K. Long
@drkelong.bsky.social
Beer lover in wine country. Dogs, coffee, law, education, and Black Sabbath. Recovering academic. Union man. Data geek. Ally. Weaver of profanity tapestries. Perpetually barefoot. We are living under an authoritarian regime.
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
We are far too dumb as a people to have such a barbaric punishment.
An astonishing 80 percent of the Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.
Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now under threat from the state’s Republican leadership.
boltsmag.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We are far too dumb as a people to have such a barbaric punishment.
There is a palpable shift in the air. People have had enough and there’s a noticeable hunger for justice.
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There is a palpable shift in the air. People have had enough and there’s a noticeable hunger for justice.
What in the actual fuck!?
Wow, this article went under the radar! Smirnov has been missing since March and no one seemed to have noticed?! Our media is bought and sold
FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail
Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.
www.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What in the actual fuck!?
I have no intention of engaging anyone in any political discussion. I prefer to fight about music and movies. I will also be stoned out of my ever-loving mind which will aid in this endeavor.
No, you probably won't fight about politics at Thanksgiving
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No, you probably won't fight about politics at Thanksgiving
twp.ai
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I have no intention of engaging anyone in any political discussion. I prefer to fight about music and movies. I will also be stoned out of my ever-loving mind which will aid in this endeavor.
Tone deaf, wholly disconnected, 100% asshole.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tone deaf, wholly disconnected, 100% asshole.
Stop for a moment and think about what he, a member of the bar in good standing (I presume), is actually proposing on behalf of his client. Some people are just begging for a career change.
www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-...
www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-...
‘Love to see that happen’: MAGA attorney floats military raid to free Tina Peters
Tina Peters’ attorney is now openly floating the idea that President Donald Trump should use the U.S. military to break the convicted Colorado election denier out of state prison – the latest escalati...
www.rawstory.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Stop for a moment and think about what he, a member of the bar in good standing (I presume), is actually proposing on behalf of his client. Some people are just begging for a career change.
www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-...
www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-...
Unprecedented cowardice
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Unprecedented cowardice
This.
How is anyone on the ACA supposed to think about anything else except what the fuck the GOP is going to do about healthcare???
How can you plan your life this way?
You can’t.
How can you plan your life this way?
You can’t.
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This.
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The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.
Dangerously incompetent and gross dereliction of duty.
Trump on his administration's initial Russia-friendly peace plan: "That was not a plan. It was a concept."
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dangerously incompetent and gross dereliction of duty.
Abolish ICE. Hang everyone involved.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Abolish ICE. Hang everyone involved.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What in the fuck are we even doing anymore? We cannot normalize this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
What in the fuck are we even doing anymore? We cannot normalize this.
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UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
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Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Me after the holidays
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Me after the holidays
Well I love the shit out of this idea!
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Well I love the shit out of this idea!
Remove, investigate, indict, imprison. This is the path forward. This is how we right the ship.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Remove, investigate, indict, imprison. This is the path forward. This is how we right the ship.
Don’t forget, Trump sucks at foreign policy too.
Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
Russian state TV praises Trump's 28-point peace plan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Don’t forget, Trump sucks at foreign policy too.
The fact that there are no ICE/DHS whistleblowers tells you just how corrupt and debased things are. They WANT to do these things. They get off on it. Never forget this.
ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
If you have a medical emergency in ICE custody, there’s a chance you will simply “disappear”
Or you could end up like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel who was deported to Costa Rica in a persistent vegetative state.
He died soon after.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The fact that there are no ICE/DHS whistleblowers tells you just how corrupt and debased things are. They WANT to do these things. They get off on it. Never forget this.
You can’t reform this. You can only prosecute it.
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You can’t reform this. You can only prosecute it.
There will never be a more perfect summation of MAGA
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There will never be a more perfect summation of MAGA
Never forget that, at his core, Maher is nothing more than a bigot with a very limited number of decent opinions.
Bill Maher Trashes Trump Over Epstein Files And ‘Muslim Week At The White House’ Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
Bill Maher Trashes Trump Over Epstein Files And ‘Muslim Week At The White House’
twp.ai
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Never forget that, at his core, Maher is nothing more than a bigot with a very limited number of decent opinions.
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Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Racial profiling is all they do. Lawless.