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RI Smith

@rismith.bsky.social

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Lawyer writing about law, genealogy, and bad ethics. Part time research assistant to @megansearsdo.bsky.social. He/him

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 1m

two south park characters playing a video game with the words give it time it 'll grow on you

Alt: two south park characters playing a video game with the words give it time it 'll grow on you

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 12m

I didn't know the wood elves fought the Blob

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 1h

Doesn't sound like he does a lot of thinking beyond what is convenient in this exact moment.

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

Two jive turkeys say Sheeeeit with the caption saying Golly! From Airplane!

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

Acts of charity are also down, but they're definitely going to rebound now that people are buying Trump Bibles

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

If your parents haven't already banned Oddjob to keep the violence down, you're not a real old gamer™

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 4h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

It's nice that you can recycle your uncritical coverage of Hitler's rise to power to save on man hours

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

601 U.S. ___ (2026)

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 2h

Spices will also be eliminated from cooking because they have almost no nutritional value.

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 3h

If your definition of teeth is a communist revolution, roughly never

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 4h

Sure you can, just fire everyone and then only hire conservatives.

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 5h

Define chutzpah

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 6h

But you already know that's why I said relatively modest.

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 6h

In the mechanical watch world, that is modest. Not to mention you can get similar vintage and condition watches as JFK's for less than a thousand.

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 6h

It's premature to block our cuts that have been ordered by the president, frequently talked about by the president and senior staff, and have already begun in many areas. Can anyone really say something is imminent until has already happened?

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 6h

Huh, had no idea he wore a relatively modest watch. Respect.

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

And look how well that worked in Afghanistan the first time.

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

Someone broke into my Congressional office to put a Swastika at my staffer's desk to make me look bad

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

See, that's the kind of psychic attack that he is facing. If you don't believe in him, he will die. Like Tinkerbell.

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

I get that TRO hearings don't give you a lot of time to prepare, but I think I would come up with something before I went to the hearing.

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 8h

Illston just checked again with the DOJ attorney to ask if she would make any statements on the merits and whether DOJ believes the shutdown layoffs are legal.

"Not today, your honor."

RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

Pool will forever be the guy from the the weird hat sketch on I Think You Should Leave

'Brian's Hat' Full Sketch - I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Season 2

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

Well, they are also fucking children.

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 8h

Wtf via @rooster.info

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · 7h

You can't trust what that notorious left wing outlet, Newsmax, says is wrong with this administration