JuliaKurtz71
@juliakurtz71.bsky.social
Federal and state interpreter and translator, lifelong progressive, union steward
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
SOUND UP 🎶🎶
DAY 29 NOVEMBER 2O25
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
So thankful for all of you in these horrendous times
Tonight Something Wonderful
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the creation of Rock n Roll
Enjoy with Love ⬇️❤️
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NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
CfA - FL + VA Bar Complaint - Lindsey Halligan
www.documentcloud.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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They had Trump and GOP playing defense. Republicans were being blamed for shutdown. Dems soundly trounced the GOP on election night. All the momentum was on their side but they gave up their leverage. And even as Trump was getting loudly serenaded by boos at an NFL game, Dems folded.
"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on."
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Trump’s Rage over Shutdown Boils Over in Rant that Should Wake Up Dems
Trump’s angry new rant about air traffic controllers and the government shutdown showed his weakness. A sharp observer of Senate Democrats explains why they seem to be caving—and what they can do inst...
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
They had Trump and GOP playing defense. Republicans were being blamed for shutdown. Dems soundly trounced the GOP on election night. All the momentum was on their side but they gave up their leverage. And even as Trump was getting loudly serenaded by boos at an NFL game, Dems folded.
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
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If Trump and his regime's facism has pushed you to the point where you just can't take it anymore, watch Noel's podcast(s). They're like free therapy sessions.
Noel Casler Podcast•Episode 133 is out now on Patreon. Free to watch and no commercials. Link to subscribe: www.patreon.com/posts/142374...
Noel Casler Podcast Episode 133 | Noel Casler
Get more from Noel Casler on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If Trump and his regime's facism has pushed you to the point where you just can't take it anymore, watch Noel's podcast(s). They're like free therapy sessions.
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Trump's ballroom fiasco looks even worse against backdrop of bad economic news:
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Worse Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal
As the ballroom story gets more damaging for Trump against a backdrop of terrible economic news, a progressive organizer explains how all this gives Democrats a big opening to regain crucial lost grou...
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trump's ballroom fiasco looks even worse against backdrop of bad economic news:
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
*layoffs mounting
*food stamps expiring
*health care premiums soaring
*consumer sentiment sliding
On the pod, Elizabeth Pancotti is great in explaining the opening here for Dems:
newrepublic.com/article/2024...
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"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed." (Mahatma Gandhi)
🍞🥕🥛🍎🍗
#SNAP
#TrumpShutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
🍞🥕🥛🍎🍗
#SNAP
#TrumpShutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed." (Mahatma Gandhi)
🍞🥕🥛🍎🍗
#SNAP
#TrumpShutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
🍞🥕🥛🍎🍗
#SNAP
#TrumpShutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
Also a reaction to the #NoKings turnout
Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House because he wants you to feel violated. He wants it to serve as metaphor for what he thinks he can do, at his whim, to your life and the lives of your loved-ones.
Do not submit.
Do not submit.
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Also a reaction to the #NoKings turnout
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Being a parent means sometimes eating meals you aren’t really excited about, but you know your child will eat. These recipes are loaded with ingredients and textures that many children typically love with flavors that will please adult palates, too. nyti.ms/4op8UFL
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Being a parent means sometimes eating meals you aren’t really excited about, but you know your child will eat. These recipes are loaded with ingredients and textures that many children typically love with flavors that will please adult palates, too. nyti.ms/4op8UFL
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Perhaps you will feel different on 2026 when we win back the House and Senate
Q: “Do you plan to meet with Democrats before you head to Asia, and if not, why?”
Trump: “Well, I think it’s a shame that it’s shut down…I don’t think it’s affecting what we’re doing.”
Trump: “Well, I think it’s a shame that it’s shut down…I don’t think it’s affecting what we’re doing.”
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Perhaps you will feel different on 2026 when we win back the House and Senate
Does anyone have a link to Comey's motion to dismiss on court listener?
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Does anyone have a link to Comey's motion to dismiss on court listener?
Just blocked
The official White House account has been blocked by almost 30,000 people since being created earlier today.
The account has just over 1,000 followers.
(clearsky.app/whitehouse-4...)
The account has just over 1,000 followers.
(clearsky.app/whitehouse-4...)
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just blocked
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Crackdowns on lawyers, judges, prosecutors are part of a longstanding authoritarian playbook used globally to silence dissent.
Jasmine Cameron, Fernanda Nicola, and Natalie Landau examine the responses in a half dozen countries and possible lessons for the US legal community:
Jasmine Cameron, Fernanda Nicola, and Natalie Landau examine the responses in a half dozen countries and possible lessons for the US legal community:
Attacks on U.S. Legal Profession Reflect Global Slide in Countries It Once Aided
Political pressures like those used to silence legal professionals and undermine rule of law in Europe and Eurasia echo autocratic patterns.
www.justsecurity.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Crackdowns on lawyers, judges, prosecutors are part of a longstanding authoritarian playbook used globally to silence dissent.
Jasmine Cameron, Fernanda Nicola, and Natalie Landau examine the responses in a half dozen countries and possible lessons for the US legal community:
Jasmine Cameron, Fernanda Nicola, and Natalie Landau examine the responses in a half dozen countries and possible lessons for the US legal community:
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At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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“Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don't care who you are. What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.”
~ Jessica Brody ~
~ Jessica Brody ~
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don't care who you are. What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.”
~ Jessica Brody ~
~ Jessica Brody ~
Good point
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Good point
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“Stephen Miller’s own cousin calls him ‘the face of evil’ *** ‘I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil,’” Alisa Kasmer wrote in a July Facebook post. “‘I grieve what you’ve become, Stephen...’” 10/6/25 … 1/
Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Calls Him the “Face of Evil”
Alisa Kasmer says Stephen Miller has betrayed all of their family values.
newrepublic.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Stephen Miller’s own cousin calls him ‘the face of evil’ *** ‘I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil,’” Alisa Kasmer wrote in a July Facebook post. “‘I grieve what you’ve become, Stephen...’” 10/6/25 … 1/
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Wish I was in CA for this!!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wish I was in CA for this!!!
ICE contractor locked an immigrant and her baby at an O’Hare hotel for five days www.injusticewatch.org/civil-courts...
ICE contractor locked an immigrant and her baby at an O’Hare hotel for five days
Valentina Galvis' detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detention.
www.injusticewatch.org
August 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
ICE contractor locked an immigrant and her baby at an O’Hare hotel for five days www.injusticewatch.org/civil-courts...
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NEW: We requested records about allegations in a whistleblower complaint that members of the Trump administration intentionally defied court orders to speed up the deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
CREW requests DHS, DOJ and DOD records on high-ranking officials alleged to have intentionally defied court orders - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The public should know if government officials defied court orders by greenlighting unlawful deportation flights to El Salvador.
www.citizensforethics.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: We requested records about allegations in a whistleblower complaint that members of the Trump administration intentionally defied court orders to speed up the deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
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This is a really terrific piece that reads like an American tragedy: a smart and curious young man interested in history and technology bought into the online far-right ideas about govt and used his talents to eviscerate it.
Some thoughts 🧵
Some thoughts 🧵
NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
July 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is a really terrific piece that reads like an American tragedy: a smart and curious young man interested in history and technology bought into the online far-right ideas about govt and used his talents to eviscerate it.
Some thoughts 🧵
Some thoughts 🧵