@bradknowsall.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, active curmudgeon, permanently progressive.
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"Trump aims to take down ‘global mothership’ of climate science" by Rafi Schwarz for @theweek.com: theweek.com/politics/tru...
Trump aims to take down ‘global mothership’ of climate science
By moving to dismantle Colorado’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, the White House says it is targeting ‘climate alarmism’
theweek.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Trump aims to take down ‘global mothership’ of climate science" by Rafi Schwarz for @theweek.com: theweek.com/politics/tru...
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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"Oh, hell no. That was a joke. That was a joke."
AOC
Thank you for continuing to speak truth to power.
AOC
Thank you for continuing to speak truth to power.
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Oh, hell no. That was a joke. That was a joke."
AOC
Thank you for continuing to speak truth to power.
AOC
Thank you for continuing to speak truth to power.
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Some milestones in the quest for equality.
1. 1970-Women allowed to serve on juries
2. 1972-Birth control became legal for single women
3. 1974-Women got the right to open a bank/credit card account w/o a man's signature
4. 1993- Marital rape deemed illegal
#Pinks
@herstory_feminism on IG
1. 1970-Women allowed to serve on juries
2. 1972-Birth control became legal for single women
3. 1974-Women got the right to open a bank/credit card account w/o a man's signature
4. 1993- Marital rape deemed illegal
#Pinks
@herstory_feminism on IG
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Some milestones in the quest for equality.
1. 1970-Women allowed to serve on juries
2. 1972-Birth control became legal for single women
3. 1974-Women got the right to open a bank/credit card account w/o a man's signature
4. 1993- Marital rape deemed illegal
#Pinks
@herstory_feminism on IG
1. 1970-Women allowed to serve on juries
2. 1972-Birth control became legal for single women
3. 1974-Women got the right to open a bank/credit card account w/o a man's signature
4. 1993- Marital rape deemed illegal
#Pinks
@herstory_feminism on IG
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In Utah, solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply
Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Utah Republicans’ hard turn against solar mirrors President Donald Trump’s hostile approach to the...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In Utah, solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
State Republicans’ hard turn against the energy source mirrors Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
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"Secretary Hegseth’s zeal to have the military punish Senator Kelly is a worst-case scenario of this problem."
National Institute of Military Justice Statement Against Secretary Hegseth’s Threats to Punish a Senator
(disclaimer: I'm a NIMJ Distinguished Fellow)
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
National Institute of Military Justice Statement Against Secretary Hegseth’s Threats to Punish a Senator
(disclaimer: I'm a NIMJ Distinguished Fellow)
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Secretary Hegseth’s zeal to have the military punish Senator Kelly is a worst-case scenario of this problem."
National Institute of Military Justice Statement Against Secretary Hegseth’s Threats to Punish a Senator
(disclaimer: I'm a NIMJ Distinguished Fellow)
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
National Institute of Military Justice Statement Against Secretary Hegseth’s Threats to Punish a Senator
(disclaimer: I'm a NIMJ Distinguished Fellow)
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
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"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
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Public health in the U.S. is COLLAPSING thanks to
#RepublicanHealthcareFailure
12-10-25
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#RepublicanHealthcareFailure
12-10-25
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Public health in the U.S. is COLLAPSING thanks to
#RepublicanHealthcareFailure
12-10-25
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#RepublicanHealthcareFailure
12-10-25
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.
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Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
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BREAKING:
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push | CNN Politics
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressu...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
BREAKING:
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Judicial Ethics
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Judicial Ethics
Yesterday, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove attended an event where Donald Trump spoke.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Judicial Ethics
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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I have been posting these concerns for days
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I have been posting these concerns for days
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ICE
Without a warrant
Aimed rifles at university students
No warrant
They should have been stopped at the gate
Illegal activities must be stopped before they get on private property
People have rights!
Without a warrant
Aimed rifles at university students
No warrant
They should have been stopped at the gate
Illegal activities must be stopped before they get on private property
People have rights!
ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
ICE
Without a warrant
Aimed rifles at university students
No warrant
They should have been stopped at the gate
Illegal activities must be stopped before they get on private property
People have rights!
Without a warrant
Aimed rifles at university students
No warrant
They should have been stopped at the gate
Illegal activities must be stopped before they get on private property
People have rights!
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1/6 Argentina just showed Americans how an unpopular authoritarian can still win. Milei wrecked the economy, scared the country, and then used that fear to flip the election. It was not a comeback. It was a psychological operation. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/6 Argentina just showed Americans how an unpopular authoritarian can still win. Milei wrecked the economy, scared the country, and then used that fear to flip the election. It was not a comeback. It was a psychological operation. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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So, MAGA hates Muslims and wants to kick us out but is fine with Saudi Arabia and Qatar buying up America and owning the Trump family?
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So, MAGA hates Muslims and wants to kick us out but is fine with Saudi Arabia and Qatar buying up America and owning the Trump family?
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
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Sept 2nd USA strikes boat ....2nd strike kills survivors
Yes *** SURVIVORS ***
Oct 2nd.....
Nov 2nd ...
Dec 2nd ...nothing
Hegseth: We are reviewing the footage to see if we will release it
Elected representatives on Capitol Hill have seen it and are shocked to the point of getting sick
Yes *** SURVIVORS ***
Oct 2nd.....
Nov 2nd ...
Dec 2nd ...nothing
Hegseth: We are reviewing the footage to see if we will release it
Elected representatives on Capitol Hill have seen it and are shocked to the point of getting sick
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sept 2nd USA strikes boat ....2nd strike kills survivors
Yes *** SURVIVORS ***
Oct 2nd.....
Nov 2nd ...
Dec 2nd ...nothing
Hegseth: We are reviewing the footage to see if we will release it
Elected representatives on Capitol Hill have seen it and are shocked to the point of getting sick
Yes *** SURVIVORS ***
Oct 2nd.....
Nov 2nd ...
Dec 2nd ...nothing
Hegseth: We are reviewing the footage to see if we will release it
Elected representatives on Capitol Hill have seen it and are shocked to the point of getting sick
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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After seeing the photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s living room just released it now makes sense what Donald Trump is doing to the Oval Office.
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
After seeing the photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s living room just released it now makes sense what Donald Trump is doing to the Oval Office.