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Hope

@crickettehkm.bsky.social

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📎Seeking a peaceful existence in the desert. LGBTQ+ ret. litigator, animal rescuer, weaver. I believe in equality & democracy and I say fu*k a lot. Always a Philly Girl. Go Birds 🦅 NO DM unless I know you.Try and sell me something, anything, instant block!

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · Jun 7

You ALL need to IMMEDIATELY download a full and complete copy of your CREDIT REPORT and SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS RECORD! Do not screenshot, DOWNLOAD! If you don’t know how to do this, ask a family member or close friend. DO IT!

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Jun 7

Trump's hand-picked Supreme Court has given him the Fort Knox of Americans’ most personal and private information. This reckless decision leaves millions of seniors exposed if and when this information falls into the wrong hands, inside or outside of our government.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jun 6

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security Administration records, including sensitive data.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h

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chuckamental.bsky.social @chuckamental.bsky.social · 2h

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Trump thinks watching fox ‘news’ playing clips of the George Floyd blm riots from years ago is what’s happening now!! His dementia riddled brain thinks television is telling the ‘truth’ about what’s happening now!!! The ‘man’ is a dangerous fool!!! Ffs🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤡

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 2h

This was after the resistance fighters executed him and brought his body to the allies to put on public display.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 5h

Want to hear re: a president who wanted his opponents physically beaten & was accused of wanting to be king?

My lecture on Andrew Jackson

In this cartoon from his presidency, he’s standing on a shredded Constitution w/a book titled “Judiciary of the US” at his feet

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A cartoon from the early 1830s mocking Andrew Jackson as a king.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 2h

Please listen & share

Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2h

Please read.
Please.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

History is not kind to this type of behavior.

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

I went to see the film the first week it was out and bought the soundtrack. Really loved the soundtrack and don’t remember much of the film.

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

Not discretion; motion must be filed before the court. The motion is decided on the law.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a 2022 interview warned supporters of reproductive rights that "one day it’s going to be your turn."

"Murder is murder. And one day it's going to be your turn."

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

Florida is certainly not sending us their best.

Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

Get it right people! We are all innocent until proven otherwise… That is still the law of the land.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 13h

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t get lost in the muck. Take time off if you need and get back by the 18th!

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 11h

The arsonist came from Florida… Florida man… Pissed off at all those damn liberals in California living their best lives. I would like each Californian to be able to take a piece of him.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 12h

Today's arrest of 29-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Rinderknecht marks an important step toward determining how the horrific #PalisadesFire started and bringing closure to the thousands of survivors whose lives were upended.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 12h

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire that ravaged part of Los Angeles earlier this year, now believed to have been caused by arson, officials said.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 15h

I’m old enough to remember when Nancy Reagan was against stem cell research… then Ronnie got sick

Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 15h

This stopped my scrolling. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.💜

Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 15h

It always ends the same way

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Maple Mama @maplemama20.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is demanding the FCC revoke ABC and NBC broadcasting license because he doesn't like what they have to say. He won't stop until everything is only supporting pro trump BS. He only wants free speech for him not for Americans

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 16h

Truth-tellers don’t get silenced because they lie. They get silenced because they remind others, they’re not crazy.
This whole system was lost long before the military stormed our streets. But we will still resist. Unbought. Unbowed. Loud. And that matters, especially at the end. #Resist

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Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 15h

Texas National Guard invading Illinois!

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Fred Blue Voter @fredbluevoter.bsky.social · 15h

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