Michael Curry
@bryker22.bsky.social
Citizen-lawyer. Standing Up for Democracy, Austin Texas. Painting avatar courtesy of Kate Sampsell (2026)
Trump’s excesses imperil national security. A man-child should not be commander in chief. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about th...
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Live updates: GOP senators agree to back Blanche after he rescinded $1.8B fund for Trump allies Goalposts move for GOP Senators as they look past the release for Trump and his family. apnews.com/live/trump-n...
Live updates: GOP senators agree to back Blanche after he rescinded $1.8B fund for Trump allies
Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will vote to advance his nomination.
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Every human soul has been through some kind of pain, or grief. And so we can recognize it in each other. When we do, in general, we don't first ask "which party do you belong to?". We simply offer an ear, a shoulder, support. It's what MAKES us human. Don't let yourself be stripped of compassion!
Truly dishonest to assert newly discovered evidence as everyone knew that the defendant did not damage the pool and that it was poor installation. Reprehensible apnews.com/article/refl... Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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"Show me a man, any man, he is my brother. Show me a bigot, any bigot, he is my enemy." -- Bill Russell, who died #OTD 2022, in "Go Up for Glory"
CPJ calls for release of ailing Sudanese journalists held by RSF, protection of Darfur 24 reporters cpj.org?p=604789
CPJ calls for release of ailing Sudanese journalists held by RSF, protection of Darfur 24 reporters - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, July 30, 2026 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Nyala Radio station journalists Ishraqah Abdulrahman, Zahraa Muhammad Al-Hassan and Mawahib Ibrahim, a...
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The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed www.nytimes.com/video/techno...
Video: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed
The New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperreali...
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🧑⚖️ Independent Judges Protect Democracy 🇺🇸 The Founders didn't just list grievances in the Declaration of Independence; they identified structural flaws. The 9th grievance warned against leaders who made judges dependent on their will, knowing true justice requires insulation from political tides.
ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters www.texastribune.org/2026/07/21/t...
ICE arresting relatives trying to take custody of migrant kids
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.
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“Zero Evidence”: How Judges and Grand Juries Have Rejected the Trump Administration Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute at www.justsecurity.org/146665/court...
Judges and Grand Juries Reject Trump's Efforts to Investigate
A detailed record of federal courts and grand juries rejecting the Trump administration’s use of subpoenas, search warrants, and indictments.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read The Times’s Motion in Response to the Trump Administration Subpoenas (Gift Article)
Read the motion filed by lawyers for The New York Times regarding the federal government’s effort to subpoena phone records of the news outlet’s journalists.
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Corruption that is hard to digest. I won’t be eating Taylor Farms food. bsky.app/profile/mrsb...
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2w agoFACT CHECK: 03/20/25: FDA announced it was pushing back the implementation of its “Food Traceability Rule” by 30 months. This would have made tracing cyclosporiasis back to Taylor Farms much easier. Six days later, Taylor Farms made a $1,000,000 payment to Trump’s PAC was on March 26, 2025.
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President Trump clearly lost the 2020 election. So, why is he still desperately recycling lies about it? Because lies about a past election helps him sow doubt about this year’s midterms. The closer…...
President Trump clearly lost the 2020 election. So, why is he still desperately recycling lies about it? Because lies about a past election helps him sow doubt about this year’s midterms. The closer ...
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Myth and propaganda (which fuel grievance) are the engines of authoritarianism
Pure evil 😈 share.newsbreak.com/j1a03b4o?s=i16
🔥 5-year-old spent 118 days alone in federal immigration custody in CT before reuniting with her mom - NewsBreak
On any given day there are more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits.
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Confirming Todd Blanche as Attorney General means signing off on a DOJ that answers to one man. Blanche has never stopped acting like Trump's personal lawyer. That's why we, @ldadorg.bsky.social & 101 bipartisan former judges are calling for an ethics investigation.
Todd Blanche Has Already Flunked His Confirmation Hearing
The president’s revenge machine may soon kick into overdrive.
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Ken Paxton recently bought 3 Utah luxury condos worth $1.6 million. He then put them in a blind trust that shares an address with the Dallas home he appears to be sharing with a woman who is not his wife.
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-p...
How Politico’s Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie
Voting rights, voter intimidation and the politics of voting have been central...
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Another in our continuing series: when law enforcement are the law breakers. newrepublic.com/article/2129...
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport...
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 195 Active Voting Rights Cases: 157 Active Redistricting Cases: 38 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 80 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 28 106 Victories 44 Losses www.democracydocket.com
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Secretary Strangelove. youtu.be/mzddAYYDZkk?... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone (Gift Article)
Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.
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Scarborough to Spineless Speaker Johnson: “I’m not gonna mock you, Mike, I’m just gonna call you a liar. Because that’s what you are. You know EXACTLY what happened in Maine.” #AbolishICE
