Paul Clayton
@pclayton115.bsky.social
Tried to avoid the election results by voting Blue all down the line. Staff to 3 cats. Music helps. NY Bar no. 1970680
Do Not Comply in Advance (Timothy Snyder)
DMs are off. NY-19 💙 voter
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DMs are off. NY-19 💙 voter
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Paul Clayton
@pclayton115.bsky.social
· Jan 7
Apart from character, the greatest thing that education can give is curiosity about the changing life about us.
Eleanor Roosevelt, In Her Words
Eleanor Roosevelt, In Her Words
The de facto limitations period for blaming Joe Biden is the midterm elections. Just saying.
December 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The de facto limitations period for blaming Joe Biden is the midterm elections. Just saying.
OMG, I turned on MS Now 5 minutes before Nicolle Wallace's show. What a mistake. Katy Tur just ended her hour with the announcement of the Melania movie coming to a theater near you and then aired its trailer. No commentary. No reminder of why Bezos would pay for such a suck up move.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
OMG, I turned on MS Now 5 minutes before Nicolle Wallace's show. What a mistake. Katy Tur just ended her hour with the announcement of the Melania movie coming to a theater near you and then aired its trailer. No commentary. No reminder of why Bezos would pay for such a suck up move.
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Trump, during his Christmas Speech in front of children, rambles on about Viper Snakes nearly killing a man. 25A, folks. 25A
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Trump Derails His Christmas Speech to Ramble About Snakes
At one point, even Donald Trump acknowledged he’d lost the crowd.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump, during his Christmas Speech in front of children, rambles on about Viper Snakes nearly killing a man. 25A, folks. 25A
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RIP.😔
Compare tribute of Pres. Obama with the current WH occupant.
"Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen."
Versus👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Compare tribute of Pres. Obama with the current WH occupant.
"Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen."
Versus👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death
Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
RIP.😔
Compare tribute of Pres. Obama with the current WH occupant.
"Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen."
Versus👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Compare tribute of Pres. Obama with the current WH occupant.
"Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen."
Versus👇
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
A hero, indeed.
In all this "sadness, there are still wonderful, brave Australians who are prepared to risk their lives to help a complete stranger", the article concludes.
Here's to healing for all, especially Ahmed. Incredible.
In all this "sadness, there are still wonderful, brave Australians who are prepared to risk their lives to help a complete stranger", the article concludes.
Here's to healing for all, especially Ahmed. Incredible.
Hero. ❤️
'43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding.
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'43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A hero, indeed.
In all this "sadness, there are still wonderful, brave Australians who are prepared to risk their lives to help a complete stranger", the article concludes.
Here's to healing for all, especially Ahmed. Incredible.
In all this "sadness, there are still wonderful, brave Australians who are prepared to risk their lives to help a complete stranger", the article concludes.
Here's to healing for all, especially Ahmed. Incredible.
So gross. So par for the course for the regime. Thank you, Indiana.
The Indiana Lt. Gov. confirmed the #Trump regime threatened to withhold federal funding unless lawmakers gerrymandered the state—
Textbook quid pro quo extortion — In a normal administration this would be a national scandal
Textbook quid pro quo extortion — In a normal administration this would be a national scandal
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So gross. So par for the course for the regime. Thank you, Indiana.
If anyone is dogged by that negative voice in their head then this great YA story helps.👇
Mystic and the Secret of Happiness by Anne-Claire Szubaniska.
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty." CS Lewis
Mystic and the Secret of Happiness by Anne-Claire Szubaniska.
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty." CS Lewis
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If anyone is dogged by that negative voice in their head then this great YA story helps.👇
Mystic and the Secret of Happiness by Anne-Claire Szubaniska.
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty." CS Lewis
Mystic and the Secret of Happiness by Anne-Claire Szubaniska.
"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty." CS Lewis
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Right on cue, Trump goes off script in Pennsylvania last night and insults the intelligence of every family working with a set budget.
Politico has the story, here.
Right on cue, Trump goes off script in Pennsylvania last night and insults the intelligence of every family working with a set budget.
Politico has the story, here.
Trump’s blind spot
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Right on cue, Trump goes off script in Pennsylvania last night and insults the intelligence of every family working with a set budget.
Politico has the story, here.
Right on cue, Trump goes off script in Pennsylvania last night and insults the intelligence of every family working with a set budget.
Politico has the story, here.
Two and a half minutes of acoustic music's vocal perfection is captured in Darlingside's "Birds Say".
Right? What else?
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Right? What else?
tidal.com/browse/track...
tidal.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Two and a half minutes of acoustic music's vocal perfection is captured in Darlingside's "Birds Say".
Right? What else?
tidal.com/browse/track...
Right? What else?
tidal.com/browse/track...
Stop the Presses! 👇
Style guide:
Alina Habba is not STEPPING DOWN.
She is ending her unlawful charade that she is US Attorney.
Alina Habba is not STEPPING DOWN.
She is ending her unlawful charade that she is US Attorney.
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Stop the Presses! 👇
So, American Football allegedly needs a new name because of its confusion with the rest of the world's understanding of the actual Beautiful Game.
Okay, let's call it Yale Football. It was invented there by Walter Camp. Using its Ivy league heritage is accurate and it would grind MAGA gears, too. 😁
Okay, let's call it Yale Football. It was invented there by Walter Camp. Using its Ivy league heritage is accurate and it would grind MAGA gears, too. 😁
two men are playing a game of football on a field in a black and white photo .
Alt: two men are playing a game of old time football on a field in a black and white photo.
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So, American Football allegedly needs a new name because of its confusion with the rest of the world's understanding of the actual Beautiful Game.
Okay, let's call it Yale Football. It was invented there by Walter Camp. Using its Ivy league heritage is accurate and it would grind MAGA gears, too. 😁
Okay, let's call it Yale Football. It was invented there by Walter Camp. Using its Ivy league heritage is accurate and it would grind MAGA gears, too. 😁
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Canadian tv show mocks donald trump as brutally as SNL. Little Piggy book. Had me laughing out loud.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Canadian tv show mocks donald trump as brutally as SNL. Little Piggy book. Had me laughing out loud.
I hear he got his peace prize today. Can his "15 minutes" be up now?
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I hear he got his peace prize today. Can his "15 minutes" be up now?
5-Alarm Fire Siren!
Just reading the opening portion is alarming enough.😡
Trump 2.0 Removal Cases & the New Shadow Docket | Un. of Chicago Law Review share.google/FjJy7Mcff6f8...
Just reading the opening portion is alarming enough.😡
Trump 2.0 Removal Cases & the New Shadow Docket | Un. of Chicago Law Review share.google/FjJy7Mcff6f8...
Trump 2.0 Removal Cases & the New Shadow Docket | The University of Chicago Law Review
Welcome to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket. Like the Twilight Zone, the emergency docket is “the middle ground between light and shadow,” and hence is the core of the so-called “shadow docket.” C...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
5-Alarm Fire Siren!
Just reading the opening portion is alarming enough.😡
Trump 2.0 Removal Cases & the New Shadow Docket | Un. of Chicago Law Review share.google/FjJy7Mcff6f8...
Just reading the opening portion is alarming enough.😡
Trump 2.0 Removal Cases & the New Shadow Docket | Un. of Chicago Law Review share.google/FjJy7Mcff6f8...
Brian Cole is set to appear in court at 1 PM today.
(AP) — The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. wtop.com/national/2025/12/fbi...
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says - WTOP News
The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
wtop.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Brian Cole is set to appear in court at 1 PM today.
Grenell called her a “failed dance programmer” who “traveled the world watching other dance programs” and “expected her salary and travel expenses to still be paid by someone.” He said she was fired “for being unable to lead with fiscal responsibility.” Per The Daily Beast
Is Kash going sideways, 2?
Is Kash going sideways, 2?
a man with a beard is standing in front of a flag
Alt: Kash Patel, FBI Director, appears sideways.
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Grenell called her a “failed dance programmer” who “traveled the world watching other dance programs” and “expected her salary and travel expenses to still be paid by someone.” He said she was fired “for being unable to lead with fiscal responsibility.” Per The Daily Beast
Is Kash going sideways, 2?
Is Kash going sideways, 2?
Re:Trump PARDON👇
He wanted to “stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras | United States Department of Justice share.google/cqy1nuLQUQIZ...
He wanted to “stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras | United States Department of Justice share.google/cqy1nuLQUQIZ...
Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras
Juan Orlando Hernández, aka JOH, 53, the former President of Honduras, will make his initial appearance tomorrow, April 22, before Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron in federal court in New York after ...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Re:Trump PARDON👇
He wanted to “stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras | United States Department of Justice share.google/cqy1nuLQUQIZ...
He wanted to “stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Indicted on Drug-Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Extradited to the United States from Honduras | United States Department of Justice share.google/cqy1nuLQUQIZ...
Nailed it. 👇
If you bomb Venezuelan boats on the premise of “ending drug running,” but pardon a man who ushered in 40 TONS of cocaine... you might just be a liar whose only believers are complete suckers.
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Nailed it. 👇
I stand with Governor Tim Walz when he says:
Release the MRI results.
Release the MRI results.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I stand with Governor Tim Walz when he says:
Release the MRI results.
Release the MRI results.
Thinking of this music track as Trump announced no more immigration for people who don't fit his image.
"A foreign body and a foreign mind.
Never welcome in the land of the blind."
Not One Of Us, Peter Gabriel
"A foreign body and a foreign mind.
Never welcome in the land of the blind."
Not One Of Us, Peter Gabriel
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thinking of this music track as Trump announced no more immigration for people who don't fit his image.
"A foreign body and a foreign mind.
Never welcome in the land of the blind."
Not One Of Us, Peter Gabriel
"A foreign body and a foreign mind.
Never welcome in the land of the blind."
Not One Of Us, Peter Gabriel
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Bolsonaro is what happens when six Supreme Court justices aren't co-conspirators.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Bolsonaro is what happens when six Supreme Court justices aren't co-conspirators.
Interesting.
Hey Bluesky, can you do that for us?
Hey Bluesky, can you do that for us?
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Interesting.
Hey Bluesky, can you do that for us?
Hey Bluesky, can you do that for us?
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HCR wins the internet (again)
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
HCR wins the internet (again)
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