Tom Matthew Wolfe

120 Followers
273 Following
217 Posts
Writer and house cat wrangler. Denizen of North Hollywood, CA (and formerly of NYC). He/him
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tommatthewwolfe/

😫Judge in #Trump #Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside

Two federal judges in South #Florida privately urged Aileen M. #Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter. She chose to keep it.

https://nyti.ms/3xtyxk6

Judge in Trump Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside

Two federal judges in South Florida privately urged Aileen M. Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter. She chose to keep it.

The New York Times

Biden’s asylum ban is cruel and exactly contrary to what he ran on when he condemned Trump for banning asylum.

I don’t know how to get Democrats in power to understand that embracing Republican policies won’t flip Republican voters. Whether it’s on bloated defense spending, police militarization, gutting social services, or restriction immigration—you cannot out racist elected Republicans.

“I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully”
-Trump

Imagine being a sitting United States Senator of the speaker of the house and choosing to help Trump break his gag order over representing your constituents

Winning.

BREAKING: Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's threat to prosecute providing help for out-of-state abortions.

A judge on Monday denied the AG's request to have lawsuits challenging his threatened prosecutions dismissed. https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-right-to-travel-abortion-dismiss-denial

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat

“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States, including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.

Law Dork
The war on empathy is ongoing.
I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on #Protests for 15 Years. This #Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
When police attacked student #protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
Between #Columbia and #CityCollege, over 200 protesters — almost all #students — were arrested before the night was out.
Brutal policing and groundless excuses are nothing new, nor is bipartisan support for the crackdowns.
https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/nyc-gaza-college-protests-police-outside-agitators/
I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.

When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

The Intercept

Don't ya know?
They're talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

- Tracy Chapman

Pillaged from BlueSky:
"20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital."

👏🏻

Via Kyle Griffin:

Today, the #Biden administration reached an important milestone: The confirmation of the 175th life-tenured federal judge since Biden took office.