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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 5h

You're more optimistic about the courage of the bar associations than I am. I hope you're right.

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 6h

Nope. We're definitely not in an authoritarian state governed by a personalistic dictator.
What could possibly make you think that? 😰😰😰

New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged Thursday as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13h

I think the Supreme Court and its defenders try to deny this blatant bias toward Trump by highlighting distinctions between cases—oh, you don't understand, student loan forgiveness was illegal while impoundment is permissible because [reasons]. But the big picture tells an undeniably damning story.

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 14h

The media repeatedly referring to the Gaza peace deal as "Trump's plan" shows how deeply the personalization of power has taken root in the US. Trump's administration may have brokered the plan, but he did not himself negotiate it. In the past the press would have referred to a US-backed plan.

Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners

Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza so that the remaining hostages there can be freed in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting elements of a plan put...

www.yahoo.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 18h

The idea that opposing fascism is being presented as a threat to Trump’s government tells you a lot about Trump’s government.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 18h

The idea that opposing fascism is being presented as a threat to Trump’s government tells you a lot about Trump’s government.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Got my Covid and flu shots today, yet somehow I’m still able to have coherent thoughts and speak in full sentences.

a young boy is sitting in a car seat holding a lollipop ..

ALT: a young boy is sitting in a car seat holding a lollipop ..

media.tenor.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Is it too much to ask to have a president who has even just a limited grip on reality?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

A government “official” wants to decide who can be called a pastor.
These MAGA cultists talk about freedom of religion all the time, but what they really mean is the right to exercise their own hate-filled faith without obstruction while showing no respect for anyone else’s religious beliefs.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Don Jenver @donjenver.bsky.social · 1d

if you're willing to sacrifice some groups for your personal safety, i'm going to assume you'll sacrifice anyone. Either we all get humanity and rights or none of us will. Because nobody is voting for another centrist Dem trying to move the party right. that shit is over.

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

“Who? I haven’t seen his tweets yet…”

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Because of course no one could possibly sincerely believe in basic human rights.

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Starbucks lost me when they got rid of their donuts and scones last year. The remaining pastries suck. Who’s running this company?

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

They weren’t fooling around when they closed 2 of the Starbucks on campus last week. Name gone, papered over windows. The company must be struggling if they can’t sell coffee on a college campus.
Of course there are still at least 3 left on campus…

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Question: Why do pollsters screen for registered voters/likely voters on polls that have nothing to do with an election? If you notice, the polls that include all adults (A) have significantly lower approval ratings for Trump. How do other pollsters justify excluding the opinion of non-voters?

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to hear it. Hang in there!

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Lee White! Nice to see you online!
Hope life is treating you well.

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 1d

Reports on Pam Bondi's hearing are illuminating. She fully leans into the Trump approach: always attack, never apologize or offer a defense.
You would think that at least SOME Republicans would object to her complete disdain for Congress, but of course, that assumes a different GOP than we have.

Pam Bondi Hearing Goes Off The Rails When Faced With $50,000 Homan Question

The attorney general dodged questions from senators about what happened to the bag of cash involved in the FBI operation targeting Trump's border czar.

www.huffpost.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

Kind of wish I watched CBS so that I could stop watching out of protest.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

Reminder to boycott @cbsnews.com and Paramount Plus. Bari Weiss is a transphobic anti-Black Islamophobic racist who has repeatedly accused Palestinians of faking genocide, said Islam is at war with the west, platformed and spread lies that trans people are a social contagion,

Bari Weiss Named CBS News Editor-In-Chief, Solidifying Network's Rightward Shift

The network will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.

www.huffpost.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

Where are all those Tea Party, anti-big government, fight tyranny types now? Amazing how quickly they embrace big government oppression when they think it benefits them.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Sending National Guard Troops To Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

www.huffpost.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

Yup, napalm and carpet bombing and massacres of civilians like My Lai were definitely politically correct.
Captain Bone Spurs lives in such a made up fantasy world where he is always the hero.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

Where are all those Tea Party, anti-big government, fight tyranny types now? Amazing how quickly they embrace big government oppression when they think it benefits them.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Sending National Guard Troops To Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

www.huffpost.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 3d

I'm astounded how willingly the media follow Trump's playbook. They are uniformly reporting on "Trump's peace plan," rather than an "American-backed peace plan," as it would have been called in the past. Trump is neither the author nor the chief negotiator of this initiative.

What to Know as key talks to end the war in Gaza are set to begin

Israel and Hamas are set to begin indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

apnews.com

Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 4d

But it’s the “radical left” that is fomenting violence. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 4d

“This is an organized terrorist attack against the federal government.”
In response to a court order.
From a judge appointed by Trump.
About Portland? Are lattes and farmers markets weapons of mass destruction now?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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