Shelley Detwiller DiGiacomo
@digiacomoshelle.bsky.social
Lawyer, student again, bird nerd
I am seriously ready to give up on this country. Who is taking US refugees who are literate?
Tammy Bruce: "One thing we've learned about President Trump is that when he tweets, when he speaks, the world watches, and it's the most clear framework that we can learn of his approach."
Bruce then proceeds to read Trump's Truth Social post.
Bruce then proceeds to read Trump's Truth Social post.
June 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I am seriously ready to give up on this country. Who is taking US refugees who are literate?
Leadership is on the ground. Mayors cannot be performers. They are on the front line. Steady leadership.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Leadership is on the ground. Mayors cannot be performers. They are on the front line. Steady leadership.
It is time for insurers to step up. They make their living on the science - or that is their claim - they need to say it will still be covered and available regardless of the recommendation. Call out the regime. Everyone must.
RFK Jr. is now taking COVID19 vaccines away from people who are pregnant. Infection during pregnancy increases the risk severe disease and potentially preterm birth.
The CDC itself lists pregnancy as a condition that puts people at risk for severe disease. The science doesn’t support this.
The CDC itself lists pregnancy as a condition that puts people at risk for severe disease. The science doesn’t support this.
May 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It is time for insurers to step up. They make their living on the science - or that is their claim - they need to say it will still be covered and available regardless of the recommendation. Call out the regime. Everyone must.
I highly recommend the interview on Fresh Air too.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I highly recommend the interview on Fresh Air too.
Factory jobs are not coming back. No matter how high tariffs go.
China’s secret weapon in the trade war is an army of factory robots, powered by A.I.
An Army of Robots Is China’s Weapon in Trump’s Tariff War
Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Factory jobs are not coming back. No matter how high tariffs go.
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Do you know who this is? A civil rights protester?
No. It’s C.B. King, a civil rights LAWYER who was clubbed over the head by a local sheriff when King arrived at jail to check on his client - a white civil rights protester.He continued his work & influenced a generation.
Lawyers under pressure?
No. It’s C.B. King, a civil rights LAWYER who was clubbed over the head by a local sheriff when King arrived at jail to check on his client - a white civil rights protester.He continued his work & influenced a generation.
Lawyers under pressure?
March 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Do you know who this is? A civil rights protester?
No. It’s C.B. King, a civil rights LAWYER who was clubbed over the head by a local sheriff when King arrived at jail to check on his client - a white civil rights protester.He continued his work & influenced a generation.
Lawyers under pressure?
No. It’s C.B. King, a civil rights LAWYER who was clubbed over the head by a local sheriff when King arrived at jail to check on his client - a white civil rights protester.He continued his work & influenced a generation.
Lawyers under pressure?
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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Unfortunately "that's when my power is at its strongest" has instantly and permanently entered my lexicon.
Boasberg: So the president's foreign-affairs power exists once the plane crosses but not before that?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
March 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Unfortunately "that's when my power is at its strongest" has instantly and permanently entered my lexicon.
It is important to fight back.
The Trump administration reversed itself on making funding and staff cuts to a federal health program for survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after bipartisan criticism of the moves.
Trump Reverses Cuts to 9/11 Health Program After Criticism
About 20 percent of the World Trade Central Health Program’s staff had been terminated amid President Trump’s slashing of the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It is important to fight back.
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Who wants to plan a road trip to Mexico for flu and Covid vaccines this Fall? I suspect after RFK Jr.'s confirmation Covid for certain and likely flu will be deemed unsafe and unnecessary vaccines.
January 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Who wants to plan a road trip to Mexico for flu and Covid vaccines this Fall? I suspect after RFK Jr.'s confirmation Covid for certain and likely flu will be deemed unsafe and unnecessary vaccines.
Full employment plan for lawyers, this administration. Too bad I did not pursue litigation. There will be no downturn for those attorneys.
BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from freezing all federal grants and loans until at least next Monday as litigation plays out.
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Federal Grants Freeze
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Full employment plan for lawyers, this administration. Too bad I did not pursue litigation. There will be no downturn for those attorneys.
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I invite any reporter to ask Trump to explain how the debt ceiling works.
I'm serious.
Just ask him to explain it to the people.
I bet you he can't.
I'm serious.
Just ask him to explain it to the people.
I bet you he can't.
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I invite any reporter to ask Trump to explain how the debt ceiling works.
I'm serious.
Just ask him to explain it to the people.
I bet you he can't.
I'm serious.
Just ask him to explain it to the people.
I bet you he can't.