JD Rhoades

@jdrhoades.bsky.social

Author, Assistant Public Defender, Award-winning columnist. Author of the Cade & Clayborne historical thrillers, the Jack Keller series, the Tony Wolf/Tim Buckthorn thrillers from @BloodhoundBooks, & many more. THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN Out now! NO DMs please.

All I'm saying is, if one of our enemies, say Russia or China, was able to get a mole into the Oval Office with a mission to weaken and eventually destroy America, their blueprint would be exactly what The Felon is doing right now.

New toy. I haven't picked up a bass in 45 years, preferring instead to be a sporadic and mediocre guitar player. But I was feeling the itch for that low end. Any of you bassists recommend some tunes for beginners?

Blue electric bass guitar

So many great quotes in Jordan Harper's A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE. This one is particularly relevant: “God put wrath on the list of sins—after murdering every firstborn child of Egypt.

So do I understand this correctly? If a state doesn't turn over its voter rolls to the Federal Government, the US Postal Service won't deliver some of their mail? There is no way in Hell this will survive a legal challenge.

Thinking tonight about some of the Top 40 songs I thought I was too cool to like at some point in my life that I now regard as absolute bangers. Examples: Hold the Line-Toto Any Way You Want It-Journey Your thoughts?

Last week of criminal court here in Moore County has been quite a ride. Long days, suprises both welcome and unwelcome, and now I 'm done except for one civil contempt hearing before moving on. It's been bittersweet. I'm going to miss most of the people. But here we go.

Who among us remembers a time when the Republicans, including The Felon, accused Barack Obama of treason and called for his impeachment because the JCPOA let Iran keep its ballistic missiles and gave them back their money we'd frozen?

I misplaced my USB-C wired earbuds a couple of weeks ago. Just ordered another pair to pick up from Best Buy. So you just know the lost ones are gonna magically turn up.

WTF is with people who never seem to realize a phone conversation is over? All the useful information has been conveyed, all the questions have been answered at least twice, and yet they yammer on and on.