@scotkdanforth.bsky.social
Dog-loving First Amendment fan with musical proclivities and lots of books. Dedicated to wife and family and the carefully aimed one-liner.
When feds injuring people becomes normalized . . . we are fascist.
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
When feds injuring people becomes normalized . . . we are fascist.
In case you need an update on how many people have left or been fired from DOJ since Trump II: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i...
Inside a year of firings that have shaken Trump Justice Department: ‘Great deal of fear'
Firings and departures have erased centuries of combined experience and left the Justice Department with fewer career employees to defend the rule of law as President Trump tests the limits of executi...
www.nbcwashington.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
In case you need an update on how many people have left or been fired from DOJ since Trump II: www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i...
For the crime of choosing the wrong parents, I guess.
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
For the crime of choosing the wrong parents, I guess.
2/ It's the language of the Vietnam era: we may need to destroy your village to save it, with immigrants in our own country standing in for the VC.
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
2/ It's the language of the Vietnam era: we may need to destroy your village to save it, with immigrants in our own country standing in for the VC.
1/ Plus, the rhetoric of some government officials and pundits—we need a federal force to "protect" you from rapists, murderers, brown people among you—when 70 percent of people being arrested have no records.
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
1/ Plus, the rhetoric of some government officials and pundits—we need a federal force to "protect" you from rapists, murderers, brown people among you—when 70 percent of people being arrested have no records.
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans went on CSPAN to regularly denounce jack-booted federal thugs (by which they meant ATF and Attorney General Janet Reno) when Ruby Ridge and Waco happened. Now that federal thuggery comes from the White House and an unjust Justice Department, it's OK.
January 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans went on CSPAN to regularly denounce jack-booted federal thugs (by which they meant ATF and Attorney General Janet Reno) when Ruby Ridge and Waco happened. Now that federal thuggery comes from the White House and an unjust Justice Department, it's OK.
Trying . . . new flyer will be out to include Minneapolis shortly.
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Trying . . . new flyer will be out to include Minneapolis shortly.
From a bluesky post I got secondhand: Trump hasn’t even taken the proper constitutional steps to lie the country into this war.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
From a bluesky post I got secondhand: Trump hasn’t even taken the proper constitutional steps to lie the country into this war.
Thank you for the weekly reassurance that we are not all alone. Also, I ordered two wonderful x-mas gifts from sponsors (Lola blankets and Aura Frames) that gave me a huge discount for being a listener.
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you for the weekly reassurance that we are not all alone. Also, I ordered two wonderful x-mas gifts from sponsors (Lola blankets and Aura Frames) that gave me a huge discount for being a listener.
Marcy Wheeler would be a great podcast interviewee, just sayin'. You do rock!
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Marcy Wheeler would be a great podcast interviewee, just sayin'. You do rock!
Her new job description—Senior Advisor to the Attorney General on US Attorneys—is just the second funniest job description I've read today. A Daily Beast article described former congressman Devin Nunes (R–blockhead) as "chair of Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board." Let us know when you find some.
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Her new job description—Senior Advisor to the Attorney General on US Attorneys—is just the second funniest job description I've read today. A Daily Beast article described former congressman Devin Nunes (R–blockhead) as "chair of Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board." Let us know when you find some.
The funniest thing I read in the news this morning was in this Daily Beast article with the job description of former congressman Devin Nunes (R-blockhead): chair of Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board. Let us know when you find some.
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The funniest thing I read in the news this morning was in this Daily Beast article with the job description of former congressman Devin Nunes (R-blockhead): chair of Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board. Let us know when you find some.
They are going to be wishing for that long vacation they got as Johnson resisted the vote on the Epstein files. Maybe they'll get permanent vacations?
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They are going to be wishing for that long vacation they got as Johnson resisted the vote on the Epstein files. Maybe they'll get permanent vacations?
If you think SNAP and extending ACA are expensive, wait until there are up to 42 million starving people prone to sickness requiring care.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you think SNAP and extending ACA are expensive, wait until there are up to 42 million starving people prone to sickness requiring care.