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Boudoir, 1921
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16564
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16564
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Boudoir, 1921
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16564
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16564
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December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
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Federal trial courts and district appellate courts are pushing back against Trump’s illegal use of Justice Dept to exact revenge on his enemies, while SCOTUS’s GOP supermajority continues to rubber stamp Trump’s white nationalist project to remake election law.
[ gift article for its author ]
[ gift article for its author ]
Trump keeps picking unqualified lawyers to act as top prosecutors in his revenge campaign. Increasingly, judges are ruling this scheme illegal.
The Trump Lawyer Scandal Is About Something Much Deeper Than Legal Technicalities
The saga is emblematic of Trump’s most dangerous and self-serving tendencies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Federal trial courts and district appellate courts are pushing back against Trump’s illegal use of Justice Dept to exact revenge on his enemies, while SCOTUS’s GOP supermajority continues to rubber stamp Trump’s white nationalist project to remake election law.
[ gift article for its author ]
[ gift article for its author ]
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Trump keeps picking unqualified lawyers to act as top prosecutors in his revenge campaign. Increasingly, judges are ruling this scheme illegal.
The Trump Lawyer Scandal Is About Something Much Deeper Than Legal Technicalities
The saga is emblematic of Trump’s most dangerous and self-serving tendencies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump keeps picking unqualified lawyers to act as top prosecutors in his revenge campaign. Increasingly, judges are ruling this scheme illegal.
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From the Department of Cringe.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
From the Department of Cringe.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Trump — a NYC landlord — has sent Kushner and Witkoff — two NYC landlords with no other qualifications — to represent Ukraine in negotiations with Putin.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Trump — a NYC landlord — has sent Kushner and Witkoff — two NYC landlords with no other qualifications — to represent Ukraine in negotiations with Putin.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
It woud be helpful if more people understood that a man who says and thinks such monstrous things now has enough money to purchase private armies and sway elections. We can solve part of this problem with two words: wealth tax.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
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A federal judge has ruled that ICE's "systemic failure to apply the probable cause standard, including the failure to consider escape risk" when making arrests in DC directly violates immigration law and DHS's own regulations.
DC: 1
ICE: 0
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DC: 1
ICE: 0
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Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause
Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A federal judge has ruled that ICE's "systemic failure to apply the probable cause standard, including the failure to consider escape risk" when making arrests in DC directly violates immigration law and DHS's own regulations.
DC: 1
ICE: 0
👏👏👏
DC: 1
ICE: 0
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While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Excerpt from ruling:
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning,
this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jech7rem6vijss4euf4fijao/bafkreidy2tm2mkrt4kkxcnhlmc6uess22cabrg7b5juyauqoolvoqd7teu@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A “newly filed civil action in the District Court for the District of Columbia could complicate that plan — and potentially derail the Comey case altogether.”
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A “newly filed civil action in the District Court for the District of Columbia could complicate that plan — and potentially derail the Comey case altogether.”
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...
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So, any pardons a president issues can be reversed by his successor? Noted.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So, any pardons a president issues can be reversed by his successor? Noted.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Former Fox Entertainment personalities committing international war crimes in the name of all Americans was the logical next step for Murdoch after decades of brainwashing his US viewers.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Former Fox Entertainment personalities committing international war crimes in the name of all Americans was the logical next step for Murdoch after decades of brainwashing his US viewers.
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After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
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"Prosecute ICE" should be a basic position for Democrats at this point.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Prosecute ICE" should be a basic position for Democrats at this point.
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Village behind Trees, 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12169
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12169
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Village behind Trees, 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12169
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12169
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Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The buck stops here.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The buck stops here.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
No, not right here. There.
Not there, way over there.
Yeah, keep going. Going.
There.
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Orchard in Blossom with Two Figures Spring - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14341
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14341
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Orchard in Blossom with Two Figures Spring - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14341
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14341
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At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
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Water Lilies - 1914/1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11144
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11144
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Water Lilies - 1914/1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11144
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11144
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Time to shut this clown car down and start forcing Crazie Eddie Lutnick, Bessent and crypto tool Atkins out of the door. 🚪
Then we can prosecute World Liberty Financial (and its co-founder Russian asset Witkoff) who is co-splaying as a diplomat, to the fullest extent of the law.
Then we can prosecute World Liberty Financial (and its co-founder Russian asset Witkoff) who is co-splaying as a diplomat, to the fullest extent of the law.
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Time to shut this clown car down and start forcing Crazie Eddie Lutnick, Bessent and crypto tool Atkins out of the door. 🚪
Then we can prosecute World Liberty Financial (and its co-founder Russian asset Witkoff) who is co-splaying as a diplomat, to the fullest extent of the law.
Then we can prosecute World Liberty Financial (and its co-founder Russian asset Witkoff) who is co-splaying as a diplomat, to the fullest extent of the law.
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It’s clear that the primary interest of the US in “peace negotiations” is to create opportunities for Trump, Witkoff, their family members, business partners and cronies to make billions from business deals with Russia, and Ukraine is just the annoying nuisance in the way.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s clear that the primary interest of the US in “peace negotiations” is to create opportunities for Trump, Witkoff, their family members, business partners and cronies to make billions from business deals with Russia, and Ukraine is just the annoying nuisance in the way.