Mary Wrasman
@wrasperson.bsky.social
Theatre, politics, words, civil rights
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“It’s not totally out of the realm of possibilities that this idea was planted or floated by whoever this confidential human source might be.”
Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front”
Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.
interc.pt
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“It’s not totally out of the realm of possibilities that this idea was planted or floated by whoever this confidential human source might be.”
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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GOOD MORNING!!!!!! DID YOU MISS ME?!?!?!
First, thank you for the support and words of encouragement. Two, there is no need for a recount per election attorneys. Finally, I'm looking forward to building what comes next. Until then, happy holidays and merry Christmas!
First, thank you for the support and words of encouragement. Two, there is no need for a recount per election attorneys. Finally, I'm looking forward to building what comes next. Until then, happy holidays and merry Christmas!
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
GOOD MORNING!!!!!! DID YOU MISS ME?!?!?!
First, thank you for the support and words of encouragement. Two, there is no need for a recount per election attorneys. Finally, I'm looking forward to building what comes next. Until then, happy holidays and merry Christmas!
First, thank you for the support and words of encouragement. Two, there is no need for a recount per election attorneys. Finally, I'm looking forward to building what comes next. Until then, happy holidays and merry Christmas!
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i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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"Look we've really stretched the air safety system to the breaking point so if you're going to get on a plane you should dress in the suit you want to be buried in."
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Look we've really stretched the air safety system to the breaking point so if you're going to get on a plane you should dress in the suit you want to be buried in."
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/gVGq8h
Inside the World of “The Great British Bake Off”
The show captures disastrous custard-making, quintessentially British faux-modesty, and the blistering hubris of bakers—including me.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What makes “The Great British Bake Off” so beloved is that it’s one of the most successful unscripted shows of the century and still feels like an underdog. Ruby Tandoh, a former contestant, shares stories from inside the tent. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/gVGq8h
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
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It was nice to feel positive about political currents for *checks notes* a little less than 5 days
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It was nice to feel positive about political currents for *checks notes* a little less than 5 days
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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‘Thomas More didn’t just love his family, he also educated them. Most strikingly, he educated his daughters to a remarkable level of competence. He was aware that “erudition in women is a new thing,” but in this he had no scruples about being innovative.’
Lucy Wooding:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lucy Wooding:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lucy Wooding · Damnable Rottenness: More and More
Saint or sinner, scholar or polemicist, philosopher or politician – no single vision of Thomas More has ever commanded...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘Thomas More didn’t just love his family, he also educated them. Most strikingly, he educated his daughters to a remarkable level of competence. He was aware that “erudition in women is a new thing,” but in this he had no scruples about being innovative.’
Lucy Wooding:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lucy Wooding:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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More of this please. CC: @democrats.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
More of this please. CC: @democrats.org
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The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...
Prosecutors Can Indict a Ham Sandwich, But Can They Convict?
What happens when you indict a ham sandwich?
joycevance.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...
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"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer a city where everyday residents have to work three jobs and are under constant threat of eviction. Anything short of an excruciating existence for the working class just doesn’t cut it for me."
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News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WARNED: Pope Leo CALLS for RELIGIOUS ACCESS for detained immigrants
YouTube video by Diario AS
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
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In Kosciusko, Mississippi, a small group of 11 residents carrying signs with messages like “No Kings” and “We the People Are Tied” marched Saturday from the city hall to the James Meredith historic marker.
They were among thousands who protested the Trump administration across the state.
They were among thousands who protested the Trump administration across the state.
Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport
Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In Kosciusko, Mississippi, a small group of 11 residents carrying signs with messages like “No Kings” and “We the People Are Tied” marched Saturday from the city hall to the James Meredith historic marker.
They were among thousands who protested the Trump administration across the state.
They were among thousands who protested the Trump administration across the state.
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Protests across TN Today
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Protests across TN Today
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Easily over 2,000 people at the #nokings protest in Murfreesboro, #tennessee where the local *state* university has its #military #Science building named after the founder of the #kukluxklan.
#resist. #DoNotComply and #donotcollaboratewithfascists in #uspol.
#resist. #DoNotComply and #donotcollaboratewithfascists in #uspol.
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Easily over 2,000 people at the #nokings protest in Murfreesboro, #tennessee where the local *state* university has its #military #Science building named after the founder of the #kukluxklan.
#resist. #DoNotComply and #donotcollaboratewithfascists in #uspol.
#resist. #DoNotComply and #donotcollaboratewithfascists in #uspol.