Martin Meyers
@martinmeyers.bsky.social
Retired commercial bankruptcy lawyer, ALS is my current battle. Pacific NW is my home.
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I was protesting American abuse of power and of protesters back when we drafted 18 year olds and sent them to Vietnam to repress a nationalist uprising against 19th Century colonial rule. I gave up on presumed American good faith around the My Lai massacre. Turned out we were addicted to that power.
The problem of expanding the smash and grabs to include all people who don't look American enough, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, is it becomes obvious we're not debating immigration policy. It's a government campaign of racialized, militarized street thuggery and harassment.
Nasra Ahmed, a U.S. citizen raised in St. Paul, recounts the encounter with a dozen ICE agents that led to two days at the Sherburne County Jail. She was taken for an MRI in arm and leg restraints, and then released Friday night without charges:
January 19, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I was protesting American abuse of power and of protesters back when we drafted 18 year olds and sent them to Vietnam to repress a nationalist uprising against 19th Century colonial rule. I gave up on presumed American good faith around the My Lai massacre. Turned out we were addicted to that power.
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NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE: This appears to come from murderer Jonathan Ross’ body cam or cell phone. You can clearly see Renee Good turn her steering wheel to avoid him, and after he shoots her in the face, you hear him say “Fucking bitch.” www.instagram.com/reel/DTTNCQr...
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE: This appears to come from murderer Jonathan Ross’ body cam or cell phone. You can clearly see Renee Good turn her steering wheel to avoid him, and after he shoots her in the face, you hear him say “Fucking bitch.” www.instagram.com/reel/DTTNCQr...
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Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to downgrade cannabis from the most restrictive category of drugs, easing research and other restrictions but falling short of legalizing marijuana.
Trump Signs Executive Order to Reclassify Marijuana, Easing Restrictions on the Drug
Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to downgrade cannabis from the most restrictive category of drugs, easing research and other restrictions but falling short of legalizing marijuana.
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this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Something thought-provoking for y’all…
@ellenenders.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @roryflynn808.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
@ellenenders.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @roryflynn808.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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this is the problem we are facing now...a massive massive problem
the lack of imagination (in politics too, w/ the exception of Mamdani's campaign) is not benign
we need new stories, new art, new music (& voices), new leaders, new ideas...
TY @stevesawyer12.bsky.social
the lack of imagination (in politics too, w/ the exception of Mamdani's campaign) is not benign
we need new stories, new art, new music (& voices), new leaders, new ideas...
TY @stevesawyer12.bsky.social
Something thought-provoking for y’all…
@ellenenders.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @roryflynn808.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
@ellenenders.bsky.social @halfmarshall.bsky.social @roryflynn808.bsky.social @11tulips.bsky.social @nancyterhune.bsky.social @beachpebblegirl.bsky.social @docjanicel.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/experime...
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this is the problem we are facing now...a massive massive problem
the lack of imagination (in politics too, w/ the exception of Mamdani's campaign) is not benign
we need new stories, new art, new music (& voices), new leaders, new ideas...
TY @stevesawyer12.bsky.social
the lack of imagination (in politics too, w/ the exception of Mamdani's campaign) is not benign
we need new stories, new art, new music (& voices), new leaders, new ideas...
TY @stevesawyer12.bsky.social
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HELL YEA
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HELL YEA
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Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
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Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson.
It now goes to Trump...
It now goes to Trump...
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson.
It now goes to Trump...
It now goes to Trump...
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British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile
British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile
Four people also rescued alive at popular Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia amid heavy snowfall and strong winds
A British woman and four other foreign tourists have been killed in a blizzard at a nature reserve in southern Chile.
Nine people went missing on Monday in the Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia, a popular tourist destination, amid heavy snowfall and winds reaching up to 120mph. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile
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SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
two men in suits and ties with a fbi badge on their jacket
Alt: you should be so lucky to meet Agents Winchester and Winchester
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
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Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
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People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
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Breaking News: A judge said he would approve Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy, which mandates $7 billion in payments to settle opioid lawsuits.
Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs
Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the opioid crisis.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Breaking News: A judge said he would approve Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy, which mandates $7 billion in payments to settle opioid lawsuits.
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"Never over the course of our long history has a President attempted to pass off such ordinary circumstances as an emergency justifying the domestic deployment of military forces.” 1/
Dissenting Judges Voice Dire Warnings for the Country As 9th Circuit Denies Rehearing of LA National Guard Stay talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dissent...
Dissenting Judges Voice Dire Warnings for the Country As 9th Circuit Denies Rehearing of LA National Guard Stay
The full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear a panel’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Never over the course of our long history has a President attempted to pass off such ordinary circumstances as an emergency justifying the domestic deployment of military forces.” 1/
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If you are Border Czar Homans, and you did NOT take the $50,000 in a paper bag, wouldn't you been screaming at the top of your lungs that you want the FBI tape of the transaction released publicly in order to clear your name?
Yet he isn't doing that. Hmmmm......
Yet he isn't doing that. Hmmmm......
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you are Border Czar Homans, and you did NOT take the $50,000 in a paper bag, wouldn't you been screaming at the top of your lungs that you want the FBI tape of the transaction released publicly in order to clear your name?
Yet he isn't doing that. Hmmmm......
Yet he isn't doing that. Hmmmm......
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Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
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Dipshit podcasters Patel & Bongino wrote the least believable texts “by the killer” ever.
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dipshit podcasters Patel & Bongino wrote the least believable texts “by the killer” ever.
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Nothing like a joke about US potentially murdering innocent people. Ha ha. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nothing like a joke about US potentially murdering innocent people. Ha ha. bsky.app/profile/atru...
That and the saucer on Melania’s head. It quite graphically sets physical boundaries.
No cheek kisses for her.
No cheek kisses for her.
ahahahahahahahaaha look at camilla's smile
"Cheese!"
September 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
That and the saucer on Melania’s head. It quite graphically sets physical boundaries.
No cheek kisses for her.
No cheek kisses for her.