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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here are two links to Wiki articles (with linked citations) describing the nature and the abundance of that evidence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_ge... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent_...

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

However, I think there is enough evidence that a reasonable person could conclude (this is the legal requirement for indictment) that Israel’s actual intent is the destruction (part or whole) of the Palestinian people rather than its claimed intent of the destruction only of regime change.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Criminal defense lawyer here (former PD). Your statements re: the necessity of establishing each legal element are obviously correct, and I agree that the critical factor in this analysis is Israel’s intent rather than the intent of an individual person or even an individual military unit.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

@gregdoucette.bsky.social I am very much enjoying the Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth! However, it is quite disappointing you cannot transfer your progress from Remake to Rebirth- it makes the stakes so much lower since one game isn’t building on the other. Thoughts?

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/07/2026

harpers.org/archive/2018...

21 Grahams

From descriptions of Donald Trump, stated between 2015 and 2018, by Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina.

A race-baiting, xenophobic bigot
The Islamic State’s “man of the year”
The death of the GOP’s relationship with Hispanic voters
A death blow to the GOP’s relationship with women
The world’s biggest jackass
A wrecking ball
A salesman of fear
A politician whose ideas are gibberish
A politician who is incapable of representing a mattress company
A poor representation of a Republican
A president who is unfit for office
A president who sometimes crosses the line
A Twitter user whose tweets are sometimes beneath the office of the presidency
A man who has a blind spot
A thoughtful person
A good person
A strong person
A golfer with an accurate drive and an athletic swing
A president doing a great job
The best hope in decades for peace
A potential recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Oh! Sorry, I misinterpreted your post! Yes, one of the worst aspects of the Trump era is that all of this is normal for a generation of young people.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What do you mean by “violence”? Mass warrantless arrests and violent reprisal of protests by masked unidentified people operating beyond any reasonable oversight is already “violence” I’d support a law enforcement (so, force if necessary) effort to hold those involved who broke the law accountable

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To be clear, 6-3 I still insane

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

HAL 9000 would’ve picked that up immediately. “I don’t think you’re being honest with me, Dave. In actuality, you are trying to choose between playing DOTA 2 and using your parents’ Netflix account to watch a movie with nudity, Dave.”

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Perhaps no one in the Trump administration is capable of feeling emotions such as shame and guilt, but I hope decent Americans never allow them to forget about the vast amount of innocent blood on their hands or to re-join civil society once they are out of office.

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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing — The Associated Press

Survivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the ...

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/06/2026

Been waiting for this story. ICE deports people to Venezuela three times a week, there are likely many more recent deportees with valid asylum claims in the rubble. Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.

An ADSBx map showing GlobalX N570TA going from Mesa, AZ, to El Paso, to Miami and Caracas, then returning to Miami via Curacao on June 24, 2026.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So, he’ll be pardoned soon?

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

foreignpolicy.com

As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man

Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The correct answer is to tell them to lick the underside of your sweaty ballsack while they are down there.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In solidarity with Paigelynne Gonyea: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2026

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

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Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So jealous of the lawyer who had this walk into their office..

https://www.reddit.com/r/legal/s/pNuFecDdc1

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Vice President Biden kissed my girlfriend and threatened to kill me. Yes, this is a true story!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

i can do it in 1183 fewer words than that: trump is the assignment editor for the political media and won't shut the fuck up about it.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ossoff: While the people pay more than ever for groceries and housing and health care, he builds a monument to himself. While a cancer patient loses health coverage, he adorns his office in gold. Where in Scripture are we commanded to deny care to the sick…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ossoff: “They lie on beds of ivory and anoint themselves in the finest oils,” and while living in these Mar-a-Lago-like conditions, they indulged in corruption and abused their power.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ossoff: Because in our time, what those who build ballrooms and monuments to themselves, who rake in billions through foreign princes while the people's savings vanish, along with their hospitals, what they hate the most is when the people try to hold them accountable at the polls.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

An all-time own goal, just in time for the World Cup.

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

my god this is art. Fucking art

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 15/06/2026

The decision strikes down what Pa.'s highest court called a pair of “deeply flawed” lower court rulings that allowed the slot-machine-like gambling devices to spread across Pennsylvania in a legal gray area beyond the reach of gaming authorities and law enforcement. From @petehallpa.bsky.social

penncapital-star.com

Skill games are unlawful, Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The decision strikes down what the commonwealth’s highest court called a pair of “deeply flawed” lower court rulings.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congratulations to Kilmar Abrego Garcia on being free of a conspiracy orchestrated at the highest levels of our government to deprive him of his rights and his home! Thank you to Judge Waverly Crenshaw for reaching this correct conclusion.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 21/05/2026

Absolute hero behavior and absolutely pathetic prosecutor www.reddit.com/r/publicdefe...

r/publicdefenders
u/NotMetheOtherMe • 36m • PD
Apparently I was obstructing
The county prosecutor called my boss and told him that he was considering filing charges for obstruction against me and a colleague.
ICE showed up at our courthouse Monday. They were looking for my client who was being sentenced on a DUI. They were kind of lurking in the hallway while he was signing papers for probation.
I walked into the probation office and informed my clients (there were several there in the lobby) that the two individuals in the hallway were federal agents and that they were under no obligation to speak to law enforcement (including ICE), show them ID, or answer questions. But that if law enforcement have a warrant or federal agents have an order to detain them that they should not run or resist because "you've seen on TV what these assholes are capable of." I did this in full view of the ICE agents and loudly enough for them to hear me.
The prosecutor can eat a bag of dicks and my boss should join him for not telling the prosecutor to pound sand.

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 09/05/2026

After the recent court rulings, who's favored to win the House? Via Nate Cohn. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What do you mean “fire blindly”? Seems like the guy had a clear line of sight at a bona fide (though clearly inept) would-be assassin and was the use of deadly force was justified. On the one hand it’s not great that the officer missed, but on the other hand I’m glad no one was seriously hurt!

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Idk, seems pretty standard to me. I’ve been to a couple Biden events (from when he was VP and as POTUS) and outer security was often manned by local law enforcement.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

To be fair, it doesn’t look like the person firing at Allen in those frames is a Secret Service agent, he’s just a cop or some other law enforcement officer working security.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

86 47, the sooner the better! Indict me.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It reads like the author had a list of things he was ordered to include in the Motion, and then had to get drunk before he could bring himself to write it. I think there’s at least a 50/50 chance that is pretty much exactly what happened.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This Motion reads like the author had to get drunk before writing it. What an embarrassment. I hope the Court points out how terribly written this is when it denies the Motion.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 28/04/2026

It’s not the most pressing crisis this country faces but I cannot get over the fact that a qualification for being a top lawyer at the DOJ now is apparently being functionally illiterate. This shit reads like a seventh grader wrote it. What are we doing here man.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Trump criticizing others for comments he personally finds offensive is beyond hypocritical. Trump has permanently disqualified himself from passing that kind of judgment.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The wire fraud charges depend on the purpose of the money transfer or source of funds being illegal. That means the DOJ would have to show 1) that $ to informants promoted hate, and 2) the SPLC knew this and was thus lying to its donors. It’s not clear the DOJ even alleged 2) in the indictment.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My reading of the indictment is that the DOJ is alleging that the SPLC’s use of paid undercover informants in various hate groups promoted, rather than weakened, the spread of hate. The allegation not only seems erroneous but also is very likely a legally insufficient basis for the charges.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My reading of the indictment is that the DOJ is alleging that the SPLC’s use of paid undercover informants in various hate groups promoted, rather than weakened, the spread of hate. It not only seems like a grossly erroneous conclusion but a legally insufficient basis to bring charges.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thus, if law enforcement agencies encouraged the SPLC to share info about these hate group and the SPLC reasonably relied on that encouragement, then the SPLC has grounds for a Motion to Dismiss and/or an incredibly strong defense. And that’s just one of many potential arguments the SPLC could make

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The wire fraud charges depend on whether the underlying purpose of the money transfer was fraudulent. That means the DOJ would have to show not just that the SPLC’s use of funds to pay undercover informants promoted, rather than negativity impacted, hate groups, but also that the SPLC knew this.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

For example, if law enforcement agencies were encouraging the SPLC to continue sharing info (as seems clearly the case) then that seems to either preclude the legal basis for the fraud charges or, at the very least, provides the SPLC with overwhelmingly strong evidence for an affirmative defense.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My reading of the indictment is that the DOJ is alleging that the SPLC’s use of paid undercover informants in various hate groups promoted, rather than weakened, the spread of hate. It not only seems like a grossly erroneous conclusion but a legally insufficient basis to bring charges.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Who does this even benefit other than the most hardcore racists? It hurts/kills 1,100 people who fought for the US, makes it harder for the US to recruit allies, and even among Trump supporters has to be overwhelmingly unpopular.

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Stephen Dotts @sdotts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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