Donna Walter
@djwalter.bsky.social
Law firm staff member, former journalist. I’m here to learn and to smile.
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The Franklin folks need to sue the ass off of the people who stole their property.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Franklin folks need to sue the ass off of the people who stole their property.
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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“Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. When 300,000 people sign their names to challenge a law, they aren’t offering a suggestion. They are exercising a constitutional veto belonging to the voters alone.”
~Jason Hancock
~Jason Hancock
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. When 300,000 people sign their names to challenge a law, they aren’t offering a suggestion. They are exercising a constitutional veto belonging to the voters alone.”
~Jason Hancock
~Jason Hancock
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I talked about this — including this gift gold bar—on my podcast this AM—talking about presidential gift-giving and corruption.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I talked about this — including this gift gold bar—on my podcast this AM—talking about presidential gift-giving and corruption.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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Trump has as much power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges as I have the power to award the 2025 World Series trophy to the Chicago White Sox.
BREAKING: Donald Trump claims he has granted a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a state sentence.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump has as much power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges as I have the power to award the 2025 World Series trophy to the Chicago White Sox.
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Tomorrow on my live podcast, History Matters:
Profiting Off the Presidency:
Why the Gold and Gifts Matter
The founders and framers had STRONG feelings about public officials not accepting foreign gifts.
Why?
Let’s take a dive into corruption.
Friday 10AM ET
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Profiting Off the Presidency:
Why the Gold and Gifts Matter
The founders and framers had STRONG feelings about public officials not accepting foreign gifts.
Why?
Let’s take a dive into corruption.
Friday 10AM ET
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
m.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tomorrow on my live podcast, History Matters:
Profiting Off the Presidency:
Why the Gold and Gifts Matter
The founders and framers had STRONG feelings about public officials not accepting foreign gifts.
Why?
Let’s take a dive into corruption.
Friday 10AM ET
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Profiting Off the Presidency:
Why the Gold and Gifts Matter
The founders and framers had STRONG feelings about public officials not accepting foreign gifts.
Why?
Let’s take a dive into corruption.
Friday 10AM ET
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
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If Republicans in Indiana can tell Trump to get fucked, Republicans everywhere can too.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If Republicans in Indiana can tell Trump to get fucked, Republicans everywhere can too.
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Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged:
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged:
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
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me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
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Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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The GOP enacted civil service reform.
The GOP will destroy civil service reform.
The GOP is NOT the same party that it was. Keep this in mind when they claim Lincoln as their own
The GOP will destroy civil service reform.
The GOP is NOT the same party that it was. Keep this in mind when they claim Lincoln as their own
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The GOP enacted civil service reform.
The GOP will destroy civil service reform.
The GOP is NOT the same party that it was. Keep this in mind when they claim Lincoln as their own
The GOP will destroy civil service reform.
The GOP is NOT the same party that it was. Keep this in mind when they claim Lincoln as their own
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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If the crewmen who survived the first strike on the boat Sept. 2 were in such good shape that they were still "in the fight," as Tom Cotton claims, let's see the damn video – all of it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If the crewmen who survived the first strike on the boat Sept. 2 were in such good shape that they were still "in the fight," as Tom Cotton claims, let's see the damn video – all of it.
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It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
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Someone needs to explain to H.K. that Veteran's Day was intended to celebrate the men and women who fought to defend the Constitution of the United States and not those who, for over four years, killed them. www.hernandosun.com/2025/12/06/v...
Veteran Files Lawsuit After Being Ejected From Tampa Ceremony
You probably didn’t see this coming … an African American southern heritage activist and former NAACP president was recently removed from a Tampa Veteran’s Day ceremony for wearing a Confederate […]
www.hernandosun.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Someone needs to explain to H.K. that Veteran's Day was intended to celebrate the men and women who fought to defend the Constitution of the United States and not those who, for over four years, killed them. www.hernandosun.com/2025/12/06/v...
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2/ Years ago, at a reception for a bunch of executive types (I wasn’t one of them, but I was there), someone seriously looked me in the face and said that giving women the vote was a grave mistake.
I’ll bet he’s said that before, and guys agreed with him.
I’ll bet he’s said that before, and guys agreed with him.
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
2/ Years ago, at a reception for a bunch of executive types (I wasn’t one of them, but I was there), someone seriously looked me in the face and said that giving women the vote was a grave mistake.
I’ll bet he’s said that before, and guys agreed with him.
I’ll bet he’s said that before, and guys agreed with him.
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1/ Interesting point.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
1/ Interesting point.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
If you’re a billionaire, people don’t push back against your bad (or corrupt or inhumane) ideas very often.
So when you DO get pushback, it’s the deadly and — at this point — meaningless “woke” at play.
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If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
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A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie