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Chris

@squirrelhaven.bsky.social
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Lawyer, songwriter, creative endeavorer. Loves the Who, Calvin and Hobbes, John Coltrane, Kurt Vonnegut, and New York City, among much else.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New quid pro quo: if I do business with you and you want me to give your business a review, you must first get on my socials and tell everyone how awesome I am.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Any right-wing moron who has it out for the USPS obviously has not experienced FedEx.
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci …because I value EVIDENCE over conspiracy, DATA over rumors, and SCIENCE over politics. No public official is beyond criticism, but there’s a difference between honest scientific guidance and misinformation. I’ll choose evidence EVERY time. #medsky #publichealth
I stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci because I value evidence over conspiracy, data over rumors, and science over politics. No public official is beyond criticism, but there’s a difference between honest scientific guidance and misinformation. I’ll choose evidence every time.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Why do the teenage mutant ninja turtles wear masks?
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 27/07/2026
A tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety wants patient records from emergency room visits, including details about injuries that have nothing to do with consumer products, documents reveal. Amanda Seitz, Maia Rosenfeld & @dariustahir.bsky.social report ⤵️
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Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health News
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consumer products.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Firing a $70,000 missile from a $28,000,000 drone flying at a cost of $3,624 per hour to kill people in the Middle East living on less than $1 per day.

We live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost. But then you have a discussion about whether or not we can assist people who are suffering, then suddenly we become very cost-conscious.

Prof. Andrew Bacevich
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I did it! I canceled my Facebook account. I’m free! Or am I?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I realize this is a minor concern given all the corruption coming from the Trump administration, but it really bugs me that mainstream media is rolling over to FIFA by using the temporary names of stadiums (e.g., Boston Stadium instead of Gillette) simply to play it safe and not endanger access.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Trump’s “fools and lap dogs” SCOTUS insult is a riot. Trump loves fools and lapdogs, as long as they’re his fools and lapdogs.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Here's one way we can get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Trump claims he’s cracking down on fraud in Minnesota — while pardoning actual fraudsters. Over half of his 88 individual pardons have been for white collar crimes, including money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud. It’s all part of his pay-to-pardon scheme.
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Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned.Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned.Thousand
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Mark Kelly is an American hero. Pete Hegseth is a drunken buffoon. Any questions?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Reminder that it's long past time to reform the Supreme Court. Here's how. youtu.be/RwxNnqy8YRA?si=U6gGIo8RF1K…
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How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter: "There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2025
A federal jury on Monday ordered a man who was charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to pay $500,000 to the family of a D.C. police officer who was assaulted during the riot and later killed himself.
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Man in Jan. 6 Riot Ordered to Pay $500,000 to Family of Officer Who Later Killed Himself
A federal jury found that the man, David Walls-Kaufman, had assaulted Officer Jeffrey Smith, who later died by suicide.
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Blue Dot in a Backwards Red State @rmck24.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Watergate break-in (which happened 53 years ago this week) began the modern era of “whatever-it-takes-to-win” politics — blatant disregard of any and all norms and laws that interfered with gaining or keeping power. Trump is the logical and inevitable consequence. bit.ly/3QV2m4s
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/05/2025
Pass it on…
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Pretty sure Jeffrey Toobin shouldn’t be lecturing anyone about dishonoring an office.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
apple.news/A3_m6PrbkTyC... Hopefully this puts a smile on your face.
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As legal walls close in, Giuliani rants at judge — POLITICO
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
What’s the over/under on how many times that lying sack of shit gets impeached this time out?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/08/2024
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Trump Calls Out Arlington National Cemetery For Hazard-Filled Fairways
WASHINGTON—Bemoaning the terrible course conditions he encountered while visiting the military burial site, Donald Trump called out Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday for its hazard-filled fairwa...
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Managed to cancel my Disney+ subscription despite Disney’s and Xfinity’s best efforts. Took about an hour. I deserve a beer and some Podium points.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/07/2024
The Republican presidential nominee reportedly spoke from the heart as he called upon every member of the U.S. populace to stand together against one another.
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Trump Vows To Unite Nation Against Common Enemy Of Other Americans
GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Addressing supporters at his latest rally, former President Donald Trump vowed over the weekend to unite the nation against the common enemy of other Americans. “We must come together...
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
"Vote for Kamala and you never have to think about Donald Trump ever again, for the rest of your life." Say it. Believe it. Live it. Spread the word.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 21/07/2024
ALERT: PROJECT 2025 WOULD CHANGE THE 40-HOUR WORKWEEK TO A 160-HOUR WORKMONTH, SO YOUR BOSS COULD MAKE YOU WORK EXTRA HOURS WITH NO OVERTIME PAY BY CUTTING YOUR HOURS LATER IN THE MONTH. SEE PAGE 592
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
TRUMP: If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. Yes. If you commit 34 felonies by filing false business records to cover up election interference, you too can be convicted by a jury of your peers via the due process of our criminal justice system.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
I sense a pattern
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/05/2024
Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign. He is the first U.S. president to be declared a felon. Here’s what happens next. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/n...
Donald Trump is standing outside a Manhattan courtroom. A headline reads: "Trump has been convicted. Here’s what happens next." Pool photo by Seth Wenig.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
youtu.be/uKZL2ogi2h4?...
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Guilty! From Superman the Movie
Guilty!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/05/2024
Joe Biden's age gets a lot of scrutiny, but it seems we never hear the same about Trump, who's just 3 years younger and is showing signs of serious mental decline every time he opens his mouth. And his recent campaign appearances and rants are no exception. Experts are raising the alarm.
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Trump’s Brain Is Not Okay
An expert’s view of Trump’s mental slide into dementia.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
The anti-Israel folks’ only argument is some version of STFU. What a bunch of losers.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Protest Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza all you want. But if you don’t think Israel has a right to exist, you are siding with the bad guys. Do better. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/s...
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On Campus, a New Social Litmus Test: Zionist or Not?
Some Jewish students say they’ve been dropped by old roommates and sorority sisters and ostracized from campus clubs and teams because of their views — which are sometimes assumed.
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Dis your Gruntle @rocksizedrock.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Apparently the fact that you not voting means you're helping Trump is "vote shaming" now. Seriously stfu, grow up and stop being all "WAAAH NOTHING IS EVER MY FAULT"
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
It’s terrifying to think that the far left is going to deliver the presidency back to Trump because they can’t distinguish good from bad.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Sad to see the folks on here are just as reactionary and unhinged as they were (and probably still are) on Twitter.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Boy are there a lot of self-righteous idiots supporting Hamas terrorism. Hard to see it as anything other than antisemitism. If they framed it as opposition to Israel’s defense tactics you could at least find common ground. But they just want to bark and yell and watch Jews get slaughtered.Fuck ‘em.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
I’m sick and tired of ignorant bastards tossing around the word “genocide” like they know what it means. Being rounded up and sent to extermination camps is genocide. Being warned to leave an area before it gets bombed is not. If your own people use you as a human shield that’s on them.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
It’s weird and sad that Iowa republicans prefer an autocratic government to a democratic one. They should all take a civics refresher course and bone up on how to be a real patriotic American.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
@lookslikeface.bsky.social Sad bread.
Sad bread.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
thehill.com/homenews/cam... Voter data expert hired by Trump campaign says 2020 election was not stolen
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
My anti-Trump haiku from exactly one year ago: #50 The Trump Crime Family Now you tell me: why would your kids need pardons if you cleaned up the swamp?
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
One piece of evidence against the existence of god is that Betty White died at 99 while Henry Kissinger made it to 100.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
You know who else has a large graveyard? Ben & Jerry’s.
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Chris @squirrelhaven.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
I wrote a series of anti-Trump haikus between 11/12/20 (when it was clear he wasn’t going to concede) and Biden’s inauguration. I posted them on Facebook and published them as an ebook on Apple. Here’s my favorite: A Prayer: Biden beat you fair and square. You have such ridic- ulous hair. Amen.
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