Laurie Asseo
@fifteenmoons.bsky.social
Retired journalist in DC. Horse and cat lover. Loyal Little. Free DC from Trump Authoritarianism!
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Laurie Asseo
@fifteenmoons.bsky.social
· Jul 25
As a DC resident, I don’t have any members of Congress to call, but I have one advantage—proximity to the White House:
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it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
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Using Data for Good: A Crash Course
Our response to "What can I do?"
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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FBI files show Dump knew what Epstein & Maxwell were doing. Trump spoke to police and called Maxwell Epstein’s “operative,” and said “she is evil.” Trump said “he was around Epstein once when teenagers were present and ‘got the hell out of there.’”
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/09/t...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes. But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case became public, Trump called then…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
FBI files show Dump knew what Epstein & Maxwell were doing. Trump spoke to police and called Maxwell Epstein’s “operative,” and said “she is evil.” Trump said “he was around Epstein once when teenagers were present and ‘got the hell out of there.’”
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/09/t...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/09/t...
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It should be a much bigger story that Kash Patel ordered FBI agents to stop documenting the blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s car because it would be bad for Trump.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It should be a much bigger story that Kash Patel ordered FBI agents to stop documenting the blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good’s car because it would be bad for Trump.
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America First makes us all Ugly Americans. Everything drumpf touches dies.
Gifted article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
Gifted article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
America First makes us all Ugly Americans. Everything drumpf touches dies.
Gifted article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
Gifted article www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
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I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
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Lady Gaga absolutely crushed it…. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Lady Gaga absolutely crushed it…. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
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this is so funny because it's like, oh my god, what an awful question for a news show. and then wham the answer is so much worse somehow
Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
this is so funny because it's like, oh my god, what an awful question for a news show. and then wham the answer is so much worse somehow
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February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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That’s what’s up. Pedo Rock
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
That’s what’s up. Pedo Rock
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This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
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There has never been a more corrupt President.
Trump family accepted a half-billion-dollars with a UAE government official, right before his inauguration for 49% of Trump family’s crypto company.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump family accepted a half-billion-dollars with a UAE government official, right before his inauguration for 49% of Trump family’s crypto company.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
There has never been a more corrupt President.
Trump family accepted a half-billion-dollars with a UAE government official, right before his inauguration for 49% of Trump family’s crypto company.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump family accepted a half-billion-dollars with a UAE government official, right before his inauguration for 49% of Trump family’s crypto company.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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The Tesla Dealership in Arlington, VA won't shovel their sidewalk after a storm. Going on two weeks now… So a few spirited neighbors decided to leave some artwork on the snow. The windchill today was -2.
This is how it's done!! 💪
This is how it's done!! 💪
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The Tesla Dealership in Arlington, VA won't shovel their sidewalk after a storm. Going on two weeks now… So a few spirited neighbors decided to leave some artwork on the snow. The windchill today was -2.
This is how it's done!! 💪
This is how it's done!! 💪
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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What Bezos killed www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
How ‘The Washington Post’ Cultivated a Bespoke Concept of Sports Coverage
The paper’s sports department, shuttered amid this week’s layoffs, spawned several generations of writers who understood the section as a sui generis institution.
www.vanityfair.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
What Bezos killed www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
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This tweet could be a museum exhibit for intra-GOP political dynamics in the Trump era. Distances himself from the post, cautiously avoids assigning blame for it, calibrated to offer maximum praise for the president nevertheless.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This tweet could be a museum exhibit for intra-GOP political dynamics in the Trump era. Distances himself from the post, cautiously avoids assigning blame for it, calibrated to offer maximum praise for the president nevertheless.
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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Wise words from beyond the grave: "objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Wise words from beyond the grave: "objectivity is not the same as neutrality. If there is an aggressor and a victim, a liar and an honest person, a corrupt individual and an honourable one, then your task is to describe all that clearly and forcefully" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions
The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief prese...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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It's not just that the presumption of regularity is gone. It's been rightfully replaced by a presumption of irregularity. That's what Trump has done to the Justice Department. Here is the judge in the Haitian TPS case expressing her exasperation: www.courtlistener.com/docket/70965...
![MINUTE ORDER. The Court has reviewed the Government's 126 Motion to Stay the Court's Order Granting Relief Under 5 U.S.C. § 705 and 127 Plaintiffs' Motion to Set Briefing Schedule. The Government took three business days from the Court's decision to file the motion. They now ask the Court to rule within one business day and three hours and do so without identifying any basis for this rushed timetable. Due to the serious issues presented in this litigation, Plaintiffs should be afforded at least the same amount of time as the Government to brief their opposition. At the hearing on the Government's Motion, The Court expects the Government to articulate, among other things, how the irreparable harm and other stay factors weigh in the Government's favor. The Government contends that the Court "intru[des]... in the workings of a coordinate branch of the Government." Dkt. 126 at 22 (citation omitted). But missing is any concrete example of how the Court does so. This failure is particularly problematic in light of the Government's representations that it was "remote conjecture," "speculation," and "theoretical" that it would detain or initiate removal proceedings against Haitian nationals if the Termination went into effect. Dkt. 92 at 42; see Dkt. 126 at 23-24. Either the Government does not have any concrete plans to detain and initiate removal proceedings against Haitian TPS holders if the Court stays its decision pending litigation and therefore its own irreparable harm argument is suspect. Or the Government does have such concrete plans and therefore its argument that Plaintiffs will suffer no "irreparable harm" is suspect. So that the Court has all relevant information before it, it ORDERS the Government to submit a sworn declaration from a senior member of the Department of Homeland Security which states what steps, if any, DHS has taken in the expectation of the February 3, 2026, Termination (now stayed) going into effect. Specifically, the declarant must state wh…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/bafkreiha3gx2es7h2a7xibjvwsuajfpnmirnt6jdzjp3n4c75tocopchym@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
It's not just that the presumption of regularity is gone. It's been rightfully replaced by a presumption of irregularity. That's what Trump has done to the Justice Department. Here is the judge in the Haitian TPS case expressing her exasperation: www.courtlistener.com/docket/70965...