Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025www.propublica.org/article/insi...propublica.orgInside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t... 020 2
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 04/04/2025bsky.app/profile/mcub... Wonderful thread here about how to proceed and which retailers to deal with while living under the scourge of unnecessary tariffs. Many suggestions as to how to help ensure our communities retain their humanity and ethics. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 08/03/2025this is so, so important. Please, everyone listen or read the transcript! From Orban to Trump, Part II open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comFrom Orban to Trump, Part IIFinishing my conversation with Kim Lane Scheppele 010 1
Reposted by CaliconnchickMartina Firefly @martina22.bsky.social · 08/03/2025In his dementia, F47 thinks he’s orchestrating The Apprentice 2.1nytimes.comRubio and Trump Officials Clash With Elon Musk in an Explosive Meeting (Gift Article)Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk. 032 3
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 08/03/2025From Orban to Trump, Part II open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comFrom Orban to Trump, Part IIFinishing my conversation with Kim Lane Scheppele 010 1
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Trump’s Weakening Support in the Supreme Court www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-wea...thebulwark.comTrump’s Weakening Support in the Supreme CourtGeorge Conway explains it all. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...nytimes.comFearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves (Gift Article)People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025www.facebook.com/share/p/1AAq...facebook.comRedirecting... 000 0
Reposted by CaliconnchickRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his agenda. There will be backlash — and we must make sure it is swift. 20574041769 7.4K
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. (Gift Article)It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people. 011 1
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...sign.moveon.orgTell Congress: Resist Trump and MAGA's Project 2025 every step of the wayWe will resist Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans every day, starting now. We know what we’re up against. Trump and MAGA Republicans have already shown us their playbook. And Project 2025—their “180-d... 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Starting soonmobilize.usCalling BS: Live-chat and Prebuttal to Trump's Address · MoveOnIF YOU AREN'T REDIRECTED TO THE LIVE VIDEO BEGINNING AT 8:15 P.M. ET, GO TO HTTP://YOUTUBE.COM/@MOVEONVIDEO A better Tuesday and country are possible! As Trump hawks an hour of lies and dangerous dir... 010 1
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025From Senator Chris Murphy D-CT: I’ll be taking part in a counter-programming effort with a few colleagues and activists. We’ll watch the speech and respond in real time - cutting through the lies and BS you expect from Trump. You can join our livestream at 8:15 PM ET at MoveOn.org/TrumpBS.moveon.orgCalling BS: Live-chat and Prebuttal to Trump's Address · MoveOnA better Tuesday and country are possible! As Trump hawks an hour of lies and dangerous directives to Congress, MoveOn is providing an antidote: a livestream event with Senators Chris Murphy and Brian... 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trump Hates Canada for its Decency open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comTrump Hates Canada for its DecencyThe president lacks basic decency, and loathes people who do 010 1
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Why President Trump Targeting a Major Law Firm Matters for All Americans open.substack.com/pub/contrari...open.substack.comWhy President Trump Targeting a Major Law Firm Matters for All AmericansZeroing in on Covington & Burling law firm is an attempt at using what Alexander Hamilton might refer to as "Formidable Instruments of Tyranny" 010 1
Reposted by CaliconnchickNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.comkyivindependent.comEditorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t ZelenskyIt’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate... 12526728019099 67.3K
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I have no words for how much I H8 the guy on the right.nytimes.comBehind the Collision: Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal 000 0
Reposted by CaliconnchickJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comFriday Night Massacre in the MilitaryFriday night, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (who is black) and the Navy's top admiral (who is female) were fired, along with the most senior Judge Advocates General (JAGS) for the Army, Navy, ... 540144264558 14.4K
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...nytimes.comChris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering TrumpThe third-term senator from Connecticut is eschewing caution and throwing out the traditional political playbook as he seeks a broader audience for his critiques of the president and his agenda. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025From poet sharon Chared. It's so apt. RELAPSE (sort of) open.substack.com/pub/sharonch...open.substack.comRELAPSE (sort of)In my last post, I wrote about the respite I found at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a community of Benedictine nuns in Bethlehem, CT. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Trump’s Poll Numbers Are in the Toilet www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-pol...thebulwark.comTrump’s Poll Numbers Are in the ToiletSarah and JVL discuss Trump's recent poll numbers, which show Trump's approval rating is falling fast, and how the economy might be Trump's weakness now that he is in charge. 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025substack.com/@dlmayfield/...substack.comD.L. Mayfield on SubstackThose last two paragraphs are cathartic as hell, I’m not gonna lie 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Trump Messaging Bills Explode in House open.substack.com/pub/shanealm...open.substack.comTrump Messaging Bills Explode in HouseTrump's Sycophants Lining Up to Introduce Ego-Stroking Legislation for Their God-King 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025His earlier bio: nicholsliu.com/former-doj-l...nicholsliu.comFormer DOJ Lawyer Jason C. Lynch Joins Government Contracts Boutique Nichols Liu - Nichols Liu[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” backgrou... 000 0
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Reminds me of my truly awful Moot Court argument at UVA during which J. Harvie Wilkinson tore me to pieces. Not only did I not end up practicing, I became one of those no-good, liberal social work types. 000 0
Reposted by CaliconnchickKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda. 7074372326 7.4K
Reposted by CaliconnchickBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/02/2025“The decisions Trump’s making are in the real world rapidly unspooling a noble system of governance that took centuries to build and a world order that, for all its faults, has been more prosperous and humane than any that preceded it.” open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...open.substack.comImpeach HimTrump's psychopathology and the suicide of a superpower 33553145 553
Reposted by CaliconnchickArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It really is pathetic that the President of the United States and the richest man in the world are doing a joint interview together on how they’re running the country. 72460381427 6K
Reposted by CaliconnchickWaleed Shahid @waleedshahid.bsky.social · 20/02/2025"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices 453181942 3.2K
Reposted by CaliconnchickJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...nytimes.comBrazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a CoupBrazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections. 922344818126 34.5K
Reposted by CaliconnchickThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/02/2025Suddenly some congressional Republicans realize they don't like what they voted for. But they knew exactly what they were voting for. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/sleepwalki...thebulwark.comSleepwalking Congressional Republicans Consumed With ConfusionPlus: Did Trump voters want leniency for alleged human traffickers? 2931653 316
Reposted by CaliconnchickThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/02/2025About that ASMR video: "The idea is not just that viewers should approve of the footage. It invites them to take sensual pleasure from it. Plenty of Trump’s people were happy to oblige." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and Will Selber:thebulwark.comThe Cruelty Isn’t the Point. It’s the Pleasure.Trump 2.0 is a shared sensual experience in hurting other people. 2926867 268
Caliconnchick @caliconnchick.bsky.social · 20/02/2025He's stuck with an undesirable client and no colorable legal argument to present. Sounds about how my moot court argument at UVA went ack in 1983. 😆 000 0
Reposted by CaliconnchickStreetwise, Cville Safety Cat: Interested Female Vocalists Write @averysafecat.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Not going too well in court for the DOJ. Also she's entirely right about UVA Law. Except for my friend Brenda and also Cat and probably some other people. 2152 15
Reposted by CaliconnchickAndrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025rfk jr not the first uva law grad (& for sure not the last either) to attempt to reinvent plantations 1114 11
Reposted by CaliconnchickChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Jason Lynch from DOJ is the lawyer opposing the challenge to this executive order in court. He is a 2012 UVA Law grad who has worked at DOJ for most of the past 9 years. 427913 279
Reposted by CaliconnchickSammy Workbooks, CMfgA, CMCA, D.C., MBA, FOF, SaaS, .xlsx @bageltechno.bsky.social · 19/02/2025i think judge reyes has a point w/r/t UVA law grads, tho 071 7
Reposted by CaliconnchickPam Pearson 🦋💙🦋💙🦋🇺🇦 @pmpearson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Judge bars UVA law grads from appearing in her courtroom. All of them, not one lawyer with whom she had an issue. ??? 341 4
Reposted by CaliconnchickDavid @finagle-a-hegel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Based on the back and forth with DOJ yesterday that made the rounds, this lawyer graduated from UVA law, one of the top programs in the country, who currently works at a place that is very competitive. It remains open to them at any time to simply leave and not push us further down the fascism path 162 6
Reposted by CaliconnchickRuby S. @rubyji.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This judge rocks 'Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school because "they're all liars & lack integrity." She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.' 061 6
Reposted by Caliconnchickoom_rl @outofmemory.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Okay, this is the greatest fucking courtroom statement by a judge in the last year by my count: HOLY SHIT she went there and it was RIGHT (correct) and GOOD. 031 3
Reposted by CaliconnchickBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Zelensky is fighting for freedom. The only thing Trump has ever fought for is himself. 401324194 1.3K
Reposted by CaliconnchickThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/02/2025"It is, in many ways, an oligarchy gestating in real time. It is an opening to influence American policy beyond the Kremlin’s wildest dreams. And it is what an implosion of democracy looks like." November 1, 2024.thebulwark.comElon Musk Is Putin’s Best WeaponThe world’s richest man is coordinating with the world’s most dangerous dictator. 1733797 337
Reposted by CaliconnchickThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/02/2025The idea that a pro-union candidate might lead a Republican labor department was once unthinkable, @russellberman.bsky.social writes. Trump’s nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer will test how much the GOP is willing to bend Republican orthodoxy on organized labor:theatlantic.comA Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP GrillingThe fate of Lori Chavez-DeRemer could show whether Trump will soften the party’s long-standing opposition to labor unions. 97115 71
