@joehutchinson.bsky.social
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My statement on mass starvation in Gaza.
July 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My statement on mass starvation in Gaza.
This is a crisis. Israel must stop starving Palestinians.
Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
Israel is starving Gaza | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is a crisis. Israel must stop starving Palestinians.
It’s morally repugnant to take healthcare away from millions of people. This budget is not what America wants or needs.
July 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s morally repugnant to take healthcare away from millions of people. This budget is not what America wants or needs.
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It’s not a surprise that the man who purposely incited a violent attempt to overthrow an American election would now purposely incite violence on the streets of Los Angeles as a justification for military force against American citizens.
Not a surprise at all.
Not a surprise at all.
June 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s not a surprise that the man who purposely incited a violent attempt to overthrow an American election would now purposely incite violence on the streets of Los Angeles as a justification for military force against American citizens.
Not a surprise at all.
Not a surprise at all.
This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. The President should not be directing the military to take action against Americans.
Period.
Congress needs to step up and end this.
Period.
Congress needs to step up and end this.
FLAG:
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 700 Marines will formally deploy to LA in the coming hours to respond to immigration protests, US officials say.
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 700 Marines will formally deploy to LA in the coming hours to respond to immigration protests, US officials say.
June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is wrong. This is wrong. This is wrong. The President should not be directing the military to take action against Americans.
Period.
Congress needs to step up and end this.
Period.
Congress needs to step up and end this.
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President Trump's reckless deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles is an extreme abuse of power that endangers our communities.
Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert
The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.
www.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
President Trump's reckless deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles is an extreme abuse of power that endangers our communities.
It’s my birthday, so I just got the Starbucks drink that most resembles an Oreo cookie milkshake
May 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s my birthday, so I just got the Starbucks drink that most resembles an Oreo cookie milkshake
I would be embarrassed to be Elon Musk’s friend. It is absurd of him to say that people are receiving fraudulent money to protest him/Trump/DOGE. It is plain to see that he is making this up to try and make himself look better in light of his company’s declining profits. fortune.com/article/elon...
Elon Musk claims Tesla demonstrators are being paid by government ‘waste and fraud’ he is fighting with DOGE—they just won’t admit it
Musk offered no evidence for his claims but described the protests as “natural blowback” on Tesla from those on the receiving end of the fraud.
fortune.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I would be embarrassed to be Elon Musk’s friend. It is absurd of him to say that people are receiving fraudulent money to protest him/Trump/DOGE. It is plain to see that he is making this up to try and make himself look better in light of his company’s declining profits. fortune.com/article/elon...
More than 170 international students at UT System schools have had visas revoked: officials
www.statesman.com/story/news/p...
Chilling. @doggett.house.gov are you looking into this?
www.statesman.com/story/news/p...
Chilling. @doggett.house.gov are you looking into this?
More than 170 international students at UT System schools have had visas revoked: officials
More than 170 students in University of Texas System schools have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration, officials confirm.
www.statesman.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More than 170 international students at UT System schools have had visas revoked: officials
www.statesman.com/story/news/p...
Chilling. @doggett.house.gov are you looking into this?
www.statesman.com/story/news/p...
Chilling. @doggett.house.gov are you looking into this?
Hegseth, Gabbard, and Waltz need to resign. They put American lives at risk with their reckless conduct.
March 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hegseth, Gabbard, and Waltz need to resign. They put American lives at risk with their reckless conduct.
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my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
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there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
February 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie
Russian aggression is responsible for the Ukrainian War. Failure to affirm this fact is officially capitulation to Putin. Trump, Elon, Vance, and the lot of the MAGA kakistocracy are dragging us into the putrid muck of authoritarianism. We will be far worse off after they are done.
Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war.
Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.
Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Russian aggression is responsible for the Ukrainian War. Failure to affirm this fact is officially capitulation to Putin. Trump, Elon, Vance, and the lot of the MAGA kakistocracy are dragging us into the putrid muck of authoritarianism. We will be far worse off after they are done.
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“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
![February 4, 2025
Edward R. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Patrick Henry Building
601 D Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
Transmitted via email
Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE
Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.:
We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who
"target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue.
On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of
"all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots.
As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest.
Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreibo4srxmqoq44eo4bp5wyc26moq2mvevrpvyul5eibwjeh6l6acia@jpeg)
![X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names.
As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them.
Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to
'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.'
You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2
Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S.
Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreigtzd6v5yrwc6ikbo6jmt77r4yc5oikqeop4g3a6qswpxbhjtzxuq@jpeg)
![government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical.
It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17
Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would.
Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism.
We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreihjaig2236xfdb6rhe5u5644xzvjc5p2lva7fkj6rc3z3sthfswbi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
The Trump funding shutdown isn’t just “concerning.” It’s clearly unjust and an attempt to wind down parts of the federal government. It needs to be called like it is. #democrats - take these three sentences and communicate them to people.
January 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Trump funding shutdown isn’t just “concerning.” It’s clearly unjust and an attempt to wind down parts of the federal government. It needs to be called like it is. #democrats - take these three sentences and communicate them to people.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Trump is condemning us to rot.
The United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, the White House announced Monday, repeating an action President Donald Trump took during his first administration.
Withdrawal requires the president to submit a letter to the U.N. and would take effect in one year.
Withdrawal requires the president to submit a letter to the U.N. and would take effect in one year.
Inauguration live updates: Trump sworn in, promises ‘golden age,’ U.S. expansion in speech
Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted during the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Trump is condemning us to rot.
Whether he’s a troll, a Nazi, or both, he certainly is disgraceful. #NazisAreBad
January 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Whether he’s a troll, a Nazi, or both, he certainly is disgraceful. #NazisAreBad
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Trump just said he'll bring back law and order.
Remember the last time he was here:
Remember the last time he was here:
When Republicans “claim to be the party of law and order, Americans should remember the day that [Trump] was willing to sacrifice the men and women of the thin blue line on the altar of his own ambitions,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
Trump Returns to the Scene of the Crime
On January 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters attacked scores of police officers as the president stood by.
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump just said he'll bring back law and order.
Remember the last time he was here:
Remember the last time he was here:
The EO ending birthright citizenship is simply unconstitutional. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/topics/birth...
January 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The EO ending birthright citizenship is simply unconstitutional. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/topics/birth...
This article ends with a perfect quote:
“I don’t think he’s going to fail at” a unifying message, said Mary Stuckey, a Pennsylvania State University professor who specializes in political and presidential rhetoric. “I don’t think he’s going to even try.”
“I don’t think he’s going to fail at” a unifying message, said Mary Stuckey, a Pennsylvania State University professor who specializes in political and presidential rhetoric. “I don’t think he’s going to even try.”
NEW: Trump promised his inauguration address will have a “message of unity.” But he has a record of stepping on his own sunny promises of optimism with darkness and division.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump promises ‘unity’ in inaugural address. Can he deliver it?
Trump promises ‘unity’ in inaugural address. Can he deliver it? He has a record of stepping on his own sunny promises of optimism with darkness and division.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This article ends with a perfect quote:
“I don’t think he’s going to fail at” a unifying message, said Mary Stuckey, a Pennsylvania State University professor who specializes in political and presidential rhetoric. “I don’t think he’s going to even try.”
“I don’t think he’s going to fail at” a unifying message, said Mary Stuckey, a Pennsylvania State University professor who specializes in political and presidential rhetoric. “I don’t think he’s going to even try.”
I’m totally delusional - so the tik tok ban means everyone is going to flock to subscribe to their local newspapers, right? Everyone will want some more print media in their lives? Everyone’s going to realize they were wrong to rely on social media for hard news and factual information? #tiktok
January 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m totally delusional - so the tik tok ban means everyone is going to flock to subscribe to their local newspapers, right? Everyone will want some more print media in their lives? Everyone’s going to realize they were wrong to rely on social media for hard news and factual information? #tiktok