Big John
@longmanworc.bsky.social
Grandfather, married 47 yrs. Retired labor lawyer,
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Unconstrained and emboldened, Donald Trump has learned from years of experience how to make the machinery of Washington give him what he wants—whether it’s legal or not. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qe4MTk
The Curse of Trump 2.0
What does it say that the President doesn’t even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Unconstrained and emboldened, Donald Trump has learned from years of experience how to make the machinery of Washington give him what he wants—whether it’s legal or not. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qe4MTk
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Thanks for the mention, Bab.
Much appreciated. 🙏👍😃💙 allie-froglegs
Much appreciated. 🙏👍😃💙 allie-froglegs
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thanks for the mention, Bab.
Much appreciated. 🙏👍😃💙 allie-froglegs
Much appreciated. 🙏👍😃💙 allie-froglegs
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Now there's a big surprise. The IRS has cut way back on tax prosecutions under the current administration. Let the rich guys off the hook before it even starts. So much for fighting fraud and abuse...
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
Exclusive: Tax prosecutions plunge as Trump shifts crime-fighting efforts
Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue thos...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Now there's a big surprise. The IRS has cut way back on tax prosecutions under the current administration. Let the rich guys off the hook before it even starts. So much for fighting fraud and abuse...
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
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He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
He is not well.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.
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And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And think
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
The republicans have managed to do this to us, to the world, in les than a year.
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They arrived ready to celebrate. Suits pressed, children in tow, hearts full of hope. They had jumped through every hoop, passed every test, paid every fee, followed every rule. They were Americans in every way that counted except for one: the zip code on their birth certificate.
'Unspeakable cruelty': Oath ceremonies canceled for immigrants on verge of gaining citizenship
Immigrants who have already been thoroughly vetted are being turned away from naturalization ceremonies because of where they were born.
www.boston.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
They arrived ready to celebrate. Suits pressed, children in tow, hearts full of hope. They had jumped through every hoop, passed every test, paid every fee, followed every rule. They were Americans in every way that counted except for one: the zip code on their birth certificate.
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He won’t stop helping drug dealers
Dice come up 7, 11, or doubles: congratulations, here's your pardon
All other rolls: blow 'em up, finish off any survivors
All other rolls: blow 'em up, finish off any survivors
Trump grants clemency to Baltimore drug trafficker who ran multimillion-dollar ring
A Baltimore drug kingpin who built a multimillion-dollar narcotics empire and lived a lavish lifestyle before his arrest was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
www.baltimoresun.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
He won’t stop helping drug dealers
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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All of this, right here…👇
Enjoy. 😎✨
Enjoy. 😎✨
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
All of this, right here…👇
Enjoy. 😎✨
Enjoy. 😎✨
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December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Monday Friends #2
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December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
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So relevant in today's world.
Bob Marley ✊🏾✌🏾
Bob Marley ✊🏾✌🏾
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So relevant in today's world.
Bob Marley ✊🏾✌🏾
Bob Marley ✊🏾✌🏾
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It feels like we’re living in a time when the very things that make us human compassion, empathy, basic decency are being treated like weaknesses instead of virtues. And every time a policy like this comes down, something that should be unthinkable,
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It feels like we’re living in a time when the very things that make us human compassion, empathy, basic decency are being treated like weaknesses instead of virtues. And every time a policy like this comes down, something that should be unthinkable,
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It’s really disheartening that our nation’s highest Court has said that the rights won by my parents are now denied to their grandchildren. The racial divide is back front and center. #District18 #wethepeople #onepersononevote #SCOTUS #votingrightsact
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It’s really disheartening that our nation’s highest Court has said that the rights won by my parents are now denied to their grandchildren. The racial divide is back front and center. #District18 #wethepeople #onepersononevote #SCOTUS #votingrightsact
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This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
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Gold, Greed and Cowardice
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
Gold, Greed and Cowardice
Trump's corporate and billionaire supporters are emboldening him as he pursues his path of destruction. History proves the future does not bode well for them.
www.americaamerica.news
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gold, Greed and Cowardice
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
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Last week, Trump issued an EO barring any Fed. Agency from engaging with the law firm Covington & Burling. Its sin? Representing Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith. Austin Sarat warns that going after C&B is the first of many efforts to "sideline" lawyers willing to stand up to Trump's regime.
Why President Trump Targeting a Major Law Firm Matters for All Americans
Zeroing in on Covington & Burling law firm is an attempt at using what Alexander Hamilton might refer to as "Formidable Instruments of Tyranny"
contrarian.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Last week, Trump issued an EO barring any Fed. Agency from engaging with the law firm Covington & Burling. Its sin? Representing Fmr. Special Counsel Jack Smith. Austin Sarat warns that going after C&B is the first of many efforts to "sideline" lawyers willing to stand up to Trump's regime.
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30,000,000 Bluesky accounts. Every one of us should be flying the Ukrainian flag. It’s a modest but visible act of support, as well as resistance.
Please join me and repost.
Please join me and repost.
a blue and yellow flag is waving in the wind against a blue sky
ALT: a blue and yellow flag is waving in the wind against a blue sky
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February 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
30,000,000 Bluesky accounts. Every one of us should be flying the Ukrainian flag. It’s a modest but visible act of support, as well as resistance.
Please join me and repost.
Please join me and repost.