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Timothy Burke

@bubbaprog.xyz

Old Seminole Heights — Tampa — Florida — U.S.A. Journalist. Consultant. Neighborhood trustee. Voting rights advocate. Non-profit theater board member. Citrus grower. Beagle foster dad. Wife guy. Signal: 352.222.2706 https://timburkelegalfund.org

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Suss-- 🥌@suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 1h ago

abdul el-sayed/mallory mcmorrow unity smokeshow coalition

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 1h ago

i spent an hour in the Penzey's on Hennepin @ Lake bc I was the only person in the store, @lynnhurtak.com was at the bookstore, & I asked a lot of questions. at some point the salesperson said "oh, you're a good neighbor" and I said I don't even live here, & she said oh but you've been sent things..

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 21h ago

Imagine thinking so little of yourself that you just let this half sentient rotten potato talk to you like this. I don't care if he's president, have some self respect.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 22h ago

I don't even know what group you're talking about

CJ 🪷💛@hot4civics.bsky.social · 23h ago

There’s no again. There’s no reminding. I don’t know you & but I am talking about you. It’s you. You’re welcome to read ALL the articles concerning the incredibly high % of whiteness of your specific group. 🦷🐓🥥🐑🦴⚪️🐁🦙🐏 ⬅️ WHITENESS -signed A white woman (we are the worst, except WM)

jason @jasooooon.bsky.social · 23h ago

according to one survey, 84% of millennials and gen z say they’ve been ghosted at the end of a relationship. the phenomenon is rising even among longterm relationships. spoke to some ghosters for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/people...

People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It

The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED.

wired.com

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 24h ago

I have run out of things to delete and I still don’t have enough space

iPhone and most of it is “system data”
41.25 GB of 64 GB used
22.75 GB
Applications
Messages
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Mail
Synced Media
Podcasts
Music
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

852dude @852dude.bsky.social · yesterday

This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · yesterday

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

404media.co

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d ago

Caitlin Flanagan was a prominent Atlantic staff writer for 25 years. Explain to me again how the Atlantic is a serious-minded, left-center publication.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

sometimes i get sad that when my parents sold the house they disassembled my wurlitzer organ that I had in my old bedroom there but then i glance at the schematic and remember that i do not want this particular smoke

amp schematic, a total fucking mess. a n.b. says "these components are not condensers, they are resistors. even though they look like condensers."

wait, sorry, i had that backward. "these are not resistors, they are condensers. even though they look like resistors."

this is just half of the reed schematic. it's the cross-wound wire type thing, pre-transistor.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

wapo.st

Eric B. Skeetin @ericmichel.bsky.social · 2d ago

me trying to say "kendrys morales" while i'm on the wolf of wall street quaaludes

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

pretty great that ESPN airs this!

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

it continues...

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. No. 25-13969

TIMOTHY BURKE,
Defendant-Appellee.

APPELLEE’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT’S
MOTION FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OF TIME, AND MOTION TO
DISMISS THE APPEAL FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Appellee moves for dismissal of the appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 31(c) for
the reasons set forth below:

The Government told this Court what it would do if the Solicitor General did
not authorize this appeal: “if he does not authorize this appeal, we will immediately
ask this Court to dismiss the appeal.” Doc. 19 at 2. The Solicitor General has not
authorized the appeal. The Government has not moved to dismiss. Instead, on the
day its brief was due, it sought a fourth extension (a request for transcripts also
resulted in a continuance) and repeated the same promise. Doc. 22 at 2, 4.

Mr. Burke opposes the extension and moves to dismiss. The Government
concedes that its appeal “cannot proceed further without the Solicitor General’s
authorization.” Doc. 22 at 3 (emphasis added). The question is whether the
government can proceed at all without such authorization. Almost ten months after
the district court dismissed the Wiretap Act counts, the Government offers no
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authorization, no merits brief, and no factual support showing good cause or actual diligence apart from a conclusion attributed to no one in the Office of the Solicitor General: “We are working diligently.” Id. at 4. Regardless of whether the Tampa prosecutors want to proceed, there is no record upon which this court may rely that the Office of Solicitor General is diligently prosecuting the appeal as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3731, that the “good cause” under Fed. R. App. P 26(b) has been demonstrated with particularity, Fed. R. App. P 27(a)(2)(A), or any reason to depart from 11th Cir. R. 31-2(d) that a second or later briefing extension is “extremely disfavored,” “granted rarely,” and available only upon “extraordinary circumstances that were not foreseeable at the time the first request was made.”

The government asserts that issues related to their choices on how to prosecute a journalist for obtaining and disclosing information he is alleged to have downloaded from the Internet are “novel and complex” and may have ramifications in “other cases and other contexts.” Doc. 22 at 4. That circumstance is neither new nor unforeseeable.

In United States v. Salisbury, 158 F.3d 1204, 1206–07 (11th Cir. 1998) this Court dismissed a Government appeal for noncompliance with 18 U.S.C. § 3731, emphasizing that the statute protects against needless delay and the burden an impending criminal proceeding places on the accused, even one not incarcerated. Salisbury also rejected “simple negligence” as an excuse. Id. at 1207. Other circuits

likewise require concrete justification before excusing noncompliance with § 3731.

Salisbury citing United States v. Carrillo-Bernal, 58 F.3d 1490, 1497 (10th Cir.1995); United States v. Hanks, 24 F.3d 1235, 1239 (10th Cir.1994); United States v. Miller, 952 F.2d 866, 876 (5th Cir.1992). Here the defect is the absence, after repeated extensions, of the authorization necessary to proceed at all. The Government answers that Mr. Burke is not detained and that his release conditions have been modified. Doc. 22 at 4. Salisbury rejected the premise that release eliminates prejudice: pretrial restraints remain a deprivation of liberty, and an impending prosecution weighs heavily on an accused. Id. at 1207.

Mr. Burke has been adjudicated guilty of nothing. Yet the appeal keeps the prosecution suspended, leaves his journalistic materials in Government custody, keeps him from publishing newsworthy content, continues his jeopardy and constitutional speedy trial and laches issues, and prevents him from using district-court process to secure evidence for his defense while memories fade and third-party evidence could be lost. The harm extends beyond Mr. Burke. The unresolved prosecution maintains the threat that journalists may be prosecuted for obtaining and reporting information readily accessible to the public. The district court found that the Government’s “mere-acquisition” theory could expose ordinary access to email, messages, video calls, and browsing activity to criminal investigation, creating “serious First Amendment concerns.” Doc. 217 at 11, 21. That cloud persists every

day the Government preserves an unauthorized appeal without briefing or dismissing it.

Congress required diligence precisely because a Government appeal interrupts a criminal case while burdens continue to accumulate. The Government received the additional time it said would resolve the authorization question. It has offered no facts demonstrating extraordinary circumstance, no particularized good cause, and no evidence of diligence. Here an appropriate remedy is to extinguish the continuing threat created by an appeal the Solicitor General has not authorized.

The Court should deny the motion for a further extension and dismiss the appeal for failure to prosecute it diligently. Fed. R. App. P. 31(c); 18 U.S.C. § 3731.

Dated: July 31, 2026

Respectfully submitted,

s/ Michael P. Maddux
Michael P. Maddux, Esq.
Florida Bar No. 964212
Michael P. Maddux, P.A.
2102 West Cleveland Street
Tampa, Florida 33606
Telephone: (813) 253-3363
Fax: (813) 253-2553
Email: mmaddux@madduxlaw.com
jszymczak@madduxlaw.com

Counsel for Defendant-Appellee Timothy Burke

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Too bad we don't have a press corps that can simply find out and report the truth of the matter instead of just telling us what both sides are saying

CNBC: Trump says Iran talks to resume Monday after calling off planned strikes
Published Sun, Aug 2 2026 10:23 PM EDT
Updated 13 Min Ago

Iran says no current talks with U.S.
By Reuters
August 3, 20262:29 AM CDTUpdated 7 hours ago

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

(one of the problems is the term "open borders" which regular people interpret as there being no border controls at all & thus respond with "that's wrong, we should keep people trying to bring dangerous or harmful things into our country")

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d ago

It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools.
Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez
By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

this is actually a great counterexample to the "you only think music from when you were a teen was better because you were a teen" conventional wisdom when the music went from being impeccable to terrible in just 12 months

assbutt@nasboat.org · 2d ago

man this one is SO much worse lol. christ on a cracker.

Minor Leaguer @minorleaguer.ca · 2d ago

TRANSACTION: 🇳🇷 Nauru is Naoero. apnews.com/article/naoe...

Nauru, the world's third-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language. The international code will shift from NRU to NRO, and its people will be called dei-Naoero.

apnews.com

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 2d ago

a podcast featuring your favorite Brannock Device expert talking about the Brannock Device: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/100-objects-11-brannock-device/id394775318?i=1000775840103

100 Objects #11: Brannock Devi… - 99% Invisible - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · July 31 · Bonus · 28m

podcasts.apple.com

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d ago

so... who is the suspect then exactly

CNN@cnn.com · 3d ago

Video shows a man authorities say fired on the suspect during a deadly shooting in Twin Falls, Idaho. https://cnn.it/4pSeLFD

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d ago

Someone should ask his constituents why they vote for him!

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 3d ago

Max Miller has a documented history of violence against women dating back to high school. Read this article from 2021. web.archive.org/web/20211105...

Janette Moser @mjmoser.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you've ever wondered what AC Slater is up to aside from being MAGA, turns out he's posting weird AI fetish content about his niece....?

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d ago

this is actually a Trump campaign email but I was mostly stuck on trying to remember where in Ohio Geneva is (that's how long I've been gone!)

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2026 Patriot Games Finale
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Monday, August 11, 2026
TIME
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Program Highlights
Patriot Games Finale - August 11 at 7:00 PM
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Part of a nationally televised, prime-time special airing August 13th on ESPN on ABC
Be there when history is made!

This Is a Historic Moment
The 2026 Patriot Games are part of Freedom 250, the official celebration of our Nation's 250th birthday. These competitors have given everything they have to get here. On August 11th, the country will find out who rises to the top.
Be in the room. Be part of history.

Event Details
Date: Monday, August 11, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Spire Academy
Address: 5201 Spire Cir, Geneva, OH 44041
Nationally Televised: The Finale will be part of a nationally televised, prime-time special airing August 13th on ESPN on ABC

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We will see you there. Be there when history is made on August 11th at 7:00 PM at Spire Academy.
The Freedom 250 Team
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d ago

lol since he turned on Trump ex-Alex Jones fans are trying to figure out who finances him now. If you find out, let me know! In the meantime, be wrong a bunch, it'll be very funny.

TexasPatriot07: There is no available info on the new corporate entity that finances alex jones. All searches list only Onion who owns the old InfoWars. nothing on who owns the new/replacement studio.

post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 3d ago

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

democrat is socialist and socialist is communist

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live · 3d ago

🚨Emergency bike ride in solidarity with the people of St Paul — and all those who've had their faces pasted on to the shirtless bodies of martial artists — departing Mueller Park at 7:30 pm.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d ago

why is "modern" necessary here

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 3d ago

MN Lynx coach Cheryl Reeves today, while her team won the game

WNBA coach Cheryl Reeves of the MN Lynx, wearing a shirt that says “Trans Kids Belong”