Frank Amari
@frankamari.bsky.social
Lapsed attorney and former public defender.
Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump. Loves dogs, nature, art and history.
"As long as one lives, one can learn."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
🌊💙🌊💙
Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump. Loves dogs, nature, art and history.
"As long as one lives, one can learn."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
🌊💙🌊💙
Pinned
Frank Amari
@frankamari.bsky.social
· Nov 9
A question I've yet to see be asked:
What part of the greatness of America WASN'T accomplished by immigrants or by their "proud to be American" descendants?
What part of the greatness of America WASN'T accomplished by immigrants or by their "proud to be American" descendants?
Nonsense du jour:
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Nonsense du jour:
Trump's political retribution continues unabated:
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
apnews.com/article/trum...
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
apnews.com/article/trum...
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump's political retribution continues unabated:
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
apnews.com/article/trum...
FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
apnews.com/article/trum...
Meanwhile, over at the CDC:
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Meanwhile, over at the CDC:
"The man who dies rich, dies disgraced."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia share.google/gK5hG4b0zq7Z...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia share.google/gK5hG4b0zq7Z...
Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The man who dies rich, dies disgraced."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia share.google/gK5hG4b0zq7Z...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia share.google/gK5hG4b0zq7Z...
"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service)
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
On censures in the House of Representatives:
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
Censures were historically rare rebukes against lawmakers. But members of the House are increasingly using them in ways their peers say are political.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On censures in the House of Representatives:
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"only the best people"!!
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"only the best people"!!
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Simply despicable:
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Simply despicable:
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The Atlantic:
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
By Jonathan Chait
share.google/MAmrnIiyED20...
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
By Jonathan Chait
share.google/MAmrnIiyED20...
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Atlantic:
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
By Jonathan Chait
share.google/MAmrnIiyED20...
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
By Jonathan Chait
share.google/MAmrnIiyED20...
"One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption."
-- Uptown Sinclair, who died #OTD 1968
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration | Campaign Legal Center share.google/nybLYtS5akNK...
-- Uptown Sinclair, who died #OTD 1968
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration | Campaign Legal Center share.google/nybLYtS5akNK...
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration
President Donald Trump has made it clear that favorable treatment from his administration is readily available — for a price. This pay-to-play relationship is a defining feature of how Trump’s second...
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption."
-- Uptown Sinclair, who died #OTD 1968
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration | Campaign Legal Center share.google/nybLYtS5akNK...
-- Uptown Sinclair, who died #OTD 1968
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration | Campaign Legal Center share.google/nybLYtS5akNK...
"Washington's capitol is a reproach to common decency, this government, like a fish, 'stinks worse at the head.'"
-- Carrie Nation, born #OTD 1846
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics share.google/rAlsJYL3Y8Ak...
-- Carrie Nation, born #OTD 1846
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics share.google/rAlsJYL3Y8Ak...
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump filled his first 100 days back in office with the same relentless dishonesty that was a hallmark of his first presidency and his 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Washington's capitol is a reproach to common decency, this government, like a fish, 'stinks worse at the head.'"
-- Carrie Nation, born #OTD 1846
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics share.google/rAlsJYL3Y8Ak...
-- Carrie Nation, born #OTD 1846
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics share.google/rAlsJYL3Y8Ak...
It's Trump's economy now.
Reported this morning:
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/p...
Reported this morning:
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/p...
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
Private companies lost an average of 13,500 jobs a week over the past four weeks, ADP said Tuesday.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's Trump's economy now.
Reported this morning:
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/p...
Reported this morning:
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/p...
Trump's political retribution continues:
Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
The Department of Defense announced it would investigate Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) for “serious allegations of misconduct” after his participation in a viral video.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trump's political retribution continues:
Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Letitia James prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed as US Attorney:
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Letitia James prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed as US Attorney:
Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed as US Attorney
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed as US Attorney
Today, he goes after Senator Rand Paul and Congressman Thomas Massie:
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today, he goes after Senator Rand Paul and Congressman Thomas Massie:
So much winning!! 🤣🤣
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Presiden...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So much winning!! 🤣🤣
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
apnews.com/article/come...
"When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me."
-- Scott Joplin, born #OTD 1868
youtu.be/r1yqBt-PkT4?...
-- Scott Joplin, born #OTD 1868
youtu.be/r1yqBt-PkT4?...
Scott Joplin - Best Of Scott Joplin
YouTube video by Jazz and Blues Experience
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me."
-- Scott Joplin, born #OTD 1868
youtu.be/r1yqBt-PkT4?...
-- Scott Joplin, born #OTD 1868
youtu.be/r1yqBt-PkT4?...
Republicans in Congress are outraged, and many are contemplating resigning:
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Republicans in Congress are outraged, and many are contemplating resigning:
Seven Things You Might Not Know About Cranberries
They’re red, tart, and mostly eaten at Thanksgiving. Love them or hate them, here are seven things you might not have known about the humble cranberry.
JSTOR Daily
daily.jstor.org/seven-things...
They’re red, tart, and mostly eaten at Thanksgiving. Love them or hate them, here are seven things you might not have known about the humble cranberry.
JSTOR Daily
daily.jstor.org/seven-things...
Seven Things You Might Not Know About Cranberries - JSTOR Daily
They're red, tart, and mostly eaten at Thanksgiving. Love them or hate them, here are seven things you might not have known about the humble cranberry.
daily.jstor.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Seven Things You Might Not Know About Cranberries
They’re red, tart, and mostly eaten at Thanksgiving. Love them or hate them, here are seven things you might not have known about the humble cranberry.
JSTOR Daily
daily.jstor.org/seven-things...
They’re red, tart, and mostly eaten at Thanksgiving. Love them or hate them, here are seven things you might not have known about the humble cranberry.
JSTOR Daily
daily.jstor.org/seven-things...
Living Laboratories: Science and the National Parks
National parks in the US are filled with glaciers and volcanoes, which isn’t an accident, as the parks developed alongside the sciences of glaciology and volcanology.
daily.jstor.org/living-labor...
National parks in the US are filled with glaciers and volcanoes, which isn’t an accident, as the parks developed alongside the sciences of glaciology and volcanology.
daily.jstor.org/living-labor...
Living Laboratories: Science and the National Parks - JSTOR Daily
National parks in the US are filled with glaciers and volcanoes, which isn't an accident, as the parks developed alongside the sciences of glaciology and volcanology.
daily.jstor.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Living Laboratories: Science and the National Parks
National parks in the US are filled with glaciers and volcanoes, which isn’t an accident, as the parks developed alongside the sciences of glaciology and volcanology.
daily.jstor.org/living-labor...
National parks in the US are filled with glaciers and volcanoes, which isn’t an accident, as the parks developed alongside the sciences of glaciology and volcanology.
daily.jstor.org/living-labor...