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Atticus Finch (of Georgia)

@atticus59914029.bsky.social

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Husband, father, lawyer, business owner, OG NeverTrumper. Native Georgian. UF undergrad (Go Gators); W&L Law. Ga Motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. Micah 6:8. Sic semper tyrannis.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 2d

"Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain."
- Liz Cheney

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 2h

The lede is bad enough but then the first sentence of the essay contains the phrase “epistolary bromance” and, do people actually get paid to write stuff like this?? 😬😂

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 2h

Somebody make it make sense. 😬

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 3h

Coffee tastes better in those mugs….

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

Best thing I’ve seen today!

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

This seems very much in keeping with what I’ve always understood about the rowdy nature of the original productions in Shakespeare’s time.

Also, it’s just awesome.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

Your correspondent was speaking in front of about 400 attorneys & judges today and all was going well until I had to say the word “jurisdiction” and I don’t know what tried to come out of my mouth but it was nowhere close to “jurisdiction”. 😬😩

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

And as much as I’d rather be living in a mundane time of “normal” history such is not our fate. If liberal democracy (which I believe in to the very depths of my soul) is to be rebuilt and to thrive in this land it’s up to us.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 7h

This is why, for many of us, it literally feels like a different world than 10 years ago. As if one age ended and another has begun, or perhaps, is being born.
But as politics never ends so too history never ends. What kind of world will our children inherit? It all depends on what we do now.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8h

😂😂

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8h

Sorry. An explanation is in order. This is the DOJ arguing in Federal court in Illinois today in the hearing about NG troops being deployed to Illinois.

As y’all might have ascertained, I disagree with the argument.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8h

Yes.

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8h

Bullshit.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 10h

Hamilton: “The president’s power is unreviewable.”

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 8h

I’m not a Catholic but I am a Christian. This statement is quite moving. This is the way of Jesus.

Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 8h

"The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking," the pontiff writes in the document, titled "Dilexi te" (I have loved you). "She knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community."

Marsh Views @khshan.bsky.social · 8h

Pope Leo invokes criticism of Trump's policies in first major document

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 17h

I truly hope this is the first step toward peace. Time will tell.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal that's intended to end to the devastating Gaza war which unleashed the deadliest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel and Hamas agree on the 'first phase' of Gaza ceasefire deal

The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

n.pr

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

Driftwood Beach!

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

These “officers” must face legal consequences.

Keep in mind there’s a record of their abuses and Trump won’t be president forever. In fact every ICE officer ought to be in fear of future legal jeopardy if they abuse their powers.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly disagree. Every action big and small in defense of democracy matters. It’s like building a house. One could say “What good is that doorknob? That’s not a house”. But by steadily building, piece by piece, brick by brick, you do in fact end up with a house.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

Oh we are in the heart of Trump country.

Yet at the two previous events I’ve been to the turnout and the support from passing motorists was very encouraging!

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

Truth. (Although I’ve found our local group to be downright decent folks)

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

I like the ESV best. I find it readable and clear. I also spent a lot of time with it for several years back when I taught Sunday School so I came to know it well.

Also like RSV. And for some things you just can’t beat KJV. Psalm 23 in my head is always in the KJV.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom

ALT: a group of men in military uniforms walking on a runway with the words let 's do this written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

I agree we can and must push back and we still have our democratic rights.

But things are getting more and more fascisty every day.

Some people have already been beaten up and locked up, temporarily at least, for doing nothing more than peacefully protesting.

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 1d

Did she say that? Yikes.

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