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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 10h

The SCOTUS order granting cert in DHS v. DVD is notable for its long list of questions presented—including a fourth (!) Q that basically says to DOJ, “Ask any other questions you want.” Does the Court think there are other issues in the case that DOJ didn‘t pick up on, but will soon? Odd.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thread and screencaps of article

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Judge grants TRO for CNN, MSNBC NOW, Politico: “the Court is skeptical—at least on this record—that Defendants’ interest in safeguarding national security is the actual motivation for, or is even advanced by, the revocation of Plaintiffs’ hard passes.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TRUMP'S TOP 10 9/11 LIES Trump has lied incessantly about 9/11 over the years, above all glorifying himself. We shouldn't let his lies obscure the truth, or desecrate the day. And so, on Sept 10, here's a list of his top 10 9/11 lies over the years. 1/12 www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...

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Trump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies -

Trump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies - Until retreating to Florida in the face of criminal prosecution, Donald Trump was a lifelong New Yorker, and no event shook the city more than the 9/11 attacks that destroye...

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Folks are asking what Judge Chutkan can do to enforce her order halting Trump’s arch. Well, my case is also before Judge Chutkan. Perhaps she’ll soon hold that citizen-taxpayers have standing to sue federal officials derivatively on behalf of the United States. And their aiders and abettors too.

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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here's my write-up on five churches (4 in the Twin Cities & 1 in Michigan) where DHS sent undercover agents into events to secretly spy on people (including church members who weren't targets of any investigation): publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...

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Department of Homeland Security Spied on Churches in the Twin Cities

According to documents filed in federal court this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents into church buildings to track activists attending events at Lutheran, Baptist,...

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Deeply appreciated. Thank you, @coolsprings.bsky.social ! go.bsky.app/Td4n6bv

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Here’s the TOC for my opposition to DOJ’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Trump, Bondi, and Pirro. Suing them, derivatively o/b/o the United States, for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, aiding & abetting. Motion is fully briefed. The District Court could rule any day now.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

An AUSA appeared for Trump, Bondi, and Pirro. So I‘ve moved to disqualify DOJ from defending them against claims that I’m bringing derivatively, on behalf of the United States.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Feels like the trip to Beijing was to distract from the inflation numbers.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Remind me what Narcissus gazed at?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Why did Melania Trump curtsy to Queen Camilla at the White House? Americans do not bow to foreign royals.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Sunday night I file a legal-malpractice claim against Pirro about the Powell “investigation.” Five days later, Pirro purports to say that the Powell “investigation” is (supposedly) referred to another office. Correlation? Or causation?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Apparently Tre45on is now turning his attention to a reflecting pool. Which gives rise to a question… Has he read up lately on the Narcissus myth?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Henry V, act 3, scene 1, line 1.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What are the chances that, while visiting New York, King Charles will commemorate the anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington on April 30, 1789?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Is this rapist talk? “The hard part is done. So it should be easy, and… when this conflict is over, the Strait will open up naturally. It’ll just open up naturally. They’re going to want to be able to sell oil because that’s all they have to try and rebuild. It will resume the flowing…”

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

POTUS today will participate in an “Easter lunch.” It’s not even Maundy Thursday yet. April Fool? Religious-holiday confusion? rollcall.com/factbase/tru...

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Trump White House Calendar: April 2026

Presidential schedule and events for April 2026

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

What are the odds that Iranian sleeper cells launch attacks on every building in the world that has Tre45on’s name on it?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

SCOTUS just announced three opinion days, all at once. Don‘t think I’ve seen that before. It’s as though there was a conference today. “The Court may announce opinions on Friday, February 20, Tuesday, February 24, and Wednesday, February 25.”

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Oh, so federal courthouses are under the capo’s “protection”?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

So… How many countries will now boycott the World Cup?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Feels like USAO-SDNY must have been finger-tapping these boxes for a while—and eventually said something like, “Well, Main Justice, if you’re not going to produce them soon, as the law requires, then we will.” Which finally got someone’s attention.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Senate Gabe criticizes Sen. Kelly for not providing “resources” on an official website. Then he blocked me for showing that what he wants Sen. Kelly to do could violate Senate rules! If Senate Gabe were a Russian troll, what would he be doing differently? Please do not follow him.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The last “annual” doctor‘s visit was on April 11. www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

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Memorandum from the White House Physician

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s the Department of Defense by statute. 10 USC 111.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Has anyone charted Trump’s travel schedule? Am I right in thinking that the Alaska summit was his last flight? Is it normal for him to spend so much time in DC?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Henry V, act 4, scene 7, line 110.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I was there for the Persian Gulf parade, when the M1 tank (all 60 tons) tore up Constitution Avenue and the fighter (F15? F16?) got its tail fin stuck in an overhead wire. DC is just not built for military parades. There is no Red Square.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Matt. 25:34-35: “Then the King will say..., ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you.... For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in...."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/06/2025

When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Wondering which lawyers/practice groups at the let's-deal-with-Trump firms drove those decisions. Was it M&A? Private equity? Partners who bring in the most business, in dollar terms? How's that working out? Sometimes better ethics is better business.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Again: Entrustment. From Pope Leo's homily this morning in St. Peter's Square: "I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me." www.ncregister.com/commentaries... 1/x

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Full Text of Pope Leo XIV’s Homily From Inauguration Mass: ‘This is the Hour For Love’

‘Brothers and sisters, I would like that our first great desire be for a united Church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world...’

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Entrustment. www.vatican.va/news_service...

Let us pray.
Made sharers in the heavenly banquet, we humbly entreat you, Lord, by the power of this mystery: strengthen your Church in unity and charity, and grant that I, your servant, whom you have en- trusted with the Petrine ministry, may always, together with the flock entrusted to my care, experience your saving help and protection.
Through Christ our Lord.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

"[B]oth philosophy and the Gospel concur in laying down that the object of the government of the State should be, not the advantage of the ruler, but the benefit of those over whom he is placed." Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 35 www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891) | LEO XIII

Encyclical Rerum Novarum of Leo XIII, 15 May 1891

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This post by Trump is blasphemy and lunacy. But don't overlook the obvious in this image. Trump likes to surround himself with gold. And here, he's wearing it. He has a weird fetish for gold. Does it make him feel more secure somehow? But as we remember: "ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD."

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Lawyers rallied today in Foley Square, Lower Manhattan, for the rule of law. Circled by state and federal courthouses, we retook our oath to uphold the Constitution.

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

1. Did anyone lie to a court about removals over the weekend? 2. Can someone put this NBC report before SCOTUS asap?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Why does the Administration call a preserve-the-status-quo injunction an administrative stay?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I’m dying with laughter. And someone at the National Archives deserves an Oscar. Or a Tony. Or a Nobel. I dunno—whatever archivists get.

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With Fear For Our Democracy, I Dissent 🫘 @mslynnemiller.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

A lawyer who doesn’t write so lawyerly that John Q. Public can actually understand. If you want to follow a lawyer, Jeremy @batesv45.bsky.social is a good choice. 👇

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Yesterday in Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825, SCOTUS held that, in sentencing, a "crime of violence" may include a failure to act by a person who has a duty to act--a crime of omission. Wait for it... What recent, infamous crime involved someone failing to act although he had a duty to act?

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Jeremy Bates @batesv45.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

What about Article III does Sen. Schumer not understand? "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, AND in such inferior Courts as the Congress may... ordain and establish." District courts are vested with "the judicial. power." Unitary judiciary, anyone?

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