Paul Derrick
@paulderrick.bsky.social
Trying to live a life that glorifies Christ (perhaps occasionally succeeding); husband/dad/grandpa/lawyer; politically independent; grateful ex-alcoholic; competition BBQ judge.
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Trump, Johnson, and others are tossing around the word "sedition" as if the repeated incantation of it, through some feat of legal alchemy, will somehow give their baseless pronouncements about what it means a gloss of truth. They're merely incorrect.
www.csis.org/analysis/und...
www.csis.org/analysis/und...
Understanding Insurrection and Sedition
CSIS security experts define acts of sedition and insurrection and evaluate the seriousness of both charges.
www.csis.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Trump, Johnson, and others are tossing around the word "sedition" as if the repeated incantation of it, through some feat of legal alchemy, will somehow give their baseless pronouncements about what it means a gloss of truth. They're merely incorrect.
www.csis.org/analysis/und...
www.csis.org/analysis/und...
💯 You have to be very careful when arguing with insane people because there's always a likelihood that folks won't be able to tell you apart.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
💯 You have to be very careful when arguing with insane people because there's always a likelihood that folks won't be able to tell you apart.
When a president feels threatened and calls for the execution of people whose only action was openly stating what the Constitution and federal law have long provided, it's time to immediately remove him by any legal means possible.
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When a president feels threatened and calls for the execution of people whose only action was openly stating what the Constitution and federal law have long provided, it's time to immediately remove him by any legal means possible.
In the words of one of my law school professors, “Compulsive liars are just incapable of letting facts and evidence get in the way of a good story.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In the words of one of my law school professors, “Compulsive liars are just incapable of letting facts and evidence get in the way of a good story.”
nlgmltf.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And less than 20 of those had a criminal record. As we've seen countless times from this administration, cruelty is the point.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
And less than 20 of those had a criminal record. As we've seen countless times from this administration, cruelty is the point.
Heads would explode.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Heads would explode.
Nor am I...and I'm OK with that.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nor am I...and I'm OK with that.
Until people who buy their ink by the barrel, so to speak (i.e., the media), have the testicular fortitude to tell him face-to-face and in-the-moment that his vile behavior is despicable and will be candidly reported as such, he will only get more brazen. Complicity by silence is still complicity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Until people who buy their ink by the barrel, so to speak (i.e., the media), have the testicular fortitude to tell him face-to-face and in-the-moment that his vile behavior is despicable and will be candidly reported as such, he will only get more brazen. Complicity by silence is still complicity.
In the land of Mammon, everything is for sale. It is a land in which there are no good guys and no heroes; greed and materialism are the currency of the day. The worst of human traits and frailties abound, and those with the means and ambition clamor mightily for things that aren't worth having.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In the land of Mammon, everything is for sale. It is a land in which there are no good guys and no heroes; greed and materialism are the currency of the day. The worst of human traits and frailties abound, and those with the means and ambition clamor mightily for things that aren't worth having.
"We don't want those people [with criminal records] in society."
We should all be glad that Jesus doesn't take that approach with those who have turned their lives around. Forgiveness, rebirth, and a new life are only a part of his promise to all who believe in him.
We should all be glad that Jesus doesn't take that approach with those who have turned their lives around. Forgiveness, rebirth, and a new life are only a part of his promise to all who believe in him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"We don't want those people [with criminal records] in society."
We should all be glad that Jesus doesn't take that approach with those who have turned their lives around. Forgiveness, rebirth, and a new life are only a part of his promise to all who believe in him.
We should all be glad that Jesus doesn't take that approach with those who have turned their lives around. Forgiveness, rebirth, and a new life are only a part of his promise to all who believe in him.
There can't be one without the other.
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There can't be one without the other.
We shouldn’t hold our breath waiting for Elon to build even one library. Can he even read?
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We shouldn’t hold our breath waiting for Elon to build even one library. Can he even read?
Toto, we're definitely not in Kansas, anymore.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Toto, we're definitely not in Kansas, anymore.
None of which, even if true, makes Trump any less of a criminal, a child molester, or a clear and present danger to the U.S.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
None of which, even if true, makes Trump any less of a criminal, a child molester, or a clear and present danger to the U.S.