David Hemond
@davidhemond.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, ground hog aficionado. Formerly Chief Attorney, Connecticut Law Revision Commission. See Dave Hemond’s Fleet Street davidhemond.wordpress.com Eyes and ears open for the good stuff.
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Republicans over the last 48 hours: “I’m shocked Donald Trump posted a blatantly racist video depicting the Obamas as apes”. GMAFB.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Republicans over the last 48 hours: “I’m shocked Donald Trump posted a blatantly racist video depicting the Obamas as apes”. GMAFB.
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My father used to take me fishing on the Delaware when I was a kid. I remember him telling me stories about how sections of it were basically dead due to chemical dumping and runoff and it had actually recovered once it was stopped. Tragic that these lessons never seem to stick.
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My father used to take me fishing on the Delaware when I was a kid. I remember him telling me stories about how sections of it were basically dead due to chemical dumping and runoff and it had actually recovered once it was stopped. Tragic that these lessons never seem to stick.
Strikes me as “unwise”.
"Popocatepelt vulkán, Mexikó."
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Strikes me as “unwise”.
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"Popocatepelt vulkán, Mexikó."
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"Popocatepelt vulkán, Mexikó."
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
The ultimate act of faith, building this church, at this specific location.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 From Medárd©️
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New hope for fighting HR+ breast cancer!
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
New hope for fighting HR+ breast cancer!
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🏆 May the universe smile on these good sorts.
"you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free...."
message from MN
February 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
🏆 May the universe smile on these good sorts.
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I will never understand his attachment to pollution and pesticides.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I will never understand his attachment to pollution and pesticides.
Eagles’ Bane? I was a teen before I saw my first Eagle or Osprey. DDT had wiped them out until it was banned as the result of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Now eagles live down the street. An affront to the drug industry?
Let’s come up with a new catchy name for DDT and remarket it. 😡
Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops, drawing swift backlash from environm...
www.yahoo.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Eagles’ Bane? I was a teen before I saw my first Eagle or Osprey. DDT had wiped them out until it was banned as the result of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Now eagles live down the street. An affront to the drug industry?
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Jeez. There isn’t even one freaking person, institution, or bit of nature that TFG can’t destroy
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Jeez. There isn’t even one freaking person, institution, or bit of nature that TFG can’t destroy
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Let’s come up with a new catchy name for DDT and remarket it. 😡
Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops, drawing swift backlash from environm...
www.yahoo.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Let’s come up with a new catchy name for DDT and remarket it. 😡
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“The… requirements would also make it more difficult to register for the millions of people who have last names that do not match those on their passports or birth certificates.
That includes the approximately 69 million women who took their spouse’s last name when they got married.”
That includes the approximately 69 million women who took their spouse’s last name when they got married.”
February 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
“The… requirements would also make it more difficult to register for the millions of people who have last names that do not match those on their passports or birth certificates.
That includes the approximately 69 million women who took their spouse’s last name when they got married.”
That includes the approximately 69 million women who took their spouse’s last name when they got married.”
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I’m *VERY* pleased to see “The Epstein Class” is gaining traction in our discourse. We can’t achieve a *sustainable* progressive coalition unless and until we take *very* seriously that we are engaged in class warfare. Make extreme wealth almost impossible if not outright criminal.
The “Epstein Class”
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m *VERY* pleased to see “The Epstein Class” is gaining traction in our discourse. We can’t achieve a *sustainable* progressive coalition unless and until we take *very* seriously that we are engaged in class warfare. Make extreme wealth almost impossible if not outright criminal.
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“I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership”
—what a hot steaming crock of suckup
—what a hot steaming crock of suckup
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
“I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership”
—what a hot steaming crock of suckup
—what a hot steaming crock of suckup
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Boom.
Republican candidates for office everywhere are losing their minds. Nine more months of freelance hi-jinx from their demented, depraved, terrifyingly unfiltered president and they won’t have a chance.
Republican candidates for office everywhere are losing their minds. Nine more months of freelance hi-jinx from their demented, depraved, terrifyingly unfiltered president and they won’t have a chance.
President Donald Trump admitted he approved the Truth Social post containing a racist video.
Trump Admits He Approved Racist Obama Video—and Refuses to Apologize
The White House tried damage control, but Trump doubled down.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Boom.
Republican candidates for office everywhere are losing their minds. Nine more months of freelance hi-jinx from their demented, depraved, terrifyingly unfiltered president and they won’t have a chance.
Republican candidates for office everywhere are losing their minds. Nine more months of freelance hi-jinx from their demented, depraved, terrifyingly unfiltered president and they won’t have a chance.
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"Stoats are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and North America. This puts them in the weasel family, along with ferrets, otters, badgers and wolverines. Stoats are also known as ermines or short-tailed weasels."
🏔️⛷️🏒🐹 #Stoats #Mascots #WinterOlympics #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters
🏔️⛷️🏒🐹 #Stoats #Mascots #WinterOlympics #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters
What Is a Stoat? Learn Five Fun Facts About the Adorable Weasels Chosen as the Olympic Mascots
Milo and Tina, a pair of sibling stoats, are representing this year’s winter games in Italy
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"Stoats are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and North America. This puts them in the weasel family, along with ferrets, otters, badgers and wolverines. Stoats are also known as ermines or short-tailed weasels."
🏔️⛷️🏒🐹 #Stoats #Mascots #WinterOlympics #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters
🏔️⛷️🏒🐹 #Stoats #Mascots #WinterOlympics #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters
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Oh my…this is a brilliant take!!
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Seems like almost every day now Trump does something to get the attention of people who don’t follow news or politics who are outraged, shocked, or infuriated. This guy has broken through to forums of people who don’t even care about politics & pissed them off. That’s hard to do.
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Oh my…this is a brilliant take!!
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🏆🏆 Thread is outstanding, as normal for Michael Fletcher.
This particular post is what hits under the ribs in the wee hours.
This particular post is what hits under the ribs in the wee hours.
The oligarchy is moving at speed to lock down control. They have practiced divide-and-conqueor and convinced almost 40% of Americans to stay racists and zero-sum thinkers /6
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
🏆🏆 Thread is outstanding, as normal for Michael Fletcher.
This particular post is what hits under the ribs in the wee hours.
This particular post is what hits under the ribs in the wee hours.
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The cool thing about DOGE is that they taught us that ICE can be abolished in an afternoon by the next Dem president. I will only support primary candidates with that attitude.
This is how you do it. Dems need a Project 2026 and a Project 2028 and they need to be AGGRESSIVE. Not just take trying to restore what the MAGA orcs destroyed, but going much further in the other direction.
February 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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I’d appreciate knowing the faces and identities of all ICE agents. The immeasurable cruelty. Never let them forget.
Mondragón “says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter..”
Mondragón “says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter..”
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I’d appreciate knowing the faces and identities of all ICE agents. The immeasurable cruelty. Never let them forget.
Mondragón “says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter..”
Mondragón “says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter..”
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Yes, yes, just we need, more f*cking idiots with guns—
Oh, yes—and bring the most oafish trigger-happy ones into our schools.
Everybody gets a gun.
What can go wrong?
Oh, yes—and bring the most oafish trigger-happy ones into our schools.
Everybody gets a gun.
What can go wrong?
Officer accidentally discharges rifle during search at Lake Nona Middle School, Orlando Police say
Officer accidentally discharges rifle during search at Lake Nona Middle School, Orlando Police say
During a search conducted at Lake Nona Middle School, Wednesday, investigating a reported possible armed person, an Orlando Police officer accidentally shot their gun, police reported.
www.fox35orlando.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Yes, yes, just we need, more f*cking idiots with guns—
Oh, yes—and bring the most oafish trigger-happy ones into our schools.
Everybody gets a gun.
What can go wrong?
Oh, yes—and bring the most oafish trigger-happy ones into our schools.
Everybody gets a gun.
What can go wrong?
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For cat persons. Did they actually start with gingers?!
Cats as spies lol. Our taxes have been wasted for so long because as little as I know about cats… 🐈 I know they won’t go along with your dumb little spying plans lololo
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
For cat persons. Did they actually start with gingers?!
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Beautiful artisanship!
Luxury Roman scent bottles made of gold-band mosaic glass. 1st century AD.
This opulent glass was made by encasing strips of gold leaf between layers of colourless glass.
Beautiful example of the skill of ancient glassmakers some 2,000 years ago!
The Met. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
This opulent glass was made by encasing strips of gold leaf between layers of colourless glass.
Beautiful example of the skill of ancient glassmakers some 2,000 years ago!
The Met. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Beautiful artisanship!
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"What Epstein shows us is that we live in a paedophiliac culture.
"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what these files reveal. Epstein is communicating with hundreds of men in these millions of pages. Men from every country and power structure: US finance, petrodollar royalty, Russian oligarchy,
"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what these files reveal. Epstein is communicating with hundreds of men in these millions of pages. Men from every country and power structure: US finance, petrodollar royalty, Russian oligarchy,
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"What Epstein shows us is that we live in a paedophiliac culture.
"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what these files reveal. Epstein is communicating with hundreds of men in these millions of pages. Men from every country and power structure: US finance, petrodollar royalty, Russian oligarchy,
"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what these files reveal. Epstein is communicating with hundreds of men in these millions of pages. Men from every country and power structure: US finance, petrodollar royalty, Russian oligarchy,