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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 14d

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Deadothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 14d

Ken Paxton’s plan

“How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?" is a reaction image commonly used to respond to users pretending to be part of a community that they are clearly unfamiliar with. The image features the actor Steve Buscemi dressed youthfully and holding a skateboard, and is usually subtitled with the tagline. The image is often photoshopped to adapt to a particular subculture, and the phrase is often used in conversation without the image. It’s edited to include random trans symbols including a trans Texas saying “y’all means all” and a badge that says “fuck the cis stem” and a trans hat with the hammer and sickle symbol.

Text reads: How do you do fellow transgenders

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The Best Potate @finestpotate.bsky.social · 14d

The victim blaming is crazy! There are no details to any of that so it’s just projection on their part because there are so many alternatives—like what if he was just crazy?! 😭

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 14d

Man murders his wife while his children are at home.

Dudes in the comments: what did she do?

Pa. Man Kills Wife Before Turning Gun on Himself, Leaving 5 Children Behind Days Before Christmas

Brooke Raia and Blase Raia lived in Altoona, Pa., with their children

By Esme Mazzeo

Published on December 23, 2023 08:37PM EST

https://people.com/man-fatally-shoots-wife
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Man Kills Wife Before Turning Gun ...

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34-year-old Brooke Raia (neé Zimmerman) and 39-year-old Blase Raia were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds in their home on Dartmouth Lane in Blair County... Logan Township Police Chief Dave Hoover told The Altoona Mirror that the deaths appear to have been related to a domestic violence incident based on evidence at the scene.

https://people.com/man-fatally-shoots-wife -turns-gun-himself-murder-suicide-8419411

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Did they ever do a DNA test on the children?

maidenhairfernbitch 2m

Did you just vilify the victim wtf

FennelPowerful2686 1m and why would that be relevant

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Dramatic-Service-985 10m

She was probably leaving

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Optimal_Analyst_3309 9m

My money is on cheating

PrettyGayPegasus 7m

In any case, this was a weak man

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He might have found out she was cheating on him.

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The Best Potate @finestpotate.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Donate to Support Sincere: Legal fight against racism, organized by Beyond Shabazz

Hello, my name is Beyond. I am the mother of the little girl that is… Beyond Shabazz needs your support for Support Sincere: Legal fight against racism

www.gofundme.com

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · Aug 2

So they were looking for *literally any excuse* to stop helping, huh.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 2

Actually it's really evil to let people be murdered because of social media posts from ONE PERSON

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France halts all evacuations from Gaza over alleged antisemitic reposts by Palestinian student | CNN

The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said F...

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · Jul 31

Proud to share that Whit Washington, Lambda Legal Senior Attorney, has received the National LGBTQ+ Bar’s 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 award! 👏

Congrats to all 2025 recipients! 🎉 #LavenderLaw @lgbtqbar.bsky.social @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social

Learn more: tinyurl.com/2djx9rk9

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · Jul 30

The important subtext of this is that they don't have enough manpower to carry out their fascist agenda.

If/when they hold recruitment events in your area, you should be prepared to show up and get loud.

Folks have already done this in California and elsewhere.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jul 30

Folks, he’s recruiting

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 25

Homelessness is a policy failure.

President Trump's embrace of cruel and ineffective approaches to homelessness won’t solve the crisis.

Trump orders crackdown on homeless encampments nationwide

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order urging cities and states to clear homeless encampments and move people into treatment centers - a move that advocates for the homeless said would worsen the problem.

www.reuters.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

Instead of investing in proven solutions, the administration is doubling down on cruel and ineffective policies that strip people of their rights, lock them into dangerous institutions, and punish them for having nowhere else to go.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you Bisan. We will never give up. Day of action: this Thursday, July 24.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 23

UnitedHealth allegedly misused AI to deny medical claims.

Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.

AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.

The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...

Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand

www.nytimes.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Jul 23

*taps sign*

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Jul 23

NYT in 1944:

Clearly the Nazis don't plan to kill all the Jews in the world because after all the phrase above Auschwitz says "Work Will Set You Free," so obviously the intent is forced labor, not extermination

By Bret Stephens

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · Jul 23

They smashed his window & beat him & left him bloodied with 9 stitches because he didn’t have his lights on.

During the day.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 23

Prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against sheriff’s officers who wrestled a Black man out of a car during a traffic stop and punched him multiple times, the local sheriff said Monday.

No charges for Jacksonville officers who punched Black man during arrest

William Anthony McNeil Jr. questioned why he was pulled over and refused to get out of the car. An officer smashed his window and punched him in the face, video shows.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 22

What To Know About The Epstein Files
theonion.com/what-to...

Q: Why are people so interested in the Epstein case?

A: It’s the only example of money and power influencing an otherwise just legal system.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 NEWS: Legal group founded by white nationalist Stephen Miller calls for federal and Tennessee state investigations of Cracker Barrel for its DEI policies, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Why did Miller-founded America First Legal target Cracker Barrel? CBRL Board of Directors includes:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 22

A Legal group founded by Stephen Miller calls for federal and Tennessee investigations into Cracker Barrel for its DEI policies — “because initiatives are focused on supporting workers who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, or Latino”

www.newsweek.com/cracker-barr...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’m sorry — *Cracker Barrel* is too woke for the Trump administration?

Cracker Barrel?!?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 22

A Legal group founded by Stephen Miller calls for federal and Tennessee investigations into Cracker Barrel for its DEI policies — “because initiatives are focused on supporting workers who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, or Latino”

www.newsweek.com/cracker-barr...

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The Best Potate @finestpotate.bsky.social · Jul 22

This!!!! THIS!!!

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Jul 22

which was EXACTLY THE SAME PLAYBOOK as anti-Black institutional racism is boggling my mind.

The US has exactly one way to do bigotry but somehow we just REFUSE TO SEE IT. We insist on failing the open book test over and over again.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Jul 22

The way trans people are being dehumanized according to EXACTLY THE SAME PLAYBOOK that has been used the last two years against Palestinians which was EXACTLY THE SAME PLAYBOOK used against immigrants and EXACTLY THE SAME PLAYBOOK as post-9/11 Islamophobia,

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Celestial Fang 🩸 Illustrator @celestialfang.bsky.social · Jul 22

Holy mother
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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Jul 22

In both the US and the UK, parents-rights activists present trans acceptance as harmful to their children and advocate against gender-affirming treatments.

This story describes the abuse and extremism beneath the surface, and the harm such families are doing to trans adolescents and young adults.

Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 22

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@sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out

We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...

transsafety.network

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