DiscardedPoet
@jaysnuh.bsky.social
Dad, husband, teacher. Nerd. *Finally* angry enough to come off the sidelines. Sorry it took me so long to find my spine.
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@jaysnuh.bsky.social
· Jan 18
“He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep. Sleeping on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
A lot of this going around lately, IMO.
- C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
A lot of this going around lately, IMO.
Hear, hear.
The nation already owes you a great deal, Marc.
If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Hear, hear.
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Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."?
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."?
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Section 504, which provides (among other things) protections and supports for students with disabilities, is under renewed attack by 8 Republican states.
dredf.org/texas-and-ei...
dredf.org/texas-and-ei...
Texas and Eight Other States Renew Attack on Section 504 and the Right of Disabled People to Live in their Communities - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Section 504, which provides (among other things) protections and supports for students with disabilities, is under renewed attack by 8 Republican states.
dredf.org/texas-and-ei...
dredf.org/texas-and-ei...
While it feels great to see the administration take one small step backwards in Minnesota, I can’t help but feel that this is more about timing than moderating their response. It’s too early for things to blow up. It has to happen closer to the midterms.
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
While it feels great to see the administration take one small step backwards in Minnesota, I can’t help but feel that this is more about timing than moderating their response. It’s too early for things to blow up. It has to happen closer to the midterms.
Mr. Rogers, they are killing the helpers in the streets.
To whom do we look now?
To whom do we look now?
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Mr. Rogers, they are killing the helpers in the streets.
To whom do we look now?
To whom do we look now?
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Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Republican politicians who think that Minneapolis is a political problem are missing the point. It is a moral problem. But they are in so deep that they cannot see just how morally bankrupt they have become. They do not understand that we are as revulsed by their complicity as by Trump's cruelty.
Alex Pretti was there to exercise his first amendment rights and to look out for others. He was also exercising his second amendment right to lawfully carry.
For exercising these rights, he was killed.
He tried to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground by an ICE thug, and was murdered.
For exercising these rights, he was killed.
He tried to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground by an ICE thug, and was murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Alex Pretti was there to exercise his first amendment rights and to look out for others. He was also exercising his second amendment right to lawfully carry.
For exercising these rights, he was killed.
He tried to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground by an ICE thug, and was murdered.
For exercising these rights, he was killed.
He tried to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground by an ICE thug, and was murdered.
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ASL information re: observing and warning neighbors about ICE operations using S.A.L.U.T.E. / A.C.T.U.A.R. Please share widely--we know disabled folks are particularly susceptible to state violence and many d/hh folks regardless of immigration status have a first language that is not English.
January 24, 2026 at 3:26 PM
ASL information re: observing and warning neighbors about ICE operations using S.A.L.U.T.E. / A.C.T.U.A.R. Please share widely--we know disabled folks are particularly susceptible to state violence and many d/hh folks regardless of immigration status have a first language that is not English.
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This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
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The President of the United States deleted this photo of the drawer full of photos with himself and Jeffrey Epstein from the DOJ's illegally redacted release of the files last night.
We are watching a cover up in real time.
This is file 468.
We are watching a cover up in real time.
This is file 468.
December 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The President of the United States deleted this photo of the drawer full of photos with himself and Jeffrey Epstein from the DOJ's illegally redacted release of the files last night.
We are watching a cover up in real time.
This is file 468.
We are watching a cover up in real time.
This is file 468.
Funny, isn't it? The day before the DoJ was to ostensibly release the Epstein Files, they gave the transgender pot a big ol' stir and now that's all anyone on the right is talking about! Works every time.
December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Funny, isn't it? The day before the DoJ was to ostensibly release the Epstein Files, they gave the transgender pot a big ol' stir and now that's all anyone on the right is talking about! Works every time.
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Pam Bondi wants FBI to place cash bounties on trans activists
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/pam-bondi-fbi-cash-bounties/?utm_content=1765977602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/pam-bondi-fbi-cash-bounties/?utm_content=1765977602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Pam Bondi wants FBI to put cash bounties on trans activists
Pam Bondi has reportedly ordered the FBI to place cash bounties on trans activists promoting so-called 'radical gender ideology'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pam Bondi wants FBI to place cash bounties on trans activists
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/pam-bondi-fbi-cash-bounties/?utm_content=1765977602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/pam-bondi-fbi-cash-bounties/?utm_content=1765977602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Up to ten years in prison. As a punishment for providing the care that saved my son's life.
Criminalization of parents who seek help for their transgender kids.
Criminalization of parents who seek help for their transgender kids.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Up to ten years in prison. As a punishment for providing the care that saved my son's life.
Criminalization of parents who seek help for their transgender kids.
Criminalization of parents who seek help for their transgender kids.
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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trump’s regime is so obsessed with controlling his image that it told a federal court deaf Americans’ civil rights matter less than how he looks on camera. When accessibility is treated as a nuisance, democracy is already lost.
#AuthoritarianOptics
#AuthoritarianOptics
Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
trump’s regime is so obsessed with controlling his image that it told a federal court deaf Americans’ civil rights matter less than how he looks on camera. When accessibility is treated as a nuisance, democracy is already lost.
#AuthoritarianOptics
#AuthoritarianOptics
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
The projection has always worked for him. The misdirection has always worked. The bullying. The threatening. The lying.
With special needs children, we sometimes see an “extinction burst” of extreme behavior when the original behaviors are no longer effective.
The intensity can be breathtaking.
With special needs children, we sometimes see an “extinction burst” of extreme behavior when the original behaviors are no longer effective.
The intensity can be breathtaking.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The projection has always worked for him. The misdirection has always worked. The bullying. The threatening. The lying.
With special needs children, we sometimes see an “extinction burst” of extreme behavior when the original behaviors are no longer effective.
The intensity can be breathtaking.
With special needs children, we sometimes see an “extinction burst” of extreme behavior when the original behaviors are no longer effective.
The intensity can be breathtaking.
I have one immediate family member who relies on SNAP benefits, and one who has been working without pay (and under the implicit threat of being laid off) for weeks now. I am experiencing such an alphabet soup of emotions right now. Relief, but also anger and disbelief for those relying on the ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have one immediate family member who relies on SNAP benefits, and one who has been working without pay (and under the implicit threat of being laid off) for weeks now. I am experiencing such an alphabet soup of emotions right now. Relief, but also anger and disbelief for those relying on the ACA.
In Deaf culture, the sign for “I love you” is commonly used as a way to say goodbye to friends and family members. Today, a student who has always yelled aggressively at me when it’s time for me to leave our sessions instead made eye contact and signed “I love you”. And then she did it again. 🤟🏻
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In Deaf culture, the sign for “I love you” is commonly used as a way to say goodbye to friends and family members. Today, a student who has always yelled aggressively at me when it’s time for me to leave our sessions instead made eye contact and signed “I love you”. And then she did it again. 🤟🏻
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Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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It's all a big grift.
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It's all a big grift.