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@americanoriginal.bsky.social
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Progressive liberal civil rights lawyer. I sue the cops

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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 50’s and 60’s called and want their tax rates back
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026
I haven’t been indicted yet.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@jamellebouie.net Consistent with your position that Trump sees democrats as illegitimate. It also undermines the preposterous argument that the green new deal is a scam. It seems to be beneficial if you live in a red state Trump cancels Grants to blue States www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Undoing Trump’s Golden Age of Corruption
He’s made the presidency into a profitable grift. Here’s how some of his ill-gotten gains might be clawed back.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I declare independence from Kings
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Happy 4th of July Celebration
ALT: Happy 4th of July Celebration
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Jan 6 pardonees have a higher rate of committing crimes than the immigrant population www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A lot of republicans are breathing a sigh of relief for the politically toxic payout for criminals scheme Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Freezes Efforts to Create $1.8 Billion Fund www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Freezes Efforts to Create $1.8 Billion Fund
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, argues that the fund violates the 14th Amendment’s prohibition on use of federal money to “pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.” www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’
The Justice Department will likely argue that the officers don’t have standing to sue.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Ummm, Jan 6 anyone? “It’s a dangerous thing, a dangerous gambit,” Johnson said. “You don't just blow up the system when you lose.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Kamala Harris demands major Supreme Court overhaul
Former VP says GOP is ‘back-dooring racism through politics’ as she calls for Supreme Court and Electoral College reform
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
literally a video of the AG confirming a selective prosecution. defense is going to have a pretty easy time with this.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Wow. The power of the press exposes the hypocrisy and political nature of the Roberts SCOTUS. Great necessary reporting The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Senator Cory Booker is getting heated: "If we allow this as a Congress, this is the new standard. Donald Trump can wage war on Cuba next, for 30-60 days, before having to consult Congress. Donald Trump could invade Greenland. These are not hypotheticals... 🧵
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Breaking: Green New Deal strengthens National Security and Economy while saving planet. Why Oil Prices Surged Even After the Release of Strategic Reserves www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/b...
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Why Oil Prices Surged Even After the Release of Strategic Reserves
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Green New Deal, now more than ever ‘The Old Game Is Back’: Oil Is a Potent Geopolitical Tool Again www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...
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‘The Old Game Is Back’: Oil Is a Potent Geopolitical Tool Again
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Truly a mystery
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
If the healthcare on that boat is free like healthcare is in Greenland, we could use that boat at literally every port in the USA Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...
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Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
“It looks on its face to be fraudulent,” Mr. Johnson told reporters. “Can I prove that? No.” Vote. Recount. Audit. Courts. That’s it. That’s the end. Anything else is undemocratic and disqualifying Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears www.nytimes.com/article/trum...
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Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Hes not suing himself. It’s our money. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Trump sues IRS for $10B over leaked tax returns
The leaks showed Trump paid no income taxes for 10 out of 15 years before his first election.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis
Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
@schumer.senate.gov tarrytown constituent here. Please do whatever you can to stop my tax dollars from funding the rogue thugs of ICE and DHS terrorizing our people with their unconstitutional tactics
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
@repglatimer.bsky.social please do not vote for my tax dollars to pay for thugs terrorizing communities with unconstitutional brutality Let ICE melt
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Good. Uniformity Inequity Exclusion Takes a small hit. Trump Administration Drops Appeal in School D.E.I. Lawsuit www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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Trump Administration Drops Appeal in School D.E.I. Lawsuit
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
It’s hard to believe that billionaires get nightmares over slightly higher taxes from socialists and yet support a moronic malignant narcissist who is going to crash the world’s economy www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Trump's tariff threats spark new fears of 'Sell America' trade
The president has long been sensitive to bond market movements and regularly cites surges in stocks as evidence that his agenda is working.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Utter, blatant unconstitutional actions. Congress must hold hearings and reform 42 USC 1983 to allow for suing individual officers and the US government for condoning this practice of misconduct. #abiolishICE In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
As usual, Bouie 🎯 Abolish 🧊 ‘It doesn’t need an agency that has been transformed into a paramilitary enforcer of despotic rule. It doesn’t need roving bands of masked thugs shooting and killing ordinary people under the cover of law.’ ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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Opinion | ICE Is a Virtual Secret Police
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Trump’s Move for Regime Change in Venezuela Threatens a New MAGA Rift www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/u...
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Trump’s Move for Regime Change in Venezuela Threatens a New MAGA Rift
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
As Zohran Mamdani takes over as mayor of New York City, he joins his new Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, Julie Su, to talk about building an economy that works for the many — not just a select few.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
It’s the triumph of stupid For now
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 24/12/2025
There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/AmKDo74
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John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
This is one of many that our tax dollars should pay for that pays for itself many times over & another reason we should tax billionaires & multinationals. We need a revolution Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
Page of black line redactions
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Wait, firing people raises the unemployment rate? Shocking
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Everything Rob Reiner said about Donald Trump was once again proved correct by Donald Trump
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
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SayItToMyFace💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Listen carefully
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It’s not a war crime, it’s just a crime. When all is said and done,Trump will pardon him, but if i were Pete Hegseth, i wouldn’t travel outside the us www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
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'Textbook War Crime': Critics Slam Hegseth For 'Outright Murder' After Shock Report
Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
“The majority will instinctively know that its fate is tied to the fate of Trump’s movement, and so it will protect it. The result will be a democracy in name only.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“This was not a harmless mistake. It was the direct result of callous and chaotic policies by the Trump Administration…ICE’s failure to exercise even a shred of due diligence is shameful and underscores just how broken and dangerous these federal policies are. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-goons-su...
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ICE Goons Surround Judge’s Car and Handcuff High School Intern
DHS agents wrongfully detained a high school intern working at the Providence Superior Court.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Maybe its time to have a president who doesn’t call for the execution his political foes www.mediaite.com/media/news/a...
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‘Punishable by DEATH’: Trump Floats Execution for Democrats Who Urged Soldiers to Disobey Illegal Orders
Donald Trump suggested that six Democrats who put out a video urging military members to "refuse illegal orders" were guilty of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!'
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Surprise, surprise! “Now that he’s in office, the mask comes off and it’s all about taking care of himself and fellow billionaires and millionaires,” Mr. Lapan said. “He’s an elitist.” America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Stop sending billions to insurance companies & send it to people… …so they can send it to insurance co’s? No restrictions on preexisting conditions, no annual caps, family planning! Yikes! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Senate Republicans embrace Trump’s call – from his Florida golf course – to replace Obamacare
Amid a historic government shutdown, some senators on Capitol Hill are working this weekend on an unpopular bill
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Is this before or after paying himself $240 million of our tax dollars, building himself a $300 million ballroom and holding a great Gatsby ball while simultaneously cutting food benefits for hungry children ? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Top Trump political adviser says president will focus on affordability going forward
Democrats had resounding election wins by pressing on the economy.
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Another example of reality having a liberal bias
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/10/2025
TAPPER: Thune says he offered Democrats a commitment to vote on extending the ACA subsidies at a date certain, but Democrats won't take yes for an answer CHRIS MURPHY: But that doesn't help anybody in my state because all these Republicans are gonna vote against it
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#nokings Ossining ny
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
$20 Billion bailout for Argentina but nothing for student loans Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
That whole getting into heaven thing gets tougher everyday for ding Don Now killing people for being suspects. U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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Jonathan @americanoriginal.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Trump Disgraces American Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o... Hon. John Roberts, this is on you. “America is now in a dangerous period, in which the president can order investigations and indictments against his enemies.”
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Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice
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