Susan Simpson
@theviewfromll2.bsky.social
Co-host of the Proof podcast; former host of Undisclosed & The 45th
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Cruel and unusual punishment. Entirely unnecessary for penological interests, rather achieving the opposite of safety, while stating a position that’s informed only by the bare desire to harm.
Donald Trump has instructed the Justice Department and DHS to rescind protections for transgender prisoners and immigrant detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act: theappeal.org/trump-execut...
‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn
Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.
theappeal.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Cruel and unusual punishment. Entirely unnecessary for penological interests, rather achieving the opposite of safety, while stating a position that’s informed only by the bare desire to harm.
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💯. Thoroughly agree. The terms of the settlement were incommensurate with the merits of the case.
As a lawyer let me be clear: ABC News was NEVER going to lose the defamation lawsuit to Trump. They agreed to pay Trump $15 million bc in their view it's good for business. Don't let these oligarchs gaslight you: Trump is still a FASCIST threat. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
Don’t let the corporate oligarchs gaslight you into bending a knee for Trump
ABC News gives us the ABC’s of submitting to Trump’s fascist rule
deanobeidallah.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:13 AM
💯. Thoroughly agree. The terms of the settlement were incommensurate with the merits of the case.
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This (via @krhawkins.bsky.social) is a dynamic to keep an eye on. I think some of these people don’t believe their loved ones (the “good ones”) will be in danger & will change their minds if proven wrong. I think others will close ranks and make rationalizations. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
His Family Voted to Support Trump’s Deportation Plan. That Includes Him.
His friends and family members in Rome, Ga., voted to support mass deportation. Now he’s scrambling to stay in the country.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:25 PM
This (via @krhawkins.bsky.social) is a dynamic to keep an eye on. I think some of these people don’t believe their loved ones (the “good ones”) will be in danger & will change their minds if proven wrong. I think others will close ranks and make rationalizations. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
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Look, the only way you're going to get more right-wing political violence is if you vocally encourage it, so that's what Republicans are doing. bsky.app/profile/eliz...
If there were an RNC coming up, Daniel Penny would absolutely be a speaker.
December 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Look, the only way you're going to get more right-wing political violence is if you vocally encourage it, so that's what Republicans are doing. bsky.app/profile/eliz...
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The only sector Elon Musk has ever actually innovated in is Divorced Man.
His mom sitting in on meetings with him? That is groundbreaking Divorced Manning.
His mom sitting in on meetings with him? That is groundbreaking Divorced Manning.
“.. ‘It’s going to be very easy,’ Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, told Fox News on Tuesday, after she sat in on some of her son’s meetings.” 🙄
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Musk’s Slashing of the Federal Budget Faces Big Hurdles
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with Elon Musk as co-leader, has advantages that past budget-cutters did not, but laws and court challenges can still make change slow and difficult.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The only sector Elon Musk has ever actually innovated in is Divorced Man.
His mom sitting in on meetings with him? That is groundbreaking Divorced Manning.
His mom sitting in on meetings with him? That is groundbreaking Divorced Manning.
I know nothing about South Korean politics, and I know I'm falling victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect here, and yet I'm still pretty sure I could have thrown a better coup than this.
Says will comply with Natl Assembly. But because he can’t hold the cabinet meeting because of lack of votes (they can’t be there to vote at 4 am, I think) he’ll lift in the morning.
December 3, 2024 at 7:44 PM
I know nothing about South Korean politics, and I know I'm falling victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect here, and yet I'm still pretty sure I could have thrown a better coup than this.
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Insanely naive, insanely sinister, or both?
(I defy anyone - anyone! - to come up with real-world scenarios where laws are written with such specificity that no interpretation is ever required.)
(I defy anyone - anyone! - to come up with real-world scenarios where laws are written with such specificity that no interpretation is ever required.)
In his book, “Government Gangsters,” Kash Patel suggests that the legal arm of the federal government should abolish its practice of…interpreting the law.
“The Department of Justice should completely do away with the use of memoranda and guidance to implement and interpret the laws,” he writes.
“The Department of Justice should completely do away with the use of memoranda and guidance to implement and interpret the laws,” he writes.
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Insanely naive, insanely sinister, or both?
(I defy anyone - anyone! - to come up with real-world scenarios where laws are written with such specificity that no interpretation is ever required.)
(I defy anyone - anyone! - to come up with real-world scenarios where laws are written with such specificity that no interpretation is ever required.)
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Bluesky (i.e. you, us, our reposts), as other people have said, is doing very well at surfacing on-the-ground reporters and experts in Korean politics, for people like me who 1) know nothing 2) want to understand.
Twitter used to do this and it was important. I'm glad Bluesky is doing it now.
Twitter used to do this and it was important. I'm glad Bluesky is doing it now.
December 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Bluesky (i.e. you, us, our reposts), as other people have said, is doing very well at surfacing on-the-ground reporters and experts in Korean politics, for people like me who 1) know nothing 2) want to understand.
Twitter used to do this and it was important. I'm glad Bluesky is doing it now.
Twitter used to do this and it was important. I'm glad Bluesky is doing it now.
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THREAD: This Trump era will be different from the first: the class of billionaires surrounding Trump that backed his bid is much larger--and each seeks to boost their own profits. We took a quick look at some of these folks here in a story this week on A1 print Sunday www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...
Trump Boosters Expect Big Returns on Their Investment: ‘The Shackles Are Off’
Wealthy donors to the president-elect’s campaign anticipate a more business-friendly atmosphere, including the firing of Biden-era regulators.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
THREAD: This Trump era will be different from the first: the class of billionaires surrounding Trump that backed his bid is much larger--and each seeks to boost their own profits. We took a quick look at some of these folks here in a story this week on A1 print Sunday www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...
All right, I finally joined. Though, alas, someone else has already claimed the SusanSimpson account. Serves me right for procrastinating.
November 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
All right, I finally joined. Though, alas, someone else has already claimed the SusanSimpson account. Serves me right for procrastinating.