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Dawn Humphrey

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Mother of 2 scientists. Bay Area Native. 3rd Gen Californian. Retired comms professional. #ClimateChangeIsReal #Science #Nature DMs=blocked No posts/no bio=no follow Reposting is how we ensure people's posts on Bluesky get seen

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · Jan 17

This is a story in pictures about some drama that took place on our hillside. These momma deer and turkeys were doing their thing together on the hillside. I ran up to get my camera and when I came back, they were on high alert.

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 36m

Because that's a priority when people are being dragged out of their homes in the middle of the night, the "president" is arresting those who disagree with him, guardrails for democracy are being destroyed, Trump's murdering people in the Caribbean and turning the military on peaceful protesters.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 41m

Thank you, world!

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3h

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 50m

Delightfully funny, compassionate and working to make the world a better place, despite the challenges involved in doing so at this time.

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 56m

I thought MAGA didn't believe in DEI hires.
DEI for me, but not for thee.

Scare-bag Boooooments 🇺🇦 @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 1h

It's all for you Damian.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1h

nice

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 58m

Another MAGA DEI hire.

Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 1h

Great piece by @juddlegum.bsky.social

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 1h

All it took was a cast-off jet to go from "zero to hero' in Trump's brain:
2017 Qatar: “a funder of terrorism at a very high level”
2025 Post jet: “a steadfast ally in pursuit of peace, stability, and prosperity, both in the Middle East & abroad”

The US is being sold out to the highest bidders.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1h

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, I think the horrific things Trump has done outweigh the "good." Even Trump thinks so.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Understand the background to this case.
1) Reid was arrested for what the FBI agent, who also called Reid a "libtard" said was a boo boo. They tried to charge her with felony assault.
2) That was no billed. So they decided to go ahead w/misdemeanor assault.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Here's what prosecutors--PROSECUTORS!!!--said last week about why they had not given Sydney Reid video to her alleged assault of an FBI agent.

She's seeking to get her case thrown out before it goes to trial this week.

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

There can be little doubt that the government failed in its duties, first by failing to collect
contemporaneous statements and other information from the officers from the incident and then
by neglecting to supervise the collection of that information, by relying on the officers’ conclusion
as to what is relevant and not relevant. Still, the government persists in trying to blame the defense.
Even at the hearing, the government deflected blame: “The ambiguity, I think, that arises here is
that we are trying to construct a very mundane incident three months after it happened involving,
I guess for lack of a better word, middle-aged people who just aren't great with technology, just
like everyone else in this courtroom.” Tr. at 10/10/25 at 14

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1h

A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

www.npr.org

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1h

@SpeakerJohnson and his MAGA cohorts in Congress have shut down the federal government and are refusing to seat a member because of what is in the #Epsteinfiles. Why are they protecting Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew?

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 1h

It's about Trumpers, illegally working to fix the 2020 election, so of course the Supreme Court is like:

a man in a blue shirt is standing next to a woman with the words " can 't touch this " written below him

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing next to a woman with the words " can 't touch this " written below him

media.tenor.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 1h

#SCOTUS

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1h

By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court refuses to consider whether the 6th Amendment was violated when a juror completely lost her mind and viciously coerced other jurors to return a death verdict even though they opposed it and voted 11-1 for life without parole. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

On the second day of deliberations, “even when the other
eleven jurors . . . voted for life without parole” in an internal
poll, “Chancey would not even consider it.” Id., at 71a–72a.
At that point, the foreperson wrote a note to the trial court
explaining that the jurors were “‘unable to come to a
unanimous decision on either death or life imprisonment
without parole as a sentence.’ ” Id., at 9a. Chancey,
believing the note as written would result in a mistrial,
revised the note to say that the jurors were “‘currently
unable to come to a unanimous decision.’” Id., at 9a–10a.
The court instructed the jury to continue deliberating.
Chancey then “snapped.” Humphreys v. Sellers, No.
1:18–cv–02534 (ND Ga., Sept. 19, 2018), ECF Doc. 42–7, p.
443. She yelled, cursed, and screamed that she would “stay
[t]here till forever if ” that is what it took “for [Humphreys]
to get death.” App. to Pet. for Cert. 9a. She threw the
victims’ photos across the table and demanded, “‘[D]o you
want this to happen to someone you know?’” Ibid. She
reminded the jurors of the similar details of her own attack,
and told them that “‘they had to reach a unanimous
decision or [Humphreys] would be paroled,’” which was not
true under Georgia law. Ibid. She then levied personal

attacks against the jurors and refused to engage in any
debate.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, jury deliberations almost
completely broke down. Screaming could be overheard from
the courtroom. One juror “‘took a swing’” at Chancey and
punched a hole in the wall. Ibid. Jurors were seen crying
on several occasions. A juror later recalled that “it was as
if an evil force took over . . . Chancey.” ECF Doc. 33–12,
p. 13. The foreperson even wrote a note asking to be
removed from the jury because of the “‘hostile nature of one
of the jurors.’” App. to Pet. for Cert. 12a. The court instead
gave an Allen charge and instructed the jury to deliberate
further. See Allen v. United States, 164 U. S. 492 (1896). It
also rejected defense counsel’s renewed motion for a
mistrial. On the third morning of deliberations, the jury
returned a unanimous verdict of death.
The above facts constitute a likely violation of
Humphreys’s Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury.
The problem for Humphreys is that these facts came to light
largely through juror affidavits and juror testimony
obtained after the trial. The Georgia courts held this
evidence inadmissible under Georgia’s no-impeachment
rule, which generally prohibits the use of juror testimony to
impeach a verdict, even in death penalty cases. See App. to
Pet. for Cert. 325a (citing Spencer v. State, 260 Ga. 640, 643,
398 S. E. 2d 179, 184 (1990)). The no-impeachment rule,
however, is not an absolute shield, and in extreme cases it
must give way to constitutional guarantees.

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 1h

@alacritysshadow.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ufKKB...

JOSH. LOL

His Teleprompter Broke 🥺

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

youtube.com

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 1h

Ahhh, back in the good old days when we actually investigated corruption, instead of dismissing it.

Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 2h

March 2025.

Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 2h

Look it up. Happened in March 2025 and appears in any search associated with his name.

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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 2h

ADD him to the List of Convicted Republican Pedophiles:
bsky.app/profile/iamp...

America-The Republic of Suffering @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 22d

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h

I wonder if the video of Tom Homan accepting a $50K payoff from the FBI is in the same lockbox as the Epstein files and the cocktail napkin that Trump used to write out his health care plan.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump regime is all about hurting people. The problem for them is they're also hurting those who voted for them.

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Dawn Humphrey @dhumph.bsky.social · 2h

I think Obama's been saying this for years, as well.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

We didn't do anything extraordinary here. Sure, I wrote a nice script, and my friend @barubin.bsky.social did a fantastic job overlaying visuals. But what we're saying is pretty obvious.

What I wonder is why *we* have to say these things as opposed to, I don't know, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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