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Atty. Trevor

@criminaltrevor.bsky.social
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Public defender, middle-aged dad/husband, slow runner, avid reader, leftist. Previously, student of religion, theology, & Zen. Western Mass.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
MA has a historic number of ballot questions. Here's a handy guide for the 9 statewide ballot questions this year.
✅VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.

✅VOTE YES ON 2 to enable public defenders to collectively bargain. Every worker deserves to have a union, and public defenders, who are often overworked and underpaid, should be no exception. 

❌VOTE NO ON 3 to prevent private equity billionaires from rigging our election system in their favor. Top-two primaries empower corporate PACs and self-funders, disadvantage grassroots candidates, and turn MAGA voters into election kingmakers. 

✅VOTE YES ON 4 to enable voters to register to vote or update their registration on Election Day. No eligible voter should be turned away due to a clerical error, and this reform is one of the most proven ways to increase voter turnout. 

❌VOTE NO ON 5 to protect our state’s ability to invest in health care, transportation, and public education. The rich would get millions in tax rebates, while the rest of us suffer from underfunded public services. 

⚪VOTE how you want on 6. Question 6 fell shy of our endorsement threshold: our members valued land and water conservation, but were worried about the dedication of existing funds as opposed to new ones. 

✅VOTE YES on 7 to enable more starter homes across the Commonwealth. We have a housing crisis, and large lot size requirements mean fewer homes are able to be built. 

❌VOTE NO on 8 to protect our state’s cannabis laws. We said NO to the war on drugs back in 2016, and we shouldn’t turn back time and destroy local economies. 

✅VOTE YES ON 9 to protect our state’s landmark gun safety law, which cracked down on ghost guns, banned machine gun conversion devices, and strengthened gun violence data collection.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/10/2026
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did you know that many politicians and far-right groups are attempting to deny your freedom to simply check out a book by defunding libraries over books and programs? It's true, and they may be coming for your library next. buff.ly/TMxtf5F #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books
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They're coming for your public library (updated)
They aren't stopping with Llano County, Texas or the state of Missouri. They'll be coming for your public library next.
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Weird Alger Hiss 🎉 𓅳 @itsjoelokay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
uh, let me be clear, *most unclear and wishy-washy drivel conceivable*
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Former President Obama says Democrats made a mistake by making goals materialistic and instrumental: "What people are starved for at the moment is the ability to tell a moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment."
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NPR @npr.org · 09/09/2026
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts. n.pr/4ymV8Zm
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National Guard member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I recently bought an aquarium. The filter was a little noisy when I first set it up, and it drove me insane. Thankfully, I took apart the filter, put it back together, and now it is nearly silent. I imagine it would be nearly impossible to sell a house near this place.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 25/08/2026
A.I. boosters using Pascal's Wager to get people to stop saying "clanker" is both hilarious and also evidence of a deeply disturbed psyche.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Please know that I appreciate Dolly Parton on a much deeper level than you.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Nuke Wall Street
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Is this good or bad or neutral? The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion
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The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion
The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion debt in March.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A digital illustration of the giant anime robot Voltron. The one made up of five individual robot lions, not the one made out of cars and planes and stuff. His right arm is a red lion, his left arm is green. His legs are blue and yellow lions respectively. His torso and head are a black and silver lion the mouth of which is opened to reveal his humanoid robot face. He has a big red chest piece featuring a coat of arms-like crest and some red robot wings sprouting off his back. He’s seen from a dramatic forced perspective looking up from the feet against a spacey background with stars and nebular gas. He’s in the middle of one of his main moves which is where he slams his lion face fists together and draws them apart creating a glowing arc of energy that is going to form his giant multi-pronged sword that he uses to cleave whatever he’s fighting in twain. But it’s still just an energy arc between his fists and lettering following the shape of it reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’.
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spooky cannoli @boner.ink · 08/08/2026
do you fuck with abnormal social behavior or not really
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
*wearing a wacky tie and oversized shoes* i plead silly, your honor
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This Medieval Astrolabe Turns 1,000 Years Old www.medievalists.net/2026/08/this... #medieval
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This Medieval Astrolabe Turns 1,000 Years Old - Medievalists.net
A medieval astrolabe made in Córdoba in 1026–27 marks its 1,000th anniversary at the National Museum of Scotland.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Defendants accused of domestic violence offenses say this kind of stuff all the time. Ask any criminal defense attorney.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
violence
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Let's pour one out for Jerry Chin of Newcastle, Washington. apnews.com/article/amer...
Jerry Chin of Newcastle, Washington, said he wasn’t aware that the U.S. was celebrating its 250th anniversary and planned to stay low-key around the holiday. He and his wife generally skip the fireworks and instead stay home with their fearful dogs to keep them calm.

“America’s a great place, but there are some concerns,” he said. Chin, 55, and his wife worry about healthcare and issues around staying healthy, but they also stress about politics.

“We’re Democrats, so kind of given up hope,” he said. “Just feel that it is the way it is. I don’t know if there could be change.”
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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If I had mixed feelings about anything I would perform brain surgery on myself to correct it
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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'm at work, sitting in court (one of my favorite things to do on a beautiful summer day).
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The tyranny of Zohran Mamdani using tax dollars to provide services benefitting the people paying taxes chill me to the bone and demonstrate the rank selfishness of his political project, “we pay the taxes so we should get something out of it” Self-absorbed egotism, that’s all it is.
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spookyobscurae @tinyobscurae.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
i love knowing things. and also not knowing things
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Me at the A24 board meeting: We’ve got a brand beloved by young hip people and cinefiles, basically synonymous with “good taste” and “artistic vision,” in a time where both are hard to come by. What if we flushed that in the fucking toilet for a bit of money?
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
(hissing in his ear) JD Vance vandalized the reflecting pool, sire! He means to usurp you!
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Father's Day gift from my wife #2: Prada Luna Rossa Ocean EDP www.prada.com/us/en/p/luna...
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Father's Day gift from my wife #1: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, by Robert Sapolsky. 📚💙
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in t…
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. Read it when I was like 15yo, so I remember practically nothing. It's so good, man, I don't even know what to say. Like, why am I wasting time at work when I should be at home reading this book?!? 💙📚
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Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Li…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression…
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Every once in a while, I see articles about some new crazy drug, but for nearly 10 years as a criminal defense lawyer in Western Massachusetts, the only drugs I see on the streets are cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and the occasional prescription pill. I had a PCP case once.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A digital simulation of a work and weathered two color relief print on toned paper. A black goat with big horns curving back in a somewhat exaggerated running or prancing pose is turning his head to look back over his shoulder. There is a pole topped with a small inverted cross crooked in one of his front legs and attached to the pole, streaming over the goat, is a red banner bearing some crusty looking blackletter script reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"an ominous sign the world is hurtling toward one of the most alarming climate tipping points." A ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown | CNN share.google/P2OxokW4HwBU...
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A mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the ocean has puzzled scientists. A new study says it’s an ominous sign | CNN
In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a swath of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up; it’s been getting colder. A team of scientists say ...
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Very much looking forward to quicksand's new album, bring on the psychics, out 7/17/26 😊
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This war has been humiliating for Trump and American power generally. And when Trump announces he is going to call Netanyahu and tell him not to retaliate, and within hours Netanyahu retaliates, the humiliation just compounds.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Years ago, I lived at a Zen Buddhist temple in California. It's in a national forest where fires happen pretty regularly. Recently, the meditation hall burned down & the cops figured out that this lady set it on fire on purpose! Her social media posts suggest she is suffering from mental illness.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A digital illustration of Gritty, the Philadelphia hockey mascot, who is just a huge shambling humanoid shape covered in orange fur, with especially long and flowing fur on his head and beard.  Except he is in Full Comrade Mode, wearing a deep red hockey jersey with gold stripes and an emblem in place of the Flyers logo that is a gold-edged red star, encircled partially by a gold sickle, and with a gold hammer crossing behind both. He's posed with his normal manic expression with both arms raised at angles outward. The purging flames of revolution rise behind him and in front of him in fat, red slab-serif lettering is the message 'Maybe it will happen today'.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Working on a case yesterday, and I needed some information about certain resources that the police department has. Called them up, talked to the officer in charge of the appropriate unit, and they emailed me the documents I needed. Wish everybody was so helpful.
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“MARV” @twittermarv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
(Kurt Cobain voice) HEY! GAYS! It’s start of Pride today
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
chart showing disparity between Springfield & nearby wealthier school districts (Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, & Hampden-Wilbraham). The wealthier districts have a lower percentage of low-income students, higher percentage of experienced teachers, lower percentage of out-of-school suspensions, & better educational results.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump’s judges are all election deniers
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Trump's judges are all election deniers
To avoid saying or implying that Trump lost in 2020, his judicial nominees have repeatedly engaged in rhetorical gymnastics.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
RFK Jr: Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism Trump: I've studied this a long time
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
For far too long, this country has been governed by people who were either unable or simply unwilling to post brief videos of themselves being bitten multiple times by snakes that they had just picked up for some reason,
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Book banners are the minority and you’re all being forced to live under their rules and regulations about what you and your family are allowed to read. How is that “parent’s rights?”
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In Utah, nearly all statewide book bans originate from just 2 school districts, sending novels to the shredder, Tribune finds
Across all Utah public schools, every district copy of each banned book must be destroyed, according to state law.
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foaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
grogu has been caught and compromised to a permanent end
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
(getting convicted of a crime i committed) The government is being weaponized against me
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My wife & kid & I never got COVID. Not sure why. Didn't take any special precautions, just followed whatever recommendations were in place at the time, went to work, did a little international travel. Hopefully won't get the henta.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I hate hardcover books. Paperback forever.
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otro Chris @otrochris.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I wonder if a foreign power is going to take our current Cabinet members out of the USA the way the Israeli government kidnapped Nazis from South America after WW2.
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Atty. Trevor @criminaltrevor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
📚💙 The Overstory by Richard Powers. One of the better 21st century novels I've read. But don't take my word for it! 🌈 (As an aside, I got this copy for a dollar from the East Longmeadow Public Library.)
My hand holding a paperback copy of The Overstory by Richard Powers. Cozy living room in the background.
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