JuliaKurtz71
juliakurtz71.bsky.social
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 ⬇️❤️
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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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...
CfA - FL + VA Bar Complaint - Lindsey Halligan
www.documentcloud.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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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.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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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
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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...
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
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"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed." (Mahatma Gandhi)
🍞🥕🥛🍎🍗
#SNAP
#TrumpShutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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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
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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.”
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Does anyone have a link to Comey's motion to dismiss on court listener?
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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...)
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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:
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
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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
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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 ~
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Good point
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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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
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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
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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…
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Wish I was in CA for this!!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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August 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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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
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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 🧵
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...
July 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM