Sandy Solomon
@sandysolomon.bsky.social
Writer/poet (Pitt poetry series) who follows politics (however grim), Early Modern English history. At home in Nashville (Vanderbilt) and London.
See my previous post. Why the midterm elections stand to be less than free and fair.
July 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
See my previous post. Why the midterm elections stand to be less than free and fair.
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As we begin another week, my law firm is litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. Democracy remains on the docket.
May 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As we begin another week, my law firm is litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. Democracy remains on the docket.
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Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
May 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
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It's not only breathtakingly corrupt, it's manifestly illegal, no matter what permission is received from a cowardly and compromised Department of Justice.
May 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's not only breathtakingly corrupt, it's manifestly illegal, no matter what permission is received from a cowardly and compromised Department of Justice.
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And as AG, Bondi has ordered the Foreign Influence Task Force to be "disbanded."
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And as AG, Bondi has ordered the Foreign Influence Task Force to be "disbanded."
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
Say it clearly—the problem is not “Congress”—it is the Republican Party in Congress, its enthusiasts and cowards, mostly passive while this regime assumes Congressional powers of taxation & disregards laws—while the Trumps freely engage in fraud and grift. The most corrupt US President in history.
May 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Say it clearly—the problem is not “Congress”—it is the Republican Party in Congress, its enthusiasts and cowards, mostly passive while this regime assumes Congressional powers of taxation & disregards laws—while the Trumps freely engage in fraud and grift. The most corrupt US President in history.
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Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media.
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
www.stevevladeck.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media.
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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BREAKING: A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to pause much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.
May 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to pause much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.
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I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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May 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
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🚨BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, the Associated Press reported. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
IT’S OVER: Republican Jefferson Griffin Concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, the Associated Press reported. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
A poem in Vox Populi today. Thanks, Michael Simms! voxpopulisphere.com/2025/05/07/s... #poetry #writingcommunity #poem #Poetry!
Sandy Solomon: Reading
The pasts, the past perfects: each sentence a forest pool shining with borrowed, broken light
voxpopulisphere.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A poem in Vox Populi today. Thanks, Michael Simms! voxpopulisphere.com/2025/05/07/s... #poetry #writingcommunity #poem #Poetry!
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#EU will not recognize #Crimea as part of Russia, Kallas says.
Top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU is also drawing up a “plan B” to maintain economic sanctions on #Russia in case the Trump administration pulls out of #Ukraine peace negotiations.
#CrimeaIsUkraine #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU is also drawing up a “plan B” to maintain economic sanctions on #Russia in case the Trump administration pulls out of #Ukraine peace negotiations.
#CrimeaIsUkraine #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
EU will not recognize Crimea as part of Russia, Kallas says
EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU is also drawing up a “plan B” to maintain economic sanctions on Russia in case the Trump administration pulls out of Ukraine peace negotiations and moves to r...
kyivindependent.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#EU will not recognize #Crimea as part of Russia, Kallas says.
Top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU is also drawing up a “plan B” to maintain economic sanctions on #Russia in case the Trump administration pulls out of #Ukraine peace negotiations.
#CrimeaIsUkraine #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU is also drawing up a “plan B” to maintain economic sanctions on #Russia in case the Trump administration pulls out of #Ukraine peace negotiations.
#CrimeaIsUkraine #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME
END THIS - RIGHT NOW
#StandWithUkraine #UkrainianView
#RussiaIsATerroristState #Putin
#Zelenskyy #Krasnov #Epstein
#WarCrimes #Ukraine #Gaza #CrimesAgainstHumanity
@meidastouch.com
#MeidasMighty #MapleMeidas
#StrongerTogether #HandsOff
DonaldLovesVladimir.com
END THIS - RIGHT NOW
#StandWithUkraine #UkrainianView
#RussiaIsATerroristState #Putin
#Zelenskyy #Krasnov #Epstein
#WarCrimes #Ukraine #Gaza #CrimesAgainstHumanity
@meidastouch.com
#MeidasMighty #MapleMeidas
#StrongerTogether #HandsOff
DonaldLovesVladimir.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME
END THIS - RIGHT NOW
#StandWithUkraine #UkrainianView
#RussiaIsATerroristState #Putin
#Zelenskyy #Krasnov #Epstein
#WarCrimes #Ukraine #Gaza #CrimesAgainstHumanity
@meidastouch.com
#MeidasMighty #MapleMeidas
#StrongerTogether #HandsOff
DonaldLovesVladimir.com
END THIS - RIGHT NOW
#StandWithUkraine #UkrainianView
#RussiaIsATerroristState #Putin
#Zelenskyy #Krasnov #Epstein
#WarCrimes #Ukraine #Gaza #CrimesAgainstHumanity
@meidastouch.com
#MeidasMighty #MapleMeidas
#StrongerTogether #HandsOff
DonaldLovesVladimir.com
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Loving this poem today in Narrative by @sandysolomon.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
Shrug | Narrative Magazine
Shrug by Sandy Solomon — Minna and her hus...
www.narrativemagazine.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Loving this poem today in Narrative by @sandysolomon.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
Shrug | Narrative Magazine
Shrug by Sandy Solomon — Minna and her hus...
www.narrativemagazine.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Most corrupt President in American history
April 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Most corrupt President in American history
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Here we go...
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Here we go...
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"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
EU, China start talks on lifting EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Handelsblatt reports
The European Union and China have begun negotiations on the abolition of EU tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
This is a major strategic failure for the United States.