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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 15h

Posting here because I am so fucking proud of my kid. Sharing some good news (for once)! She found out this morning that she passed the bar exam. “Proud” is an understatement. She has courage, character & conviction so the future is a little brighter today #lawsky 🎉🍾⚖️

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 2d

🤔🤔 Wonder why the Speaker is delaying the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva???

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

👀👀👀👀

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 3d

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 5d

Huge 🙏🏻 thank you to @muellershewrote.com @klasfeldreports.com @annabower.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social for covering this hearing

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

There are a few of us "waiting for your host to join" right now for this hearing...

Hi @muellershewrote.com and @klasfeldreports.com and @annabower.bsky.social

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

Judge Immergut isn’t playing around and I suspect will slam the Trump Administration for trying to end-run her order from yesterday blocking Trump’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard in Portland.

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 5d

I just ordered one 🙌🏻

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141
F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws
of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to
ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the
President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law
PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56
Filed 10/04/25
Page 23 of 31
within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this
Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to
federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal
law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination
was simply untethered to the facts.
c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion
Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 7d

Dear Media- When speaking with these farmers, please ask them who they voted for? With a follow up question, “Given your current situation, would you now change that vote??”

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 7d

🔥❤️‍🔥🫠 Loved it but now need to re-listen because it was midnight and I am too old to stay up that late 😂

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 8d

💯🎯THIS!!!

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 10d

@apnews.com You are failing this country with this click bait byline.

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 11d

Dear @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social - Please take note that THIS is how you lead. THIS is how you convey your messaging to voters. Please rise up and meet the moment because right now, you are failing the assignment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 11d

Can you please post some of the replies? I left that hellmouth social media site a while ago. I am sure the internet is doing it’s thing and I am guessing that the replies might be hilarious.

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 12d

💯🎯

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 13d

I have had a headache all day today. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out the cause. Oh… wait…it’s fascism 🤬

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13d

Please everyone in #WarRavagedPortland post your best photographs of the devastation there so that you will not suffer alone!!

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 14d

Thinking of my family practice and internal medicine colleagues. This is so dangerous.

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14d

Bonkers. Just truly no words for how dangerous this is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 15d

💯 🎯 THIS!!!!

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 17d

Glad I canceled.

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 21d

Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No.

Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 21d

Also noted, an American 🇺🇸 not a flag to any person. Very poignant

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torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 24d

Same here. I also thought Roxanne by the Police was a traffic song and they were singing about stopping at red lights 😂

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · 25d

I cannot imagine how you must feel about the colleagues and mentors in media that you have worked with over the years. Is it mind boggling to you that they are rolling over to this administration? I am at a loss for words for the people I used to watch, read, & trust.

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · Sep 10

THIS ⬆️ 1,000 times THIS ⬆️

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · Sep 9

Technically, in Rhode Island, the COVID-19 vaccine is available without prescription BUUUUTTTTT the major pharmacies (ie CVS) will not allow you to schedule a vaccine appointment without a pre-existing condition. Therefore, overloading PCP offices with phone call requests for rx for vaccine 🤬😡

torturedpoet1313.bsky.social @torturedpoet1313.bsky.social · Sep 9

Talk to me after your teenager puts in their back pocket and sits on it…. You will then own a useless expensive piece of shattered glass and titanium.