Tina Hemings Tipton
@quokkadragon.bsky.social
Movie-lover, amateur historian, atheist, compulsive reader, Progressive, board game player, jigsaw puzzle assembler, and enthusiastic talker.
Proud “Wayward Backer”; Onward and upward! (IYKYK)
Proud “Wayward Backer”; Onward and upward! (IYKYK)
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SPOILER ALERT: That isn't what's happening.
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
SPOILER ALERT: That isn't what's happening.
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Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
![And there's the issue of masks. This Court has listened
carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk's captors for masking-
up and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd
Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as
disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a
single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small
wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard
them
as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It
should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks.
Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and
honor still matters.
To us, masks are associated with cowardly
desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we
have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.
Carrying on
in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this
administration and everyone who works in it
"We can not escape
history," Lincoln righty said. "[It] will light us down in
honor or dishonor, to the latest generation." Abraham Lincoln,
Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862) .
Perhaps we're now afraid to stick our necks out. If the
distinguished Homeland Security intelligence agency can be
weaponized to squelch the free speech rights of a small, hapless
group of non-citizens in our midst, so too can the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the audit divisions of the I.R.s.
and the Social Security Administration be unconstitutionally
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
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JEFFRIES TO TRUMP: “The next time you have something to say to me, don’t cop out through a racist and fake AI video — When I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
JEFFRIES TO TRUMP: “The next time you have something to say to me, don’t cop out through a racist and fake AI video — When I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”
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Republicans don’t need a single Dem vote to keep the government open. Yet here is the banner at HUD today.
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Republicans don’t need a single Dem vote to keep the government open. Yet here is the banner at HUD today.
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John Roberts was part of the 3-judge panel presiding over Hamdan v. Rumsfeld while actively interviewing for a seat on the Supreme Court. He didn't recuse himself, didn't inform Hamdan's lawyers, and ruled in the Bush admin's favor the day before he interviewed with Bush himself.
A new book lays out how John Roberts was pitching himself to George W. Bush for a Supreme Court seat at the same time he was presiding over a controversial case involving Bush's administration.
Exclusive excerpt: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive excerpt: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
John Roberts was part of the 3-judge panel presiding over Hamdan v. Rumsfeld while actively interviewing for a seat on the Supreme Court. He didn't recuse himself, didn't inform Hamdan's lawyers, and ruled in the Bush admin's favor the day before he interviewed with Bush himself.
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The California governor hilariously trolled Hegseth’s ranting military address.
Newsom Mocks Hegseth With a Perfect ‘Simpsons’ Reference
The California governor hilariously trolled Hegseth’s ranting military address.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The California governor hilariously trolled Hegseth’s ranting military address.
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Mike Johnson cancels votes, locks doors to U.S. House as he has refuses bipartisan negotiations to keep the gov't open
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The judge, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, was unsparing not only in his views of Noem and Rubio's actions, but also of President Trump, who he said approves of "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech"
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Judge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted pro-Palestinian students in searing rebuke
A judge gave a blistering assessment of the Trump administration's efforts to go after international students who expressed pro-Palestinian views on college campuses.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The judge, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, was unsparing not only in his views of Noem and Rubio's actions, but also of President Trump, who he said approves of "truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech"
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Republicans in the South Carolina House tried to push through a provision barring DEI practices in the state budget. It nearly succeeded until Rep. Jermaine Johnson and other Democrats stepped up and called them out.
How Rep. Jermaine Johnson Stopped Republicans From Blocking DEI in South Carolina
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March 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Republicans in the South Carolina House tried to push through a provision barring DEI practices in the state budget. It nearly succeeded until Rep. Jermaine Johnson and other Democrats stepped up and called them out.
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They have been waiting a long time to enact this plan. You know who the people are that support this stuff, Family members, friends, co-workers, and radical right-wing politicians. We won't let them forget.
March 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
They have been waiting a long time to enact this plan. You know who the people are that support this stuff, Family members, friends, co-workers, and radical right-wing politicians. We won't let them forget.
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Sassoon indicates she was ready to hit Eric Adams with an obstruction conspiracy charge "We have proposed a superseding indictment that would add an obstruction conspiracy count based on evidence that Adams destroyed and instructed others to destroy evidence and provide false information to the FBI"
The Danielle Sassoon letter to AG Bondi is wow.
If you have a tip about what’s going on in DOJ/SDNY, I can be reached on Signal at annabower.24
Read the letter: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
If you have a tip about what’s going on in DOJ/SDNY, I can be reached on Signal at annabower.24
Read the letter: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Sassoon Bondi Letter
www.documentcloud.org
February 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sassoon indicates she was ready to hit Eric Adams with an obstruction conspiracy charge "We have proposed a superseding indictment that would add an obstruction conspiracy count based on evidence that Adams destroyed and instructed others to destroy evidence and provide false information to the FBI"
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Now read Sassoon's blistering Feb. 12 letter to Attorney General Bondi.
"Although Mr. Bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in this case for Adams's assistance in enforcing federal law, that is the nature of the bargain laid bare in Mr. Bove's memo."
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"Although Mr. Bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in this case for Adams's assistance in enforcing federal law, that is the nature of the bargain laid bare in Mr. Bove's memo."
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February 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Now read Sassoon's blistering Feb. 12 letter to Attorney General Bondi.
"Although Mr. Bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in this case for Adams's assistance in enforcing federal law, that is the nature of the bargain laid bare in Mr. Bove's memo."
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"Although Mr. Bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in this case for Adams's assistance in enforcing federal law, that is the nature of the bargain laid bare in Mr. Bove's memo."
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Here's one I haven't seen before: Bove says DOJ made a "weaponization finding" in the prosecution of Eric Adams, and this finding is not reviewable. This has not previously been a thing.
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here's one I haven't seen before: Bove says DOJ made a "weaponization finding" in the prosecution of Eric Adams, and this finding is not reviewable. This has not previously been a thing.
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Eventually the Adams case will trickle down to someone who will just follow orders and dismiss it.
Make that person historically infamous.
(Recall it was Robert Bork who eventually followed Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox)
Make that person historically infamous.
(Recall it was Robert Bork who eventually followed Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox)
NEWS - As soon as DOJ's Public Integrity Section was informed it would be taking over Mayor Adams case, John Keller, the acting head of the unit and his boss, Kevin Driscoll, the senior most career official in DOJ's criminal division resigned, according to multiple sources.
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Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It follows the Justice Department’s directive to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
February 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Eventually the Adams case will trickle down to someone who will just follow orders and dismiss it.
Make that person historically infamous.
(Recall it was Robert Bork who eventually followed Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox)
Make that person historically infamous.
(Recall it was Robert Bork who eventually followed Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox)
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Elon Musk re-shared a tweet containing Judge John McConnell Jr.’s daughter’s job and financial records on X after the judge ruled against DOGE.
February 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Elon Musk re-shared a tweet containing Judge John McConnell Jr.’s daughter’s job and financial records on X after the judge ruled against DOGE.
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Elon cried out last week that it was illegal to share DOGE staffers’ names online.
February 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Elon cried out last week that it was illegal to share DOGE staffers’ names online.
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Every Senator who votes to confirm RFK Jr. today should be voted out of office. Pass it on.
February 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every Senator who votes to confirm RFK Jr. today should be voted out of office. Pass it on.
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we are severely lagging the russian navy in the field of sunken submarines, broken aircraft carriers, and sailors with chronic illnesses due to incomplete combustion of fuel oil
So either Pete Hegseth is telling Russia & the world that every U.S. president & general has been lying about our military being the most lethal fighting force in history..Or he is telling the truth that the U.S. navy can’t match the Russian navy.
Imagine navy folk hearing this
Imagine navy folk hearing this
February 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
we are severely lagging the russian navy in the field of sunken submarines, broken aircraft carriers, and sailors with chronic illnesses due to incomplete combustion of fuel oil
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It only took Hitler 53 days to dismantle German democracy.
Afterwards everything Hitler did was legal.
Opposing him was illegal.
It's only a matter of time before opposing Trump will be illegal. That's why he's getting Guantanamo ready, to lock up protesters and critics.
Afterwards everything Hitler did was legal.
Opposing him was illegal.
It's only a matter of time before opposing Trump will be illegal. That's why he's getting Guantanamo ready, to lock up protesters and critics.
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It only took Hitler 53 days to dismantle German democracy.
Afterwards everything Hitler did was legal.
Opposing him was illegal.
It's only a matter of time before opposing Trump will be illegal. That's why he's getting Guantanamo ready, to lock up protesters and critics.
Afterwards everything Hitler did was legal.
Opposing him was illegal.
It's only a matter of time before opposing Trump will be illegal. That's why he's getting Guantanamo ready, to lock up protesters and critics.
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You dumbfucks said Biden wasn’t “really in charge” and then you handed Trump’s presidency to Elon fucking Musk?
February 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You dumbfucks said Biden wasn’t “really in charge” and then you handed Trump’s presidency to Elon fucking Musk?
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@niwandajones.bsky.social told me the story about Italian students letting a certain fascist-saluting oligarch know that there is plenty of room in the plaza where they hanged Mussolini after hanging an effigy of him.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
@niwandajones.bsky.social told me the story about Italian students letting a certain fascist-saluting oligarch know that there is plenty of room in the plaza where they hanged Mussolini after hanging an effigy of him.
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