Jamie R Bedford
@jamierbedford.social
...when you know better, do better! –Maya Angelou (paraphrased)
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
Optimist struggling with realist-ism. Barbershop harmony geek.
#COVIDisAirborne (and so are colds and flu). Masking is community care.
he/they
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The grand jurors had to help Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer run Elmo.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The grand jurors had to help Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer run Elmo.
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The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.
Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
www.livescience.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
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Steven Crowder is a millionaire
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Steven Crowder is a millionaire
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
That didn’t stop him from taking out 70k in PPP Loans at the beginning of the pandemic
He didn’t pay it back
Apparently those kinds of government handouts are “ok”… but feeding hungry kids? Disabled people? Folks living in poverty?
That’s where he draws the line
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give me the quadrivalent mRNA flu vaccine right now. put it in me
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
give me the quadrivalent mRNA flu vaccine right now. put it in me
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But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
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My “my 17 references to George Soros aren’t political” footnote is raising a lot of questions answered by my footnote.
But worry not, he has a footnote explaining why his fixation on Soros "is not political."
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My “my 17 references to George Soros aren’t political” footnote is raising a lot of questions answered by my footnote.
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The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Department of Education wants to limit what degrees count as “professional”, impacting people’s ability to access loans.
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
Unsurprisingly, it’s women dominated professions being targeted.
It’s also a disability rights issue as they’re targeting paramedical programs. NPs, PTs, SLPs & social work
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This is exactly why the Supreme Court’s “Purcell principle” case law is so pernicious: It creates unprecedented incentives on the part of lower-court judges either to hustle out rulings that alter voting-related rules or to slow them down—and *everyone* assumes the other side’s motives are impure.
Judge Jerry Smith (Reagan appointee) is out with his dissent in the Texas redistricting case, and it is WILD
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November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is exactly why the Supreme Court’s “Purcell principle” case law is so pernicious: It creates unprecedented incentives on the part of lower-court judges either to hustle out rulings that alter voting-related rules or to slow them down—and *everyone* assumes the other side’s motives are impure.
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This is so nutty that I assumed Jerry E. Smith was a Trump appointee, but nope, just a 5th Circuit judge
I dunno, man, if I began an opinion with a 3+ page "Preliminary Statement" complaining about disrespectful conduct by the other two judges on the panel, I would not immediately follow it up with this:
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is so nutty that I assumed Jerry E. Smith was a Trump appointee, but nope, just a 5th Circuit judge
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"If it lies within the province of a court to change the charging part of an indictment to suit its own notions of what it ought to have been ... the great importance [of] an indictment by a grand jury ... may be frittered away until its value is almost destroyed." —Ex parte Bain (1887)
![From Ex parte Bain, 121 U.S. 1, 10, 13 (1887)(overruled on other grounds but subsequently cited in, e.g., Russell v. United States, 369 U.S. 749 [1962])
If it lies within the province of a court to change the charging part of an indictment to suit its own notions of what it ought to have been, or what the grand jury would probably have made it if their attention had been called to suggested changes, the great importance which the common law attaches to an indictment by a grand jury, as a prerequisite to a prisoner's trial for a crime, and without which the Constitution says "no person shall be held to answer," may be frittered away until its value is almost destroyed. ...
Any other doctrine would place the rights of the citizen, which were intended to be protected by the constitutional provision, at the mercy or control of the court or prosecuting attorney; for, if it be once held that changes can be made by the consent or the order of the court in the body of the indictment as presented by the grand jury, and the prisoner can be called upon to answer to the indictment as thus changed, the restriction which the Constitution places upon the power of the court, in regard to the prerequisite of an indictment, in reality no longer exists.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreiavfvuc6nbldoxfrguybliutrn47pfzxumlzgyfgxs3f25rphxjeu@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"If it lies within the province of a court to change the charging part of an indictment to suit its own notions of what it ought to have been ... the great importance [of] an indictment by a grand jury ... may be frittered away until its value is almost destroyed." —Ex parte Bain (1887)
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All the VSPs decided that we can't talk about climate any more, and the entire climate establishment pathetically acceded, nonetheless: climate change is still very real! And Trump is going to rack up Holocaust-style numbers with his anti-climate policies.
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
All the VSPs decided that we can't talk about climate any more, and the entire climate establishment pathetically acceded, nonetheless: climate change is still very real! And Trump is going to rack up Holocaust-style numbers with his anti-climate policies.
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It looks like ACA tax credits won’t be extended, because Trump said so.
When your health insurance costs increase, please be sure to aim your ire at Trump and his band of hateful Republicans.
This is going to be catastrophic for many.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
When your health insurance costs increase, please be sure to aim your ire at Trump and his band of hateful Republicans.
This is going to be catastrophic for many.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension
Trump told Republicans not to "waste" their time on extending the enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire, saying he'd only support "sending the money directly back to the people."
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It looks like ACA tax credits won’t be extended, because Trump said so.
When your health insurance costs increase, please be sure to aim your ire at Trump and his band of hateful Republicans.
This is going to be catastrophic for many.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
When your health insurance costs increase, please be sure to aim your ire at Trump and his band of hateful Republicans.
This is going to be catastrophic for many.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Arizonans, I hope you will join me in a complete and total boycott of Tesla’s robotaxi service, which just received a permit here.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Tesla receives ride-hailing permit in Arizona in last required step to launch robotaxi service | TechCrunch
The permit is the final regulatory step to launch a robotaxi service in Arizona, a state that has become a hub of autonomous vehicle technology testing and development.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Arizonans, I hope you will join me in a complete and total boycott of Tesla’s robotaxi service, which just received a permit here.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.
one of the things I really do not understand is why so much of the development of robots seems to be focused on making them bipedal like humans. Why? It's an insane allocation of resources when it would be much easier to give them three or four "legs" or come up with some new system
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.
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NOW: Chief Judge Boasberg is holding a hearing in the Alien Enemies Act, and announces that he does plan on continuing the contempt proceedings.
He believes that will entail having people testify, but is asking the parties for their positions.
“Justice requires me to move promptly on this.”
He believes that will entail having people testify, but is asking the parties for their positions.
“Justice requires me to move promptly on this.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NOW: Chief Judge Boasberg is holding a hearing in the Alien Enemies Act, and announces that he does plan on continuing the contempt proceedings.
He believes that will entail having people testify, but is asking the parties for their positions.
“Justice requires me to move promptly on this.”
He believes that will entail having people testify, but is asking the parties for their positions.
“Justice requires me to move promptly on this.”
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Incredible—according to @talkingpointsmemo.com, Judge Nachmanoff in the Comey case found a DC Circuit opinion almost directly on point that seems to prohibit what Halligan did with the indictment all the way back in 1969!
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Incredible—according to @talkingpointsmemo.com, Judge Nachmanoff in the Comey case found a DC Circuit opinion almost directly on point that seems to prohibit what Halligan did with the indictment all the way back in 1969!
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
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This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
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I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
Translate for us non-law-talkers...?
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
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So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
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Crim folks please weigh in, but I think if the unpresented presentment is a nullity, no jeopardy, but also nothing to relate back to, which means they have a huge statute of limitations problem.
Jeopardy does not attach regardless, right? So the criminal docket gets terminated, and Halligan gets to screw this up all over again.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Crim folks please weigh in, but I think if the unpresented presentment is a nullity, no jeopardy, but also nothing to relate back to, which means they have a huge statute of limitations problem.
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this is true and it’s shameful, so please go do some reading about the Great Migration
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long...
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
this is true and it’s shameful, so please go do some reading about the Great Migration
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/long...
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It happened Friday and didn't even get picked up for several days. One reporter mentioned it buried in a lengthy tweet with many other bullet points. He did this on camera in front of the whole traveling pool and they not only said nothing, none thought it was even remarkable enough to be a story.
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It happened Friday and didn't even get picked up for several days. One reporter mentioned it buried in a lengthy tweet with many other bullet points. He did this on camera in front of the whole traveling pool and they not only said nothing, none thought it was even remarkable enough to be a story.
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Before you invite Marjorie Taylor Greene under your big tent remember she is a rabid transphobe share.google/lunPQWT2CGAE...
Marjorie Taylor Greene posts anti-transgender sign across hall from lawmaker with transgender child | CNN Politics
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing sharp criticism after she posted an anti-transgender sign outside of her office, directly across the hall from another lawmaker who has a transgender child.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Before you invite Marjorie Taylor Greene under your big tent remember she is a rabid transphobe share.google/lunPQWT2CGAE...