Paul Filippelli
@paulforohio.bsky.social
Attorney in Columbus, Ohio. Pro-worker. Former Democratic candidate for Ohio House of Representatives, District 9.
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Justice Alito is probably mulling some emergency stay against the Indiana GOP senators who dared vote against Trump today.
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Justice Alito is probably mulling some emergency stay against the Indiana GOP senators who dared vote against Trump today.
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Sunday, 12/7/2025, 3:30-5pm, join us at Whetstone Library, 3909 N High St, Columbus, to write postcards to Central Ohio Home Depot store managers and to Home Depot corporate leaders demanding an end to their complicity with ICE.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sunday, 12/7/2025, 3:30-5pm, join us at Whetstone Library, 3909 N High St, Columbus, to write postcards to Central Ohio Home Depot store managers and to Home Depot corporate leaders demanding an end to their complicity with ICE.
Is there any way to deny that Donald Trump is actively pro-corruption?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
Donald Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Cuellar had faced a dozen charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. On Wednesday, he filed for reelection as a Democrat, quieting speculation that he might switch parties.
www.texastribune.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is there any way to deny that Donald Trump is actively pro-corruption?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
Is there any way to deny that Donald Trump is actively pro-corruption.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
Donald Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Cuellar had faced a dozen charges of bribery, money laundering and conspiracy. On Wednesday, he filed for reelection as a Democrat, quieting speculation that he might switch parties.
www.texastribune.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is there any way to deny that Donald Trump is actively pro-corruption.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/h...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Donald Trump's attempt to interfere in the Honduran election should be a way bigger scandal in the U.S. than it is.
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Donald Trump's attempt to interfere in the Honduran election should be a way bigger scandal in the U.S. than it is.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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the president of the united states is trying to give americans $2k in hush money
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
the president of the united states is trying to give americans $2k in hush money
Habanero peppers in a dehydrator.
2. What is a smell that you love?
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Habanero peppers in a dehydrator.
You started your speech with a Eugene Debs quote? Welcome to being my favorite mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You started your speech with a Eugene Debs quote? Welcome to being my favorite mayor.
In 2025, voting Republican is less popular than pooping your pants.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In 2025, voting Republican is less popular than pooping your pants.
Pro-freedom candidates won in Virginia and New Jersey, overwhelmingly.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Pro-freedom candidates won in Virginia and New Jersey, overwhelmingly.
Virginia's election for governor was the best example of "Normal vs. Evil" in 2025.
We tried normal against evil in 2024, but apparently it works in 2025.
We tried normal against evil in 2024, but apparently it works in 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Virginia's election for governor was the best example of "Normal vs. Evil" in 2025.
We tried normal against evil in 2024, but apparently it works in 2025.
We tried normal against evil in 2024, but apparently it works in 2025.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
This is the correct take. One of Donald Trump's most consistent positions is that he is pro-corruption.
He pardons people for corruption convictions, regardless of party. See, e.g., Rod Blagojevich.
He pardons people for corruption convictions, regardless of party. See, e.g., Rod Blagojevich.
Unsurprising that there would be some sympathy there for people who commit fraud. . .
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...
www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...
President Trump commutes prison sentence of disgraced ex-Congressman George Santos
Disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos is now free after President Trump commuted his seven-year prison sentence. The Weekend hosts weigh in on the party of law and order's decision to release t...
www.msnbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the correct take. One of Donald Trump's most consistent positions is that he is pro-corruption.
He pardons people for corruption convictions, regardless of party. See, e.g., Rod Blagojevich.
He pardons people for corruption convictions, regardless of party. See, e.g., Rod Blagojevich.
Compare this to what he said about people telling what he calls "edgy, offensive jokes" about Charlie Kirk.
It's telling that Vance's first instinct following the Politico leak was to tell his sons to be wary of what they write in group chats--to assume “some scumbag is going to leak it in an effort to try to cause you harm.”
His message here is basically--be racist; just don't get caught.
His message here is basically--be racist; just don't get caught.
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Compare this to what he said about people telling what he calls "edgy, offensive jokes" about Charlie Kirk.
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You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
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The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.
It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.
But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.
It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.
But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.
It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.
But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.
It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.
But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.
Or maybe it is a good thing that more people stay home when they are sick, instead of going to work and getting everyone else sick.
US research:
"COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences...similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Policymakers should consider...policies & actions that mitigate the spread of #COVID19"
#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver
"COVID-19 may have created a new year-round baseline for work absences...similar to influenza season conditions before the pandemic"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Policymakers should consider...policies & actions that mitigate the spread of #COVID19"
#LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver
October 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Or maybe it is a good thing that more people stay home when they are sick, instead of going to work and getting everyone else sick.