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Ellis Hankins

@forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social

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Very concerned American in North Carolina. Retired lawyer & public policy/management professor in a purple state (the state, not me). Married up. Public commercial airport board member, aviation enthusiast.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 4h

TNR:
“In the end, Posobiec is a facism fanboy who likes to vote in a swing state he doesn’t even live in, and Trump’s roundtable on countering antifascism is exactly the political farce it presents as.”

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 4h

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Pizzagate Guy Compares Trump Fighting Antifa to Rise of Hitler

Jack Posobiec’s comment was a little too on the nose.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 4h

Prof. Timothy Snyder calls out the Pizzagate conspiracy guy for a revealing comment during the absurd “Presidential Roundtable on Antifa” last week. He implied that the bad guys then, the anti-fascists, were those opposing the rise of Hitler & the fascists. So we anti-fascists now are the bad guys.

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 4h

Professor Timothy Snyder

“Being against kings is about being for freedom. It’s about loving America.”

No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 6h

But, but Republicans are for better mental health services…for about two days after every mass gun murder.

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 23h

Despicable. Evil.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 23h

Authoritarian thugs.

U.S. Citizen Detained And Held At ICE Building In Portland For Hours Before Release, Lawyer Says

“Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans," Democratic U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum said.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Walsh

“Trump has a goal of deporting one million people a year…in a way that’s as performatively violent as possible. That takes…a certain type of person—thousands of unvetted, undertrained zealots with an authoritarian fetish, using the badge as a tool to push existing far-right agendas.”

Who Is ICE?

That’s the problem—we don’t know.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

Bailing out their hedge fund buddies & benefactors who made bad bets on the Argentina version of Trump.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

Nuts.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

How many governments around the world are looking at Qatar with envy, & marveling at how relatively little it took to purchase Donald Trump (an airplane they didn’t want)? So far Qatar has gotten a NATO-level security guarantee & a green light to build a military facility on American soil, in Idaho.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

Breathtaking corruption.

This OK with you Lindsey?

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 1d

But is Susan “disappointed” yet?

Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings: "This is a disaster"

Democrats are warning that Trump officials who carry out the layoffs could be prosecuted.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

If their lips or fingers are moving, they’re lying.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you MIT!

MIT Rejects White House Deal To Unlock Funds In Exchange For Adopting Trump’s Political Agenda

In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees with provisions of the proposal.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Phillips O’Brien

“The good news is that Trump clearly feels political pressure now not to be too openly pro-Russian and to speak more clearly about possibly supporting Ukraine.”

Something Interesting Is Happening With GOP Public Opinion

Hi All,

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Up is down.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Who gave her normal pills? Would they work on others?

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

We’ll know by the end of this term whether the Supreme Court is fully captured. Now they have to decide on the merits all of those issues that the MAGA majority has handled with dark of night, sleight of hand, unexplained shadow docket rulings.
You are an actual libertarian, T.J. Rohr.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” Lavrentiy Beria, ruthless longtime head of Stalin’s secret police.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent. The federal courts are not yet fully captured by authoritarians.

Judge Blocks National Guard Deployment In Illinois For 2 Weeks

A judge blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

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Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Hypocrisy.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

MAGAstan Department of Retribution.

The U.S. Department of Justice is dead.

Ellis Hankins @forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social · 2d

Grr.