John Crittenden
@johncrittenden.bsky.social
Proud SF native 🌁, UCLA Law adjunct and double Bruin, retired IP lawyer at Cooley LLP, cyclist, grandfather, world traveler pursuing trilingualism 🇫🇷🇲🇽!
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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When the history of this dark era is written, if US democracy survives, at the top of the roll of heroes will be our federal district judges.
Judge Biery's opinion in Conejo Arias v. Noem is a flaming arrow into the dead heart of the Trump regime.
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Judge Biery's opinion in Conejo Arias v. Noem is a flaming arrow into the dead heart of the Trump regime.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
When the history of this dark era is written, if US democracy survives, at the top of the roll of heroes will be our federal district judges.
Judge Biery's opinion in Conejo Arias v. Noem is a flaming arrow into the dead heart of the Trump regime.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Biery's opinion in Conejo Arias v. Noem is a flaming arrow into the dead heart of the Trump regime.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
A Kavanaugh stop in action.
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A Kavanaugh stop in action.
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“Why are you asking me for my paperwork?”
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
“Why are you asking me for my paperwork?”
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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Under President Trump, the EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. It’s counter to the agency’s mission statement, which says has a core responsibility to protect human health and the environment. nyti.ms/3Loch27
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Under President Trump, the EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. It’s counter to the agency’s mission statement, which says has a core responsibility to protect human health and the environment. nyti.ms/3Loch27
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A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
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Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
1
They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
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For Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. SAFE, with chapters in >70 med schools, works to ensure that all clinicians have the skills to help patients and communities minimize their risk of firearms injury or death. Learn more at standsafe.org
SAFE Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic
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December 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
For Giving Tuesday, consider donating to Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic. SAFE, with chapters in >70 med schools, works to ensure that all clinicians have the skills to help patients and communities minimize their risk of firearms injury or death. Learn more at standsafe.org
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Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud:
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gavin Newsom just said the quiet part out loud:
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black. Period. Full stop.”
And he’s right. “Anti-woke” was never about ideas, it was a marketing campaign to sanitize racism, roll back progress, and make bigotry sound intellectual.
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This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
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October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
It's also a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment of the Constitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
French news heading: “At the UN meeting, Trump keeps the madness going”
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
Lors de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, dans un discours décousu qui s’adressait davantage à ses électeurs qu’à son auditoire, le président américain a oscillé entre l’autocongratulation et l’...
www.liberation.fr
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
French news heading: “At the UN meeting, Trump keeps the madness going”
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
A la tribune de l’ONU, Donald Trump fait durer le délire
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
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(Second version for BlueSky)
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
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September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up
Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!
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September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What does Jimmy Kimmel really think about Charlie Kirk? His own words:
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
Trump Divides America in Aftermath of Charlie Kirk Murder & Republicans Block Epstein File Release
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
What does Jimmy Kimmel really think about Charlie Kirk? His own words:
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.
"Senseless murder."
"A lot of extraordinarily vile responses."
"Some people are cheering this, which is something I won't ever understand."
Why is the FCC is really targeting him?
He went on to make fun of Trump for 10 mins.