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Michael P. Scott

@empeescott.bsky.social
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retired CA attorney, living in Olympia WA Mundus Sine Caesaribus Only "shithole countries" immunize their Presidents We still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence Let a hundred Luigis bloom

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 3h
Lawyers representing Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old father of two shot by ICE officers in the Bronx on Thursday, say they can’t find their client in the aftermath of the shooting. @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25m
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 23m
Strangely, the resultant trade deficit with Russia is of no concern.
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🪶deedles 🫘 @dyerfineart.com · 18h
Televising a firing squad execution is nothing more than a tactic by a tyrannical government to intimidate and instill fear into its citizens
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 23m
Was kind of hoping it'd take Pope Leo putting Vance under interdict first but hey if they're starting to feel the ground loosen under their feet already then that's a good thing
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 24m
oh JD-"group chats with teenage groypers"-VANCE figured this one out? the man with negative political instincts? i think a lame-duck attempt at impeaching Hegseth over everything might actually get off the ground if Hegseth charges forward on this
"Vice President JD Vance said Friday he would not watch the planned livestream of the December firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan — and even questioned whether a livestream would happen at all.

Speaking to reporters, the vice president, the nation’s highest-ranking Catholic, questioned whether the execution would actually be made public but said in any case he wouldn’t watch it. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009."

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 2h
He says “Mike Collins” like it’s a swear word
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4h
One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 5h
This kind of fascist shit should not be happening in America. Let’s make that crystal clear in November.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 3h
"Some number of records were sent to Palantir."
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h
Hey Wikipedia, tell me about Francis Bellamy, the minister who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance that Linda McMahon wants school children to recite every morning.
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22Bellamy was a Christian socialist, who
"championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus!"[6. In 1891, Bellamy was
"forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism" [3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly because of the racism he witnessed there. '0! Francis's
career as a preacher ended because of his tendency to describe Jesus as a socialist. In the 21st century, Bellamy is considered an early American democratic socialist.""]
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026
everything is awful, but my new Dungeon Crawler Carl hausflag came today and it's making me feel some better about the world
A big couch-sized flag is Dungeon Crawler Carl themed! It reads:
- in this house we believe -
mongo is appalled
gods are less powerful than you think
corporate overlords can eat shit
they will not break us
live, laugh, launch magic missiles
viva la revolucion, carl
but for real, mongo is appalled
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 4h
Trump's deportation goons grabbed the wrong man, wrote the warrant afterward, and told the press the citizen they injured wasn't arrested. The judge who caught all three is one Trump appointed, but he didn't act like it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-logger-j...
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 3h
"I would have expected that an official of a lawless and unpopular regime would think twice before establishing the precedent of making a spectacle of the public execution of traitors."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h
You should never have to wonder whether soldiers are watching you vote. This footage shows uniformed troops standing beside an official ballot drop box in Washington, D.C. Who sent them there? What were their orders?
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 4h
How Donald Trump’s demands for revenge and belief in a grand conspiracy have divided the Justice Department, diverted resources from other investigations and continues the erosion of the principle that politics must be kept strictly separate from federal law enforcement.
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 4h
They want to livestream, on December 3rd, the execution by firing squad of a man in a wheelchair. These people are bloodthirsty, soulless ghouls. Impeach.Convict.Remove.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 6h
Impeach his ass 👇
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 5h
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 5h
I wish I still believed in hell.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h
Good for MSNOW, which immediately broke into Markwayne Mullin's press conference about ICE's NYC shooting and showed he was lying. Mullin said Mayor Mamdani didn't comment on the stabbing of an officer. MSNOW showed the social post in which Mamdani said he visited the officer in the hospital.
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 15h
Good Night everyone.
Some are upset that our president keeps falling asleep. I'm pissed off that he keeps waking up.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 15h
In case you missed it, Senator Jon Ossoff absolutely destroyed MAGA lunatic Mike Collins on the debate stage and it was glorious.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15h
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Shemrek.bsky.social @shemrek.bsky.social · 15h
Thanks to 9/11, ICE was founded by the Patriot Act. Repeal the act, including ICE.
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 15h
Parody Spirit Halloween costume, labeled "Billionaire Tech Wife," includes: wide eyes, wig hair, red dress. Refers to yesterday's Oval Office visitor
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 19h
Sen. Ossoff: Mike Collins' office intervened on behalf of a Holocaust denier while his office was in cahoots with some of the nation's most notorious white supremacists. Mike Collins is a bigot, and it's disqualifying.
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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h
People are fucking fed up.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 18h
The victory over Reconstruction was not confined to one state. By the last decade of the 19th century it was complete. The violence was targeted, and the terrorists won. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core
Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence - Volume 83 Issue 2
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h
Given that there is not likely to be a national, bipartisan demand for accountability in the wake of Trump — the major distinction with Nixon — any accountability, civil or criminal, will be a partisan and political project that I think should be pursued as vigorously as possible.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h
The purpose of the question was to begin to make an observation about how the Nixon circumstance is different enough to not be a useful parallel as well as to note that *Democrats* were not principally responsible for the lack of criminal accountability.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 18h
That white supremacist son in law is mah fambly 😔
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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 18h
Every Collins response has the desperate subtext of “HEY NO FAIR, YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY SAY THAT ABOUT ME”
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17h
Incredible to see a Dem who's had a sip of the "don't be a fuckin' coward" juice
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social · 23h
Gee, I wonder where I've heard this before. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 22h
Have I mentioned lately that I hate these people with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns?
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In case you hadn't been following this disturbing sequence of events, here's a recap: RFK Jr wanted to fund a randomized trial, run by Danes, involving newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau Ethicists across the world, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, & Ethiopia, were horrified: it's an unethical study
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Texas just made weed a felony after over 70% of voters voted to legalize it… That's what happens when incarceration rates go down and for-profit prisons start to lose money! Mad yet?! 😎✨
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW confirms. The Trump Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about Trump's actions on Jan. 6.
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Judge denies request by Oakland Catholic diocese to green-light contentious payout to abuse victims www.mercurynews.com/2026/10/06/j...
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Judge denies request by Oakland Catholic diocese to green-light contentious payout to abuse victims
One attorney hailed the decision as “a triumphant turn rewarding the persistent courage of the survivors.”
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IronMillMan @ironmillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#DavidMilstein, top aide to Ambassador #MikeHuckabee, has repeatedly suppressed or revised embassy reporting on #Israeli activities to present the #Netanyahu government in a favorable light. Also, Milstein has invited his wedding guests to give him money. He is just another corrupt #Trump official.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mr. Milstein is the stepson of the right-wing radio host Mark Levin — a close ally of both Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu. That relationship is well known in Washington and the embassy, and has been a factor in how he is treated... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (Gift Article)
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This week on The Immigrants: The Hillbillies www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE9A...
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The Immigrants--National Lampoon Radio Hour
YouTube video by 709Austin
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Always remember: Gavin's ex
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GOP==CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The GOP CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE supports GOP CRIME. Are we surprised? The DOJ is controlled by the GOP CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE! #usdemocracy
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California Dreamin’ @lmyers-2024.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
TX4️⃣🗣️📣 @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social @drjuliamoonwall.bsky.social @what-did-youexpect.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @gaysouthernguy.bsky.social @kayaeger.bsky.social @seizeday.bsky.social @6cats4adomino.bsky.social @wolverinebear.bsky.social @jules1212.bsky.social
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ken4095 posts: One minute I'm listening to Stairway to Heaven in 8th grade and the next day I'm enrolling in a Medicare program. Life goes by quickly.

david.j.stewart1969 posts, in response: Well, it's a pretty long song.
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