Stephen Dotts

Stephen Dotts

@sdotts.bsky.social

Former Criminal Defense Attorney in PA, current public school teacher. Steelers, Penguins, Phillies, and Sixers fan. I enjoy sports, movies, politics, history, and the law.

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Perhaps no one in the Trump administration is capable of feeling emotions such as shame and guilt, but I hope decent Americans never allow them to forget about the vast amount of innocent blood on their hands or to re-join civil society once they are out of office.

apple.newsMore than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing — The Associated PressSurvivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the ...

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Been waiting for this story. ICE deports people to Venezuela three times a week, there are likely many more recent deportees with valid asylum claims in the rubble. Hope that GlobalX crew loses some sleep knowing they flew a planeload of shackled men & women, plus seven children, to their deaths.

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The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

foreignpolicy.comAs the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning ManLike a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.

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The correct answer is to tell them to lick the underside of your sweaty ballsack while they are down there.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

ICE goons burst into a polling place to accost a woman and demand that she immediately remove an Instagram post identifying ICE agent Jonathan Ross as the murderer of Renee Good. Ross was identified by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and is identify was confirmed by ICE in congressional testimony.

In solidarity with Paigelynne Gonyea: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!

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JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

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i can do it in 1183 fewer words than that: trump is the assignment editor for the political media and won't shut the fuck up about it.

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Ossoff: While the people pay more than ever for groceries and housing and health care, he builds a monument to himself. While a cancer patient loses health coverage, he adorns his office in gold. Where in Scripture are we commanded to deny care to the sick…

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Ossoff: “They lie on beds of ivory and anoint themselves in the finest oils,” and while living in these Mar-a-Lago-like conditions, they indulged in corruption and abused their power.

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Ossoff: Because in our time, what those who build ballrooms and monuments to themselves, who rake in billions through foreign princes while the people's savings vanish, along with their hospitals, what they hate the most is when the people try to hold them accountable at the polls.

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An all-time own goal, just in time for the World Cup.

Kevin Rothrock@kevinrothrock.me

This video appears to confirm it was a Russian air-defense missile — not a Ukrainian drone — that blew up that Moscow refinery’s storage tank today, creating the "flying saucer" footage. (This video was shared on Telegram by Russian military expert Yan Matveev.) t.me/arrowsmap/11...

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The decision strikes down what Pa.'s highest court called a pair of “deeply flawed” lower court rulings that allowed the slot-machine-like gambling devices to spread across Pennsylvania in a legal gray area beyond the reach of gaming authorities and law enforcement. From @petehallpa.bsky.social

penncapital-star.comSkill games are unlawful, Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds • Pennsylvania Capital-StarThe decision strikes down what the commonwealth’s highest court called a pair of “deeply flawed” lower court rulings.

Congratulations to Kilmar Abrego Garcia on being free of a conspiracy orchestrated at the highest levels of our government to deprive him of his rights and his home! Thank you to Judge Waverly Crenshaw for reaching this correct conclusion.

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It’s not the most pressing crisis this country faces but I cannot get over the fact that a qualification for being a top lawyer at the DOJ now is apparently being functionally illiterate. This shit reads like a seventh grader wrote it. What are we doing here man.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: Blanche, Woodward, and Trent McCotter file a deranged motion in the National Trust ballroom case asking the district court to "immediately" issue an "indicative ruling" that it will dissolve the preliminary injunction that DOJ has already appealed if it gets jurisdiction to do so .

Of all the terrible things Trump has done, this is at the top of the list. Who does this even benefit other than hardcore racists? It hurts/kills 1,100 people who fought for the US, makes it harder for the US to recruit allies, and even among Trump supporters has to be overwhelmingly unpopular.

Please, God, please have Kash Patel follow through on this threatened lawsuit through to the discovery phase!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BARTIROMO: So you're gonna sue them? KASH PATEL: Absolutely. It's coming tomorrow BARTIROMO: Tomorrow you will be dropping a lawsuit against The Atlantic? PATEL: Yes I will. For defamation

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It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan. It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash. “ICE GTFO OF MN” Minneapolis February 4, 2026

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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

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The regime is going to try to rig the election. They're going to flood the zone with misinformation and suppress the truth on X and TikTok.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

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If they get one like this of me, run it over my obituary. American heroes all of them

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.

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Ah, imaginary whataboutism, the best whataboutism. You're asking me about a bad thing that really happened? Well, whatabout a different bad thing that didn't actually happen, something I've imagined? Whatabout that, huh? I'm a victim here. OK, now that these things are balanced out, let's move on.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ron Johnson on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "Let's talk about how crazy this is. Had that been a Republican member of Congress and an illegal immigrant spraying something at them, in Minneapolis what would probably happen is they would release that illegal immigrant."

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We’re approaching 50,000 signups for tomorrow’s training on exercising your rights at a time when federal agents are terrorizing our communities. We hope to see you there.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org

Exercising our constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. This call will give you the tools to exercise your rights in a moment when federal agents are terrorizing our communities and using excessive force: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Wouldn’t it be better to live in a country that responded to a mass shooting like this, instead of one in which most people have grown so numb to the frequency of these tragedies that they barely even notice them anymore?

apple.newsSnipers guard mourners as thousands mark one week since Bondi Beach massacre — NBC NewsAustralia's prime minister Anthony Albanese was booed as he attended a memorial for victims of the mass shooting, as officials order a national security review.

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Lindsey Halligan is a fucking moron.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

This is the POTUS gleefully admitting he is violating a prominent critic’s 1st Amendment rights and the Constitution for personal profit. Again. If Americans saw this in another country then they would wisely conclude that, if about half the country is ok with this, there is serious trouble ahead.