Former NJ Senior Deputy Attorney General. I applaud people who mistakenly voted for Trump in 2016 but had the good sense and decency to go the other way in subsequent elections.https://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3mabuc6y2xk2oThis poignant story of the transformation of a hard-core KKK leader carries a lesson for all those on social media and elsewhere who say they have given up on the millions of people who voted for Trump. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabuc6y2xk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3ma76rpxvok2fConservative columnist Bret Stephens wrote this about Trump:17 Dec 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma76rpxvok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lzw24lxin224I wonder whether the thousands of posts every day blasting Trump and his GOP flunkeys are having a real world effect. Meaningful change will happen, I suspect, only when enough Trump supporters feel in their heart and gut the grave harm he is inflicting on them, their loved ones, and the country.28 Sep 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzw24lxin224https://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lystlk24wk2eThe term “political violence” is meaningless. No one can know for sure what really motivates acts of violence, be it mental illness, hatred of mankind, or something else. The proper description for this is, simply, violence. And it’s wrong no matter which political party the offender sides with. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lystlk24wk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3luv765nwcs2vThe Trump White House posted this Theodore Roosevelt quote on the applause due the risk taker over the critic. This is generally true, but when the doer consistently acts without decency or morality the role of the critic assumes much greater importance. https://x.com/whitehouse/status/1948879207649403318?s=1226 Jul 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3luv765nwcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3ltfhqnd6nc2lThis is the DOJ’s statement on the Epstein investigation.07 Jul 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfhqnd6nc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lt5dpo3tf22tYes, the new budget law will adversely affect many Medicaid recipients even though benefit amounts won’t change. But the act also contains numerous benefits for working class and middle class Americans…04 Jul 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5dpo3tf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lspnwoqq7s2pSCOTUS’s universal injunction decision isn’t the death of democracy that some are calling it. There are alternative procedures like class actions and APA suits. And, as Justice Kavanaugh noted, district courts rarely have the last word in major injunction cases anyhow. That job belongs to SCOTUS. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lspnwoqq7s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lsovxbx64c2iSCOTUS’S decision in the universal injunction cases doesn’t really change things that much, as Justice Kavanaugh discusses in his concurring opinion. Nationwide injunctions against federal laws and executive orders can still be sought via class actions and the Administrative Procedure Act…28 Jun 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsovxbx64c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lscyzxiaxs2vMarjorie Taylor Greene, in an impassioned post, broke with Trump over his military action in Iran. https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1937158839821897884?s=61&t=5Da3KRE1ng7hc_U1Weh9vQ24 Jun 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lscyzxiaxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3ls7md4z6z222This puts Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities in the correct perspective. https://x.com/danturrentine/status/1936724740644749574?s=61&t=5Da3KRE1ng7hc_U1Weh9vQ22 Jun 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7md4z6z222https://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lrgeziqurk2vWhat right-minded person could disagree with this ticket, which would be just as compelling if these men were shown in reverse?12 Jun 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgeziqurk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lqhr3sgwcs2nThe cruelest item in Trump’s new federal budget may be his proposal to “cut funding at the National Cancer Institute by more than $2.7 billion, nearly a 40 percent decrease.” The American Cancer Society responded: “For the past 50 years…31 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqhr3sgwcs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3loy3p4huzs2mSometimes we should take a timeout from Trump bashing and give credit where credit is due.12 May 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy3p4huzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bokarmic.bsky.social/post/3lnqbwmhls22vTrump posted this about Putin’s latest atrocities in Ukraine: “There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and town over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he‘s just tapping me along.”26 Apr 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:htfvhdi7t6da3d6ft6fcs6f6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqbwmhls22v