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Retired lawyer, ground hog aficionado. Formerly Chief Attorney, Connecticut Law Revision Commission. See Dave Hemond’s Fleet Street davidhemond.wordpress.com Eyes and ears open for the good stuff.

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Thanks. But my preference is that all the Trump jerks renounce. Nothing in their ideology is remotely American.

14.03.2026 21:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Only if everyone buries their head in the sand because “shitloads of money”. Truth to tell? Let them lose their money.

14.03.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will the World Cup wind up happening?

14.03.2026 21:11 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Why the hell are all those men wearing black cowboy hats at the White House? Does anyone know who they are? Why would a grown man parade around like that? I live in Idaho, and I never see men wearing them.

14.03.2026 19:52 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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WATCH: “The answer has to be a more progressive tax system. Give people the necessities of life for free — childcare, healthcare… the rich keep getting richer…”

Lloyd Blankfein, Senior Chair of Goldman Sachs, out here sounding like @aoc.bsky.social & Bernie 👀 🎯

(From @bluegeorgia.bsky.social )

14.03.2026 04:10 👍 5218 🔁 1671 💬 246 📌 104
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The Oscars Go to War The attack on Iran again brings heightened security and the backdrop of war into the Academy Awards ceremony, coming at a time of tension and uncertainty surrounding the industry.

"The Academy has sought to mitigate the risk in part by bringing back host Conan O’Brien, whose well-regarded performance last year was notably light on the kind of political discourse that might evoke the Tweeter-in-Chief’s ire, unlike ABC’s [star] Jimmy Kimmel."

www.status.news/p/oscars-hol...

14.03.2026 20:00 👍 39 🔁 5 💬 6 📌 3
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I’m telling y’all we could use more of that energy on this side of the pond. Decorum doesn’t work with Republicans who are steamrolling norms and daring Dems to fight back.

📌 Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim accuses his own government of “complicity” in what he calls an “illegal US-led war.”

14.03.2026 19:59 👍 670 🔁 250 💬 37 📌 16

An important thread. But something is missing.

The refusal of Republicans to hold Trump accountable AND ALSO to exercise the least little responsibility on confirmations would have mitigated this risk.

Joni Ernst, Thom Tillis, Murkowski and Collins all KNEW Whiskey Pete would push war crimes.

14.03.2026 19:27 👍 617 🔁 200 💬 19 📌 4
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Trump to America: Thank Me for Your Gas Bill Higher prices = more money, according to the president.

"Trump has called the Iran war a “little excursion.” It’s wildly inappropriate to use that term when people are getting killed in this conflict...In fact, it’s grotesque...To make this obvious point isn’t to be woke or even antiwar. It’s to be civilized."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

14.03.2026 13:47 👍 703 🔁 165 💬 54 📌 10

Can the PA DA open up an investigation if they haven't already done this?

14.03.2026 05:55 👍 3 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Pi Day!

14.03.2026 12:45 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

this is great art
@jakichantler.bsky.social @stevesawyer12.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social @maryapetry.bsky.social @sailormichael.bsky.social @davidhemond.bsky.social

14.03.2026 02:03 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@jakichantler.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @davidhemond.bsky.social @ridgecook.bsky.social

14.03.2026 02:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Silver lining? My bet is Hegseth, Trump, Miller, and Bannon have reserve seats in the other direction. See Dante.

13.03.2026 20:36 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

To do anything to keep it secret, including going to war and bowing before Putin and Netanyahu means something really horrific is in those files. We can guess at the fates of some victims but some must involve Donnie and that scares the crap out of him and his confederates.

13.03.2026 19:48 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Homan can start by telling us what happened to the $50k the FBI reports paying to him in a CAVA bag in a bribery sting.

13.03.2026 19:49 👍 265 🔁 83 💬 6 📌 1
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BOASBERG: “.. the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell ..

“.. the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President ..”

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

13.03.2026 19:28 👍 2041 🔁 494 💬 39 📌 25
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Vance Apparently Wants It Known He Had Doubts For months there’s been speculation that Vice President JD Vance was far less enthusiastic about confronting Iran than President Trump. A new report now confirms it. According to White House officials...

How do you think Trump is going to react to this?

I think JD is gonna be in trouble!

Expect JD to deny everything vigorously. That's worked pretty well for Putin.

politicalwire.com/2026/03/13/v...

13.03.2026 19:34 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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JUDGE BOASBERG: “.. the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual."

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

13.03.2026 19:24 👍 1056 🔁 312 💬 23 📌 12

Someone more knowledgeable than I am about these things explained the other side of "no quarter." When warriors said it, they meant no mercy given and *none expected*. I'd like to see Hegseth explain why it'd be all right for the Iranians to murder American POWs since he never expected otherwise.

13.03.2026 17:33 👍 98 🔁 33 💬 8 📌 2

impeach Drunk Peter

13.03.2026 18:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Professional!

13.03.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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West Hawley, Massachusetts, 2013.

13.03.2026 15:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

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13.03.2026 14:36 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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My Great Aunt Rebecca’s watercolor of collecting sap “back in the day”. Rebecca Field Jones grew up on the farm, was still riding her horse Renee in her 80s. A founder of the West Hartford Art League.

13.03.2026 14:40 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump to America: Thank Me for Your Gas Bill Higher prices = more money, according to the president.

"Trump landed on the term “excursion” for the war. He’s embraced it.

It’s irresponsible. It’s distasteful. It’s grotesque.

But couldn’t it be a political opportunity?

Trump’s war is a mistake heading towards disaster.

And he's enjoying it. It’s an excursion!"

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

13.03.2026 13:38 👍 300 🔁 67 💬 27 📌 8

100% spot on. It’s not that we’re surprised that the Trumps were involved in yet another huge grift, it’s that we’re shocked that Americans, after watching decades of his scams, continue to fall for the same snake oil sales pitches.
Sad indictment of our society.

13.03.2026 11:23 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Vance was ‘skeptical’ voice in White House on Iran strikes White House officials revealed that the vice president made his opposition known in the leadup.

Most transparent leak ever, as Vance allies try to distance him from the Iran war.

Glad to have worked for a vice president in a White House where we were proud of how the president conducted U.S. foreign policy, instead of leaking against him.

politi.co/4lqMwf9

13.03.2026 13:49 👍 285 🔁 41 💬 21 📌 5

Won’t you read this sweet, sweet poem? I promise you’ll love it.

13.03.2026 10:42 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 2

Starts here.

13.03.2026 13:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0