Balaena Alba

Former attorney, educator. Reader, writer, troubled American.

[Balaena Alba @BalaenaAlba]

How tyrants end, in the words of a soldier:

"Those he commands move only in command, / Nothing in love; now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief."

Macbeth, Act 5 sc 2

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Let me say what the President won't: Domestic violence is not okay. It's immoral, illegal and abusive, and no real man is okay would do it, approve of it, or minimize it.

[William Attig (🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦) @WillAttig]

Proud to stand with @afghanevac, @Unite4Vets and @iava

Yesterday one of our Afghan allies was arrested while attending his immigration hearing. We demand the release of this individual who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

[Robert Stern @RobertCStern]

Harvard University launching FREE college courses online for every US Citizen. Highlighting basic U.S. Government, understanding the Constitution, and How to recognize a Dictatorship takeover 101.
Harvard for the win.

https://t.co/zctFqawj7O

[once and future wife geist @wife_geist]

losing my CDL because my essay on homoeroticism in whitman is too shallow and derivative

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

was the killer Kilmar Abrego Garcia? Did he plot with this man? If not wtf is your point.

By this logic we should send whoever runs this account to a foreign gulag because Dylan Roof also wanted to end wokeness.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

The only evidence anyone has ever provided that Garcia is MS-13 came from one cop who claimed he got the info from an anonymous informant

Turns out that cop is a criminal

[Bryan Anderson @BryanRAnderson]

🚨BREAKING: At least 16 NC voters wrongly labeled as "never residents" stand to have Supreme Court votes immediately tossed. #ncpol

I've stayed up all night reaching out to voters and writing. Given the importance and urgency, I've lifted the paywall.

https://t.co/3hJEJhdATq

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

This is not war. This is a crime against humanity.

[Balaena Alba @BalaenaAlba]

@patriottakes Actually people wonder if former Fox News employees or billionaires are in a certain role are they there because they were the best or because there was some sort of an accommodation.

[Chris Krebs @C_C_Krebs]

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[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Is this the America you want?

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

ICE is arresting third graders, handcuffing them and putting them in detention with adult criminals.

[Heath Mayo @HeathMayo]

Trump praised Putin as a very wise man and Vance lectured Zelenskyy in front of the world, questioning why he and his fellow Ukrainians were still fighting to defend their homes and families.

That happened, Newt. Time to take your own team to task.

[Brian Cardone 🏴‍☠️🇺🇦 @cardon_brian]

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. https://t.co/mXf4xUS2Xr

[Balaena Alba @BalaenaAlba]

@lsferguson @CNN So where’s the clip? That’s not what I’m seeing.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

Then return him. Now.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

Trump is deporting people with legal status and no criminal convictions to foreign hellhole’s without due process.

His idiot team is sharing classified attack plans on insecure channels and accidentally including a reporter.

He’s pushing us toward a recession.

He’s threatening to invade allies.

They’re grabbing students off the streets and deporting them for legally protected speech.

He’s attacking every part of our judicial system from judges to law firms.

He’s letting an unaccountable MAGA billionaire illegally dismantle the government.

That same MAGA billionaire is working to buy elections by literally handing out million dollar checks to people.

Republicans are helping him.

We’re losing the things that are great about America—free speech, due process, strong allies, a functional legal system—right in front of our eyes.

America better find its backbone, and soon.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

54 million likes on the livestream.

54 MILLION.

So yes, people are listening.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Vance is badly wrong here. In 2019, a police informant alleged the guy was in MS-13. He spent a year in ICE detention as a result, then won his case. He’s been out for the last five years, married to a U.S. citizen, has two kids, and STILL has no criminal record at all.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I read the filings, @JDVance - did you?

1) This man has never been charged or convicted of anything, in any country: