Tom DellaFera
@tomdellafera.bsky.social
Rpg and video game nerd, lawyer, poster. Richmond, Virginia.
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Trump threatens to use “heavy force” against anyone who protests his military parade this weekend, and note that he makes no exception for peaceful protesters
June 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump threatens to use “heavy force” against anyone who protests his military parade this weekend, and note that he makes no exception for peaceful protesters
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this is your occasional reminder that every elite media outlet and editor that spent the last 5 years pretending Republicans were the free speech party is either a moron or a fascist and either way you should treat their every utterance with contempt
Trump threatens to use “heavy force” against anyone who protests his military parade this weekend, and note that he makes no exception for peaceful protesters
June 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
this is your occasional reminder that every elite media outlet and editor that spent the last 5 years pretending Republicans were the free speech party is either a moron or a fascist and either way you should treat their every utterance with contempt
I took myself off the big social media platforms a few months ago for a few reasons.
A big reason I have stayed off it is this administration's eagerness to use it to target private citizens for harassment.
A big reason I have stayed off it is this administration's eagerness to use it to target private citizens for harassment.
June 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I took myself off the big social media platforms a few months ago for a few reasons.
A big reason I have stayed off it is this administration's eagerness to use it to target private citizens for harassment.
A big reason I have stayed off it is this administration's eagerness to use it to target private citizens for harassment.
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Brand-new polling from YouGov out this AM finds Trump's actions re: LA underwater. Double-digit disapproval on sending in Marines.
This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive.
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive.
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Brand-new polling from YouGov out this AM finds Trump's actions re: LA underwater. Double-digit disapproval on sending in Marines.
This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive.
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive.
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
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Recall how this started:
1. DOJ lawyers make outrageous argument that citizens aren't citizens
2. Federal judge rightly calls that "blatantly unconstitutional"
3. Law professor calls judge's remarks "highly embarrassing"
Why should I assume "good faith" on the last part? It's plainly bad faith.
1. DOJ lawyers make outrageous argument that citizens aren't citizens
2. Federal judge rightly calls that "blatantly unconstitutional"
3. Law professor calls judge's remarks "highly embarrassing"
Why should I assume "good faith" on the last part? It's plainly bad faith.
Assuming good faith regarding arguments on legal questions currently in the public domain is especially important for lawyers and law profs. And while some posts I've seen do this, I'm again dismayed by how many rely on personal and emotional attacks.
January 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Recall how this started:
1. DOJ lawyers make outrageous argument that citizens aren't citizens
2. Federal judge rightly calls that "blatantly unconstitutional"
3. Law professor calls judge's remarks "highly embarrassing"
Why should I assume "good faith" on the last part? It's plainly bad faith.
1. DOJ lawyers make outrageous argument that citizens aren't citizens
2. Federal judge rightly calls that "blatantly unconstitutional"
3. Law professor calls judge's remarks "highly embarrassing"
Why should I assume "good faith" on the last part? It's plainly bad faith.
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"and we deem it unjustifiable to call them concentration camps, with all the ugly connotations that term implies -- we are dealing specifically with nothing but an exclusion order."
--Korematsu v United States
--Korematsu v United States
“I have received some guidance to avoid terms, like ‘camps,’ that can be twisted and used against the president, yes,” says one close Trump ally. “Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis.”
icymi 11/2024
icymi 11/2024
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Trump’s plan to expel millions of migrants would require massive new camps. His advisers are pressing allies not to call them “camps”
www.rollingstone.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"and we deem it unjustifiable to call them concentration camps, with all the ugly connotations that term implies -- we are dealing specifically with nothing but an exclusion order."
--Korematsu v United States
--Korematsu v United States