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Michael Jacobs

@abogadomike.bsky.social

Gringo wisconseño. Mostly former attorney. Rather old grad student. History, photography, Green Bay Packers and pisco.

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another day where the president & other national Republicans get to sh*t on cities/urban voters & we have <exactly none> of the National Conversations™️ about Civility, Tone, Respect for/Reaching out to Real Folkz, or the GOP’s problem of not offering enough Moderate Solutions on Kitchen Table Issues

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."

Michael Paarlberg@mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 3d ago

Much like 9/11 conspiracy theorists are the only people who believe the US government works as perfectly as it claims, Rubio is the only person who believes the Cuban government is as all powerful and influential as it claims.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d ago

Marco Rubio says that Cuba is an "espionage super power" which poses a grave threat to the national security of the US. Actually no rational national security analyst believes this, and I doubt Rubio does either.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last wk.

This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?

FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.

President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.

eenews.net

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · last wk.

Are we comfortably numb with police violence? The brutal cop killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisc. sparked local protest but only muted outrage on the national level. Despite falling crime, cops gun down more Americans than ever Where's the outrage? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/core...

Corey Ruiz police killing reveals an America numb to violence | Will Bunch

Police killings like the death of Madison’s Corey Ruiz, caught on gruesome video, are rising, but public outrage is not.

inquirer.com

ae@aelkus.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is no reason for the President to have any tariff powers after this and something I believe Dems and libertarian think tanks can unite to pursue as a long term project is utterly denuding the presidency of tariff powers

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2w ago

Brazil’s government unveiled a relief package worth 18.5 billion reais ($3.7 billion) in credit for exporters hit by new US tariffs, as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeks to shield key sectors from damage ahead of October elections

David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 2w ago

This simply MUST be illegal. It just cannot be the case in our system that a President can operate on the basis of "If I go conquer a foreign country I can keep the loot, spend it as I wish, and not even *inform* Congress (or keep public records)".

Gluten-free Seitan@davidjorgonson.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?" Financial Times - archive link The White House refuses to disclose any info! It could mostly be stolen, we don't know. Venezuela's exporting more & their economy's growing less. archive.is/202607221904...

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 3w ago

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.