Frank
@frankvaladez.bsky.social
Director, ABA Division for Public Education. Skeptical of everyone, cynical about everything, but not without hope.
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Watching so many defense-related blogs and channels trying to somehow explain Trump's "golden fleet" and fixation on "battleships" like it's somehow tied to a real strategy and not a man-baby's fantasy.
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Watching so many defense-related blogs and channels trying to somehow explain Trump's "golden fleet" and fixation on "battleships" like it's somehow tied to a real strategy and not a man-baby's fantasy.
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The Danish system works for them because they have universal healthcare. I’m willing to move to that vaccine schedule once we enact free universal healthcare for every citizen and legal resident of the US and territories and address all health provider shortages.
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Danish system works for them because they have universal healthcare. I’m willing to move to that vaccine schedule once we enact free universal healthcare for every citizen and legal resident of the US and territories and address all health provider shortages.
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The purposes of immigration jail are "supposed" to be 1) make sure ppl show up for court hearings; 2) protect public. It is not a criminal sentence. When govt arrests ppl who are not dangerous at court hearings, they prove it's about punishment. That's illegal. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The purposes of immigration jail are "supposed" to be 1) make sure ppl show up for court hearings; 2) protect public. It is not a criminal sentence. When govt arrests ppl who are not dangerous at court hearings, they prove it's about punishment. That's illegal. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Wow
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wow
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Merry Christmas yall
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Merry Christmas yall
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We can’t blame any nation for not trusting the United States under Trump.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We can’t blame any nation for not trusting the United States under Trump.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
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Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
Trump’s War on ICE-Fearing Catholics • Chico News & Review
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December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps.
It's Christmastime — and if you live in the Alps, watch out! Krampus is coming
In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps.
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Yes. That’s why I say “don’t stop commenting” on SCOTUS decisions and practices. It matters.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yes. That’s why I say “don’t stop commenting” on SCOTUS decisions and practices. It matters.
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This was definitely in the DOJ dump — at least temporarily. We need to REPOST and SHARE the crap out of this and any other reports on it. This is Epstein telling a fellow pedo that Trump was one of them.
TURN UP THE HEAT!
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/major-brea...
TURN UP THE HEAT!
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/major-brea...
MAJOR BREAKING: Epstein Sent Letter to Larry Nassar About Trump and "Nubile" Girls
Meidas posted the story on X, but has yet to post anywhere else.
mdavis19881.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This was definitely in the DOJ dump — at least temporarily. We need to REPOST and SHARE the crap out of this and any other reports on it. This is Epstein telling a fellow pedo that Trump was one of them.
TURN UP THE HEAT!
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/major-brea...
TURN UP THE HEAT!
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/major-brea...
hmmm
The exit of more than a dozen staffers follows turmoil at Heritage and the larger conservative movement over the role of right-wing influencers who've promoted antisemitic and other extremist ideas. n.pr/4qeX9Te
A rift in MAGA has top Heritage Foundation officials leaving to join with Mike Pence
The exit of more than a dozen staffers follows turmoil at Heritage and the larger conservative movement over the role of right-wing influencers who've promoted antisemitic and other extremist ideas.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
hmmm
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@rachelshelden.bsky.social's book, The Political Supreme Court, will be published by @uncpress.bsky.social this year. My blurb declares, "this is the single best book I have read on the history of the US Supreme Court. Brief preview here
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
A Transformed Supreme Court Requires Different Solutions
The Court has changed substantially since the 19th century, and the tradition of life tenure should be viewed in this historical context.
www.brennancenter.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@rachelshelden.bsky.social's book, The Political Supreme Court, will be published by @uncpress.bsky.social this year. My blurb declares, "this is the single best book I have read on the history of the US Supreme Court. Brief preview here
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
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No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
“We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
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the idea that weiss had journalistic concerns is belied by the fact that she's not a journalist
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
the idea that weiss had journalistic concerns is belied by the fact that she's not a journalist
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My lord, when you’ve lost Josh Blackman
December 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My lord, when you’ve lost Josh Blackman
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Five years ago today, Trump summoned a mob to Washington, DC for a “protest” on Jan. 6, 2021, tweeting: “Be there, will be wild!”
Rightwing extremists began planning for violence almost immediately.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Rightwing extremists began planning for violence almost immediately.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Five years ago today, Trump summoned a mob to Washington, DC for a “protest” on Jan. 6, 2021, tweeting: “Be there, will be wild!”
Rightwing extremists began planning for violence almost immediately.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Rightwing extremists began planning for violence almost immediately.
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
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The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court.
bit.ly/44yksPF
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A New Playbook for Countering Originalism in Court
Our guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments.
www.brennancenter.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court.
bit.ly/44yksPF
bit.ly/44yksPF
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...