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Jerald Lentini

@jerald.bsky.social

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Civil rights lawyer. Plaintiff in the 1st lawsuit against Musk, Trump and DOGE. AFSCME member. Progressive on Manchester CT’s city council, running for re-election. Donate here: https://secure.anedot.com/manchester-democratic-town-committee/lentini

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · Mar 3

We just filed a motion to depose Elon Musk.

The public story of what DOGE is and who is really running it keeps shifting. Let’s see what the story is when folks are under oath.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

I started listening to Chumbawamba about two days ago and… yeah. I feel you.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

And, of course, he’s the head of an ecumenical organization, not an omnipotent deity or some avenging angel.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo ain’t gonna let no fash run loose in his hometown. Respect.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

Approved!

Tandi from the original Fallout game, decades before she founded the NCR

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

“We wanted to negligently kill him by not treating an entirely different life-threatening condition!” is not the defense they think it is.

A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · 3d

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 1d

“We wanted to negligently kill him from an entirely different untreated serious condition!” is not the defense they think it is.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 2d

This world in arms is not spending money alone.

It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 2d

It would be wildly irresponsible to vote for this $914 billion budget in any context. That’s ridiculously high by any objective standard.

Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 2d

Connecticut's U.S. senators split on the defense bill vote: Blumenthal yes, Murphy no.

Murphy statement: "It is wildly irresponsible for the Senate to act like it’s business as usual. ... I will not support [Trump's] efforts to... transform our democracy into an authoritarian regime.”

“It is wildly irresponsible for the Senate to act like it’s business as usual and green light President Trump’s ‘Department of War’ while he is militarizing our cities, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to crush his political opposition, and violating the Constitution by unilaterally declaring war on undefined targets in the Caribbean without congressional authorization. I have never voted against an NDAA in the Senate and I do not take this vote lightly, but this president views the United States military as his own personal police force. I will not support his efforts to use our men and women in uniform to consolidate power and transform our democracy into an authoritarian regime.”

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 2d

But seriously, call Kel or Brad Moss or Mark Zaid first.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 3d

Inside of her wrist

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 3d

I had someone tell me in utter earnestness yesterday that he believed our city spent $50 million a decade ago on renovating a building that’s been empty for 15 years.

I thought that was the stupidest numerical miss I would see all week.

I was wrong.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: "You can’t even find any boats in the water anymore. Like a subway train loaded up with drugs. Every boat -- every single boat that you see getting taken out kills 25,000 Americans. Think of that. It’s pretty tough stuff. But it kills 25,000 Americans."

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 4d

I know about this one Antifa girl—her dad was a mayor who didn’t like the administration—who totally trashed her college by flinging a bunch of radical literature all over the place.

Bet Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi would like to have a chance to give her some Trump Justice.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 4d

I was thinking about how Leo would have made the decision to enter the priesthood right around when Fr. Robert Drinian was one of the most prominent American Catholic leaders. I wonder if he’s ever commented on Drinian’s influence on his thinking re: Church/state relations.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 5d

Possibly the thing I miss the most about living in Silver Spring. I haven’t had real injera in ages. 🥺

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 5d

Shiva Ayyadurai-style conspiracy fetishists don’t help anyone except nihilists looking to undermine democracy’s foundations. That’s not analysis, it’s numerology, and it’s about as useful as nipples on a statue.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll put it this way: if I ever needed an elections lawyer myself, and I could choose anyone practicing in the country, there are maybe a half-dozen people or firms I would want to get, but my very first call—no question—would be Adam.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 6d

Obligatory: youtu.be/tUfO2VjbKeY?...

Jon Stewart Is All Of Us Trying Nooch For The First Time | Vegan Comedy 2019

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 6d

“Whose side are you on?”

LOL. LMFAO even.

I’m also an elections lawyer who worked on the Harris and Casey campaigns in PA last year. And if I ever find myself on the other side of a question of election law from Adam Bonin, know what I’ll do?

I’ll change my fucking mind, because he’s Adam Bonin.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 6d

“Okay, ordering hamburgers.”

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 6d

The “which button?” Meme where button one is “Tacky-ah” and button two is “Teki-AAAGH!!”

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 8d

I would love to have one of them!

Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 8d

Get yourself a Congressperson who will codify Bivens.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 8d

Jonathan Greenblatt thinks his job is to appease a handful of right-wing donors and not run a civil rights organization. That’s why he thinks he’s doing a good job and literally everyone else recognizes that he sucks out loud.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9d

Pity the ADL. It went out of its way to defend Elon Musk's definitely-not-a-sieg-heil, and in return gets this.

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 8d

The moral indignity of a proud puppy murderer is something special.

Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 8d

Hi! Millennial here. This is her personal pathology, not an entire generation’s. I just walked through a corn maze with my kid. It was nice!

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Jerald Lentini @jerald.bsky.social · 8d

And heaven knows the Trump administration would *never* lie about gang affiliation for political cover after heinously violating people’s civil rights, right? : www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

www.theguardian.com

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