Julianna Chitwood
@julianna61.bsky.social
Violin teacher/violinist. Works at playing one more time, with feeling. Unfortunately now dogless. Volunteer & Marylander.
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"Hope is a song in a weary throat” - Pauli Murray
Donate to abortion funds: https://abortionfunds.org/
"Hope is a song in a weary throat” - Pauli Murray
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Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
![And there's the issue of masks. This Court has listened
carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk's captors for masking-
up and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd
Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as
disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a
single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small
wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard
them
as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It
should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks.
Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and
honor still matters.
To us, masks are associated with cowardly
desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we
have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.
Carrying on
in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this
administration and everyone who works in it
"We can not escape
history," Lincoln righty said. "[It] will light us down in
honor or dishonor, to the latest generation." Abraham Lincoln,
Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862) .
Perhaps we're now afraid to stick our necks out. If the
distinguished Homeland Security intelligence agency can be
weaponized to squelch the free speech rights of a small, hapless
group of non-citizens in our midst, so too can the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the audit divisions of the I.R.s.
and the Social Security Administration be unconstitutionally
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Young’s opinion, which rules that the Trump admin illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation, is absolutely scathing.
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
“In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police…ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.”
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The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats. https://to.pbs.org/4nFl11f
Senate confirms 48 Trump nominees at once after GOP changed the chamber's rules
Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump's picks, infuriating the presiden...
to.pbs.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats. https://to.pbs.org/4nFl11f
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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With heavily-armed federal agents and National Guard troops patrolling the streets in DC, knowing our rights is critical to keeping ourselves and our communities safe.
No matter what uniform they wear, police and military troops are bound by the Constitution.
No matter what uniform they wear, police and military troops are bound by the Constitution.
Know Your Rights | Encountering Law Enforcement and Military Troops in D.C. | ACLU
No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops are bound by the Constitution, including our rights to peaceful assembly and due process.
www.aclu.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
With heavily-armed federal agents and National Guard troops patrolling the streets in DC, knowing our rights is critical to keeping ourselves and our communities safe.
No matter what uniform they wear, police and military troops are bound by the Constitution.
No matter what uniform they wear, police and military troops are bound by the Constitution.
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Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
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Successful authoritarianism isn’t just about what the state can do to you — but more importantly, what they can get you to do to each other
Capturing regular people into a self-reporting structure of cruelty, dehumanization, and oppression is how authoritarianism breathes free air
Capturing regular people into a self-reporting structure of cruelty, dehumanization, and oppression is how authoritarianism breathes free air
June 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Successful authoritarianism isn’t just about what the state can do to you — but more importantly, what they can get you to do to each other
Capturing regular people into a self-reporting structure of cruelty, dehumanization, and oppression is how authoritarianism breathes free air
Capturing regular people into a self-reporting structure of cruelty, dehumanization, and oppression is how authoritarianism breathes free air
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If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
June 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
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The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
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Last night in my newsletter, I wrote about an important court case you probably haven't heard about. An Alabama group, the Yellowhammer Fund, helps women go to states where abortion is legal to obtain one. They sued the state's AG for threatening to prosecute joycevance.substack.com/p/a-case-to-...
April 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Last night in my newsletter, I wrote about an important court case you probably haven't heard about. An Alabama group, the Yellowhammer Fund, helps women go to states where abortion is legal to obtain one. They sued the state's AG for threatening to prosecute joycevance.substack.com/p/a-case-to-...
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
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Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
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Pete Hegseth and every single other official on that Signal chain should lose their jobs.
They must answer for this egregious national security breach.
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pete Hegseth and every single other official on that Signal chain should lose their jobs.
They must answer for this egregious national security breach.
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NEW: We’re suing several top Trump administration officials who discussed high-level national security deliberations over Signal for violations of the Federal Records Act and Administrative Procedure Act.
americanoversight.org/litigation/a...
americanoversight.org/litigation/a...
American Oversight v. Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio, and NARA Regarding Military Actions Planned on Signal Messaging App - American Oversight
Lawsuit filed against Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio, and NARA concerning news reports that a journalist had been added to a Signal group chat among those containing potentially classifie...
americanoversight.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
NEW: We’re suing several top Trump administration officials who discussed high-level national security deliberations over Signal for violations of the Federal Records Act and Administrative Procedure Act.
americanoversight.org/litigation/a...
americanoversight.org/litigation/a...
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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(🔐) Please understand that this is neither a stunt nor a casual conversation. It’s long, fully sourced, includes reams of hard data—among much else, on anticipated casualties—and takes into account the best intel we now have on Trump, Musk, and their political plans. I hope you’ll share this widely.
BREAKING NEWS: The Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk Funded Now Asserts That There Will More Likely Than Not Be a Second U.S. Civil War This Year or Next
In conversation with the only author who’s both a bestselling Trump biographer and bestselling Musk biographer, Grok finds a 70% chance of civil war. A transcript of the lengthy conversation is below.
sethabramson.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
(🔐) Please understand that this is neither a stunt nor a casual conversation. It’s long, fully sourced, includes reams of hard data—among much else, on anticipated casualties—and takes into account the best intel we now have on Trump, Musk, and their political plans. I hope you’ll share this widely.
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Trump walks to Marine One to head to Mar-a-Lago to play golf on the taxpayers dime.
This trip will cost us $3.1 million, which could be used by USAID to feed 710 starving children for a full year.
This trip will cost us $3.1 million, which could be used by USAID to feed 710 starving children for a full year.
March 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump walks to Marine One to head to Mar-a-Lago to play golf on the taxpayers dime.
This trip will cost us $3.1 million, which could be used by USAID to feed 710 starving children for a full year.
This trip will cost us $3.1 million, which could be used by USAID to feed 710 starving children for a full year.
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"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there." -- Prof. David Noll
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there." -- Prof. David Noll
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
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A new executive order allows the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to bypass Endangered Species Act protections, to ramp up timber sales, resulting in the clear-cutting of massive tracts of federal forests.
No surprise—former Idaho timber executive,Tom Schulz, serves as U.S. Forest Chief.
No surprise—former Idaho timber executive,Tom Schulz, serves as U.S. Forest Chief.
March 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A new executive order allows the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to bypass Endangered Species Act protections, to ramp up timber sales, resulting in the clear-cutting of massive tracts of federal forests.
No surprise—former Idaho timber executive,Tom Schulz, serves as U.S. Forest Chief.
No surprise—former Idaho timber executive,Tom Schulz, serves as U.S. Forest Chief.
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"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
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Trump’s murderous freezing of aid that Congress enacted a law to send to Ukraine unconstitutionally usurps the power of the purse, violates the 1974 Impoundment Act, and is an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor” akin to the extortion for which the Senate should have convicted Trump in 2020.
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Trump’s murderous freezing of aid that Congress enacted a law to send to Ukraine unconstitutionally usurps the power of the purse, violates the 1974 Impoundment Act, and is an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor” akin to the extortion for which the Senate should have convicted Trump in 2020.
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New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government.
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
Skilled technologists are being forced out of government
18F and USDS are gutted by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government.
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.
February 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.