Bernadette Foley

Bernadette Foley

@fivefingers.bsky.social

Retired lawyer - criminal defense, civil commitment in the US, overseas, teaching, Rule of Law work in Russia, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Reposts do not equal endorsements.

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A former beauty pageant contestant who has said she rebuffed a sexual advance from Trump in 1993 now says Trump raped her during the encounter, according to a report from the House Democrats. See Also People Magazine 10/26/26 www.huffpost.com/entry/beatri...

huffpost.comWoman Describes ‘Brutal’ Rape By Donald Trump In Interviews With DemocratsFormer beauty pageant contestant Beatrice Keul previously said Trump tried to force himself on her but she rebuffed him.

Medical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee’s execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comMedical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed executionNew details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners

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An American student with a disability is suffering from a broken wrist and a black eye after ICE wrongfully tackled and detained him in Santa Maria. Americans didn’t ask to be brutalized by ICE. They sure as hell shouldn’t be paying for its actions with broken limbs.

noozhawk.comSanta Maria Special-Education Adult Student Says ICE Agents Caused Broken WristFederal immigration enforcement agents detained and allegedly injured an adult special-education Santa Maria High School student Wednesday morning while

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Trump Unleashes Racist Tirade That should be the headline in every newspaper.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

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The audience just sat there as the credits rolled. Stillness. You know how rare that is for people to not jump up and start yammering or scrolling or move on to the next thing? There was stillness and awe, gratitude and sorrow and astonishment both with the film and this world we have allowed.

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Mike Lawler is breaking under the pressure of a blue wave in blue NY-17. Symptoms include last-minute infusions of More Musk Money and uncontrollable rage posting. It's the perfect time to knock more doors this weekend!

TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com

Meanwhile, Mike Lawler is crashing out over on Facebook, punching at his own Republican constituents…who in turn are wasting no time punching back with accusations of threats and intimidation. Take note, #NY17. This is #TheRealMikeLawler.

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Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comEmpire of GriftFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Trump ran for president to give himself immunity from his many crimes, increase his net worth exponentially by obscenely profiting off the presidency, and ensure that he could get away with cheating on his taxes in the past, present and future. Oh, and to build a ballroom.

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On 16Oct1975, 51 years ago today, 5 journalists were murdered by Indonesian troops in Balibo, East Timor (now Timor Leste). • Greg Shackleton • Tony Stewart • Gary Cunningham • Malcolm Rennie • Brian Peters Remember the #BaliboFive. #auspol #JournalismIsNotACrime

Unfit to lead, unfit to serve, cannot protect the country...shielded by immoral cowards in Congress

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

So Marine Corps vets who were poisoned only get compensated by the draft dodger if Republicans win. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Dear Texas alpha males wondering, because of an eyeliner wearing couch humper whose biggest funder is a gay billionaire, about James Talarico: ICYMI, here's a (non-AI) video of your senator Ted Cruz fantasizing about men’s “weenies”. Ted would hate if people reposted it...

Mindcite💥@mindcite.bsky.social

I wonder how many straight Texas males who snickered at the feeble juvenile attempt of a man who wears eyeliner to smear James Talarico know that JD Vance owes his entire political career to his gay billionaire buddy Peter Thiel? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

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Me coming home from kindergarten

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe. And they say, 'Which one is the giraffe?' I got a perfect score."

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Replying to @antizionistjew.bsky.social

property, kill civilians and even displace them from their current homes. In fact, some refugee camps consists of people who were displaced more than 2 times in their life. Kids who grow up in this environment live in constant fear their loved ones will die from a bullet.