Andrew
@intntflwstheballot.bsky.social
Native Arkansan lawyer in NYC. Starting over here after the other place became intolerable.
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yeah I feel a very high sense of alarm about what the "incapable of loving our country" goalposts are going to include
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
In case you thought you were safe bc you aren't one of his currently identified enemies to kidnap and deport, take a look at this line:
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
"and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country..."
No one is safe when a bully is in charge.
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
yeah I feel a very high sense of alarm about what the "incapable of loving our country" goalposts are going to include
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
quite certainly they're going to try very hard to use it on elected Democrats which is at least one reason I feel like we need to be TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT WAY MORE THAN WE ARE
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Hegseth needs to be in jail for the rest of his life, and that’s the moderate option.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hegseth needs to be in jail for the rest of his life, and that’s the moderate option.
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The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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A Border Patrol agent shot her 5x, bragged about it in texts. The govt accused her of being a domestic terrorist armed with a semiautomatic weapon who rammed agents with her car.
Now? No govt objection to dismissing the case w/prejudice.
RELENTLESS govt lies to the press, reluctant truth in court.
Now? No govt objection to dismissing the case w/prejudice.
RELENTLESS govt lies to the press, reluctant truth in court.
Government says it has no objection to the dismissal being with prejudice.
Defense attorneys also want their clients' confiscated property returned to them.
Defense attorneys also want their clients' confiscated property returned to them.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A Border Patrol agent shot her 5x, bragged about it in texts. The govt accused her of being a domestic terrorist armed with a semiautomatic weapon who rammed agents with her car.
Now? No govt objection to dismissing the case w/prejudice.
RELENTLESS govt lies to the press, reluctant truth in court.
Now? No govt objection to dismissing the case w/prejudice.
RELENTLESS govt lies to the press, reluctant truth in court.
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To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
Them: “You don’t have to obey illegal orders.”
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
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An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ...
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ...
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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This is the Democratic “behavior” that Trump says is punishable by death, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is the Democratic “behavior” that Trump says is punishable by death, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
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The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
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I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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just say it, reporters, it's not hard: '...the trump administration's open threats to use military force against a state that has not attacked it are widely seen by experts as illegal under international law...' there is very little to debate about that.
The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force. n.pr/47XHvV3
U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
just say it, reporters, it's not hard: '...the trump administration's open threats to use military force against a state that has not attacked it are widely seen by experts as illegal under international law...' there is very little to debate about that.
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Like do I wish Megyn Kelly absolutely nothing but the WORST in this life? SURE.
Is she out here being accused of raping kids? NO.
Is she out here being accused of raping kids? NO.
Thank you for saying what I was thinking in the back of my mind but hadn't quite articulated.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Like do I wish Megyn Kelly absolutely nothing but the WORST in this life? SURE.
Is she out here being accused of raping kids? NO.
Is she out here being accused of raping kids? NO.
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what
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
what
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Do not allow this administration’s unimaginably violent, unabashedly deliberate desensitization campaign to exhaust you. They don’t actually want you too scared to fight them - they want you too numb to flee.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Do not allow this administration’s unimaginably violent, unabashedly deliberate desensitization campaign to exhaust you. They don’t actually want you too scared to fight them - they want you too numb to flee.
Greg Bovino: A bitch.
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Greg Bovino: A bitch.
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If you worry that a police state may come to your town, please understand that it's already arrived in the Chicago area. Trump has sent masked, armed thugs to terrorize our hard-working immigrant neighbors and punish us for voting against him. This abduction occurred a few blocks from my home.
Feds active in Evanston again Friday, take at least one into custody - Evanston RoundTable
Federal immigration agents were active and driving throughout Evanston again Friday, and took at least one person into custody as they worked outside. The
evanstonroundtable.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you worry that a police state may come to your town, please understand that it's already arrived in the Chicago area. Trump has sent masked, armed thugs to terrorize our hard-working immigrant neighbors and punish us for voting against him. This abduction occurred a few blocks from my home.
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Our government should fear the People, not the other way around. In a group chat with other agents, he wrote: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” To another recipient, Exum said: "Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes." They think it's funny to shoot Americans
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our government should fear the People, not the other way around. In a group chat with other agents, he wrote: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” To another recipient, Exum said: "Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes." They think it's funny to shoot Americans
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Q: What's your favorite subway stop to stop-and-frisk?
A: All of them! ... When you're on the train with that beautiful outfit you have on—
Q: Oh, ty
A: —and all of a sudden you see someone hanging out, and they have a bulge on their side ...
Q: What are you saying rn?
A: What are you FEELING rn?
A: All of them! ... When you're on the train with that beautiful outfit you have on—
Q: Oh, ty
A: —and all of a sudden you see someone hanging out, and they have a bulge on their side ...
Q: What are you saying rn?
A: What are you FEELING rn?
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
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just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
The Department of Homeland Security: “hide behind the First Amendment”
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
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"Many of them, he said, held legal status, but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents.
“Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,” [their boss] said. “I could bring it to them and get them released. But I don’t know where they are.”"
“Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,” [their boss] said. “I could bring it to them and get them released. But I don’t know where they are.”"
With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.
The details are horrifying.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
The details are horrifying.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
Immigration agents raid Allston car wash and detain several workers - The Boston Globe
Many of them held legal status but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents, according to their manager.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Many of them, he said, held legal status, but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents.
“Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,” [their boss] said. “I could bring it to them and get them released. But I don’t know where they are.”"
“Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,” [their boss] said. “I could bring it to them and get them released. But I don’t know where they are.”"