Josh Michtom
@rsgat.bsky.social
Dad, husband, lawyer for marginalized kids, former veteran public defender, Hartford City Councilman (one of five WFP-only electeds nationwide!), musician, artist, professor; opinions my own; "CT Dems aren't socialist enough for this clown."
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Josh Michtom
@rsgat.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Don't talk to cops. I wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it? Here it goes:
Cursed marketplace item. They need to pay me $250 to wear this shit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Cursed marketplace item. They need to pay me $250 to wear this shit.
Darth Vader be like:
Folks, just going to use this as a jumping off point to say:
Hate is not bad. Hate, like any other emotion, is good when appropriately deployed and bad when inappropriately deployed.
In that one way, no different at all than love.
I know that's not a very Christian view. Thankfully ... Jewish.
Hate is not bad. Hate, like any other emotion, is good when appropriately deployed and bad when inappropriately deployed.
In that one way, no different at all than love.
I know that's not a very Christian view. Thankfully ... Jewish.
Yeah I don't know how to fully express that I feel like my soul is basically damaged by the way I feel about the regime & its agents at this point.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Darth Vader be like:
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Feeling that visceral moral contempt for this regime? That's not soul-damaging. It's soul-affirming. It takes a damaged soul not to feel that contempt.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Feeling that visceral moral contempt for this regime? That's not soul-damaging. It's soul-affirming. It takes a damaged soul not to feel that contempt.
Appellate filings are the tiny scraps of appeals that are sheared off during the machining process.
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Appellate filings are the tiny scraps of appeals that are sheared off during the machining process.
A marxist labor organizer's favorite theory of tort liability is Respond( )eat Superior.
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A marxist labor organizer's favorite theory of tort liability is Respond( )eat Superior.
Wisconsin v. Yoder is such a dumb case.
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wisconsin v. Yoder is such a dumb case.
In a sane world, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, and Tinker v. Des Moines would make this plainly unconstitutional, at least in cases where the parents approved. We are not in that world, of course.
1. Missouri prefiled bills are in, and the anti-trans panic continues.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
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One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New Missouri Bill Would Ban "Social Transition" In Schools, Even With Parental Permission
The bill defines social transition as name changes and pronouns, and would disallow any "conduct that facilitates" such social transition.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In a sane world, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, and Tinker v. Des Moines would make this plainly unconstitutional, at least in cases where the parents approved. We are not in that world, of course.
The administration's main economic policy seems to be the suffering of innocents. They are Job creators.
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The administration's main economic policy seems to be the suffering of innocents. They are Job creators.
As we do at every public ceremony here in Cloud City, we'll begin with a Lando acknowledgement.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
As we do at every public ceremony here in Cloud City, we'll begin with a Lando acknowledgement.
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The thing about this discourse around Hegseth & the military committing a war crime by murdering survivors of their drone strike who were clinging to the shipwreck is that it is normalizing the drone striking of an unarmed civilian ship over suspected drug smuggling WHICH WAS ALREADY A WAR CRIME.
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The thing about this discourse around Hegseth & the military committing a war crime by murdering survivors of their drone strike who were clinging to the shipwreck is that it is normalizing the drone striking of an unarmed civilian ship over suspected drug smuggling WHICH WAS ALREADY A WAR CRIME.
Popeye's, now more than ever, our nation needs the all-biscuit meal.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Popeye's, now more than ever, our nation needs the all-biscuit meal.
Hold up. Where was Hegseth when this happened?
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hold up. Where was Hegseth when this happened?
Hey, have you guys ever heard of politics? You should try it! I'm in it, and it sucks.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, have you guys ever heard of politics? You should try it! I'm in it, and it sucks.
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i never, and i mean EVER, correct anyone’s grammar or spelling on social media bc i’ve had sex but if you start a grammar war with me you’d better be correct
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i never, and i mean EVER, correct anyone’s grammar or spelling on social media bc i’ve had sex but if you start a grammar war with me you’d better be correct
Man, DCF is on my last nerve today.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Man, DCF is on my last nerve today.
Apparently, three-hole punching 350 pages of brief and appendix in a punch that can only do ten pages at a time and placing everything in sturdy three-ring binders is not "secure binding" in the eyes of the appellate clerk's office, so I have to do this whole thing over.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apparently, three-hole punching 350 pages of brief and appendix in a punch that can only do ten pages at a time and placing everything in sturdy three-ring binders is not "secure binding" in the eyes of the appellate clerk's office, so I have to do this whole thing over.
"Jessie's Girl," but make it Tejano.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Jessie's Girl," but make it Tejano.
Me, approving of the Dodgers' rough treatment of the Yankees in the 2024 World Series:
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Me, approving of the Dodgers' rough treatment of the Yankees in the 2024 World Series:
New band name just dropped
NEW: Tina Peters' legal team launches a new effort to free her from prison, as a key ally and MAGA podcaster says Colorado leaders blocking her release are "Satan Jews"
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
New band name just dropped
Playing the ol' squeezebox while the kid's luxuriating in the tub.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Playing the ol' squeezebox while the kid's luxuriating in the tub.
My brief was fully written and formatted by 10:00 this morning, but thanks to Adobe crashing and doing weird stuff all day, I didn't efile it until 4:45.
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My brief was fully written and formatted by 10:00 this morning, but thanks to Adobe crashing and doing weird stuff all day, I didn't efile it until 4:45.
No thanks. I wrote it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No thanks. I wrote it.
I knew if I waited long enough, my work computer would regain its ability to print at the upstairs printer, and I was right.
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I knew if I waited long enough, my work computer would regain its ability to print at the upstairs printer, and I was right.
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A playlist for curry lovers…
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A playlist for curry lovers…
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma