Andrew Bolter
@lifestar57.bsky.social
Canadian Social Justice Lawyer/Journalist/Writer
My opinions are not necessarily those of my legal clinic.
My opinions are not necessarily those of my legal clinic.
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This is a good analysis of Trump's mobster carve up of Gaza.
You pay the "vig" to be a player. Putin gets a seat but not the Palestinians.
Canada spend decades building an international rule of law. PM Carney cannot go along with this travesty.
craigmartinscott.substack.com/p/the-surrea...
You pay the "vig" to be a player. Putin gets a seat but not the Palestinians.
Canada spend decades building an international rule of law. PM Carney cannot go along with this travesty.
craigmartinscott.substack.com/p/the-surrea...
The surreal farce that is Trump’s “Charter of the Board of Peace” - a commentary on its provisions
A “Board of Peace” was part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Trump has turned that into a treaty establishing a personal dictatorship over a new international organization -- with not a word on Gaza.
craigmartinscott.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This is a good analysis of Trump's mobster carve up of Gaza.
You pay the "vig" to be a player. Putin gets a seat but not the Palestinians.
Canada spend decades building an international rule of law. PM Carney cannot go along with this travesty.
craigmartinscott.substack.com/p/the-surrea...
You pay the "vig" to be a player. Putin gets a seat but not the Palestinians.
Canada spend decades building an international rule of law. PM Carney cannot go along with this travesty.
craigmartinscott.substack.com/p/the-surrea...
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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“ when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their behavior often drifts toward domination, exploitation, cruelty, violence, and the outright most vile and abhor.”
Elite Sadists, Their Nihilist Systems, and Their Perpetual Class-Based Immunity
There are increasingly louder rumblings about what is buried in the Epstein files—what more names are in there, what behavior and crimes are documented, what networks might be exposed, and what level ...
substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“ when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their behavior often drifts toward domination, exploitation, cruelty, violence, and the outright most vile and abhor.”
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Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
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I can’t accept the premise that this is the world I am passing on to the next generation. I refuse to leave this mess for them to clean up.
I will do what is necessary to ensure they have a safe and free future.
The haters go no further. It has to stop here.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-to-...
I will do what is necessary to ensure they have a safe and free future.
The haters go no further. It has to stop here.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-to-...
It Has to Stop Here
I spent my life waiting for the future, and now it is here.
charlieangus.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I can’t accept the premise that this is the world I am passing on to the next generation. I refuse to leave this mess for them to clean up.
I will do what is necessary to ensure they have a safe and free future.
The haters go no further. It has to stop here.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-to-...
I will do what is necessary to ensure they have a safe and free future.
The haters go no further. It has to stop here.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-to-...
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I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I’m just glad the US military is finally focused on the real threats - Minnesota and Denmark.
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Emmanuel Macron sending French troops to Greenland, joining Canada, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, countries with boots already on the ground, to defend Greenland from the United States.
Absolutely grotesque that allies now feel compelled to protect a sovereign territory from America.👇
Absolutely grotesque that allies now feel compelled to protect a sovereign territory from America.👇
January 17, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Emmanuel Macron sending French troops to Greenland, joining Canada, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, countries with boots already on the ground, to defend Greenland from the United States.
Absolutely grotesque that allies now feel compelled to protect a sovereign territory from America.👇
Absolutely grotesque that allies now feel compelled to protect a sovereign territory from America.👇
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Trump is selling pardons every week to people who pay $1-2 million to his PAC and is approaching 2,000 corrupt and disgusting pardons less than a year into his term, but yeah “no one is above the law.”
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Trump is selling pardons every week to people who pay $1-2 million to his PAC and is approaching 2,000 corrupt and disgusting pardons less than a year into his term, but yeah “no one is above the law.”
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
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A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus • Washington State Standard
A bill to ban the possession and sale of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of a House committee on Wednesday.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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NEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
Mass resignations hit Justice Department's Civil Rights Division amid lack of action in Minneapolis, sources say
At least six prosecutors, most of whom are supervisors in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section, will be leaving their jobs.
www.cbsnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
NEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
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“The President of the United States is a criminal. He’s not just a convicted criminal. He should have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th. He is running the government like a mob operation.“
January 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“The President of the United States is a criminal. He’s not just a convicted criminal. He should have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th. He is running the government like a mob operation.“
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Flash bangs cause concussions. I hope the more frontline protesters are being educated about how to reduce the kind of serious physical harm flash bangs do. Especially concussions.
Please have a plan to stay safe.
Please have a plan to stay safe.
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Flash bangs cause concussions. I hope the more frontline protesters are being educated about how to reduce the kind of serious physical harm flash bangs do. Especially concussions.
Please have a plan to stay safe.
Please have a plan to stay safe.