James Parks
@stzinn88.bsky.social
Father, Performer, Realtor, Struggling with our current state of affairs
Why do no mainstream media reports of the arson attack on @govjoshshapiro.bsky.social mention it happened on the first night of #Passover? This hardly seems coincidental and I would be investigating this as a hate crime. #chagpesach
April 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why do no mainstream media reports of the arson attack on @govjoshshapiro.bsky.social mention it happened on the first night of #Passover? This hardly seems coincidental and I would be investigating this as a hate crime. #chagpesach
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They are obviously slow learners
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They are obviously slow learners
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Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
April 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date on April 9 over 2024.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
The illusion that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.
Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.
Wonderful headline. Can't wait for this groundbreaking info...
gizmodo.com/secretary-br...
gizmodo.com/secretary-br...
Secretary Brain Worm: RFK Jr. Tells Trump We'll Know the 'Cause' of Autism by Fall
Trump said autism was caused by
gizmodo.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wonderful headline. Can't wait for this groundbreaking info...
gizmodo.com/secretary-br...
gizmodo.com/secretary-br...
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This ad airing tonight on CNN torches Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) for backing Trump’s reckless tariffs—despite warnings they could tank the economy.
The “booming economy” pitch?
A scam. A lie. A betrayal.
They promised prosperity.
They’re delivering pain.
We see you and we won’t forget.
The “booming economy” pitch?
A scam. A lie. A betrayal.
They promised prosperity.
They’re delivering pain.
We see you and we won’t forget.
April 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This ad airing tonight on CNN torches Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) for backing Trump’s reckless tariffs—despite warnings they could tank the economy.
The “booming economy” pitch?
A scam. A lie. A betrayal.
They promised prosperity.
They’re delivering pain.
We see you and we won’t forget.
The “booming economy” pitch?
A scam. A lie. A betrayal.
They promised prosperity.
They’re delivering pain.
We see you and we won’t forget.
Mike Lawler said he will send the list of DOGE employees to Democrats... Let's hold him to that. #CNNTownHall
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Mike Lawler said he will send the list of DOGE employees to Democrats... Let's hold him to that. #CNNTownHall
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Reminder: Don’t forget to vote today in WI and FL’s 1st & 6th districts!
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Reminder: Don’t forget to vote today in WI and FL’s 1st & 6th districts!
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If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).
March 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).
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Pete Hegseth would not be Sec of Def without @RogerWicker. He had the power to stop the nomination.
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pete Hegseth would not be Sec of Def without @RogerWicker. He had the power to stop the nomination.
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
So, will Senator Wicker call for an investigation of the most serious national security breach in modern times? Or just look the other way? Party or country?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Why hasn't Mike Waltz resigned yet???
March 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Why hasn't Mike Waltz resigned yet???
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They not only shared highly classified information on a private messaging app, but they also presumably did so on private unsecured phones--phones that are highly likely to be of interest to our adversaries. People have spent years in jail for far less.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They not only shared highly classified information on a private messaging app, but they also presumably did so on private unsecured phones--phones that are highly likely to be of interest to our adversaries. People have spent years in jail for far less.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Some questions that Mike Waltz and the others must answer:
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Some questions that Mike Waltz and the others must answer:
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
1) How did he preserve the thread and others for PRA
2) What phones were everyone using
3) What kind of security do those phones have
4) WHERE were they using those phones
5) What else is on the phones
6) Why was Joe Kent included
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If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
March 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
@lauracoates.com Love you. But when Scott Jennings comes on, you lose viewers. @cnn.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@lauracoates.com Love you. But when Scott Jennings comes on, you lose viewers. @cnn.com
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NEW: Trump directs AG Pam Bondi to inform the White House of "frivolous" lawsuits against the admin or agencies -- as she sees fit -- so Trump can consider punitive exec orders that revoke security clearances as he did against Paul Weiss, Perkins Coie and Covington, per new memo
March 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
NEW: Trump directs AG Pam Bondi to inform the White House of "frivolous" lawsuits against the admin or agencies -- as she sees fit -- so Trump can consider punitive exec orders that revoke security clearances as he did against Paul Weiss, Perkins Coie and Covington, per new memo
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Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
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This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was always where it was going to go: when the President claims it can detain and remove anyone without judicial review or due process, they will try to deport and remove people without judicial review and due process.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
Straight up authoritarian dictator stuff.
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
March 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
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Protection under the constitution is of no use if you can't find a law firm willing to represent you to assert that protection.
This is basically Trump doing a mafia style shakedown
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Protection under the constitution is of no use if you can't find a law firm willing to represent you to assert that protection.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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Paul Weiss, pathetic. Stop doing business with this law firm, folks. Reward people and organizations that stand strong and don't bend the knee.
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
Powerhouse law firm makes overture to Trump
Paul Weiss’ chairman visited Washington to discuss a deal after White House revoked its lawyers’ security clearance.
www.semafor.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Paul Weiss, pathetic. Stop doing business with this law firm, folks. Reward people and organizations that stand strong and don't bend the knee.
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
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Scott Jennings blows up at Neera Tanden
Tanden: So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
Tanden: So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
March 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Scott Jennings blows up at Neera Tanden
Tanden: So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
Tanden: So when they do it to a Tesla dealership, it's really bad. But when they do it to the halls of congress, we should pardon them. Is that your position?
@neeratanden.bsky.social Just got Scott Jennings hot and flustered. she gets a follow. @abbyphillip.bsky.social keep Neera and sit her next to scott puhlease.
March 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@neeratanden.bsky.social Just got Scott Jennings hot and flustered. she gets a follow. @abbyphillip.bsky.social keep Neera and sit her next to scott puhlease.