S. Grisham
@segmentis.bsky.social
Book publishing person who went to law school by mistake. I was in New Mexico, now back in New York State. Fond of books, cats, books on cats, and cats on books.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Nov 10 poll of 4,330 U.S. adults (+/-2.2 points)
% who approve | disapprove of the deal reached by Congress to fund the government and end the shutdown
U.S. adults 37% | 29%
Democrats 31% | 47%
Independents 25% | 30%
Republicans 56% | 11%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who approve | disapprove of the deal reached by Congress to fund the government and end the shutdown
U.S. adults 37% | 29%
Democrats 31% | 47%
Independents 25% | 30%
Republicans 56% | 11%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Nov 10 poll of 4,330 U.S. adults (+/-2.2 points)
% who approve | disapprove of the deal reached by Congress to fund the government and end the shutdown
U.S. adults 37% | 29%
Democrats 31% | 47%
Independents 25% | 30%
Republicans 56% | 11%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who approve | disapprove of the deal reached by Congress to fund the government and end the shutdown
U.S. adults 37% | 29%
Democrats 31% | 47%
Independents 25% | 30%
Republicans 56% | 11%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
Reposted by S. Grisham
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Reposted by S. Grisham
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Donald Trump Jr.
newstracs.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:
Reposted by S. Grisham
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Onto Tish James' Lindsey Halligan challenge.
This section is mostly a pedantic fact check of word "only," but worth noting.
This arg is not in Comey's reply. Does Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer even LIVE in EDVA? How close is she to Trump's insurrection?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This section is mostly a pedantic fact check of word "only," but worth noting.
This arg is not in Comey's reply. Does Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer even LIVE in EDVA? How close is she to Trump's insurrection?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Onto Tish James' Lindsey Halligan challenge.
This section is mostly a pedantic fact check of word "only," but worth noting.
This arg is not in Comey's reply. Does Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer even LIVE in EDVA? How close is she to Trump's insurrection?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This section is mostly a pedantic fact check of word "only," but worth noting.
This arg is not in Comey's reply. Does Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer even LIVE in EDVA? How close is she to Trump's insurrection?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by S. Grisham
A group of Oak Park Girl Scouts and their parents thought they were spending their Saturday morning helping their neighbors.
"Instead, the girls encountered masked U.S. ICE agents with weapons and vehicles with dark-tinted windows as the sounds of whistles pierced the air."
"Instead, the girls encountered masked U.S. ICE agents with weapons and vehicles with dark-tinted windows as the sounds of whistles pierced the air."
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A group of Oak Park Girl Scouts and their parents thought they were spending their Saturday morning helping their neighbors.
"Instead, the girls encountered masked U.S. ICE agents with weapons and vehicles with dark-tinted windows as the sounds of whistles pierced the air."
"Instead, the girls encountered masked U.S. ICE agents with weapons and vehicles with dark-tinted windows as the sounds of whistles pierced the air."
Reposted by S. Grisham
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Reposted by S. Grisham
ALERT: Another former U.S. Capitol riot defendant is back in jail
More ===>
youtube.com/shorts/Mk7SR...
More ===>
youtube.com/shorts/Mk7SR...
ALERT: Former January 6 defendant is back in jail… charged with kidnapping and assaulting woman
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
ALERT: Another former U.S. Capitol riot defendant is back in jail
More ===>
youtube.com/shorts/Mk7SR...
More ===>
youtube.com/shorts/Mk7SR...
Reposted by S. Grisham
A judge has allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to the nation’s capital.
Deployment of West Virginia National Guard members in nation’s capital can continue: judge
www.stripes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A judge has allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to the nation’s capital.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Reposted by S. Grisham
be there or be square!
me:
me:
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
be there or be square!
me:
me:
Reposted by S. Grisham
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Reposted by S. Grisham
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023
Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
Reposted by S. Grisham
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
Reposted by S. Grisham
Reposted by S. Grisham
Reposted by S. Grisham
Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
garethgore.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Reposted by S. Grisham
NEWS: The Cook County Board has approved $10 million in settlements for two wrongly convicted men who spent 23 years in prison for a 1994 slaying. Lawsuit against the city is ongoing. This is the Nevest Coleman/Derrell Fulton case I’ve covered for years. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/c...
Cook County to pay $10M to 2 men wrongly convicted in 1994 slaying
The two men are still suing Chicago over allegations police coerced them into false confessions and framed them in a woman’s gruesome death.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEWS: The Cook County Board has approved $10 million in settlements for two wrongly convicted men who spent 23 years in prison for a 1994 slaying. Lawsuit against the city is ongoing. This is the Nevest Coleman/Derrell Fulton case I’ve covered for years. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/c...
Reposted by S. Grisham
The House is out until Wednesday, so the shutdown isn't ending before Wednesday night at the earliest
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The House is out until Wednesday, so the shutdown isn't ending before Wednesday night at the earliest
Reposted by S. Grisham
it's fun how "it's already been reported elsewhere" can be an excuse for covering a thing that you want to cover OR an excuse for not covering a thing you don't want to cover
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
it's fun how "it's already been reported elsewhere" can be an excuse for covering a thing that you want to cover OR an excuse for not covering a thing you don't want to cover
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
Reposted by S. Grisham
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
FAA Bans Most Private Jets At 12 Major Airports—But Some Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.