laws conflict with federal priorities.
- Sec. 44001: Preempts state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years.
- Project 2025: Seeks centralized control when state laws conflict with federal priorities.