ErvingMontaigne
@flossymay.bsky.social
RIP Rob Reiner. You made the 2020 election and Twitter a lot of fun.
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
RIP Rob Reiner. You made the 2020 election and Twitter a lot of fun.
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it's almost like tariffs increase prices
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
it's almost like tariffs increase prices
Maybe he’ll fire Stephen Miller. The immigration policy numbers are way under water, and it looks like Miller got cucked by the only INCEL creepier than himself.
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Maybe he’ll fire Stephen Miller. The immigration policy numbers are way under water, and it looks like Miller got cucked by the only INCEL creepier than himself.
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In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment.
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had…
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment.
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
The termination notice went out unchanged anyway.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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Last night, the President issued a memorandum titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and Federal Court,” appearing to target those who represent clients in matters adverse to the federal government and specifically targeting Marc Elias*, a prominent attorney and voting rights champion.
Democracy Forward Issues Statement Regarding President Trump’s Targeting of Lawyers and Legal Profession - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
March 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Last night, the President issued a memorandum titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and Federal Court,” appearing to target those who represent clients in matters adverse to the federal government and specifically targeting Marc Elias*, a prominent attorney and voting rights champion.
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DOGE cuts of USDA food imports inspectors might mean that food that isn’t inspected quickly enough ends up rotting, with cascading downstream effects including even higher grocery prices.
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
wrd.cm
March 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
DOGE cuts of USDA food imports inspectors might mean that food that isn’t inspected quickly enough ends up rotting, with cascading downstream effects including even higher grocery prices.
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Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
March 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
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A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.
Please watch and rewatch this movie, in the U.S. Archives from the @usarmy.bsky.social #DontBeASucker a reminder of how the Nazis conned their country into becoming the cause of mass murder and all the other horrors that Nazis unleash. The lessons are true for the USA🇺🇸 , in 2025 youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
youtu.be
March 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.
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“Under the Biden administration, ICE primarily focused on detaining public safety & nat’l security threats. As long as they did not have criminal records, Cubans with I-220As were not taken into custody. That appears to have changed” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘Deport every person under the sun’: ICE detains Cubans during immigration appointments
Beatriz Monteagudo and Laura de la Caridad Sanchez are two Cuban women detained by ICE after routine appointments in Miramar. More than a dozen others were also possibly detained.
www.miamiherald.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“Under the Biden administration, ICE primarily focused on detaining public safety & nat’l security threats. As long as they did not have criminal records, Cubans with I-220As were not taken into custody. That appears to have changed” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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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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Trump's and VA Secretary Doug Collins policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources sayhttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325239/veterans-affairs-va-trump-mental-health
Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say
The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway...
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Trump's and VA Secretary Doug Collins policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources sayhttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325239/veterans-affairs-va-trump-mental-health
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4/ Lawmakers in several states filing bills in response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
propub.li
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
4/ Lawmakers in several states filing bills in response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans
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DOJ now needs an attorney willing to show up in court tomorrow to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
I suggest anyone who asked to do so, respond: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
I suggest anyone who asked to do so, respond: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
JUDGE HOWELL moves *very* fast and schedules hearing for Wednesday 2pm on PERKINS COIE’s motion for a temporary restraining order.
Brief here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
All case docs here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Brief here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
All case docs here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
DOJ now needs an attorney willing to show up in court tomorrow to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
I suggest anyone who asked to do so, respond: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
I suggest anyone who asked to do so, respond: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
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The Education Department announced this afternoon it is cutting about half of its workers. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Education Department announced this afternoon it is cutting about half of its workers. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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N.Y. Times, June 8, 1939.
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
N.Y. Times, June 8, 1939.
If you consider the fact that Drumpf killed the immigration/border bill, the “tariffs are to address the border/fentanyl” problem doesn’t hold water.
What’s the real motivation?
What’s the real motivation?
March 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you consider the fact that Drumpf killed the immigration/border bill, the “tariffs are to address the border/fentanyl” problem doesn’t hold water.
What’s the real motivation?
What’s the real motivation?
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"No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's." -- Abraham Lincoln
March 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's." -- Abraham Lincoln
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MAGA may not have ever received the Epstein files, but the Trump administration did just put the prosecutor who prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell on leave!
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
MAGA may not have ever received the Epstein files, but the Trump administration did just put the prosecutor who prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell on leave!
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This is a lie... First of all town halls aren't being held in "arenas" they are being held in churches, schools and community centers. Second, 90% of the time you have to be a resident who lives in the district to register to attend with a valid address.
Mike Johnson: "The problem is they're being ambushed by right now by in many cases paid protesters. You've got George Soros-funded groups. They are very well organized ... the actual constituents of these Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas."
March 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is a lie... First of all town halls aren't being held in "arenas" they are being held in churches, schools and community centers. Second, 90% of the time you have to be a resident who lives in the district to register to attend with a valid address.
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The Post Millennial published a letter that Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in DC, sent to the dean of Georgetown Law.
“It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…”
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“It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…”
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March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Post Millennial published a letter that Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in DC, sent to the dean of Georgetown Law.
“It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…”
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“It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…”
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INTERESTING: Within minutes of posting on social media about it, Apple has decided to publish today’s show. News with swearing. It’s free. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Alito’s Thin Baloney
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 03/06/2025 · 1h 4m
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March 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
INTERESTING: Within minutes of posting on social media about it, Apple has decided to publish today’s show. News with swearing. It’s free. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...