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@stevesem.bsky.social

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Family man, musician, lawyer in no particular order.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Wanna stop getting calls and texts from me about Prop 50? Send your ballot in today. That removes you from the contact lists, and helps phone bankers use their time more effectively :)

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 2d

These videos show Ice agents committing assault and battery, a tort and a crime. It is not self defense to knock someone down for standing in front of you. The law requires you to walk around. A mask doesn't change that.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 2d

Wait a minute, you don't have to attract "paid agitators" because you, well, pay them.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, Obama wasted time trying to get R's to support the ACA. But Dems in 2008 refused to support Obama's agenda up and down. The watered down ACA was because the Dems would not support what he campaigned on, fearing they'd lose re-election. Of course, it was obvious that was going to happen anyway.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 3d

Difference of opinion & I may be on the unpopular side. I don't root for the uniform. I root for the men. Pete has seasons like no other "Met" before him; relished his time w/ the team; and made huge contributions to the community. I would literally rather lose with Pete Alonso than win without him.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 3d

There are certain players whose worth to a franchise is not measured by likely future statistical production. Pete Alonso is one of those Mets.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 6d

Is there anything sweeter? Got to give it to those guys.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 6d

Seems like the committee wasn't too worried about it.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 6d

I hope it's possible. There was a typo in my replay "think" instead of "thing." But I now think it's better with the typo.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 6d

Any answer that starts "Well, the thing is, [insert name of person asking question]" is pretty much guaranteed to be BS.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 6d

And this is the reason that the ideal of "anarchy" exists. The term is often associated with chaos. But it really means, the lack of an oppressive state. Is such a think possible?

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 7d

Wait, so Democrats are supposed to let people suffer so that they can do better in a future election? Maybe I'm missing something?

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 7d

Reminds me of an old Hill Street Blues scene. The PD is talking to her client who says: "He was in my face!" And she responds totally deadpan "So, you shot him."

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 11d

The Republican Form of Government Clause, Art. IV, sec. 4, in the U.S. Constitution, which requires the federal government to defend a state from outside invasion, explicitly restricts the feds from interfering with "domestic" violence without the request of the state legislature or governor.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 11d

The Republican Form of Government Clause, Art. IV, sec. 4, in the U.S. Constitution, which requires the federal government to defend a state from outside invasion, explicitly restricts the feds from interfering with "domestic" violence without the request of the state legislature or governor.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 11d

The Rule of Law. If an order to use the military is illegal, it can be enjoined. What we need are more judges willing to turn a PI hearing into a full trial on the merits so we can have a permanent injunction. That would stop all the shadow docket crap.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 12d

Hate to be that guy, but the problem is verb choice, not passive voice, which if anything is worse.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 13d

Somehow 6 months just doesn't seem like enough.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 13d

"a bit misleading"?? How about "that has no basis in truth at all."

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 18d

"Exciting" Okay.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 21d

"Has to"?

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 22d

Probably not true in this case. The opposite probably is. But it's the right distinction nonetheless. Whether a political opponent is prosecuted should depend on whether they broke the law. No?

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 22d

100%

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 22d

I agree that this is infuriating. But that is what law enforcement investigators have to do for the process to work effectively. Telling them to subjectively decide when to leak and when to keep confidential is very dangerous. They aren't the ones to blame for the lack of transparency.

Semmie @stevesem.bsky.social · 22d

Not talking first amendment here because it doesn't apply to private speech restrictions. There is a huge difference between private limits on speech that is false, and private limits on speech because we don't agree with the content. The former is arguably good. The latter, not so much.