GripNoir
@gripnoir.bsky.social
Grip, a talking raven, lived at the Dickens' home and inspired a secondary character in "Barnaby Rudge" as an exuberant force for discernment. Me? Happy amateur pianist, healthcare advocate, and retired accountant.
Evie has 'em too! And they work great!
December 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Evie has 'em too! And they work great!
Dunno - Kristi Noem...
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Dunno - Kristi Noem...
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I've helped introduce a bill to ensure that people like Jose can contact their lawyer. We're talking about basic dignity and respect here.
ICE should not be able to crush someone's foot, lie about it, and then disappear them from their legal counsel.
ICE should not be able to crush someone's foot, lie about it, and then disappear them from their legal counsel.
Murray, Murphy, Dexter, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Bill to Ensure DHS Detainees Can Speak to a Lawyer, Contact their Families - Senator Patty Murray
ICYMI: Senator Murray Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Prevent the Shackling and Mistreatment of Pregnant Women in ICE and CBP Custody ICYMI: Murray, Durbin, Senate Democrats Urge Pres...
www.murray.senate.gov
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I've helped introduce a bill to ensure that people like Jose can contact their lawyer. We're talking about basic dignity and respect here.
ICE should not be able to crush someone's foot, lie about it, and then disappear them from their legal counsel.
ICE should not be able to crush someone's foot, lie about it, and then disappear them from their legal counsel.
That tissue could go necrotic...
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
That tissue could go necrotic...
For a dose of brutal realism as a refreshing change from the pap dished from legacy media, please see "Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXVC...
Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy
YouTube video by Lawfare
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
For a dose of brutal realism as a refreshing change from the pap dished from legacy media, please see "Lawfare Live: Discussing the 2025 National Security Strategy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXVC...
In which we establish that the U.S. electorate will permit anything from its government as long as it perceives additional wealth for individuals. #PigsAreFlying
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In which we establish that the U.S. electorate will permit anything from its government as long as it perceives additional wealth for individuals. #PigsAreFlying
Certain justices could be impeached. Real-l-ly long shot.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Certain justices could be impeached. Real-l-ly long shot.
"Conservative justices have, over the years, seen harbingers of tyranny in union organizing, environmental regulations, civil-rights laws, and universal-health-care plans. When confronted with a legal theory that establishes actual tyranny, they were simply intrigued."
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
The conservative justices have shown they are ready to sacrifice any law or principle to save the former president.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"Conservative justices have, over the years, seen harbingers of tyranny in union organizing, environmental regulations, civil-rights laws, and universal-health-care plans. When confronted with a legal theory that establishes actual tyranny, they were simply intrigued."
This would be funny if only the government you portrayed was imagined.
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This would be funny if only the government you portrayed was imagined.
The U.S. government did not recognize Human Rights Day this year. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The U.S. government did not recognize Human Rights Day this year. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
Conclusion to this powerful interview: "It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems." #SCOTUS #SeparationOfPowers
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Conclusion to this powerful interview: "It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems." #SCOTUS #SeparationOfPowers
"...and that will enable only more aggressive efforts by this president and his successors to consolidate power in the executive branch." #SeparationOfPowers
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"...and that will enable only more aggressive efforts by this president and his successors to consolidate power in the executive branch." #SeparationOfPowers
"In the name of a very formalist reading of Article II (except for all of the exceptions the court doesn’t want to have to acknowledge), the majority is continuing to kneecap Congress in ways that will be very hard to recover from..." 1/2 #SeparationOfPowers
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"In the name of a very formalist reading of Article II (except for all of the exceptions the court doesn’t want to have to acknowledge), the majority is continuing to kneecap Congress in ways that will be very hard to recover from..." 1/2 #SeparationOfPowers
Kudos to @stevevladeck.bsky.social articulating how #scotus is "kneecapping Congress" & eroding the Constitution's mandated #SeparationOfPowers in the above article (#gift link attached): www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Kudos to @stevevladeck.bsky.social articulating how #scotus is "kneecapping Congress" & eroding the Constitution's mandated #SeparationOfPowers in the above article (#gift link attached): www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
And I don't understand why the Supreme Court enabled it. Granted, two justices are radical righties, but Robert, Gorsuch and the guy who drinks the beer?
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
And I don't understand why the Supreme Court enabled it. Granted, two justices are radical righties, but Robert, Gorsuch and the guy who drinks the beer?
My dad, a Naval officer, would have had **nothing** to do with the Navy, or the government for whom he also soiled, if he had learned of this.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My dad, a Naval officer, would have had **nothing** to do with the Navy, or the government for whom he also soiled, if he had learned of this.