Richard Gottlieb
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Richard Gottlieb
@la-lawyer.bsky.social
Advocate, Professor, Dad. Make America Normal Again, pretty please.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed.
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump claims not to know whether he is duty bound to uphold the Constitution. Nothing to see here, folks.
May 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At least we now know how much it costs to buy a DHS secretary.

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Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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April 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“You have to give it to Trump. The man is a marvel at multitasking. In one sensational swoop, Trump was able to set the global economy reeling, shatter our alliances, shred our standing in the world, tank consumer confidence, scupper the Kennedy Center and tart up the Oval Office.”
Opinion | A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up
A very petty man in a very powerful job.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Expect token effort to retrieve Abrego Garcia…The Salvadoran government has declared that anyone who is imprisoned at CECOT will never leave—if he returns, he could speak out about the conditions he experienced, which could have political consequences for Salvadoran leadership and Trump.
The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived
The justices ordered the government to seek the return of a man whom it had wrongfully deported.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“The cost in lost (US) influence will be considerable. Trump thinks the lure of the US market and (its) military power are enough to bend countries to his will. But soft power also matters (including) being able to trust (us) as a reliable ally and trading partner. Trump is shattering that trust”
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April 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to sensitive meetings with foreign military officials
March 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Will Bunch: “the American thought police have disappeared a promising student into their gulag archipelago for the alleged “crime” of publishing their political opinion in a college paper…stop talking about the threat of creeping authoritarianism because tyranny is already here, spreading fear.”
Call it fascism, call them Nazis, or totatlitarians, I don't care. But this is state sponsored terrorism and it is not acceptable in America. Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is as outraged and infuriated as I am and we all should be. -GIFT LINK-

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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I’d see in America | Will Bunch
Masked federal agents in an unmarked vehicle snatched a Tufts student off the street for an op-ed she wrote in a college newspaper.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Call it fascism, call them Nazis, or totatlitarians, I don't care. But this is state sponsored terrorism and it is not acceptable in America. Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is as outraged and infuriated as I am and we all should be. -GIFT LINK-

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The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I’d see in America | Will Bunch
Masked federal agents in an unmarked vehicle snatched a Tufts student off the street for an op-ed she wrote in a college newspaper.
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March 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Peggy Noonan on the #Signal chat blunder: “they denied the obvious and attacked the character of the reporter … They misread their position and misread what (the reporter)would do if they challenged his accuracy or interpretations: He published the whole lot. Which made them look stupid twice.”
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump dumps support for sex trafficked migrant children. “Children cannot be expected to navigate the harsh and complicated immigration legal system without an attorney. This brazen, heartless act endangers children’s lives.”
Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children
The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them vulnerable to swift deportation.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Stalin, Mao and Khomeini couldn’t quell freedom’s voice. But Trump did.
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Read it here: The #PerkinsCoie complaint against #Trump. How illegal is this order? Check our paragraph 10. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... #AbuseOfPower #LawFirms
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March 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM