Peter Orlowicz
@peterorlowicz.bsky.social
Admin law atty, IL native, Navy veteran, sometimes appellate lawyer, board game aficionado, ethics enthusiast, railroad law-talkin' guy (he/him). Personal account, as always.
I read the linked article and immediately had to think "wait, this isn't how Tiny Human is reading, right? No, I think we're okay" and breathed a small sigh of relief.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I read the linked article and immediately had to think "wait, this isn't how Tiny Human is reading, right? No, I think we're okay" and breathed a small sigh of relief.
(Michigan Avenue.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
(Michigan Avenue.)
Forgot about this one, honestly. bsky.app/profile/sena...
Durbin lied on national television and said because Feinstein was sick and not physically there in person, it was impossible to issue subpoenas in regards to the SCOTUS corruption scandal.
But his own website specifically stated that they allowed proxy voting.
But his own website specifically stated that they allowed proxy voting.
look at what this leadership did with oversight powers of SCOTUS in the middle of multiple devastating scandals for the conservatives. look at the half assed impeachments and half-assed oversight during the teens.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Forgot about this one, honestly. bsky.app/profile/sena...
I loved the Expanded Universe novels, so my chief disappointment with the prequels is that it really didn't use any of the back history that had been hinted at in those books, and then I was well and truly mad when the whole EU was pitched into the Legends non-canon pile.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I loved the Expanded Universe novels, so my chief disappointment with the prequels is that it really didn't use any of the back history that had been hinted at in those books, and then I was well and truly mad when the whole EU was pitched into the Legends non-canon pile.
Admittedly it's been a long time since I watched them, but I do remember feeling like Episodes 1-3 could be edited down to create a relatively solid 45-minute TV episode.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Admittedly it's been a long time since I watched them, but I do remember feeling like Episodes 1-3 could be edited down to create a relatively solid 45-minute TV episode.
Even with civil service protections, you can still fire someone for misconduct. It certainly feels like a record of disproportionate use of force in the sector you supervise could have been just cause for firing if his chain of command wanted to make a case for it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Even with civil service protections, you can still fire someone for misconduct. It certainly feels like a record of disproportionate use of force in the sector you supervise could have been just cause for firing if his chain of command wanted to make a case for it.
In re: the post above, I feel like if I were in this position, before I collected seven of my colleagues to stick our necks out like this, I might ask myself "Self, when was the last time a Republican stuck their neck out for anyone on our side?" And I might ponder the answer for a while.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In re: the post above, I feel like if I were in this position, before I collected seven of my colleagues to stick our necks out like this, I might ask myself "Self, when was the last time a Republican stuck their neck out for anyone on our side?" And I might ponder the answer for a while.
Oh, well, if he gave you his word... bsky.app/profile/burg...
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Oh, well, if he gave you his word... bsky.app/profile/burg...
(Not to mention the ones who are still federal employees.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
(Not to mention the ones who are still federal employees.)
Good morning to all of NOT YOU, SENATOR
Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning to all of NOT YOU, SENATOR
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I don't think so. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclam...
Proclamation 4483 - Wikipedia
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November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I don't think so. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclam...
It sure would be a shame if a whole crop of experienced civil servants with intimate knowledge of government's inner workings, who had formerly been barred from running for partisan office by the Hatch Act, suddenly became available to be candidates because they got fired.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It sure would be a shame if a whole crop of experienced civil servants with intimate knowledge of government's inner workings, who had formerly been barred from running for partisan office by the Hatch Act, suddenly became available to be candidates because they got fired.
GET FUCKED, SENATOR, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THE ONES NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE SENATE AS AN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
GET FUCKED, SENATOR, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THE ONES NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE SENATE AS AN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER.
Dick Durbin stands on his own with his yes vote tonight to reopen the government
He’s the only Dem from a deep blue state to vote yes
Shaheen/Hassan - NH centrists
CCM/Rosen - NV (swing state)
Kaine - VA (fed workers)
Fetterman - ….
King - Maine independent
And then there’s Durbin
He’s the only Dem from a deep blue state to vote yes
Shaheen/Hassan - NH centrists
CCM/Rosen - NV (swing state)
Kaine - VA (fed workers)
Fetterman - ….
King - Maine independent
And then there’s Durbin
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This man should be hounded out of the state after retirement. He can go live in Florida, I don't care.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This man should be hounded out of the state after retirement. He can go live in Florida, I don't care.
Dick Durbin just voted for a clean budget that continues to fund terrorists like this. At the maximum point of leverage, he folds.
Photos of the Feds with weapons out taken by @chicagotribune.com photographers yesterday @briancassella.bsky.social @mandophotos.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM