A little witch in Halloweentown
@halloweentowngirl.bsky.social
Queer, tattooed, feminist Oregonian. Witchy goth in my soul. Ex-attorney/tech exec. Experienced advocate for SA/DV survivors. Dog mom to 3 rescue pitbulls. Fan of RPGs, Twin Peaks/Lynch, Gilmore Girls, Taylor Swift, perfume, roadtrips, & noirs.
Pinned
Turns out, REM was wrong. I do not, in fact, feel fine.
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Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many historians of Rome identify Roman generals becoming the personal sources of payment for their armies as a key step in the downfall of the Republic, since it personalized military authority and freed armies to fight for their immediate leader, who paid them, instead of for the Republic
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I feel like the Trump administration is constantly doing that scene in Lord of the Rings when Bilbo is increasingly menacingly like 'after all, why shouldn't I' but instead of the one ring they're holding crimes against humanity
September 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I feel like the Trump administration is constantly doing that scene in Lord of the Rings when Bilbo is increasingly menacingly like 'after all, why shouldn't I' but instead of the one ring they're holding crimes against humanity
Adolf Hitler, 1939:
"It is a matter of indifference to me what a weak western civilization will say about me. I have given the order—and I will have anyone who utters but one word of criticism shot—that the aim of the war is not to attain certain lines, but to annihilate the enemy physically.”
"It is a matter of indifference to me what a weak western civilization will say about me. I have given the order—and I will have anyone who utters but one word of criticism shot—that the aim of the war is not to attain certain lines, but to annihilate the enemy physically.”
September 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Adolf Hitler, 1939:
"It is a matter of indifference to me what a weak western civilization will say about me. I have given the order—and I will have anyone who utters but one word of criticism shot—that the aim of the war is not to attain certain lines, but to annihilate the enemy physically.”
"It is a matter of indifference to me what a weak western civilization will say about me. I have given the order—and I will have anyone who utters but one word of criticism shot—that the aim of the war is not to attain certain lines, but to annihilate the enemy physically.”
Only if your man is an insecure, jealous, self-absorbed, small d*cked child... But thanks @cnn.com , for making it seem like the fact that, despite the persistent global wage gap, somehow women's salaries are the problem.
Signed, a woman who outearns her husband, a leader in his legal field
Signed, a woman who outearns her husband, a leader in his legal field
September 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Only if your man is an insecure, jealous, self-absorbed, small d*cked child... But thanks @cnn.com , for making it seem like the fact that, despite the persistent global wage gap, somehow women's salaries are the problem.
Signed, a woman who outearns her husband, a leader in his legal field
Signed, a woman who outearns her husband, a leader in his legal field
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This is real, somehow
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is real, somehow
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#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12:
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#BREAKING: Judge Breyer has held that the Trump admin. *violated* the Posse Comitatus Act in its military deployments in and around Los Angeles, and has enjoined further use of those troops for law enforcement tasks. The order is stayed through 12 PDT on 9/12:
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
georgetown.app.box.com/file/1973361...
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the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
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Not mentioned in this column: firearm suicide rates in rural areas of Minnesota are 1.5 to 2 times higher than in urban areas, but keep slinging that bucolic bullshit.
988 works everywhere. Please call if you need help.
988 works everywhere. Please call if you need help.
September 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not mentioned in this column: firearm suicide rates in rural areas of Minnesota are 1.5 to 2 times higher than in urban areas, but keep slinging that bucolic bullshit.
988 works everywhere. Please call if you need help.
988 works everywhere. Please call if you need help.
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normalization continues apace
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
normalization continues apace
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MEMPHIS: “Despite locals’ health concerns, the Greater Memphis Chamber has gone to unusual lengths to promote a data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information.”
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
September 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
MEMPHIS: “Despite locals’ health concerns, the Greater Memphis Chamber has gone to unusual lengths to promote a data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information.”
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
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two million dollars for a self-justifying victory lap
“She reportedly secured a $2 million advance for her book published on the conservative Sentinel imprint of Penguin Random House.”
Their attacks about “activist judges” were always a projection.
Their attacks about “activist judges” were always a projection.
Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book | CNN Politics
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a new memoir defends her vote reversing a half century of national abortion rights, offers thoughts on religious bias, and details her decision-making proces...
www.cnn.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
two million dollars for a self-justifying victory lap
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Imagine how strong the mainstream media incentives to normalize and equivocate must be if they result in a piece that looks at a deranged, anti-science conspiracy theorist devastating public health and goes: "Good questions, just going about it the wrong way... just like Michelle Obama!"
September 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Imagine how strong the mainstream media incentives to normalize and equivocate must be if they result in a piece that looks at a deranged, anti-science conspiracy theorist devastating public health and goes: "Good questions, just going about it the wrong way... just like Michelle Obama!"
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#Attorneys - we are counting on you. You never know when your chance to make a difference will show up, or how. You know you're doing the right thing when power tries to punish you for it... if you do it anyway, you are a fucking HERO and you have my thanks.
Thank you, @qasimrashid.com.
Thank you, @qasimrashid.com.
A Florida court detained a US Citizen for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed—& held him anyway.
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License
Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for All people in the United States
www.qasimrashid.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#Attorneys - we are counting on you. You never know when your chance to make a difference will show up, or how. You know you're doing the right thing when power tries to punish you for it... if you do it anyway, you are a fucking HERO and you have my thanks.
Thank you, @qasimrashid.com.
Thank you, @qasimrashid.com.
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Just spotted 3 MPD at the Florida & V St NW bus stop. Questioning and hassling people waiting for the bus, clearly just there to intimidate and bother Black people.
Bowser and some Council members can say all they want that the problem is Feds and we can trust MPD, but that’s bullshit.
Bowser and some Council members can say all they want that the problem is Feds and we can trust MPD, but that’s bullshit.
September 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just spotted 3 MPD at the Florida & V St NW bus stop. Questioning and hassling people waiting for the bus, clearly just there to intimidate and bother Black people.
Bowser and some Council members can say all they want that the problem is Feds and we can trust MPD, but that’s bullshit.
Bowser and some Council members can say all they want that the problem is Feds and we can trust MPD, but that’s bullshit.
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FOX BUSINESS: “My goodness. $5 BILLION. Eye-popping numbers… crypto-friendly legislation coming from the president who is in turn cashing in on crypto. A conflict of interest.”
Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FOX BUSINESS: “My goodness. $5 BILLION. Eye-popping numbers… crypto-friendly legislation coming from the president who is in turn cashing in on crypto. A conflict of interest.”
Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
Even Fox sees how insanely corrupt Trump’s crypto grift is. (H/T @ab21.bsky.social )
Literally nothing would please me more than watching Mark Zuckerberg losing everything he has to a bunch of famous women who sue the s**t out of him for making fake sexbots of them for desperate, whiny dudes.
www.reuters.com/business/met...
www.reuters.com/business/met...
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Literally nothing would please me more than watching Mark Zuckerberg losing everything he has to a bunch of famous women who sue the s**t out of him for making fake sexbots of them for desperate, whiny dudes.
www.reuters.com/business/met...
www.reuters.com/business/met...
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What he said (and there's no reason this story should ever go away until Trump does, and maybe until everyone involved in the cover-up does).
August 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
What he said (and there's no reason this story should ever go away until Trump does, and maybe until everyone involved in the cover-up does).
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If Never Trump Republicans knew what was politically effective, we wouldn't be here.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If Never Trump Republicans knew what was politically effective, we wouldn't be here.
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“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”
Listen to the survivors.
Listen to the survivors.
August 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”
Listen to the survivors.
Listen to the survivors.
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🔥 CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: "We're not gonna surrender our humanity to this tyrant… Chicago has a long history of standing up against tyranny-- resisting those who wish to undermine the interests of working people. We're not gonna back down.”
August 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔥 CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: "We're not gonna surrender our humanity to this tyrant… Chicago has a long history of standing up against tyranny-- resisting those who wish to undermine the interests of working people. We're not gonna back down.”
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he told the audience, “One of the things we’re going to be redoing is your parks. I’m very good with grass. I have a lot of golf courses all over the place. I probably know more about grass than any person anywhere in the world.”
Trump Wants to Turn National Parks Into Golf Clubs
“I know more about grass than any human,” the president said.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
he told the audience, “One of the things we’re going to be redoing is your parks. I’m very good with grass. I have a lot of golf courses all over the place. I probably know more about grass than any person anywhere in the world.”
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Trump suggested that Washington, D.C.’s national parks could be converted into golf courses during a event with police and military officials. Speaking from the U.S. Park Police’s Anacostia Operations Facility,
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Trump suggested that Washington, D.C.’s national parks could be converted into golf courses during a event with police and military officials. Speaking from the U.S. Park Police’s Anacostia Operations Facility,
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Friends, it’s not a distraction.
It’s fascism.
It’s fascism.
Jeffries on Trump planning a military crackdown in Chicago: "We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he's deeply unpopular"
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Friends, it’s not a distraction.
It’s fascism.
It’s fascism.
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Today, marks Ukraine’s 34 Independence Day. It’s the third since the start of the full-scale war and 12th since the Russia-Ukraine War started in 2014.
It’s both a somber and joyful day because for centuries the Ukrainian people have struggled for independence.
It’s both a somber and joyful day because for centuries the Ukrainian people have struggled for independence.
August 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today, marks Ukraine’s 34 Independence Day. It’s the third since the start of the full-scale war and 12th since the Russia-Ukraine War started in 2014.
It’s both a somber and joyful day because for centuries the Ukrainian people have struggled for independence.
It’s both a somber and joyful day because for centuries the Ukrainian people have struggled for independence.
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That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s?
So, we asked them.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
So, we asked them.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.
The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.
www.democracydocket.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s?
So, we asked them.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
So, we asked them.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...