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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Hillary Clinton got excoriated for calling Trump supporters “deplorables”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

No administration has ever tried it.” But this one has.Smith told the George Mason audience: “I’ve been doing this 30 years. I never heard of such a thing.” /fin

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

get rid of those inspector generals.”
9. “Next thing you’d want to do if you wanted to erode the rule of law is to get rid of nonpartisan, apolitical career prosecutors,” said Smith. “Firing these people is completely unprecedented. /10

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8. “In the first week of this administration, 17 inspector generals from across the government were fired,” Smith reminded the George Mason audience. “If you wanted to deter whistleblowers from coming forward and allow active corruption to happen, one of the first things you’d do is to /9

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

"Leaders at the DOJ [apparently a reference to Emil Bove] allegedly telling prosecutors that they would disregard court orders if they [the court orders] come into conflict with the president’s agenda.” /8

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

Republican or Democrat, that on these facts would not have opened a criminal investigation, where the lives of our service members were put at risk.”
7. “Deporting people from the United States despite a clear [judicial] order stating that a person can’t be deported.” To this, Smith added: /7

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

what was clearly classified information over a commercial messaging app, including to a member of the media.” He was alluding here to the infamous chat involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Folks,” Smith went on, “there is no Justice Department under any previous administration, /6

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

and then forcing the resignation of prosecutors who wouldn’t go along with that deal.” Smith told the George Mason audience: “I’ve been doing this 30 years. I never heard of such a thing.”
6. “Refusing to even open a criminal investigation when senior members of this administration broadcast /5

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

brought somebody in who had never been a criminal prosecutor, on days’ notice, to secure an indictment a day before the statute of limitations ended.”
5. “Dismissing a criminal case against the current New York City mayor [Eric Adams] in exchange for his cooperation with the president’s political

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4. The unwarranted “prosecution of the former director of the FBI,” James Comey. Smith pointed out that “the career prosecutors . . . who analyzed this said there wasn’t a case. And so they [apparently alluding to DOJ leaders and the White House] /4

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2. The terminations of FBI agents and “the January 6 prosecutors and their staffs . . . for doing their jobs.”
3. The appointment, as a senior adviser to the attorney general, of a man (Jared Wise) who “was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, telling other rioters to kill police officers.” /3

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

1. The pardons and commutations given to everyone convicted of violent crimes on January 6, 2021. Smith put it starkly: “They were pardoned by the president because they committed their crimes in his name and in his interest.” /2

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Smith speaks -- and he outlines a few of the horrors of Trumpism's assault on the Rule of Law, as a reminder of what has happened in the last 8 months (during two recent speeches):
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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 1d

The chickens come home to roost.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

America First open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Passport

Could this be symbolic of anything?

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:

“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

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Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.

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todaysart.bsky.social @todaysart.bsky.social · 1d

W.C. Handy, St. Louis Blues: youtu.be/0r81aNCYi0A?...

W.C. Handy "St. Louis Blues" on The Ed Sullivan Show

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 3d

Surely you jest ...

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 3d

"Murder He Wrote"

Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 3d

Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon
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Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon

A joyous afternoon with music and poetry

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful

todaysart.bsky.social @todaysart.bsky.social · 3d

Ntozake Shange, Mood Indigo

it hasnt always been this way
ellington was not a street
robeson no mere memory
du bois walked up my father's stairs
hummed some tune over me
sleeping in the company of men
who changed the world /1

Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 4d

One of the great uses of music in film ....

todaysart.bsky.social @todaysart.bsky.social · 4d

Peter Jackson/Howard Shore, The Beacons Are Lit (Lord of the Rings): youtu.be/i6LGJ7evrAg?...

Lord of the Rings - Lighting of the Beacons [HD Test]

YouTube video by engchi93

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 4d

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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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 7d

It's a joke ...

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 7d

On a related note -- can we just imagine what it would have been like if Obama had sent the California National Guard to Lubbock, Texas??

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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 7d

You know what I would love -- next year, the Nobel Peace Prize committee does, in fact, award the prize for a successful end to the Gaza war and for the building of a lasting Israel-Arab peace. The facts on the ground support the award. And, then they announce that it is going to ... Jared! :-)

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