Jerald Lentini
@jerald.bsky.social
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.
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Pinned
•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.
Does anyone have a list of which lickspittles stood idle while he went full-bore Nazi on Somali Americans today in the Oval Office? I may need to prune my portfolio.
Trump: "Can we uhhh, talk about it? Right there is a man. Come here, let me say hello to you."
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does anyone have a list of which lickspittles stood idle while he went full-bore Nazi on Somali Americans today in the Oval Office? I may need to prune my portfolio.
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My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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If the reporting is accurate then neither is fit for command and both must be removed.
Pinning the blame on Admiral Bradley - when Hegseth gave the order to kill everyone - is a gross abdication of leadership. He's not qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If the reporting is accurate then neither is fit for command and both must be removed.
Last night my town passed a resolution I wrote condemning ICE and limiting our cooperation with the feds. I cited this in my remarks. All of the Republicans voted against it. One of them was upset the resolution didn’t say anything nice about ICE. Another said it was “inflammatory.”
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credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Last night my town passed a resolution I wrote condemning ICE and limiting our cooperation with the feds. I cited this in my remarks. All of the Republicans voted against it. One of them was upset the resolution didn’t say anything nice about ICE. Another said it was “inflammatory.”
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A reminder that DOGE is supposed to be a specific thing. What? We don’t know!
That’s why I filed a lawsuit on January 20, 2025 with @jerald.bsky.social, repped by @nationalsecuritylaw.org, to find out. We still don’t have an answer, but the government’s public position has changed over and over.
That’s why I filed a lawsuit on January 20, 2025 with @jerald.bsky.social, repped by @nationalsecuritylaw.org, to find out. We still don’t have an answer, but the government’s public position has changed over and over.
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A reminder that DOGE is supposed to be a specific thing. What? We don’t know!
That’s why I filed a lawsuit on January 20, 2025 with @jerald.bsky.social, repped by @nationalsecuritylaw.org, to find out. We still don’t have an answer, but the government’s public position has changed over and over.
That’s why I filed a lawsuit on January 20, 2025 with @jerald.bsky.social, repped by @nationalsecuritylaw.org, to find out. We still don’t have an answer, but the government’s public position has changed over and over.
House Dems and D consultants remember that Trump’s approval spiked after the first impeachment, so they’re gun-shy about it in general. But going after crooks in the Cabinet is still an option and wholly justified, and they’re not even entertaining it openly for some dumbass reason.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
House Dems and D consultants remember that Trump’s approval spiked after the first impeachment, so they’re gun-shy about it in general. But going after crooks in the Cabinet is still an option and wholly justified, and they’re not even entertaining it openly for some dumbass reason.
I mean, Hegseth deserves every bite of shit in the zoo, but so does everyone below him in the chain command who participated in this murder, not to mention the one above him. Hand each of them a spoon.
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I mean, Hegseth deserves every bite of shit in the zoo, but so does everyone below him in the chain command who participated in this murder, not to mention the one above him. Hand each of them a spoon.
I named my fists Fred and George because they’re twins and it was the early 2000s and we didn’t know about her yet and now they’re stuck with these names and I feel awful about it.
I named my fists A Game Of and Thrones because this isn't going to end well
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I named my fists Fred and George because they’re twins and it was the early 2000s and we didn’t know about her yet and now they’re stuck with these names and I feel awful about it.
He also made it clear he wouldn’t touch the East Wing, that he would release the Epstein files, that he would bring down grocery prices, that he’d share his tax returns, and that he’d release his health care plan “in two weeks.”
He lies a LOT, Markwaynejimbob.
He lies a LOT, Markwaynejimbob.
Markwayne Mullin: "He's made it very clear we are not going to put troops into Venezuela"
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
He also made it clear he wouldn’t touch the East Wing, that he would release the Epstein files, that he would bring down grocery prices, that he’d share his tax returns, and that he’d release his health care plan “in two weeks.”
He lies a LOT, Markwaynejimbob.
He lies a LOT, Markwaynejimbob.
I know it’s a harder sell in NYC than most places, but every municipality facing down ICE/CBP needs to start channeling Big Papi.
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I know it’s a harder sell in NYC than most places, but every municipality facing down ICE/CBP needs to start channeling Big Papi.
Time-lapse croque madame. They brought the flour and egg, he brought the swine.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Time-lapse croque madame. They brought the flour and egg, he brought the swine.
It’s hard to read this any way other than that Navy Adm. Frank Mitchell Bradley must be court-martialed. Whether the war-crime-fetishist President will pardon him is a different issue from what the UCMJ requires.
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s hard to read this any way other than that Navy Adm. Frank Mitchell Bradley must be court-martialed. Whether the war-crime-fetishist President will pardon him is a different issue from what the UCMJ requires.
Pink Floyd (no Roger) at Bobby Dodd Stadium
André 3000/New Blue Sun at the Blue Note
Dead & Co. at the Sphere
DMB at Alpine Valley
Yo-Yo Ma with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
André 3000/New Blue Sun at the Blue Note
Dead & Co. at the Sphere
DMB at Alpine Valley
Yo-Yo Ma with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen
the dead
floyd
rolling stones
ramones
allman brothers
stevie ray vaughan
the dead
floyd
rolling stones
ramones
allman brothers
stevie ray vaughan
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Talking Heads
Rickie Lee Jones
The Violent Femmes
Queen Ida
Agent Orange (OG line up)
Talking Heads
Rickie Lee Jones
The Violent Femmes
Queen Ida
Agent Orange (OG line up)
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Pink Floyd (no Roger) at Bobby Dodd Stadium
André 3000/New Blue Sun at the Blue Note
Dead & Co. at the Sphere
DMB at Alpine Valley
Yo-Yo Ma with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
André 3000/New Blue Sun at the Blue Note
Dead & Co. at the Sphere
DMB at Alpine Valley
Yo-Yo Ma with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Multiple prosecutions are needed here, as well as impeachments.
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Multiple prosecutions are needed here, as well as impeachments.
Jazz pianist philosophies as I understand them:
Johnny Costa: A piano by itself, in the hands of a master, is enough to fill a hall.
McCoy Tyner: A piano, surrounded by other instruments working to a common purpose, creates a magical fusion.
Art Tatum: I am at least three pianos.
Johnny Costa: A piano by itself, in the hands of a master, is enough to fill a hall.
McCoy Tyner: A piano, surrounded by other instruments working to a common purpose, creates a magical fusion.
Art Tatum: I am at least three pianos.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jazz pianist philosophies as I understand them:
Johnny Costa: A piano by itself, in the hands of a master, is enough to fill a hall.
McCoy Tyner: A piano, surrounded by other instruments working to a common purpose, creates a magical fusion.
Art Tatum: I am at least three pianos.
Johnny Costa: A piano by itself, in the hands of a master, is enough to fill a hall.
McCoy Tyner: A piano, surrounded by other instruments working to a common purpose, creates a magical fusion.
Art Tatum: I am at least three pianos.
I’m proud to have played my part in fighting DOGE, but the fight’s not over yet.
This is no more a victory than when a tsunami begins to flow back out to sea. The destruction from DOGE is incalculable, and goes far beyond what can be measured in money.
Our case, Lentini et al. v. DOGE, is ongoing.
This is no more a victory than when a tsunami begins to flow back out to sea. The destruction from DOGE is incalculable, and goes far beyond what can be measured in money.
Our case, Lentini et al. v. DOGE, is ongoing.
The "Department of Government Efficiency" has disbanded eight months early.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m proud to have played my part in fighting DOGE, but the fight’s not over yet.
This is no more a victory than when a tsunami begins to flow back out to sea. The destruction from DOGE is incalculable, and goes far beyond what can be measured in money.
Our case, Lentini et al. v. DOGE, is ongoing.
This is no more a victory than when a tsunami begins to flow back out to sea. The destruction from DOGE is incalculable, and goes far beyond what can be measured in money.
Our case, Lentini et al. v. DOGE, is ongoing.
“Bovino” is actually Portuguese for “Bull Connor”
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“Bovino” is actually Portuguese for “Bull Connor”
Are there still partisan apparatchiks in the top offices of every Cabinet department and agency purging civil servants and imposing ideological purity tests on the remainder while stealing appropriated funds and steering them towards Trump’s allies?
THEN IT AIN’T DEAD
THEN IT AIN’T DEAD
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Are there still partisan apparatchiks in the top offices of every Cabinet department and agency purging civil servants and imposing ideological purity tests on the remainder while stealing appropriated funds and steering them towards Trump’s allies?
THEN IT AIN’T DEAD
THEN IT AIN’T DEAD
It troubles me that we will spend roughly 5,000,000 times more energy on Greene’s resignation than on the atrocities in Tanzania. Both are instructive about our own political situation. (Trigger warning: extremely disturbing video and photos) www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves | CNN
In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only...
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It troubles me that we will spend roughly 5,000,000 times more energy on Greene’s resignation than on the atrocities in Tanzania. Both are instructive about our own political situation. (Trigger warning: extremely disturbing video and photos) www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
100%, but especially this:
“A university is a place for multiple perspectives and a clash of ideas.”
I sure wish Maric had understood that point a couple of years ago. Then I wouldn’t have had to spend so much time in court defending peaceful protesters who were wrongfully arrested on campus.
“A university is a place for multiple perspectives and a clash of ideas.”
I sure wish Maric had understood that point a couple of years ago. Then I wouldn’t have had to spend so much time in court defending peaceful protesters who were wrongfully arrested on campus.
We stand with UConn faculty as they fight for academic freedom and fair wages & benefits to retain staff! @AFTCT.bsky.social dailycampus.com/2025/11/18/l...
LTTE: Support UConn Faculty’s Reasonable Contract Demands
For months now, the UConn-AAUP negotiating team has made minimal progress at the bargaining table across from the UConn administration’s negotiators.
dailycampus.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
100%, but especially this:
“A university is a place for multiple perspectives and a clash of ideas.”
I sure wish Maric had understood that point a couple of years ago. Then I wouldn’t have had to spend so much time in court defending peaceful protesters who were wrongfully arrested on campus.
“A university is a place for multiple perspectives and a clash of ideas.”
I sure wish Maric had understood that point a couple of years ago. Then I wouldn’t have had to spend so much time in court defending peaceful protesters who were wrongfully arrested on campus.
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Ok, @washingtonspirit.com, I’m ready for tomorrow…finished knitting just in time!
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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It’s good to remember sometimes that he’s just a big dumb ol’ racist asshole, doing big dumb ol’ racist asshole things. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Haiti qualified for the World Cup. But the Trump administration says its fans aren’t welcome.
The Caribbean nation joins Iran as World Cup competitors covered by travel ban.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It’s good to remember sometimes that he’s just a big dumb ol’ racist asshole, doing big dumb ol’ racist asshole things. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Sooooo… impeachment?
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sooooo… impeachment?
Note that this absolute Nazi shit is being posted the same day that the Coast Guard—which is under DHS—is reportedly relaxing its rules about displaying actual fucking swastikas.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Note that this absolute Nazi shit is being posted the same day that the Coast Guard—which is under DHS—is reportedly relaxing its rules about displaying actual fucking swastikas.
Subtlety is overrated
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Subtlety is overrated