Don Dechert
@dondechert.bsky.social
Lawyer, veteran. Ex-baby historian, current litigator, lapsed social scientist, still playing TTRPGs. Unabashedly pro-cat because cats are awesome. Various thoughts, some well articulated in 🇺🇲/🇩🇪.
📍Chicago, IL, Vereinigte Staaten, Terra
📍Chicago, IL, Vereinigte Staaten, Terra
Reposted by Don Dechert
Kelly‘s buyout is more that the entire Louisiana’s public defender budget, which is mostly sourced from traffic fines
boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-...
bsky.app/profile/saba...
boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-...
bsky.app/profile/saba...
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Kelly‘s buyout is more that the entire Louisiana’s public defender budget, which is mostly sourced from traffic fines
boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-...
bsky.app/profile/saba...
boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-...
bsky.app/profile/saba...
There's a red flag when press releases read like being spun by spin doctors putting Rumpelstitzkin to shame.
Their quoting of SecDef's 85% solution soundbite probably tips their hand more as how they view the DoD, or more accurately, the DoD budget & how it should be used.
Their quoting of SecDef's 85% solution soundbite probably tips their hand more as how they view the DoD, or more accurately, the DoD budget & how it should be used.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
There's a red flag when press releases read like being spun by spin doctors putting Rumpelstitzkin to shame.
Their quoting of SecDef's 85% solution soundbite probably tips their hand more as how they view the DoD, or more accurately, the DoD budget & how it should be used.
Their quoting of SecDef's 85% solution soundbite probably tips their hand more as how they view the DoD, or more accurately, the DoD budget & how it should be used.
Very sorry to hear. It's unfortunate news, and I can only hope for the best.
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Very sorry to hear. It's unfortunate news, and I can only hope for the best.
You're back!?! Yeah.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You're back!?! Yeah.
The bottle opener?
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The bottle opener?
How anyone finds the AI slop impressive is simply baffling.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
How anyone finds the AI slop impressive is simply baffling.