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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>fuck the courts, save yourselves; founder- eatthelaw;  shhhhh, I’m sure I was probably jk;striving, without effort, to be content with the low places that people disdain.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social</link><title>@despairly.bsky.social - </title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mj3hsgwcq227</link><description>Obtaining a reduced parking rate is catnip for shady Seattle Judges.&#xA;https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-seattle-judge-admits-to-misusing-parking-discount-for-years/ &#xA;&#xA;https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion&amp;filename=2022618MAJ</description><pubDate>09 Apr 2026 18:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3hsgwcq227</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3miopny3t2k2f</link><description>I’m not a marxist, but i think Viet Nguyen is full of shit.  Even a quick google of Mr. Nguyen’s employment history suggests his definition of “millionaire” is more a tax narrative requiring no recourse to actual income/revenue. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/im-not-a-millionaire-i-dont-think-we-need-a-millionaires-tax/</description><pubDate>04 Apr 2026 17:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3miopny3t2k2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mi4xzkzuv22u</link><description>My 401(k) and I unconditionally surrender.</description><pubDate>28 Mar 2026 15:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4xzkzuv22u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mggl6w35yc2u</link><description>CM Rob Saka is said to have announced earlier today that SPD’s softball team uniforms may permissibly use the department’s quasi-official mascot--Dumbtifa, despite the mascot’s refusal to take sides.</description><pubDate>07 Mar 2026 00:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggl6w35yc2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mgg5bjqegk2u</link><description>President Trump’s goals are not “shifting.”  He consistently indicates that war in the middle east, killing non-combatants in boats, and tariffs are justified because he decided they’re justified and will continue according to his whim.  His base, his party’s legisl., and his staff require no more.</description><pubDate>06 Mar 2026 20:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg5bjqegk2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mgdj6oljrk2w</link><description>Publicola reports that SOCR staff fails to understand the  legal concept of civil rights and Seattle’s antidiscrimination ordinance and expresses puzzlement over why homelessness/economic status isn’t a protected category. https://publicola.com/2026/02/23/staff-call-for-removal-of-civil-rights-office-director-citing-discrimination-harassment-retaliation-and-mismanagement/</description><pubDate>05 Mar 2026 19:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdj6oljrk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mfevlkvvz22o</link><description>It’s not that I’m opposed to tariffs, I just believe they have to be created “the right way”; otherwise, I think it’s okay to call them illegals.</description><pubDate>21 Feb 2026 15:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfevlkvvz22o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mec37mief22h</link><description>Outrage at the CDC’s assertion that Measles outbreaks are the “cost of doing business” may be obscure the legal usefulness of this blithe assertion: States with vaccination requirements should bring Dormant Commerce Clause, undue burden suits against states without.</description><pubDate>07 Feb 2026 18:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec37mief22h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3meai7m6jxc2o</link><description>Booooooooooo</description><pubDate>07 Feb 2026 03:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3meai7m6jxc2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3me2nao4izc2h</link><description>Ironically, his poor aim sentenced the rest of us to Trump’s life.&#xA;&#xA;Man Convicted of Trying to Assassinate Trump Gets Life Sentence https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/man-convicted-of-trying-to-assassinate-trump-gets-life-sentence.html?smid=bs-share</description><pubDate>04 Feb 2026 19:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2nao4izc2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3me2n5gyt6c2p</link><description>When DA’s pretend they do more than letting cops and judges railroad poor people: “What happened next officer?” “Next, what happened officer?” “Officer, can you tell us what you did next?”  &#xA;&#xA;Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/prosecutor-immigration-outburst.html?smid=bs-share</description><pubDate>04 Feb 2026 19:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2n5gyt6c2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdlbqcr5l22w</link><description>Give Tom Live Homan 24/7 jail access.  Tell him to bring his tooth brush.&#xA;&#xA; Updates: Trump’s Border Chief Says ‘Improvements Could and Should Be Made’ in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/29/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-minneapolis?smid=bs-share</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2026 17:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlbqcr5l22w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdihmmjcps26</link><description>“Your second amendment”</description><pubDate>28 Jan 2026 14:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdihmmjcps26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdfxkuisc22q</link><description>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/23/464129029/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-i-wouldnt-lose-any-voters</description><pubDate>27 Jan 2026 14:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfxkuisc22q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdfxcmkrtc2d</link><description>A new murderer in an old suit. &#xA;&#xA;Minneapolis Live Updates: Trump Shakes Up Immigration Crackdown Leadership https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/27/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota?smid=nytcore-ios-share</description><pubDate>27 Jan 2026 14:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfxcmkrtc2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdbbh7oor22n</link><description>Why yhe fuck would tou send the murder squads to a bew state  maybe we should send them ocer to your mom’s Rep Conner  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/25/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice/acda9136-18f7-508e-89f8-dff9e9c3f435?smid=url-share</description><pubDate>25 Jan 2026 17:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbbh7oor22n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mdaxvgbssk2n</link><description>Death squads. &#xA;&#xA;Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</description><pubDate>25 Jan 2026 14:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdaxvgbssk2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3md46xrlhbk2p</link><description>White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/nekima-armstrong-photo-white-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. The people this lie was intended for are only Republicans. If you voted for Trump, this should stand as proof that he thinks you’re a complete Moron. You must be so ashamed.</description><pubDate>23 Jan 2026 17:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3md46xrlhbk2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mcze5mjh3k2g</link><description>&#39;Vendetta Is the Best Word for What They’re Doing&#39;: Inside Kash Patel&#39;s F.B.I. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. The only unprecedented use of the police power lies in trump’s use of it against rich white people.</description><pubDate>22 Jan 2026 14:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcze5mjh3k2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mcxk7zsogs2f</link><description>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-iceland-confusion.html?smid=url-share. They’ll both be “Trumpland” soon.</description><pubDate>21 Jan 2026 20:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxk7zsogs2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mcxd5eugss2m</link><description>To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/cubans-florida-deportations-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. DEPORT LIL’ MARCO</description><pubDate>21 Jan 2026 18:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxd5eugss2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mcn5t3av522h</link><description>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/4-wa-measles-cases-leave-health-officials-racing-to-quell-outbreak/. I wonder if ice would be willing to patrol WA and deport dangerously diseased southerners? Bus tickets to marred Lagos?</description><pubDate>17 Jan 2026 17:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcn5t3av522h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3mcdaf545uk2p</link><description>https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/renton-eyes-auburns-accountability-over-housing-first-homeless-model/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1. Ironically, allowing the people of Renton and Auburn to incorporate was, itself, an instance of the housing first policy.  Many people argued that before giving them a city, we should have requiredof education, compassion, and fiscal and moral accountability.</description><pubDate>13 Jan 2026 18:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdaf545uk2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3maqyy7ot622x</link><description>In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-harvard-letters-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. It’s refreshing to see Harvard take a strong anti-pedophile stance. It’s too bad Columbia turned into such a beardo school.</description><pubDate>24 Dec 2025 19:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqyy7ot622x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3ma2ifhshb22o</link><description>Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner’s Death to Attack the Hollywood Director https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/politics/trump-rob-reiner.html?smid=bs-share. i can definitely think of a few people afflicted by that cognitive impairement.  (It’s you DT; it would be cruel of me to expect you to figure out even a simple riddle on your own.)</description><pubDate>15 Dec 2025 20:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2ifhshb22o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3m7yqunu37s2j</link><description>Tech Support Scammers Stole $85,000 From Him. His Bank Declined to Refund Him. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/tech-support-scam-bank-fraud.html?smid=bs-share. What’s in your wallet? @nmebadi.bsky.social; @shanghaisteve.bsky.social; @nolita21.bsky.social; @darcygoshorn.bsky.social; @aveline11.bsky.social.  Citi is the theif</description><pubDate>15 Dec 2025 04:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7yqunu37s2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3m7rfh3pcj222</link><description>Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/stephen-miller-minerals-stake-ethics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share “but the answers remain elusive,” illiterate trump voters phonetically sound out just before dying of measles.</description><pubDate>12 Dec 2025 05:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rfh3pcj222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3m7rfbw2qds22</link><description>A Cinnabon Worker Was Fired for a Racist Slur. Her Supporters Have Raised $130,000. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/cinnabon-fired-worker-video-racial-slur.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. As a white personally, Cinnabon feels like a racist slur. Not all of us eat that crap.</description><pubDate>12 Dec 2025 05:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rfbw2qds22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/despairly.bsky.social/post/3m7rf5f677c22</link><description>On Your Left, Hollywood’s Fading Relevancy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/business/media/hollywood-tours.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share. And on your right, the thing your grandmother called print journalism</description><pubDate>12 Dec 2025 05:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:islsecyib3xzio2kevh6vqfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rf5f677c22</guid></item></channel></rss>