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rosa californica

@baymama.bsky.social
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Leftish GenX Catholic lawyer-mom in the SF Bay Area. YIMBY. No, my name’s not Rosa and I’m not actually a flower Follows do not equal endorsements All stupid takes my own

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5h
White Texas HS football coach going Democratic???????
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socrates stepson @aurasurfer.bsky.social · 22h
in an era of mass shootings we are now expected to assume everyone trying to kill us with a gun is an ICE agent
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LCpl Pinky Herman, USMC @jimbrowski12.bsky.social · 22h
Those two do NOT look like any kind of LEO. That looks like an attempted car jacking. I would have got out of there real quick like too.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.
All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shit! 😳 Let’s make this nationwide.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have an idea: Why doesn’t Trump get Putin to stop?
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
nytimes.com
Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tim McVeigh killed 167 people in Oklahoma City but his name was "Tim," not "Nidal" so ...
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
US TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM: HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM QUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF PANAMA, COLOMBIA
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
PANAMA STRUCK BY 8.0 MAG. EARTHQUAKE NEAR PITALOZA ARRIBA: USGS
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...
United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
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WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the U.S.
Department of War announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.
"I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My man looks like they boiled Paul Rudd
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Trump is sending Americans $500 checks with a letter blaming Biden for supposedly overcharging them for Obamacare. But as @citizencohn.bsky.social explains on MS NOW, there was no overcharge, and Trump is repackaging money meant to help run the ACA as a personal refund.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani: bsky.app/profile/mayo...
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good to see that the assassination of Melissa Hortman & her husband Mark, followed by the government murders of Alex Pretti & Renee Good, have convinced Minnesota Republicans to stop using dangerous rhetoric that could incite violence.
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rosa californica @baymama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Donald Trump: Making the 1930s Great Again
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2026
NEW: The Trump Administration has denied our request for emergency assistance after storms in August. Our communities are still picking up the pieces, but this President is playing politics instead. Illinois will keep fighting to help our people recover and rebuild.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American Dream is amazing: within just a few years you can go from being the child of Cuban immigrants to the great-grandson of Spanish settlers.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026
the president demanding that one of the primary engines of the country’s economy — thousands of companies, trillions of dollars — rename their core products to suit his whim is tinpot dictatorship shit, and the only reason it doesn’t feel like it is because no one is listening to him
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“As much as $5 million in SpaceX two days before he signed a sweeping policy aimed at expanding US commercial space transportation.”
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the real resentment for me is that you can say "we should get rid of billionaires" to an audience of millions & that counts for less than saying "we should make billionaires kings" to an audience of 3 billionaires
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would. trib.al/GzSDmbC
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Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way
The president hasn’t stopped those taxpayer-funded advertisements, despite promising he would.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge has ruled DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it removed Ahmed Soliman to Equatorial Guinea and must facilitate his return to the US. prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean, what's the point of having "Fuck You" money if you still feel the need to dedase yourself like this on a regular basis.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Read the whole thread. "A Nazi trillionaire is trying to buy a seat" seems like it should be a pretty easy Democratic campaign line in just about every race in the country.
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TimBert @timbert.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #Perched Missed this one the first time around. Hanging out in a Bluebird Parking Zone.
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San Francisco Public Press @sfpublicpress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bay Area transit is facing an existential crisis. Without new revenue, BART and Muni operators warn of catastrophic cuts. To prevent a total collapse, transit advocates are asking voters to pass two citizen-led ballot measures this November – each needing just a simple majority to pass.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
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rosa californica @baymama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Desperate lunatic.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Dylan @dyl057.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Folks, the Adam Hamilton candidacy has revealed the esoteric secrets of the second-largest Protestant denomination in America. We will never recover
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Guns are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 18 and 20. This demographic also commits gun homicides at triple the rate of people over the age of 21.
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Trump administration to violate law, allow people under 21 to buy handguns
WASHINGTON — GIFFORDS Law Center, the legal arm of the national gun violence prevention group GIFFORDS, released the following statement after the
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. The midterms are November 3. Register now at vote.org
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 03/10/2026
tf did I just read
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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Valkyries are going to the WNBA semi-finals
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not to repeat the obvious, but this is literally lawless behavior that makes a mockery of the Constitution and judicial system, should result in contempt prosecution for anyone involved, and disbarment of any lawyers
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is essentially The Nazi Report
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm trying, Chicago Pope!
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