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@marijayne-writing.bsky.social
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Mom. Attorney. Agent of change. Into LEGO, baking, the rule of law, and the separation of powers.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Today's federal presence at Governor Newsom's press conference was a clear and brazen message designed to intimidate. The message was: *Regardless* of whether California redistricts to negate Texas gerrymandering, the federal government intends to use force to sway the next election in its favor.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/08/2025
Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE. Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Don't forget: DOGE is still effectively cutting Social Security. Here's how.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/06/2025
Transgender medicaid ban and definition of sex are back in the federal bill - Dems can raise a point of order and force a vote, and as long as we don't lose 7 dems on this, Dems can keep it out. Definitely worth some phone calls folks. bsky.app/profile/eric...
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J Easterbrooks 🌻 @easterbrooksj.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
On the state of American democracy and historical comparisons and lessons, this conversation between historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social is just outstanding. And yes, it’s even kind of optimistic. Highly recommend ✌️
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it. Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Q: So I wonder what you think about that, about the phrase “globalize the intifada” and what we've seen as some anti-semitism coming from the left-wing protesters. 

A: The first thing as you were saying is anti-semitism is a real issue in our city and it's one that can be captured in statistics, the ones that you're citing. It's also one that you will feel in conversations you have with Jewish New Yorkers across the city. And I remember one conversation I had with a friend of mine after the horrific war crime of October 7th. He was telling me that he went for Shabbat services at his temple and he was facing forward when he heard the door open. And he turned back with a chill going up his spine because he didn't know who was coming in. And that's more than a year ago. 

And then just a few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a Jewish man in Williamsburg who told me that the same door he would keep unlocked for decades is one that he now locks out of a fear of what could happen in his own neighborhood. And I think that this is something that has to be the focus of the next mayoral administration, is not just talking about it, but tackling it. And these are the conversations that have informed our commitment around increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800% in our Department of Community Safety. 

To the question of language that's being used. I am someone who I would say am less comfortable with the idea of banning the use of certain words and that I think it is more evocative of a Trump style approach to how to lead a country. And- 
Q: Does that just make you uncomfortable? Like the phrase globalizing intifada. And like the phrase from the river to the sea, does that make you uncomfortable? Or do you think- 

A: Okay, those are different. Those are super different.

Q:  They're not really. 

A: Those are like different genres. 

Q: I'm sorry, I'm asking so wrong. Then they're not really different to me. And to some people they are not different. 

A: I know people for whom those things mean very different things. And to me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights. And I think what's difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw ghetto uprising into Arabic because it's a word that means struggle. And as a Muslim man who grew up post-911, I'm all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning. And I think that's where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe. And the question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven't ventured.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 29/06/2025
idk how to tell rural americans who vote for republicans that the republican plan for those americans is to just get sick and die. it just is. that’s it. die and stop costing the country money, that’s money they think rich people should have.
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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Holy Shit 👇 Lisa Murkowski from Alaska didn’t like new cuts to federal programs. So Republicans just said “Okay, we’ll exempt Alaska from the cuts.” And so she voted for the cuts for everyone else. They’ll cut your benefits, just not their own.
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Three👁️Eyed👁️Devil👁️ @anarcish.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/06/2025
What a week today has been.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Put this on a billboard.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"you're unhappy because you spend too much time on your phone" speak for yourself i'm posting this shit from desktop like a true lunatic
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
After 40 years, Mel Brooks has finally announced a sequel to Spaceballs... Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money will come to theaters on July 4th, 2027.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A judge blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles! The ruling orders the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor. It takes effect on Friday!
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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I believe this was the correct call by NATO. Trump &Hegseth are serious security risks for the NATO countries.
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Rebekah Young @rebekahwyoung.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Evergreen statement
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/03/2025
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
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The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
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Michael J. Corliss @corliss.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Here is a guide to steps you can take, Senator Klobuchar: bsky.app/profile/sena... You aren't helpless; please help.
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Jenn Kauffman @jennaudrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Despite RFK Jr.'s efforts to convince the public otherwise, none of this is normal. And we got here because of the disinformation he has promoted and profited off of. #GetVaccinated and if you were vaccinated before 1968, check your titers.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“let”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’m reviewing an official DOGE staff list. Everybody’s number. Everybody’s email. Yes, including Elon’s. This Amy Gleason isn’t even on the list.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’ve got some free time this afternoon - let’s do a quick Q&A. Share your questions below, and I’ll answer as many as I can.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a rural village about 20 miles from the border with North Korea during joint military exercises with the United States, injuring 15. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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South Korean jets mistakenly bomb village, injuring 15
Two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight bombs in a rural area near the North Korean border. Footage showed plumes of smoke and damaged trucks, houses and a church.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/03/2025
The confusion surrounding which or how many federal buildings the Trump administration plans to off-load underscores the broader chaos that has accompanied its plunge into an effort to shrink the federal government, leaving agencies scrambling to make sense of the rapidly changing information.
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How 443 federal properties were targeted for sale, then suddenly weren’t
The Trump administration posted a list of properties eligible for sale, then shortened it and finally removed it altogether, causing confusion across the government.
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WIRED @wired.com · 05/03/2025
On Tuesday, the GSA published a list of more than 400 federal properties to be sold, including the FBI headquarters, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, and other key federal facilities. By Wednesday, the entire list had disappeared from the GSA website.
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Here's a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
The General Services Administration plans to sell hundreds of government buildings, including FBI headquarters. Use our interactive tools to see where they are—and the Congressional districts they're ...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 04/03/2025
The Democrats came through for trans people today, when every single senate Democrat voted against a federal sports ban: apnews.com/article/tran...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to a vance Monday night in a divided Senate as Democrats stood united against an issue that Republicans leveraged in last year's elections.
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A test vote on the bill failed to gain the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber as senators stuck to party lines in a 51-45 vote tally.
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Contrariwise @mrcontrariwise.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The fact that they haven't been using their procedural tools to the absolute maximum makes me crazy. The Republicans, in a similar position, would have obstructed everything. *Everything*.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Democrats! Wake the hell up!
Boycott Trump’s address to Congress tonight. If you must go, make good trouble.
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marijayne-writing.bsky.social @marijayne-writing.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Something something darkest timeline
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Abominable, arrogant prick. 6,500 British service members killed or wounded fighting alongside American troops since 2003.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is unreal. DOJ filed a statement of interest in former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’s … habeas corpus case?! This is so far outside of the Justice Department’s ordinary actions. Most of the “reasonable concerns” they claim to have about the case could be raised about virtually anyone.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 25-cv-00425-STV
TINA M. PETERS,
Applicant,
V.
JOHN FEYEN, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Larimer County, Colorado; and PHILIP J. WEISER, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Colorado,
Respondents.
STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tina Peters has sought relief in this action through an Application filed pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2254. The United States respectfully submits this Statement of Interest pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 517.'
Ms. Peters is currently incarcerated while pursuing a direct appeal of her underlying
nonviolent convictions and combined nine-year sentence. The Application explains that Ms.
Peters suffers from serious health issues and that, while incarcerated, her physical and mental
health have deteriorated. Reasonable concerns have been raised about various aspects of Ms.
Peters' case. These concerns relate to, among other things, the exceptionally lengthy sentence
imposed relative to the conduct at issue, the First Amendment implications of the trial court's
October 2024 assertions relating to Ms. Peters, and whether Colorado's denial of bail pending …


'Congress has authorized the Attorney General to send "any officer of the Department of Justice... to cour or list Unit the nite Sies Co end to the interests of the United States in a suit pending in aappeal was arbitrary or unreasonable under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments such that
§ 2254 relief is appropriate. Accordingly, the United States respectfully submits that the
concerns raised in the Application warrant—at the very least— prompt and careful consideration
by this Court (and, at the appropriate time, the Colorado appellate courts).
Parallel to these proceedings and Ms. Peters' direct appeal, the Department of Justice is
reviewing cases across the nation for abuses of the criminal justice process. See Attorney
General Memorandum, Restoring the Integrity and Credibility of The Department of Justice
(February 5, 2025). This review will include an evaluation of the State of Colorado's
prosecution of Ms. Peters and, in particular, whether the case was "oriented more toward
inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental
objectives." Executive Order 14147, Ending the Weaponization of The Federal Government
(Jan. 20, 2025).
Respectfully submitted,
YAAKOV M. ROTH
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Civil Division
s/J. Bishop Grewell
J. Bishop Grewell
Acting United States Attorney
Unite Stato a soreey suit c600
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: (303) 454-0100
s/Peter McNeilly
Peter McNeilly
Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
For those of us who lost a loved one because Trump refused to address Covid like a normal leader instead of a psychopath during the pandemic, I present your newest nightmare:
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🎃👻 peppermint.jack-o'-lantern 🎃👻 @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
it continues to be one of the most shocking instances of political malpractice in my lifetime that two weeks ago the trump DOJ had its own version of the Saturday Night Massacre that doomed nixon's presidency but it's already been forgotten because democrats refused to treat it like a scandal
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 28/02/2025
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
this was always the agenda and some of us said so and were called hysterical bsky.app/profile/jame...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/02/2025
Let's go!!
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/02/2025
Musk and DOGE are putting people’s lives and safety at risk — where are the Republicans ready to stand up and protect your constituents?
@EthanClarkWX: NWS has fired meteorologists as a direct result of upper-level heads telling them to do so. Let me be clear, people will die because of this. Absolutely insane.. I have no words for it. I’ve spent all day I mean all day in meetings with both republicans and democrats fighting.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
110 of 363 Taxpayer Assistance Centers and 5 of 10 call centers are going to be shut down, per a meeting that just happened at the IRS. During tax season.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 27/02/2025
Seven law professors at my (quite conservative institution) published a call for a return to a constitutional order (more of this please) www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: Why everyone should care about the Constitution’s separation of powers
Constitutional separation of powers safeguards individual rights, limits private entities, promotes the rule of law and protects against the tyranny of unchecked power.
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