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Dr Robin
@robinindfw.bsky.social
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Retired, avid reader, mom, owned by 3 dogs, center left, happily married, secular, very anti-Leon and anti-tariff. Was on that Twitter thing. I follow back. Let’s enjoy social communities again. I support Ukraine 100%. Let truth prevail.
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Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · Sep 28
Trump is a provocateur. He is purposely deploying troops to American cities to deliberately provoke incidents that could lead to a broader manufactured crisis of HIS own making. It is purposely designed to normalize his authoritarian rule. This is to intimidate the political opposition. Call it out!
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johnpaulhi.bsky.social
Sen. Mark Kelly, also a retired Captain, USN, said “He’s (Hegseth) going to prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for… reciting the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” he told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday. “You can’t make this shit up.”

🤡🤡🤡
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
This race is close and, given how much Democrats outperformed the polls a few weeks ago, a win is actually possible.

But even a narrow loss in a gerrymandered district Trump won by 22 points last year would be a sign of significant progress.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
robinindfw.bsky.social
I look forward to the day when history calls them out. May it bring shame upon their families.
robinindfw.bsky.social Dr Robin @robinindfw.bsky.social · 1h
The prosecutor is a political hack and the approving judge is as well. They’ve made it clear.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Much in this document is totally divorced from reality
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov
WELCOME TO TRUMP’S GOLDEN ERA!
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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davidakaye.bsky.social
when prosecutors are no longer lawyers for the people but for a would-be king, of course courts dismiss cases. but someday we'll have genuine accountability in this country, and history too will record how corruption & greed for power destroyed our democratic institutions and civic space.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Donald Trump & Pete Hegseth are too stupid to realize this, but their over-the-top response to Mark Kelly's video guaranteed that *far* more people in the military would hear its message than had they ignored it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Wow — sounds like even Grok is backing @aftynbehn.bsky.social as Republicans attack her for protesting Byrd and @GovBillLee and the Republicans who did nothing. #TN7
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
In Dismissing Georgia RICO Case, Peter Skandalakis Fabricates Jack Smith Conclusion

www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/i...
In Dismissing Georgia RICO Case, Peter Skandalakis Fabricates Jack Smith Conclusion - emptywheel
In his rationale dismissing the Georgia January 6 case, Peter Skandalakis misrepresents what Jack Smith said about the evidence against Donald Trump.
www.emptywheel.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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c-a-m-i-l-l-e.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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citizensforethics.org
This Thanksgiving we want to make sure you’re ready to answer tough questions from *that* relative.

"Aren’t all politicians corrupt? Is Trump really that much worse?"

Yes, Trump is worse—and it’s not even close. Here’s why. 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
miamidsa.org Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 5h
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
The 2020 Georgia election case is going to be dismissed in its entirety, with the prosecutor offering less-than-persuasive reasoning. A miscarriage of justice that weakens our democracy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Peter Skandalakis has killed the Fani Willis case against Trump et al.

edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Georgia prosecutor kills the historic racketeering case against Trump and allies | CNN Politics
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the cha...
edition.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
What voters will read this weekend at the grocery checkout. 🤡

@peoplemag.bsky.social
people.com/trump-calls-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I increasingly think this 11th C opinion upholding decision throwing out Trump lawsuit is a BFD.

That's bc Chief Judge William Pryor and Trump appointee Andrew Brasher said much of what Trump wants to charge as CRIMINAL conspiracy is not one.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, and BRASHER and KIDD, Circuit Judges. WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge: These four consolidated appeals concern five separate orders. In 2022, between his terms of office, President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against dozens of defendants, alleging several claims, including two under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and three under Florida law. The district court dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim. On the defendants’ motions, the district court also entered sanctions against Trump and his attorneys, under Rule 11 and under its inherent authority. While those orders were on appeal, Trump and his attorneys moved the district court to reconsider each order in the light of a report by Special Counsel John Durham. They also moved to disqualify the district judge. The district court denied both motions. Two defendants ask us to sanction Trump for bringing a frivolous appeal
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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propublica.org
Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.”

By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”'

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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boldnewme.bsky.social
This captures the Trump era perfectly: an American operative advising a Kremlin official on how to manipulate the U.S. president through simple flattery.

“Call him a man of peace.”

Our foreign policy isn’t diplomacy anymore, it’s ego management.

And America can’t survive another term of it.👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.

"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
robinindfw.bsky.social
Unacceptable and disgusting. Witkoff should be ashamed.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
THIS 👉👉👉
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
11th Circuit cites Clinton v Jones in ruling that Trump doesn't get extended statute of limitations on lawsuits to sue Hillary just bc he was super busy as President.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Supreme Court rejected a similar request from President Clinton when it refused to excuse him from judicial process during his term. See Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 703–04 (1997). It took no issue with a private citizen subjecting the president to judicial process, in the process burdening his “time and energy” and “impair[ing] the effective performance of his office.” Id. at 702. If a president can be haled into court, he cannot be excused from suing to enforce his rights. Trump unpersuasively argues that two “circumstances” support his request. First, he points to the workload he faced during his first term. But it is hard to see how his presidential workload differs from any other modern president, and those concerns did not arrest the Supreme Court in Clinton. See 520 U.S. at 697–99. Second, Trump argues that he was unable to seek relief in court while in office because, if he had filed this lawsuit during the Mueller or Durham investigations, “it would have looked like [he] was interfering with law enforcement functions.” But this argument gives away the game. Equitable tolling requires the circumstances “prevent[ing]” Trump from suing to be “beyond [his] control.” Menominee Indian Tribe, 577 U.S. at 255, 257 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Trump concedes that he chose not
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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citizensforethics.org
Here's how Trump turned the presidency into a personal piggybank:

-Charging millions for access at Mar-a-Lago.
-Trump Wines sold in Coast Guard exchanges.
-$300M in private donations for a WH ballroom.
-23 Trump properties developed abroad while in office.

Should we go on?
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
He also doesn't regard Trump as a bad guy.
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."

- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.

It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.

(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM