Christopher Klepac

Old dog learning new tricks. Former Chief Counsel, Federal Requirements, former Chief Counsel, Intellectual Property Law, USPS Office of General Counsel.

[Christopher Klepac @NicksSnackStand]

@DWUhlfelderLaw Towards the end of my long Federal career, I was told by the agency’s senior legal management team to “stop thinking”, to “stop reading statutes”, to “forget about (directly-on-point) legislative history”, and to “put aside” (and stay mum about) relevant records. I didn’t.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Donald trump is such a crusty loser, still spinning out from his disastrous WHCD flop, he's posting insults about Kaitlan Collins while American soldiers die, and U.S. families suffer under his high, Iran War prices.

Nasty f*cking LOSER.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1946, The Moore's Ford lynching occurred in Georgia. The 4 victims were tied to a tree and 60 shots were fired at close range.

— July 25, 1946: The Moore's Ford Lynching occured. The Georgia lynching was a quadruple killing of:

-George W. Dorsey, who was a veteran of World War II that had been back in the America less than 9 months after serving nearly 5 years in the Pacific War.

-Mae Murray Dorsey (George's wife).

-Roger Malcolm (friend of the Dorseys).

-Dorothy Malcolm, born July 25, 1926, who was 7 months pregnant (Roger's wife).

They were accosted by a mob of white men as they headed home.

The lynching was carried out on a bridge in Walton and Oconee counties between Monroe and Watkinsville, the case attracted national attention.

The FBI investigated it but was unable to prosecute anyone because they had no suspects and very little evidence.

New publicity in the 1990's led to a new investigation, but the case has NEVER been solved.

GRAND JURY TESTIMONY:
Researcher Anthony Pitch, author of The Last Lynching: How a Gruesome Mass Murder Rocked a Small Georgia Town (2016), located the sealed grand jury testimony in the National Archives.

He sued to have the records unsealed. Despite government opposition, a federal appeals court upheld his request.

The US Department of Justice under the AG William Barr appealed that decision, maintaining that to open the testimony would undermine the confidentiality of a grand jury investigation.

U.S. law permits grand jury testimony to be unsealed in "exceptional circumstances".

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[Dr. Vin Gupta @VinGuptaMD]

Europe burns. North America’s largest cities choke on smoke that would have been almost unthinkable just a few years ago.

Yet we’re told to dismiss what we can plainly see—and breathe.

Trading the planet for political expediency is a choice.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Jon Ossoff at Barean Christian Church: The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof that you're willing to lie for him. There's something uniquely despicable about lying a nation into war.

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

Trump is picking a fight with Kaitlin Collins because he already knows he lost a fight with Iran. He is scared and knows he is in trouble so he is doing what he has always done, lashing out and abusing women. Lifelong pattern for the predator POS POTUS.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump is having a mental health episode on social media right now. He’s been posting nonstop all day:

11:16 AM - AI photo of Kaitlan Collins as Dylan Mulvaney
11:43 AM - AI image attacking Bruce Springsteen
3:22 PM - An AI art installation of Trump throwing a ‘Trump 2028’ hat
3:23 PM - Photo of him standing next to a TV with Biden’s final Oval Office address playing
3:23 PM - AI art of him giving his speech at the WHCD
3:23 PM - AI photo of Chris Christie fighting Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler
3:23 PM - AI image attacking Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert
3:24 PM - Trump 2028 poster that says “give the enemy nightmares.” Nobody is scared of him
3:24 PM - AI image attacking Rosie O’Donnell
3:25 PM - Fake movie poster of him in Star Trek
3:25 PM - Another Trump 2028 poster
3:31 PM - AI poster of the U.S. attacking Kharg Island in Iran
3:31 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker
3:32 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker x2
3:33 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker x3
3:47 PM - Posts an AI image of an Iranian ship being blown up
4:36 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker x4
4:36 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker x5
4:37 PM - AI image of him taking over an Iranian oil tanker x6
4:39 PM - AI image of him cosplaying as a Navy Commander
4:39 PM - AI image of him smoking a cigar wearing a Trump 2028 hat
4:40 PM - AI poster of him with founding fathers
4:41 PM - Poster of himself saying “the man who saved America” which couldn’t be further from the truth
4:41 PM - Weird photo of him standing behind a pillar
4:45 PM - AI image of himself saying “Guardians of the world”
4:47 PM - AI image of American jets saying “Guardian Angels of the world”
4:48 PM - Another AI photo of an Iranian ship being blown up
4:49 PM - AI image of himself saying “Guardians of the world” x2
4:52 PM - AI photo of lightning over the Capitol building saying “panic in DC”
4:53 PM - A photo of himself saying “plan trusted”
4:54 PM - AI image of an eagle and a jet saying “America is back” which certainly isn’t true
4:54 PM - AI photo of a beach saying “Trump’s America” which is ironic given that the image is fake lol
4:55 PM - Photo of him giving a speech
4:56 PM - Photo of himself pointing at members of his cabinet
4:57 PM - AI photo of himself and JFK
4:58 PM - Fake photo of himself wearing a pink Trump 2028 hat
4:59 PM - AI photo of a Trump 2028 mug surrounded by crying people
4:59 PM - Photo of him putting on his Trump 2028 hat at the WHCD
5:00 PM - Posts graph downplaying American casualties in Iran
5:01 PM - AI photo of an air filter between the United States and Canada
5:04 PM - Attacks Republican Senator John Thune
5:04 PM - AI image of him as a doctor
5:16 PM - Fake movie poster of him and George Washington in a time travel movie

He’s insane. 25th Amendment NOW.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Here's a pic of the projection:

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

A really fun write-up in my hometown newspaper of what I'm trying to do with Platypus Economics, written with that charming Aussie directness I was blessed to absorb.

Give it a read! https://t.co/WSKFsI1ESq

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

Picture mailing your ballot on time and having it thrown out because the post office was slow. That’s already legal in some states. Trump wants it everywhere. Stop it before it’s your ballot 👇
https://t.co/9HyJyNVzjb

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

At the heart of Jesus’ teachings lies the mystery of the Kingdom of God, which today’s Gospel likens to treasure and a pearl (cf. Mt 13:44–52). The parables convey the surprise of those who find something far beyond what they could have hoped for, so much so that selling or leaving everything behind no longer seems a sacrifice, but a gain.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Judge Emmet Sullivan orders Justice Dept to produce more of the redacted Epstein files for court review by Thursday

Big win in this stage of the records lawsuit filed by @KatiePhang

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Trump ripped up NAFTA, replaced it with USMCA, then ripped that up too. The lesson is that markets have little reason to trust this president's signature. ⁣
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So Canada shouldn't accept pain today in exchange for promises about tomorrow. It should judge any deal by whether it serves Canada's interests now.⁣
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https://t.co/5kmtmLwcRM⁣
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[John Collins @Logically_JC]

Laser-focused on the important things.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔥 🇺🇸 PEARSON: “The only way we lose this country, this democracy, is by quitting — but if we never quit, we can never lose.”

Rep. @Justinjpearson campaigns for Congress in NOLENSVILLE, now part of TN-9 after Republicans (racially) gerrymandered Memphis to dilute Black power.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

This is who and what the legacy media chose to honor. We desperately need pre-democracy, independent media that is unafraid.

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[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Per Status news:

“The result was a public humiliation for the White House Correspondents’ Association”

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

.@realDonaldTrump still has absolutely no idea what he was trying to do, how he was going to do it, why he wasn't able to do it, or what he's going to do next to try to fix what he has no idea he broke.

He's a delusional, crackbrained, and deranged moron.

It's just that simple.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Unless the update is, they’ll be wheeling McConnell into the Capitol building on Monday. I’m not buying it.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 85 years old today.

At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woman.
decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted to lying that Emmett Till made a pass at her.

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