Bernadette Foley
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Bernadette Foley
@fivefingers.bsky.social
Retired lawyer - criminal defense, civil commitment in the US, overseas, teaching, Rule of Law work in Russia, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
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Looks like a Mob Boss. Acts like a Mob Boss. Is a Mob Boss!

We see this with our own eyes.

Frank Bisignano, Trump's SSA Commissioner, is corrupt.

Bisignano is acting to destroy the lives of Social Security beneficiaries - just like fascist felon Donald Trump is.

Trump Crime Syndicate!
This week, news outlets reported that the Administration wants to CUT the total number of in-person visits to Social Security field offices by HALF next year. Looks like SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano lied when he told the Senate that field offices would remain open.
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Europe paid $12 billion per month to Russia at the start of the Ukraine war for oil & gas. Today, it is $1.5 billion (Ursula vod der Leyen per BBC.) Fantastic accomplishment. The goal is 0 by 2027. Europeans worked hard to get here. Russia’s economic situation is abysmal. Keep up the pressure!
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NJ Senate still run by machine-style politicians who constantly want to weaken corruption/misconduct mechanisms. Sen. Kim showed up 90-minutes early to speak against a new bill. They made him wait 5-1/2 hours. newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/02/a...
Sen. Andy Kim gets disgraceful welcome in Trenton • New Jersey Monitor
State Sen. James Beach showed no graciousness to fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Andy Kim at the Statehouse on Monday.
newjerseymonitor.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Putin wants peace, huh?
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So incompetent, they can't even get their murderous lies straight.
Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”

Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"For most, this tragedy will be a headline that soon fades. But for those in her unit, it will divide their service, and likely their lives, into 'before' and 'after.' Soldiers know that feeling. I certainly do."

@markhertling.bsky.social on Spc. Sarah Beckstrom: lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O
Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service
A soldier lost in Washington, and what her death means for those who served beside her.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#WATCH | I'm scared, I want my mother to come back, why is everything ruined & falling apart, where’s our home.. childhood; Gaza

(Credit: Parwiz Hamidi)
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is important for all of us to support this group and other similar groups like the ACLU, Democratic Attorneys General Assoc. (dems.ag/)- not just financially, if we can, but in every way. Warmest congratulations to Democracy Defenders.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today is World Aids Day, but this US Government has ordered that it not be commemorated. Not only that, but a new Aids drug that performed excellently in trials, will not be made available by the US to South Africa. The new drug requires only two injections per year. The US under Trump & crew sick
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A sad bonus:

Here’s CDC’s World AIDS Day page from last year
www.cdc.gov/world-aids-d...

— back before the site was hijacked by Trump’s stooges who don’t care about public health or people.

It’s a reminder of what we’re fighting to get back.
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day honors those who died from AIDS-related illnesses and unite in the fight against HIV
www.cdc.gov
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Pope Leo reaffirms the position of the Holy See: a two-state solution.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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#BREAKING: Ideologically diverse Third Circuit panel unanimously *affirms* district court ruling that Alina Habba was *not* lawfully appointed to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey *or* to otherwise exercise the functions of that office:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion Filed – #81 in United States v. Julien Giraud, Jr. (3rd Cir., 25-2635) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: RESTREPO, SMITH and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 32. Judge: FISHER Authoring. [25-2635, 25-2636] (CJG)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yes, and that's the point. The "shipwrecked" can't retreat...they are floating helplessly in the water. They are no longer posing a risk to the other side. They must be saved & treated humanely unless there is a real risk of harm to the saving side in doing to. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Terrific opinion piece by Ben Rhodes on how Democrats have failed to embrace a lawful, moral, principled, common-sense policy in relation to Israel. @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com @pallone.house.gov www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n... In case you missed it. He wants to invade Venezuela yet he pardons the former dictator, drug king pin of Honduras, convicted by a US jury.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

We knocked 13,000 doors yesterday and learned that hasn’t happened since Harold Ford Jr.’s 2006 Senate campaign! We’ve got 48 hours left to get out the vote and MAKE HISTORY.

Sign up to volunteer via the link in our BIO!
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The dementia process does speed up at some point.
Reading this feels like being yelled at by a calculator having a stroke.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM