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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 24m

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · Jun 19

@theonion.com they scooped you. theshovel.com.au/2025/06/13/t...

Trump Deploys 150,000 Extra Troops to LA To Protect His Little Hollywood Star — The Shovel

“That star means everything to me. My entire self-worth is wrapped up in getting external validation from people I pretend to despise but am actually desperate to impress"

theshovel.com.au

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · Jun 21

I agree. So why won’t HRC change its corporate equality index to reflect political contributions which are easily trackable?

Your two indexes are incompatible. On one side, HRC ranks politicians from 1-100, but then gives the companies who bankroll politicians who received “0” w/ perfect scores.

Brandon Wolf @brandonwolf.bsky.social · Jun 19

Utterly diabolical to wage a multi-billion dollar culture war against a community — then rip mental health resources out from under them.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jun 18

The Trump administration will shut down the national LGBTQ youth suicide lifeline, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, in 30 days.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is the most important thing I have written recently that you probably haven't read. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

The Courts Must Stop Presuming Donald Trump is a Regular President

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · Jun 23

Correct me if I’m wrong. x.com/ringwiss/sta...

ringwiss on X: "In light of recent reporting, reminder: https://t.co/B39VPVWNvo" / X

In light of recent reporting, reminder: https://t.co/B39VPVWNvo

x.com

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · Jun 23

Four months later and we’re likely to see Congress do away with this. What world am I living in?

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Feb 10

In its 235-year history, the Supreme Court has held individuals in contempt for defying its mandates only once—in 1909.

Today’s “One First” tells the story of U.S. v. Shipp—a powerful lesson in both the force and the fragility of the federal judicial power:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/122-contem...

122. Contempt of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has the power to hold individuals in contempt (and send them to jail) for defying its judgments. In its 235-year history, it has exercised that authority only once.

www.stevevladeck.com

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · 16d

Congressman Lieu’s speech here took place next to L.A. City-owned property which happens to honor Donald Trump—an honorific which was illegally-installed in 2007 against multiple L.A. municipal codes.

Congressman Lieu, will you join Rep. Friedman in calling for its removal by @lacity.bsky.social?

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 17d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr is a radical extremist abusing his authority.

Every American can speak our minds freely because of the First Amendment.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 4d

His own parents have disowned him! Like some Nazis, he is Jewish but supporting racial hatred. Clearly in that video, he is happy to be outrageous to get attention.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 4d

KKKrump wants Putin at the World Cup (“big soccer thing“). Aren’t we obligated to arrest him when he lands here?

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 4d

It was a message FROM Putin.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 4d

How do these people have any self-respect? They are literally Stazi and Gestapo now.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 4d

There are 3 convicted felons who’ve got stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Spade Cooley was convicted of murdering his wife, Bill Cosby, after being convicted of sexual assault, and KKKrump who was convicted 34 times for raping children. Why the Hollywood Chamber won’t remove them defies reason.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller refers to “our Republican form of government” mistakenly thinking the GOP-MAGAts. A republican form of government is a system in which the people hold power and elect representatives to govern on their behalf under the rule of law. Unfortunately, that is not us now either.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

I fear a reckoning. People are getting fed up. One match and we will have a horrific conflagration. Putin must be smugly chuckling in his library of video cassette recordings of KKKrump raping little girls and boys.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

This is an illegal and unconstitutional order. Under the law, every group he addressed in the order is mandated to refuse to carry it out. Maybe a nationwide general strike and flag burning would help remind these Nazis in this Vichy government that they are doing evil to the people of the country.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

Bottom line - everything he does is utter fascist barbarism.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

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Stand Against Trump's Harmful Actions: Sign the Petition to De-star Trump on Hollywood Walk of Fame 👊

1,114 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?

chng.it

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · 26d

A reminder that Trump’s name was illegally installed on Hollywood Blvd. in 2007, it is city-owned property, and L.A. elected officials are too scared to act to remove it to a museum, as they have the power to do.

Not the energy this country needs. Stop honoring hate. Stop celebrating the worst.

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you L.A. City Clerk for the never-before-seen CPRA records pertaining to Trump’s illegally installed name on the Walk of Fame in 2007.

And a shoutout to the late Earl Lestz, who had the guts to do the right thing as a member of The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s nominating committee.

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Andrew Rudick @arudick.bsky.social · 5d

Just spoke with a staff member for L.A. City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian.The Councilmember is now officially in general support for the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

His staff says he will be deferring to @cd13.lacity.gov related to any potential action.

Bravo.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

After World War II, Vichy French leaders were held accountable for collaboration, with many facing execution, imprisonment, or condemnation for "national indignity". I propose we create a National Dignity Tribunal now and start holding the traitors responsible.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 5d

The Vichy SCOTUS has three Justices and 6 Injustices. The latter of which must all be impeached and replaced with Justices. This Vichy Regime has destroyed any credibility that the three branches of government had. At present, we are existing in a kristallnacht every day.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 6d

Once the fascists have found their historical place in the rubbish pile as all fascists eventually do, the U.S. will have been damaged so badly that it will take generations for any sense of pride of place to return. They have made America Last and America Worst. They have ruined us. In 9 months.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 6d

Every day I watch “law enforcement” abuse, attack, shoot, taze, pepper spray, physically kick and hit, kidnap, and even assault US citizens in direct violation of the Constitution and civil rights laws. What little respect I had for law enforcement is now gone entirely.

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Johannes @soberasajudge.bsky.social · 6d

When Zelensky has finished saving his country, would he please come to the U.S. and drive the fascists out here as well?

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