Larry Bud Melman
@chrisdudding.bsky.social
Libertarianism is bunk. Enviro law person. Used to study philosophy. An unseemly amount of my brainspace is filled by 80s action flicks - my enjoyment of Schwarzenegger films rivals Al Bundy's appreciation of John Wayne's oeuvre. Die Hard is the Xmas film.
Pinned
I mean, I get the schadenfreude being vented by folks at the death of the insurance exec -- but in a country where some 2/3 of voting-eligible folks failed to vote against the antiregulatory GOP, and the prospect of raising taxes to fund a single-payer system remains anathema, what did you expect?
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🚨 LA: “Fake ICE agents targeting the schools”
It was only a matter of time.
How is anyone supposed to tell the difference? And now @MarshaBlackburn Jack Johnson & Speaker Sexton are codifying masked Secret Police vigilantes into law?
It was only a matter of time.
How is anyone supposed to tell the difference? And now @MarshaBlackburn Jack Johnson & Speaker Sexton are codifying masked Secret Police vigilantes into law?
June 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚨 LA: “Fake ICE agents targeting the schools”
It was only a matter of time.
How is anyone supposed to tell the difference? And now @MarshaBlackburn Jack Johnson & Speaker Sexton are codifying masked Secret Police vigilantes into law?
It was only a matter of time.
How is anyone supposed to tell the difference? And now @MarshaBlackburn Jack Johnson & Speaker Sexton are codifying masked Secret Police vigilantes into law?
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Aaaaaaand it didn’t even work.
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Aaaaaaand it didn’t even work.
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SCOTUS did what now
June 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
SCOTUS did what now
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Fox News brings on Rebekah Koffler to talk about the military parade, but she seems to be heavily intoxicated so they cut away with quickness
June 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Fox News brings on Rebekah Koffler to talk about the military parade, but she seems to be heavily intoxicated so they cut away with quickness
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At this point, Judge Xinis should order the immediate return under threat of contempt and let the Supreme Court tell the Administration otherwise.
April 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
At this point, Judge Xinis should order the immediate return under threat of contempt and let the Supreme Court tell the Administration otherwise.
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The Trump administration is committing crimes against humanity right before our eyes.
They are disappearing people who are in this country legally and sending them to El Salvadoran prison camps to be tortured.
Every official involved deserves nothing less than to be tried at The Hague.
They are disappearing people who are in this country legally and sending them to El Salvadoran prison camps to be tortured.
Every official involved deserves nothing less than to be tried at The Hague.
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration is committing crimes against humanity right before our eyes.
They are disappearing people who are in this country legally and sending them to El Salvadoran prison camps to be tortured.
Every official involved deserves nothing less than to be tried at The Hague.
They are disappearing people who are in this country legally and sending them to El Salvadoran prison camps to be tortured.
Every official involved deserves nothing less than to be tried at The Hague.
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SignalGate is not only a national security scandal, it is a scandal about breaking the law. As a former SEC enforcement attorney, I take the law seriously.
Clearly, Oversight Republicans don’t. Watch more from @newsnation.bsky.social
Clearly, Oversight Republicans don’t. Watch more from @newsnation.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
SignalGate is not only a national security scandal, it is a scandal about breaking the law. As a former SEC enforcement attorney, I take the law seriously.
Clearly, Oversight Republicans don’t. Watch more from @newsnation.bsky.social
Clearly, Oversight Republicans don’t. Watch more from @newsnation.bsky.social
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
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Medicare is so weird sometimes. My mom ran out of skilled nursing days. So, we appealed. That appeal was denied. We started to do the 2nd level appeal, but it turns out the 2nd level appeal is handled by a different contractor. Neither appeal is handled by the government.
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Medicare is so weird sometimes. My mom ran out of skilled nursing days. So, we appealed. That appeal was denied. We started to do the 2nd level appeal, but it turns out the 2nd level appeal is handled by a different contractor. Neither appeal is handled by the government.
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“Scott? Hello? Look at me. You and I are talking.”
You can tell Scott Jennings knows how un-American this dismissal of due process is by how red-faced and petulant he gets when Abby Phillip is simply trying to have an adult conversation with him about what our laws actually say.
You can tell Scott Jennings knows how un-American this dismissal of due process is by how red-faced and petulant he gets when Abby Phillip is simply trying to have an adult conversation with him about what our laws actually say.
April 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Scott? Hello? Look at me. You and I are talking.”
You can tell Scott Jennings knows how un-American this dismissal of due process is by how red-faced and petulant he gets when Abby Phillip is simply trying to have an adult conversation with him about what our laws actually say.
You can tell Scott Jennings knows how un-American this dismissal of due process is by how red-faced and petulant he gets when Abby Phillip is simply trying to have an adult conversation with him about what our laws actually say.
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Gonna have to update the punishment theory section of my Crim Law casebook.
April 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gonna have to update the punishment theory section of my Crim Law casebook.
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Reacher is equal opportunity competence porn, everyone is allowed some extrajudicial murder
Neagley kills someone this season while making a world class dad joke (“call me an ambulance” “okay, you’re an ambulance”)
Reacher: what if a man was Large and Woke and Supported Women’s Wrongs
Neagley kills someone this season while making a world class dad joke (“call me an ambulance” “okay, you’re an ambulance”)
Reacher: what if a man was Large and Woke and Supported Women’s Wrongs
Reacher has gotta be the funniest show in existence.
Entire show about a big guy that extrajudicially murders dozens of people in between scenes where he turns to the camera and says “I am a liberal and in this house we believe in WOMEN’S RIGHTS”
Entire show about a big guy that extrajudicially murders dozens of people in between scenes where he turns to the camera and says “I am a liberal and in this house we believe in WOMEN’S RIGHTS”
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Reacher is equal opportunity competence porn, everyone is allowed some extrajudicial murder
Neagley kills someone this season while making a world class dad joke (“call me an ambulance” “okay, you’re an ambulance”)
Reacher: what if a man was Large and Woke and Supported Women’s Wrongs
Neagley kills someone this season while making a world class dad joke (“call me an ambulance” “okay, you’re an ambulance”)
Reacher: what if a man was Large and Woke and Supported Women’s Wrongs
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A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
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it's nice of the New Right to explicitly write out what i've been talking about (for months now) is their plan
March 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
it's nice of the New Right to explicitly write out what i've been talking about (for months now) is their plan
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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I can’t compete with this
March 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I can’t compete with this
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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Our cultural default will be to sneer at Rachel Cohen, dismiss her as privileged, question her tone, scorn her ability to make a difference, conclude that by working at BigLaw she’s part of the problem. Among other things, that’s a self-indulgence you can’t afford during fascism.
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The associate, Rachel Cohen, recently organized an open letter that called on Big Law to respond to Trump's executive orders designed to sanction three prominent firms. The letter was signed by more than 300 Big Law associates.
www.law.com/americanlawy...
www.law.com/americanlawy...
Open Letter From Big Law Associates Calls for Law Firms 'To Defend Their Colleagues'
The associate letter had gathered about 280 signatures from associates at firms across the Am Law 200 and beyond as of late Friday.
www.law.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our cultural default will be to sneer at Rachel Cohen, dismiss her as privileged, question her tone, scorn her ability to make a difference, conclude that by working at BigLaw she’s part of the problem. Among other things, that’s a self-indulgence you can’t afford during fascism.
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either floating a SS payment shutdown is the world’s worst ever attempt to bluff a judge or they already broke SS
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
either floating a SS payment shutdown is the world’s worst ever attempt to bluff a judge or they already broke SS
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Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
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we believe we are special and we simply are not
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
we believe we are special and we simply are not
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Maybe it’s just confirmation bias, but really feels like there is one of these every day.
MAGA influencer and Fox News guest indicted on child sex abuse charges www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-r...
MAGA Influencer And Fox News Guest Indicted On Child Sex Abuse Charges
The right-wing personality known as Raw Ricci built his following by filming homeless people in San Francisco.
www.huffpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Maybe it’s just confirmation bias, but really feels like there is one of these every day.