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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 54m

Sidney Reid’s statement is one of hope and a sign that things could still be good.

The statement from counsel is a hair more ominous.

“As long as we have a jury system, our citizens will continue to rebuke the DOJ through speedy acquittals”

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 1h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 1h

Holy shit, that follow up graphic is just 🧑‍🍳

Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Nov 28

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 2h

That’s fair. I couldn’t find the original context. But it’s an amazing analogy.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 2h

Regardless of context.

That’s… really impressive.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 2h

Holy fuck… do they…

Are they ser…

But that slice is everyt…

Goddamn. That is the most amazing self own I’ve ever seen.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 2h

This administration is just using amendment violations as achievements to unlock at this point.

ACLU of New Mexico @aclunm.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Doña Ana County Detention Center is conducting violent and unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people. We're representing six clients who are suing to stop this inhumane practice.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 2h

I’ve got an upward moving action that they would also find offending that seems appropriate.

Also, LMAO, wow.

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 5h

I know my shtick is to summarize these for ya'll, but I am speechless. Without speech.

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Berryman’s trial would not take place for 1,233 days—the result of a
series of delays that the Tishomingo Country trial court dubbed a “comedy
of issues.”
Although Berryman was arrested in February of 2017, he was not
indicted until approximately seven months later. On September 22, 2017, a
grand jury indicted Berryman for violation of two offenses under Mississippi
law: (1) shooting into a dwelling (“Count I”) and (2) possession of a firearm
subsequent to sustaining a felony conviction (“Count II”). Regarding Count
II, the only firearm identified in the indictment was a “Marlin .22 Rifle.”
Berryman would not be arraigned for another fourteen months after
his indictment—on November 7, 2018—because his name was
“negligently” left off the arraignment list. Marshall Edge, a witness
expected to testify in Berryman’s defense, died during this delay. It was also
during this delay that Berryman filed two pro se motions seeking
appointment of counsel and dismissal based on the denial of his right to a
speedy trial At Berryman’s arraignment, he was also appointed counsel, but
the attorney appointed to represent him was disqualified because he had been
elected to the circuit court without opposition the previous day. The
arraignment order stated that the case was “continued on motion of the
Defendant and set for trial during the next regularly scheduled term.” On

November 21, 2018, Berryman filed a third pro se motion requesting a trial,
dismissal of the indictment, and appointment of counsel.
On January 7, 2019, the court appointed Berryman a second attorney.
But the order was never filed due to a clerical error, so Berryman was never
informed of this appointment. Further, the second attorney also had a
conflict because he was the district attorney who previously prosecuted
Berryman for capital murder. The second attorney informed a third attorney
that he would need to take over as Berryman’s counsel. Berryman, however,
was not informed.
Berryman filed his fourth pro se motion for a speedy trial on April 18,
2019. On June 21, 2019, the court entered a continuance order signed by the
third attorney, purportedly on behalf of Berryman, but “without [his]
consent.” Berryman tried to appeal the continuance, but the appeal was
dismissed for lack of an appealable final judgment. In October 2019,
Berryman filed another pro se motion seeking dismissal on grounds that his
right to a speedy trial had been violated.
Between September 2019 to April 2020, the assigned trial judge was
unavailable, and a second trial judge entered an order that cancelled the
January 2020 term of court for Tishomingo County. Berryman filed a motion
requesting that the second judge to recuse himself since he had previously
prosecuted Berryman for robbery. The motion was granted.

motion, and the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed the mandamus
petition. Days before the hearing, the trial court appointed Berryman a
fourth attorney, as the third attorney was elected to the Mississippi Senate.
At the motion to dismiss hearing, Berryman alleged that his right to a
speedy trial had been violated given the various continuances and highlighted
that he had lost a defense witness in the process. Berryman submitted Edge’s
obituary and stated that a neighbor claimed Edge intended to testify that
Berryman did not have a gun when he walked to Thacker’s trailer the second
time. Berryman further asserted that the signatures on the waiver of rights
and written statement, which the State claimed he had signed, were not his
signatures and misspelled his name as “Bryan” instead of “Brian.”

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h

A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 5h

There’s a way out?

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 6h

Trans posts and shoegaze? Sign me the fuck up.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 7h

But an honest son of a bitch who fessed up to the deed. Admirable in these trying times.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 8h

The universe was trying to be subtle. Clearly that didn’t work. So a slight change in tactics was necessary.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 8h

Matt, they work at Salesforce…

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 8h

Because I simply must do so, Charlie Jane Anders wrote the most absurdist piece about the Batman soundtrack, and I share it whenever it is relevant to do so.

While it is possible to enjoy Prince’s Batman soundtrack without this accompanying piece, once you have read it… you can never go back.

A Synopsis of Tim Burton's Batman Based Only on the Prince Soundtrack

Chances are most of us have seen the 1989 Batman movie at least once. But what if you'd only ever heard the soundtrack album by Prince? What would you

gizmodo.com

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 9h

How is usurping a core Article I power one of the presidents core constitutional duties?

I understand the conflict with the immunity finding, but from a “core constitutional duty” perspective, the executive is on extremely shaky ground, no?

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 18h

You did mention it. I’m still jealous. LMAO.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 18h

Honorable mentions:

Chvrches / Lauren Mayberry
Duran Duran
The Spinners
Jane’s Addiction
Project Pitchfork
Gavin Friday
Massive Attack

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 18h

Define your music tastes in 8 artists:

1. Zero 7
2. Spiritualized / Spacemen 3
3. NIN/HTDA/TR-AR
4. Skinny Puppy
5. De La Soul
6. Goldfrapp
7. Lorde
8. Curve

Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 19h

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

1. The Clash
2. Ramones
3. Echo & The Bunnymen
4. Joy Division/New Order
5. Eric B & Rakim
6. De La Soul
7. A Tribe Called Quest
8. Prince

Honorable Mentions: The Cure, Bauhaus, Front 242, Radiohead, PE, Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 22h

I have both CD’s. Bought them both around when they came out. Loved the albums. They were more or less my own “personal” introduction to Bowie.

Obviously I knew the singles up to that point, but they didn’t resonate with me the same way that this project did.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 23h

This memo is ultra vires. The president does not have the power to pay the army without congressional appropriation. Any such payment is a felony, and everyone involved must go to prison.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 22h

Ok guys.

It’s time for the ‘people’ part of “We the people…” to take the country back from everyone who refused to follow the charter.

Article II folks just don’t have this authority, and the Article I guys are refusing to do their jobs. And don’t get me started on the guys atop Article III…

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 23h

I had forgotten about that.

I haven’t forgotten what we call Nazi apologists though.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 23h

Looked like it was basically a non-contact injury too.

Damn. She looked like she was in a *lot* of pain (or just immensely frustrated + pain). How terrible for her.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat @gamecat235.bsky.social · 23h

Tin Machine was the greatest under appreciated band of that era. It’s wild how many people just looked at them and went, “meh”.

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