James D. Taylor
@jdtaylor-sd.bsky.social
County seat lawyer, '76 Ole (Saint Olaf College), '82 Coyote (USD School of Law), politically Independent, religiously progressive, Freemason, husband, father, grandfather, rail fan, old house enthusiast, and a whole host of other, varied interests.
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No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
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Why, it's almost like Trump is a habitual liar with a bad memory because of his clear dementia...
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Why, it's almost like Trump is a habitual liar with a bad memory because of his clear dementia...
EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY! Since the snow has been coming down steady, and heavy, since 9 a.m. we're adding a day! Congregational United Church of Christ, Mitchell, South Dakota.
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY! Since the snow has been coming down steady, and heavy, since 9 a.m. we're adding a day! Congregational United Church of Christ, Mitchell, South Dakota.
Now he's short-circuiting his own appointees' efforts to apply the Rule of Law. Completely corrupt; completely nuts.
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Timothy Leiweke, a real estate developer who had been charged by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year with rigging the bidding process for a sports arena.
Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration
This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Now he's short-circuiting his own appointees' efforts to apply the Rule of Law. Completely corrupt; completely nuts.
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Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
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"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement...The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself."
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement...The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself."
The police state expands to find "dissenters" and imperil the 1st Amendment. Read this.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The police state expands to find "dissenters" and imperil the 1st Amendment. Read this.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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Read this. It is fundamental to preserving the Rule of Law as the bulwark against the burgeoning threats to our American Republic.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Read this. It is fundamental to preserving the Rule of Law as the bulwark against the burgeoning threats to our American Republic.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Nebraska’s quirky replica of England’s prehistoric Stonehenge, “Carhenge,” is about to get some new competition in South Dakota. And a former Nebraskan is behind it.
Via @nebraskaexaminer.com
Via @nebraskaexaminer.com
Competition for Nebraska's 'Carhenge' rises near South Dakota's Badlands • South Dakota Searchlight
Nebraska’s quirky replica of England’s prehistoric Stonehenge, “Carhenge,” is about to get some new competition in a neighboring state.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nebraska’s quirky replica of England’s prehistoric Stonehenge, “Carhenge,” is about to get some new competition in South Dakota. And a former Nebraskan is behind it.
Via @nebraskaexaminer.com
Via @nebraskaexaminer.com
Hegseth says to "Kill them all." That issue was settled 80 years ago. Incompetence, narcissism, cruelty, and lack of any moral compass. The qualities of the current administration are utterly despicable.
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hegseth says to "Kill them all." That issue was settled 80 years ago. Incompetence, narcissism, cruelty, and lack of any moral compass. The qualities of the current administration are utterly despicable.
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
It's all grift and corruption - state sponsored pocket lining.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's all grift and corruption - state sponsored pocket lining.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Trump’s stated justification for every single one of his despicable pardons of multiple drug traffickers, wealthy fraudsters, people who beat up cops, cronies, violent criminals, and politically connected Republicans is always the same: “I heard they were treated very unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump’s stated justification for every single one of his despicable pardons of multiple drug traffickers, wealthy fraudsters, people who beat up cops, cronies, violent criminals, and politically connected Republicans is always the same: “I heard they were treated very unfairly.”
Good words for these hard times...
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I'm Gonna Walk It With You, from Make Your Own Luck by Mustard's Retreat
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November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Good words for these hard times...
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He's completely around the bend and utterly incompetent. Are there NO leaders, statesmen, in the majority party anymore? This political farce has to end.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Vicious Mental Spiral Takes Center Stage on Thanksgiving as He Calls Governor, ‘Seriously Retarded’
President Donald Trump reached another low on Thanksgiving night in a rant against immigrants and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
www.mediaite.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
He's completely around the bend and utterly incompetent. Are there NO leaders, statesmen, in the majority party anymore? This political farce has to end.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
"(S)tand up and show the fools who would frighten us, who would divide us, that we’re made of stronger stuff, that we believe in the rule of law, that we believe in the importance of doing things by the law.” James Comey. 11-24-2025
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November 24, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"(S)tand up and show the fools who would frighten us, who would divide us, that we’re made of stronger stuff, that we believe in the rule of law, that we believe in the importance of doing things by the law.” James Comey. 11-24-2025
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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