Thomas HD
@degolierthomas.bsky.social
PhD Student in History| Tô doutorando em história| Scholar of the Inter-American Drug Wars in Brasil and the U.S.| Psalm 109/Salmo 109
If you've ever had a toddler with a stuffed animal he or she adores beyond all reason, you know that this is straight-up psychological torture. Of a child. For leverage
Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2h agoNEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
Using kids' visitation schedules & manipulating the court-mandated rules surrounding those schedules to harass a victim is a textbook abusive power and control tactic.
Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2h agoNEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
All of what Max Miller does pisses me off, but this just viscerally angers me in a way that I can't really explain. You don't mess with a kid's comfort stuffy.
Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2h agoNEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."
"As a Texan, I am ashamed of the fact that Ken Paxton is even on the Ballot. I believe him to be the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen."- Former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley (Republican)
The fun thing is this guy seems a little weirded out about where the applause lines are lol. I.E., when he says James believes in a strong border but also wants a pathway to citizenship, it seems like there is a "huh, this is different" reaction when the second part is what gets the applause.
Jessica Montoya Coggins@jessicamcoggins.bsky.social · 5h agoA bit of a surprise: former Republican Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley ahead of James Talarico. He says he’s ashamed Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. Calls him “the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”
Talarico now talking about LBJ (also a Texas school teacher) and his federal expansion. Says we can do it again to invest in public schools and provide universal child care.
This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
"the fuck is this?” as interface design aka “which rando dweeb did this?” what if we were knights?? and reports were scrolls. and incidents are SWORDS. and defendents are masked JESTERS. oh? case worksheets? outta ideas. briefcases.
onekade@onekade.bsky.social · 16h agoThis is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
I fucking hell This man deserves the contraption and *ToS violations* up the wazoo
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 8h agoNEW: @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social obtained body cam footage from the investigation into Rep. Max Miller's alleged abuse. In it, Emily Moreno alleges Miller held her at gunpoint while she changed their daughter's diaper. It also reveals him downplaying their daughter's broken collarbone to detectives.
Bernie Moreno’s reaction to Max Miller and his granddaughter “The best part of my day is when I start FaceTiming her. She's a sweet little girl. I can't even express to you what it feels like to have her in my life, I just wish her dad felt the same way.”
Excited to announce that Christian Imperialism is now (finally!) available on audio! Perfect listening for those late-summer road trips... I've got 10 free download codes to share (only available in the US). Free to the first 10 students who reach out! www.audible.com/pd/Christian...
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if you talk to a wide variety of patients, mayo clinic is a shithole that keeps their numbers up by refusing to take on patients with a wide variety of diagnoses that do not have good, measurable outcomes. they would not see me, for example.
Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 9h agoMore and more people are saying that Boise is the prideful town on earth
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 9h agothe City of Boise's increasingly aggressive campaign against the state's repeated attempt to ban pride flags flown by cities is extremely funny
the City of Boise's increasingly aggressive campaign against the state's repeated attempt to ban pride flags flown by cities is extremely funny
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 6d agoi have never seen a higher density of pride flags than in Boise
Uphold Keith Ellison Thought* *great at constituency services, intense local hustle
(not that it's a predictor of *all* behavior, but my general rule of "fail at constituent stuff, go home quick" for left electeds tends to be the most accurate sifter. See: Cori Bush)
Snowden St.@snowden.st · last yr.Uphold Keith Ellison Thought* *great at constituency services, intense local hustle
An actually underrated potential positive for Dems in light of Abdul’s victory is that it gives traditionally centrist or otherwise poor Dems on Palestine on an easy out for polarizing against AIPAC and pro-Israel politics— they’re trying to cost Dems the Senate.
Meanwhile the first thing I saw when opening my email this morning:
The Jake Tapper interview is bizarre because Miller is just repeating his lawyers arguments THAT ALL WORKED in front of the family court judge but failed the common sense questions of CNN
Worthy of note: before he died, Charlie Kirk’s next frontier was 50-50 custody presumption in all 50 states If billionaire Bernie Moreno’s battered granddaughter doesn’t stand a chance today, what happens to her at the 50-50 custody presumption
There are no laws governing child’s best interest attorneys in Maryland — the MD bar does not enforce rules of professional conduct against family court lawyers — so literally no constraints The BIA may consider best interests of the child, but not *shall*
Weirdest week: friend & former DOJ attorney litigated her own divorce because dad can afford $200,000 in legal bills, she cannot Family Court did a 1/2 day hearing crediting a lie detector expert, the credulous judge admitted him I was not alive when lie detectors were last valid in court
Holy shit
Sarah Rose@thesarahrose.bsky.social · 12h agoOhio Guidelines for parental conflict are written by the men’s rights organization AFCC — lead proponents of discredited “reunification therapy” where abused children are “alienated” and “reunified” with abusers absent all contact with the protective parents drcourt.org/wp/wp-conten...
Ok unironic idea- Slotkin analogue and El-Sayed analogue are the only two senators not to be captured when ICE analogue takes the Capitol during the 2029 Yoon moment. With her intel experience and his muscles they must sneak around the occupied Capitol and save democracy
1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account@himdogson.bsky.social · 15h agoBuddy cop idea
