Jerald Lentini
@jerald.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer. Lead plaintiff in the 1st lawsuit against Trump, Musk and DOGE. AFSCME member. Proud progressive serving on Manchester CT’s town council and CT’s Lottery Board.
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Jerald Lentini
@jerald.bsky.social
· Nov 6
•Elected in 2023 with 5,138 votes
•Sued Trump and Musk
•Budgeted for working families
•Built new housing
•Fought ICE
•Defended abortion rights
•Opened new parks
•Re-elected on Tuesday with 7,761 votes, more than twice my closest opponent
Stand up for folks, and they’ll stand with you.
•Sued Trump and Musk
•Budgeted for working families
•Built new housing
•Fought ICE
•Defended abortion rights
•Opened new parks
•Re-elected on Tuesday with 7,761 votes, more than twice my closest opponent
Stand up for folks, and they’ll stand with you.
“To safely clear the area agents had to use crowd control measures to disperse the hostile crowd.”
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
“To safely clear the area agents had to use crowd control measures to disperse the hostile crowd.”
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As a legal professional, I can say that the hallmarks of a solid legal opinion based in fact and good law are "no you can't have a copy" and "no you can't take notes, just read it once and you're done".
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
As a legal professional, I can say that the hallmarks of a solid legal opinion based in fact and good law are "no you can't have a copy" and "no you can't take notes, just read it once and you're done".
THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT 👇
ICE should be dismantled immediately.
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT 👇
What are the odds that any members of the White House press pool will press her on her flagrant, shameless lying?
(Inversely: what are the odds that they will continue to print what she tells them as though her claims have any credibility?)
(Inversely: what are the odds that they will continue to print what she tells them as though her claims have any credibility?)
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What are the odds that any members of the White House press pool will press her on her flagrant, shameless lying?
(Inversely: what are the odds that they will continue to print what she tells them as though her claims have any credibility?)
(Inversely: what are the odds that they will continue to print what she tells them as though her claims have any credibility?)
It’s just as likely that he forgot his favorite stuffie and made them turn around.
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 AM
It’s just as likely that he forgot his favorite stuffie and made them turn around.
Congressional Democrats should be cataloging and pledging to investigate the perpetrators of each incident like this. If DOJ won’t do its job and prosecute abuse-of-force cases, Congress must identify the abusers. These jackbooted thugs have no business holding any authority under the law. NONE.
'"YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"', has a WHOLE new meaning under #Trumpism. 🗽
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Congressional Democrats should be cataloging and pledging to investigate the perpetrators of each incident like this. If DOJ won’t do its job and prosecute abuse-of-force cases, Congress must identify the abusers. These jackbooted thugs have no business holding any authority under the law. NONE.
Little booger-eating Goering
Cruz: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first... I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland... the whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories"
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Little booger-eating Goering
It’s a miracle that Derek Good can take a crap without wearing a life vest. The fact he hasn’t aspirated on his own vomit given the amount of paint he chugs is stunning.
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It’s a miracle that Derek Good can take a crap without wearing a life vest. The fact he hasn’t aspirated on his own vomit given the amount of paint he chugs is stunning.
That reminds me: have Trump and Bondi released the Epstein Files yet?
Kristi Noem: "I can't tell the people of Minnesota exactly how many dangerous criminals they have. I do know they're extremely grateful every time we get a pedophile off the street."
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
That reminds me: have Trump and Bondi released the Epstein Files yet?
There goes Keith Ellison’s weekend.
Can’t the fascists just let the good guys have a long weekend once in a while?
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Can’t the fascists just let the good guys have a long weekend once in a while?
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Active-duty soldiers on standby, sources say
Trump went after Minnesota's Democratic leaders over the unrest that has taken place in the state following the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 AM
There goes Keith Ellison’s weekend.
Can’t the fascists just let the good guys have a long weekend once in a while?
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Can’t the fascists just let the good guys have a long weekend once in a while?
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
“It is emphatically the duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.” - John Marshall
“Nah.” - The Trump administration
“Nah.” - The Trump administration
New: The nation's chief immigration judge told her colleagues this week that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Top US immigration judge says bond hearings should be denied despite court rulings, documents show
The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention ...
www.reuters.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
“It is emphatically the duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.” - John Marshall
“Nah.” - The Trump administration
“Nah.” - The Trump administration
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
(Norman Rockwell painting guy image) GOFUNDME SHOULD’T LET ITSELF BE USED TO PAY SIX-FIGURE BOUNTIES TO GOVERNMENT AGENTS FOR MURDERING DISSIDENTS
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
(Norman Rockwell painting guy image) GOFUNDME SHOULD’T LET ITSELF BE USED TO PAY SIX-FIGURE BOUNTIES TO GOVERNMENT AGENTS FOR MURDERING DISSIDENTS
For 4/20 weekend, Dad and I flew to Vegas, went to a No Kings rally, hit up a dispensary, handed out a bunch of free joints, and watched Bobby at the Sphere in one of the most spectacular shows we’d ever seen.
Thanks for a damn near perfect day, Mr. Weir. May the four winds blow you safely home.
Thanks for a damn near perfect day, Mr. Weir. May the four winds blow you safely home.
January 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
For 4/20 weekend, Dad and I flew to Vegas, went to a No Kings rally, hit up a dispensary, handed out a bunch of free joints, and watched Bobby at the Sphere in one of the most spectacular shows we’d ever seen.
Thanks for a damn near perfect day, Mr. Weir. May the four winds blow you safely home.
Thanks for a damn near perfect day, Mr. Weir. May the four winds blow you safely home.
This was the wrong week to watch The Long Walk.
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
This was the wrong week to watch The Long Walk.
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How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
Jamelle Bouie is correct that ICE—the largest human trafficking organization in the US—is a relatively new agency and must be abolished. But did you realize that, but for the intervention of one of America’s most notorious pedophiles, it would have far less power than it does today?
January 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Jamelle Bouie is correct that ICE—the largest human trafficking organization in the US—is a relatively new agency and must be abolished. But did you realize that, but for the intervention of one of America’s most notorious pedophiles, it would have far less power than it does today?
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I’m begging people to read Gene Sharp. On my knees, hands clasped before me, full-on supplication-style begging. www.aeinstein.org/self-liberat...
Self-Liberation Toolkit — AEI/ Empowering Humankind
www.aeinstein.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m begging people to read Gene Sharp. On my knees, hands clasped before me, full-on supplication-style begging. www.aeinstein.org/self-liberat...
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become comfortable believing in things without regard for their economic consequences, more commonly known simply as “believing in things”
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
become comfortable believing in things without regard for their economic consequences, more commonly known simply as “believing in things”
What kind of an idiot would ever vote for that?
I’m seriously asking. How is that not an instant “laugh in his addled face” number for literally every member of Congress?
I’m seriously asking. How is that not an instant “laugh in his addled face” number for literally every member of Congress?
President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing "troubled and dangerous times."
The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion. https://to.pbs.org/4qlMx5B
The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion. https://to.pbs.org/4qlMx5B
Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5 trillion to build 'Dream Military'
The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion.
to.pbs.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 PM
What kind of an idiot would ever vote for that?
I’m seriously asking. How is that not an instant “laugh in his addled face” number for literally every member of Congress?
I’m seriously asking. How is that not an instant “laugh in his addled face” number for literally every member of Congress?
Impeach this pathetic sack of filler and botox already
Noem on Mayor Frey: "He doesn't know what he's talking out. It's very clear that this individual was harassing and impeding law enforcement operations. This officer followed his training, did exactly what he's been taught to do in that situation."
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Impeach this pathetic sack of filler and botox already
That’s just a flat-out lie. If he actually thinks that’s what’s on the video, then he’s mentally unfit to serve in any government office, much less the Unitary one, and his removal is an urgent one since he’s incapable of recognizing and processing basic facts.
Fuck this guy.
Fuck this guy.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
That’s just a flat-out lie. If he actually thinks that’s what’s on the video, then he’s mentally unfit to serve in any government office, much less the Unitary one, and his removal is an urgent one since he’s incapable of recognizing and processing basic facts.
Fuck this guy.
Fuck this guy.
A whole lot of political social media accounts post weak, generic crap because it can be prewritten, approved and scheduled hours or days in advance.
Those accounts would all be much better if they posted reactive stuff that immediately framed events instead.
Quality > Quantity
Those accounts would all be much better if they posted reactive stuff that immediately framed events instead.
Quality > Quantity
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
A whole lot of political social media accounts post weak, generic crap because it can be prewritten, approved and scheduled hours or days in advance.
Those accounts would all be much better if they posted reactive stuff that immediately framed events instead.
Quality > Quantity
Those accounts would all be much better if they posted reactive stuff that immediately framed events instead.
Quality > Quantity
Larry Page has so much money that, whether you doubled it or halved it, it would make absolutely no difference to his lifestyle. If he’s going to restructure everything to avoid a tax that will in no way affect his lifestyle or power, that’s a symptom of dragon-sickness, not a sign of wisdom.
There’s a California ballot initiative that will levy a one-time tax of 5% of the wealth of billionaires who lived in the state as of January 1st 2026, if it passes.
Larry Page, the second richest man in the world has moved out of California to avoid the tax.
Larry Page, the second richest man in the world has moved out of California to avoid the tax.
Larry Page is officially moving business out of California ahead of a proposed billionaire's tax
The Google cofounder has severed ties between California and several of his business entities, including his family office.
www.businessinsider.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Larry Page has so much money that, whether you doubled it or halved it, it would make absolutely no difference to his lifestyle. If he’s going to restructure everything to avoid a tax that will in no way affect his lifestyle or power, that’s a symptom of dragon-sickness, not a sign of wisdom.
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Judge orders Lindsey Halligan to explain why she's still serving as U.S. attorney
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Judge orders Lindsey Halligan to explain why she's still serving as U.S. attorney after previous ruling against her
A separate judge had ruled that Halligan, who brought cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, was unlawfully appointed.
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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