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[?]OCTADE » 🌐
@octade@soc.octade.net

"The court said on Thursday that the judge’s approach was wrong in law as his role was not to express a view on the correctness of the speed limit, but to apply the law as it stands."

How horrifying, not extracting maximum revenue from the cattle!

"He said: “Prosecutions that are driven by targets, statistics and finance have no place in this courtroom and bring the administration of justice into disrepute."

Exactomundo. He is right. The high court is wrong. He is outing the government grifter class for its grifting. How horrifying!

"“I have come to the conclusion that [speed camera contractors] GoSafe deliberately targeted an unjust speed zone in the townland of Clogheen, where there were rich pickings and, as the saying goes, they were shooting fish in a barrel.”"

Yeah, what a renegade judge! How scary to say such things!

O authoritarian high court, protect us from judges like this, who see us as more than tax cattle!

"Mr Justice Ferriter said that the judge’s approach was “wrong” in law and inappropriate comment for a judge to make as his role was not to express a view on correctness of speed limits adjudicated by another body."

This thinking is how authoritarians construct a Rube Goldberg money machine that cannot be questioned.

The lower court judge has a duty to prohibit corruption in the law from determining his decisions. The judiciary does not serve the legislature. The judiciary is separate from the legislature and is to serve as a check against corrupt legislation and enforcement.

How horrifying that one judge actually gets it!

If the world had more judges who acted sua sponte to point out corruption in the laws, and reject them based upon that, it would be a better world to live in.

We all know that traffic laws have ZERO, NADA, NAUGHT, NIL, ZILCH, and ZIP to to with safety and are about funneling revenue to 3rd party contractors, and maintaining the fear of constant police presence in the minds of the citizenry. This judge was just pointing out the obvious.


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    [?]OCTADE » 🌐
    @octade@soc.octade.net

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled fearmongering to bring you this important message:

    SCOTUS rules that ordinary Americans do NOT owe income tax!

    https://youtu.be/bTLYcr-JuDc

    SCOTUS just contradicted a century of circuit courts and their malicious rulings subjecting Americans to the income tax. Will anyone notice?

    [copypasta]

    Dr Champion shows you the astounding words of a recent US Supreme Court decision, in which the Court explains why Americans need not pay income tax! The Court also bitch-slapped half the US Circuit Courts of Appeal in the process. A truly phenomenal decision! (Recorded December 4, 2024.)

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      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      AFROMAN FOR PRESIDENT


      Tryptich photograph of Afroman wearing a red and white striped suit with blue fields of white stars like the American flag.

      Alt...Tryptich photograph of Afroman wearing a red and white striped suit with blue fields of white stars like the American flag.

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
        @Nonilex@masto.ai

        Federal have since blocked the data-sharing arrangement, holding that it violates ’ rights, though the appealed those rulings.
        
Before the agreement was struck down, requested the addresses of 1.2 million individuals from the . The tax agency responded with data on 47,000 individuals, acc/to court records.

          [?]Paul Chambers🚧 » 🌐
          @paul@oldfriends.live

          Ohio Supreme Court rules school’s newsletter email list to parents and students must be made public under state law

          Opponents argued it was restricted to protect student's

          The decision stems from a mandamus action filed by Darbi Boddy, a former Lakota Local School District board member in Butler County who sought the newsletter distribution list used by the superintendent to email weekly updates to families and community members.

          cleveland.com/open/2026/01/ohi

          archive.ph/r9nPF

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            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
            @octade@soc.octade.net

            This is gold. The police who arrested him would have to wear his name on their uniforms.

            Arrested for Telling a Cop to Shut UP-James Freeman is Suing to Rename This Texas City

            https://youtu.be/zyLnHzg4Xrg


              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
              @wdlindsy@toad.social

              "That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage, something they simply can’t comprehend.

              So, they can posture all they want, but we know what’s underneath all that tactical gear and rage: nothing but the softest little underbelly."


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                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                @wdlindsy@toad.social

                "When DHS’s goons are a roving band of masked armed men, they’re tough as hell. And why not? They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. They’re pretty impervious to harm."


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                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                  "It’s comical that this big, brutal warrior would get on the stand to say that he literally felt assaulted by a sandwich exploding on his uniform. It’s more comical, though, that Dunn’s attorney then showed Larimore a photo of the sandwich on the ground. Wrapped. Not exploded."

                  ~ Lisa Needham


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                  publicnotice.co/p/sandwich-guy

                    [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                    @wdlindsy@toad.social

                    "Cross examination wraps (sorry) with the defense questioning the agent about gag gifts his colleagues conferred on him after the encounter. One is a plushie sandwich. Another is a 'Felony Footlong' patch purchased from a vendor in the city."

                    ~ Molly Roberts


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                    lawfaremedia.org/article/sandw

                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                      @wdlindsy@toad.social

                      "The man known as the DC Sandwich Thrower clearly was fed up with all the attention as he left the courthouse Tuesday."

                      ~ WUSA9


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                      youtube.com/watch?v=Fwq3fpDf0TE

                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                        "McConnell cited a Truth Social post from Donald Trump as direct evidence that the president intended to defy a federal court, condemning the administration’s behavior as 'arbitrary, capricious, and utterly unacceptable.' …

                        Judge McConnell found that the Trump Administration violated his order by not paying out SNAP benefits."


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                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                          "In a scathing ruling handed down just minutes ago, Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately deliver full November SNAP benefits to every state, blasting officials for their brazen refusal to obey his earlier mandate."

                          ~ Aaron Parnas


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                          aaronparnas.substack.com/p/bre

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                            …The moves by to elevate deniers portends escalating battles over how much his admin wields over balloting across the country.

                            Already this year, have affirmed that the president has no legal authority over , which have long been the domain of & governments. Judges have largely blocked an executive order that Trump issued in March requiring, among other changes, documentary proof of citizenship to vote.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                              set to run out of money, begin furloughs as lingers

                              The US federal court system starting on Monday will begin curtailing non-essential functions & furloughing some employees after exhausting what funds the had left to sustain paid operations during the US .


                              reuters.com/legal/government/u

                                [?]ProPublica » 🌐
                                @ProPublica@newsie.social

                                What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana
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                                Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.
                                propublica.org/article/lloyd-g

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                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                  SMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.

                                  The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

                                  https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

                                  Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

                                  Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

                                  Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

                                  The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

                                  @privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe