Paul Hempel
@orebudjd.bsky.social
Retired corporate lawyer living on the south Oregon coast. Gardening, cooking, traveling. Unapologetic progressive Buddhist thinker. Gay and happily married to the man I love.
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Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
It’s amazing to me how the Trump family with the press’ help has erased the entire concept of conflict of interest from public awareness.
This headline is missing the part about how they are also business partners with the Trump family in several different ventures.
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s amazing to me how the Trump family with the press’ help has erased the entire concept of conflict of interest from public awareness.
This should be required reading for a facial understanding of what is happening, not opinion.
Twice Donald Trump put his hand on a Bible and swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He’s been violating that oath, and lying nonstop in all conceivable venues, ever since. New from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
We’re Led by an Administration of Liars
Trump insisted Comey be prosecuted for supposedly lying to Congress—but his own administration is full of officials who lied to Congress.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This should be required reading for a facial understanding of what is happening, not opinion.
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Seems like he’s admitting he knows his orders are unlawful.
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Seems like he’s admitting he knows his orders are unlawful.
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Bluesky should start doing the same thing
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bluesky should start doing the same thing
No big surprise here - but this is a good window into useful regulatory requirements
Musk Releases New Location Feature, Shuts It Down Hours Later
Users started checking MAGA accounts They found countries like Russia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Macedonia, Troll farms lighting up like a Christmas tree.
Users started checking MAGA accounts They found countries like Russia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Macedonia, Troll farms lighting up like a Christmas tree.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
No big surprise here - but this is a good window into useful regulatory requirements
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392,000 followers on X.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
392,000 followers on X.
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I am really losing patience with Americans who treat their elected officials like celebrities they have to defend, instead of representatives they have to hold responsible. Grow the fuck up. Millions of lives are at stake.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am really losing patience with Americans who treat their elected officials like celebrities they have to defend, instead of representatives they have to hold responsible. Grow the fuck up. Millions of lives are at stake.
Thank you for highlighting this. Sad that we don’t get this kind of information in the press
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thank you for highlighting this. Sad that we don’t get this kind of information in the press
Love this!!! Home Depot, get the message!
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Love this!!! Home Depot, get the message!
This is why we need legislation to regulate social media.
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is why we need legislation to regulate social media.
The word opportunist comes to mind, or perhaps grifter
AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The word opportunist comes to mind, or perhaps grifter
Hooligans!
ICE agents w guns allegedly forced their way into a Queens home wo announcing themselves or presenting a warrant for a person who no longer lived there, the NY Immigration Coalition said, also they broke down the door of a home in Elmhurst, pointed firearms at a mother and her 4 children, more...
Armed ICE agents terrorized Queens family while raiding home in search of person who does not live there, nonprofit says | amNewYork
Gun-toting ICE agents allegedly forced their way into a Queens home last week without announcing themselves or presenting a warrant for a person who no longer
www.amny.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Hooligans!
Karoline explained it - every order the president gives is lawful. Did these people take any American History or civics in school?
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Karoline explained it - every order the president gives is lawful. Did these people take any American History or civics in school?
This is what will get these people locked up when this nightmare is over.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is what will get these people locked up when this nightmare is over.
I think you’re missing the point of the achievement. It wasn’t about them, it was snot showing what’s possible for humanity and for the US
Let’s be honest: nothing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have done in the last 56 years justifies the tremendous cost of bringing them back from the moon. NASA should’ve spared the long-suffering taxpayer and left them up there
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I think you’re missing the point of the achievement. It wasn’t about them, it was snot showing what’s possible for humanity and for the US
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This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
This continues to be really sad.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This continues to be really sad.
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Reminder....
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reminder....
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VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
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GOP hack SamAlito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats. We don't have a Supreme Court. We have a corrupt GOP machine designed to deliver for the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
GOP hack SamAlito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats. We don't have a Supreme Court. We have a corrupt GOP machine designed to deliver for the GOP.