Derek McDonald
@happy-dad.bsky.social
Lawyer, happy father of future partizans.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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Per Axios, House Dems had procedural options available that may have enabled them to defeat or delay the bill. They chose not to use those options, at a time when they’re exhorting everyone else to fight.
The House is coming to the floor and debate the Rule that just cleared Rules committee…and if the Rule passes a floor vote, it will automatically deem the Senate recissions bill passed.
No debate. No nothing. Just a deemer attached to a Rule.
It clears that vote, CPB and PBS are defunded.
No debate. No nothing. Just a deemer attached to a Rule.
It clears that vote, CPB and PBS are defunded.
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Per Axios, House Dems had procedural options available that may have enabled them to defeat or delay the bill. They chose not to use those options, at a time when they’re exhorting everyone else to fight.
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If a Democratic president declared his intention to unilaterally shut down the Department of Homeland Security, then attempted to transfer or shutter its key offices and decimate its workforce, does anyone seriously think this Supreme Court would let him?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If a Democratic president declared his intention to unilaterally shut down the Department of Homeland Security, then attempted to transfer or shutter its key offices and decimate its workforce, does anyone seriously think this Supreme Court would let him?
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SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law
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Another Supreme Court decision strongly deferential to Trump amid polls that show the public views the institution as politically biased.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Another Supreme Court decision strongly deferential to Trump amid polls that show the public views the institution as politically biased.
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I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest
June 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest
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If Trump is willing to illegally roll the military into multiple Democratic states to quell a civil unrest that isn't happening, what do you think he's going to do during an election?
June 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If Trump is willing to illegally roll the military into multiple Democratic states to quell a civil unrest that isn't happening, what do you think he's going to do during an election?
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Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel?
Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel?
The beloved children’s entertainer has been speaking out as tens of thousands of children are killed or injured in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel?
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technically it's a polyghoul
May 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
technically it's a polyghoul
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Some people have what is essentially the opposite of a “moral compass” which points them directly to ICE’s front door
May 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some people have what is essentially the opposite of a “moral compass” which points them directly to ICE’s front door
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The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
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This is blatantly authoritarian. No specific and credible allegations are laid against Krebs, beyond the fact he undermined the President's false claims about a stolen election. Nevertheless, Trump will direct the federal government to make his life hell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Chris Krebs, Ex-Leader of Cybersecurity Agency, Is Under Investigation, Trump Officials Say
The disclosure came three weeks after President Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate the former agency leader, Chris Krebs, in an act of score settling.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is blatantly authoritarian. No specific and credible allegations are laid against Krebs, beyond the fact he undermined the President's false claims about a stolen election. Nevertheless, Trump will direct the federal government to make his life hell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
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It appears very likely that the Supreme Court will force Oklahoma to approve and fund a Catholic charter school that reserves the right to indoctrinate students in Catholicism, force them to attend mass, and discriminate against non-Catholics. The three liberals sound increasingly exasperated.
April 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It appears very likely that the Supreme Court will force Oklahoma to approve and fund a Catholic charter school that reserves the right to indoctrinate students in Catholicism, force them to attend mass, and discriminate against non-Catholics. The three liberals sound increasingly exasperated.
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Tired: Popes covering up sexual assault.
Wired: Popes judged by a jury of their peers to have committed sexual assault.
Wired: Popes judged by a jury of their peers to have committed sexual assault.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Tired: Popes covering up sexual assault.
Wired: Popes judged by a jury of their peers to have committed sexual assault.
Wired: Popes judged by a jury of their peers to have committed sexual assault.
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RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!
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Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
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The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Never forget this man once suggested attacking migrant boats with reaper drones.
I hope I live to see Stephen Miller handcuffed in a dock at The Hague
Stephen Miller says that returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US would amount to "kidnapping" a citizen of El Salvador
April 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Never forget this man once suggested attacking migrant boats with reaper drones.
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I hope I live to see Stephen Miller handcuffed in a dock at The Hague
Stephen Miller says that returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US would amount to "kidnapping" a citizen of El Salvador
April 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I hope I live to see Stephen Miller handcuffed in a dock at The Hague
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Ms. Rachel Is Hamas Now - defector.com/ms-rachel-is...
Ms. Rachel Is Hamas Now | Defector
When we previously checked in with Liora Rez, who runs the nuisance group StopAntisemitism, she was trying to get some flight attendants fired over a Palestinian flag pin. Between then and now, she ha...
defector.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ms. Rachel Is Hamas Now - defector.com/ms-rachel-is...
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Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker
Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker
WASHINGTON—As the Trump administration continues to alter the version of American history that appears in government publications, sources confirmed Monday that a page on the National Parks website ha...
theonion.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker
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Much of the media's attention is focused on what harm Pete Hegseth's reckless irresponsibility might do to him, when it should be focused on what harm it could have done to our troops--and *will* do to our relationships with allies, especially in Europe.
March 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Much of the media's attention is focused on what harm Pete Hegseth's reckless irresponsibility might do to him, when it should be focused on what harm it could have done to our troops--and *will* do to our relationships with allies, especially in Europe.