Brett Legvold
@leg4isu.bsky.social
Husband, father, Cyclone, lawyer, golfer, Iowan, never Trump, defender of democracy and the rule of law, foodie, Americana & red dirt junkie.
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House Judiciary Committee releases on New Years Eve (in an obvious attempt to bury this info) the Jack Smith deposition transcript.
I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas.
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas.
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
House Judiciary Committee releases on New Years Eve (in an obvious attempt to bury this info) the Jack Smith deposition transcript.
I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas.
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas.
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It used to be that the United States would use Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to transmit truth across the borders of repressive regimes.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
Now the work of American reporters, having been censored, is being smuggled across the border to reach Americans.
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Trump refused to bow his head along with the military officials next to him during the ceremony receiving fallen soldiers in Dover today
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Trump refused to bow his head along with the military officials next to him during the ceremony receiving fallen soldiers in Dover today
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Before this year, the US govt hadn't taken a direct stake in a healthy commercial firm since at least the 1950s. Now, it's taken 14, with more coming.
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Before this year, the US govt hadn't taken a direct stake in a healthy commercial firm since at least the 1950s. Now, it's taken 14, with more coming.
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5
When’s the publication date of the sequel, @jaketapper.bsky.social?
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When’s the publication date of the sequel, @jaketapper.bsky.social?
A Reagan judge. This administration’s corruption and lawlessness is not a partisan issue. It’s a democracy and rule of law issue.
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A Reagan judge. This administration’s corruption and lawlessness is not a partisan issue. It’s a democracy and rule of law issue.
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A photo of selling your soul for ambition.
May 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A photo of selling your soul for ambition.
Please give me a Chris Murphy/Jamie Raskin ‘28 ticket. Serious ass people who care about democracy and America. I’d throw Cory Booker and AOC into that mix but for the fact that most of the Trump ‘24 voters are racist as hell and would never vote for a person of color.
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Please give me a Chris Murphy/Jamie Raskin ‘28 ticket. Serious ass people who care about democracy and America. I’d throw Cory Booker and AOC into that mix but for the fact that most of the Trump ‘24 voters are racist as hell and would never vote for a person of color.
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If Trump's idiocy reverses the global rightward trend in national elections, it will be the greatest thing he has ever done. By far.
It's really hard to overstate how hugely favored conservatives were up until two months ago.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
April 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If Trump's idiocy reverses the global rightward trend in national elections, it will be the greatest thing he has ever done. By far.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I’m watching Top Secret with Val Kilmer for the first time. It came out in 1984. I’m dying. Slap stick comedy is the best.
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’m watching Top Secret with Val Kilmer for the first time. It came out in 1984. I’m dying. Slap stick comedy is the best.
Can we now deport Elon without due process as a national security threat like we did the brown people with funny tattoos?
April 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Can we now deport Elon without due process as a national security threat like we did the brown people with funny tattoos?
Cory Booker is a boss. The symbolism of him breaking a record held by a racist who opposed civil rights at a time when Americans’ civil rights are again under assault is breathtaking.
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Cory Booker is a boss. The symbolism of him breaking a record held by a racist who opposed civil rights at a time when Americans’ civil rights are again under assault is breathtaking.
The guy who allowed his court to pave the way for the behavior he now derides has thoughts. Respectfully, John, fuck off.
March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The guy who allowed his court to pave the way for the behavior he now derides has thoughts. Respectfully, John, fuck off.
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Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
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Judge Beryl Howell’s court order granting @jasonleopold.bsky.social’s FOIA request for Mar a lago documents is pure legal poetry (or porn, if you’re a total legal nerd like me). Be sure to read the footnotes. Those hold the biggest mic drops ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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February 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Judge Beryl Howell’s court order granting @jasonleopold.bsky.social’s FOIA request for Mar a lago documents is pure legal poetry (or porn, if you’re a total legal nerd like me). Be sure to read the footnotes. Those hold the biggest mic drops ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
These dipshits are going to get disbarred just like Rudy and Eastman.
NEW: ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.
Here’s what we know about them:
Here’s what we know about them:
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
propub.li
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
These dipshits are going to get disbarred just like Rudy and Eastman.
To be fair, the GOP has been doing this for 50 years.
Trump managed to trick stupid people into thinking they would strike a blow against “elites” by handing the government over to billionaires.
January 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
To be fair, the GOP has been doing this for 50 years.
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At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.
January 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.
What changed? And why? Trump was just as much of a threat to democracy in 2024. Shameful voter behavior.
Nine. Teen. MILLION. Biden 2020 voters stayed home in 2024.
First, here’s what we know about how and why Harris lost ground.
Based on VoteCast data, we can estimate ~19 million people who voted for Biden four years ago stayed home.
(40% of those voting in 2024 had voted for Biden in 2020, and 40% had voted for Trump. From there, it’s simple arithmetic.)
Based on VoteCast data, we can estimate ~19 million people who voted for Biden four years ago stayed home.
(40% of those voting in 2024 had voted for Biden in 2020, and 40% had voted for Trump. From there, it’s simple arithmetic.)
January 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What changed? And why? Trump was just as much of a threat to democracy in 2024. Shameful voter behavior.
How many unused timeouts will TJ have tonight? Will we give up 85?
December 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM
How many unused timeouts will TJ have tonight? Will we give up 85?