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Bluesky historians and political scientists: has anyone done any research on whether there have been upswings in grand juries no-billing cases during times of political and social upheaval?

I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress

This very straightforward letter to the editor sums up the frustration many of us in the 4th District feel right now. Our Representative in Congress should be meeting this moment with more urgency than a sternly-worded letter can convey. Take a look: indyweek.com/firstperson/...

Hereditary

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Sometimes I read poems too quickly. This one deserves to be read slowly, to be read more than once, with attention paid to every word... and 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time' #poetry #poemoftheday

This is your casual reminder that executive orders are not laws. EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments. The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.

I hate this shit. I support breastfeeding and did for both kids. I could never produce enough for them. I also relied on formula, which is safe and nutritionally balanced for babies. Bullshit like this negatively affects families and mothers that are unable to produce human milk for their kids.

Thinking of Frank Gehry today, and the work of art he designed that’s just a 20 minute walk from our home here in Paris. ❤️❤️❤️

It’s not “nationalism” in any American sense, loyal to the Constitution or values it embodies. It’s a white internationale intent on drawing a cordon blanc, you might say — and coldly willing to place democratic multiracial societies with long ties of loyalty to the U.S. outside of it.

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I failed a law school exam because I cited an episode of Law and Order instead of case law and that was a violation of my right to free speech. See how fucking stupid that sounds? 😡🤬🤯

As a business leader, I’ve always believed that what is right is more important than what is profitable. If you can’t make money without war crimes, you have a bad business and you should end it. If you can make money without war crimes, that should be your business plan.

Sometimes politicians think they have to throw money at ShotSpotter because the “DO SoMEtHinG!!!” lobby is very powerful and this is a thing that can be done (though it should definitely not be done). Even a city like Durham isn’t immune to this. 😭

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social is it accurate that an immigration judge doesn’t have to follow a court’s orders until after an appeal deadline? Was the decision stayed pending appeal?

According to the US Coast Guard, the year prior to Trump changing our policy to summary execution, only 21% of the vessels interdicted by them off the coast of Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs had drugs on board. The other 79% had nothing. But now we just kill them all.

Former member of the Durham City Council: “What are you doing to reduce class sizes in the Durham Public Schools?” 😭😭😭

If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do. If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

With an appearance from my mother. 😉

Walz on calling for Trump to release MRI results: "Here we got a guy on Thanksgiving where we spent time with our families, ate, played Yahtzee. This guy is apparently in a room ranting. It's not normal behavior. It's not healthy. Has anyone in history ever had an MRI & had no idea what it was for?"

👀👀👀 The apologists are going to have a hard time explaining away stuff like this but goodness they will try. Ugh. www.durhamdispatch.com/post/valerie...

They are at best opportunists and useful idiots at worst Russian assets rationalizing & enabling war crimes.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

Super sorry that I won’t be in Durham on Monday to celebrate a new era on our city council!

Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

To My Only Desire (also seen in the Gryffindor common room 😉)

oooooh wordle gonna make people big mad today 😂

Shooting Nat Guard is bad, the perpetrator should be brought to justice. Troops are in DC only for Trump's political stunt, based on lies, creating not reducing dangerous situations. Far from the worst act of political violence in the US this year, but will get more attention. All true at once.

He is risen

Le grand bourguignon est arrivé ! Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. ❤️

The traditional Thanksgiving bourguignon begins…

I somehow don’t recall Pelosi giving any similar whiny interviews Must be a gender thing

With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.

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I'm running for President of the United States in 2028 and the only thing on my platform is this: I will direct Disney to greenlight Star Wars: The Hunt for Ben Solo.

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“If your vaccine protects you, why does it matter if I get mine?” It has to do with herd immunity! Learn more about herd immunity and how your vaccination protects others:

This kind of Wordle result is just so satisfying. ❤️

WHERE THE WEAK GROW STRONG AND THE STRONG GROW GREAT

Every time

Reskeeting with alt text Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable

Of course. This may in fact happen by midnight. The thing is that Mamdani will be able to say 'well that's not what he said when I met with him' and keep it moving.

Mamdani getting Trump to back down & even *compliment* him costs Mamdani absolutely nothing (& indeed actually shows his skills) & probably also saves a lot of vulnerable ppl in this city a trememndous amount of pain if it means Trump is less inclined to act shitty towards us bc of this meeting

Utterly besotted. It’s Macron all over again!! 😍

And it has indeed come to pass.

The plain truth is that this isn’t just an emotional demand, it’s absolutely necessary to impart lessons that resound throughout history. You know where fascism crashes hard? France, due to their celebration of the time when the oligarchs got their heads chopped off indiscriminately.