Jim
@jim7654.bsky.social
he/him, family man, retired, pro-union, registered democrat
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The legal justification for sending missiles at random brown people in the Caribbean is the same legal justification for drone striking random laborers at a Home Depot in Corona: There is none.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The legal justification for sending missiles at random brown people in the Caribbean is the same legal justification for drone striking random laborers at a Home Depot in Corona: There is none.
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Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
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Please help Juni!!
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Please help Juni!!
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Heba. Heba made cakes before the war (her insta has many examples) but she lost her home and all her supplies. She’s hoping to replace them so she can support her children Waseem, 20 (who is injured), Wadih, 17, Tala, 15 and Elias, 8
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Heba. Heba made cakes before the war (her insta has many examples) but she lost her home and all her supplies. She’s hoping to replace them so she can support her children Waseem, 20 (who is injured), Wadih, 17, Tala, 15 and Elias, 8
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Heba. Heba made cakes before the war (her insta has many examples) but she lost her home and all her supplies. She’s hoping to replace them so she can support her children Waseem, 20 (who is injured), Wadih, 17, Tala, 15 and Elias, 8
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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ICE activity has increased in Sunset Park, Bushwick, and Corona (non-exhaustive list) and it seems to be because people aren’t attending their court dates — either due to not receiving notice or intentionally skipping because they know people are getting disappeared at 26 Federal Plaza.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
ICE activity has increased in Sunset Park, Bushwick, and Corona (non-exhaustive list) and it seems to be because people aren’t attending their court dates — either due to not receiving notice or intentionally skipping because they know people are getting disappeared at 26 Federal Plaza.
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On October 9, I noted that Greg Bovino's boast that "Shitshow" was batting 9%. With Briggs' dismissal today, it's batting Zero.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...
Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 9% [Updated] - emptywheel
Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges aga...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On October 9, I noted that Greg Bovino's boast that "Shitshow" was batting 9%. With Briggs' dismissal today, it's batting Zero.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/g...
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The best defense against rumors and false allegations are my own words. I stand by my words.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The best defense against rumors and false allegations are my own words. I stand by my words.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
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"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
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The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
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Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.
Palestine Action trial begins in London – what we know
Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Six members of the proscribed 'terrorist' action group to be tried over attack on Israeli weapons group Elbit Systems.
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two of my favorite people, combined!
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
two of my favorite people, combined!
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Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
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I think it's important to note that the guy executing a world historical cover-up of his connection to the worst child rape trafficker of the century is deporting people who have committed no crime and want nothing more than to work hard and pay their taxes.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think it's important to note that the guy executing a world historical cover-up of his connection to the worst child rape trafficker of the century is deporting people who have committed no crime and want nothing more than to work hard and pay their taxes.
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But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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He’s gonna do a commutation.
JUST IN: Trump not weighing pardon for Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, White House says
Trump not weighing pardon for Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell
A petition to release the Epstein files is expected to have enough signatures Wednesday evening.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
He’s gonna do a commutation.
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If Sarah Kendzior is indeed blocked on @bsky.app, this is a completely unjustified and highly questionable move. Sarah Kendzior is among the best voices of knowledge-based critical journalism in the US. See to it that this is corrected immediately and with an apology, @pfrazee.com!
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November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If Sarah Kendzior is indeed blocked on @bsky.app, this is a completely unjustified and highly questionable move. Sarah Kendzior is among the best voices of knowledge-based critical journalism in the US. See to it that this is corrected immediately and with an apology, @pfrazee.com!
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One way you beat fascism is to get 3.5% of the population out protesting.
Here are some details on what is bringing people out in Trumpland.
And for those coming out in Trumpland on Saturday? Stay safe!!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/resi...
Here are some details on what is bringing people out in Trumpland.
And for those coming out in Trumpland on Saturday? Stay safe!!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/resi...
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One way you beat fascism is to get 3.5% of the population out protesting.
Here are some details on what is bringing people out in Trumpland.
And for those coming out in Trumpland on Saturday? Stay safe!!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/resi...
Here are some details on what is bringing people out in Trumpland.
And for those coming out in Trumpland on Saturday? Stay safe!!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/resi...
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Go back and read what we said AT THE TIME when the body cam push was being uplifted as THE key "reform." Every single thing we predicted happened.
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Go back and read what we said AT THE TIME when the body cam push was being uplifted as THE key "reform." Every single thing we predicted happened.
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At some point we have to move beyond “the cruelty is the point” to
They actively want people dead and the ability to gloat about it
They actively want people dead and the ability to gloat about it
What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
At some point we have to move beyond “the cruelty is the point” to
They actively want people dead and the ability to gloat about it
They actively want people dead and the ability to gloat about it
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM