davidrlurie
@davidrlurie.com
Lawyer, and occasional writer about the law and related matters. Nothing I say here is legal advice.
Don't they know the first rule of fight club is "You do not talk about Fight Club"?
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Don't they know the first rule of fight club is "You do not talk about Fight Club"?
Will he finally disclose that Elon Musk is actually a Martian?
BREAKING: Trump to disclose the existence of aliens, per TMZ.
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
Don’t let him get away with it. Continue to pressure him on the files.
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
Don’t let him get away with it. Continue to pressure him on the files.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Will he finally disclose that Elon Musk is actually a Martian?
Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
This is great propaganda for the Maduro regime, supporting the claim that Trump wants to overthrow the current Venezuelan dictatorship in order to replace it with a new Trump dictatorship -- for the purpose of "taking the oil," as Trump likes to put it.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is great propaganda for the Maduro regime, supporting the claim that Trump wants to overthrow the current Venezuelan dictatorship in order to replace it with a new Trump dictatorship -- for the purpose of "taking the oil," as Trump likes to put it.
An undercover ICE thug took the teen's photo in the courtroom, apparently to determine if his skin color was of the appropriate hue to merit kidnapping him under the new "constitutional" standards recently adopted by the Trumped Supreme Court in a shadow docket "ruling."
A teenager. A U.S. citizen. Detained by ICE at a courthouse.
This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An undercover ICE thug took the teen's photo in the courtroom, apparently to determine if his skin color was of the appropriate hue to merit kidnapping him under the new "constitutional" standards recently adopted by the Trumped Supreme Court in a shadow docket "ruling."
Trumper says the Trump is treating Russia - the mass murderuus invader of Ukraine - and Ukraine "equally." That is utterly false. But it would also be reprehensible even if it was true.
Leavitt: "Any idea that the USA is not engaging in both sides equally to bring this war to an end is a complete fallacy…That could not be furthest from the truth."
I don’t know, Karoline. In my opinion, the fact that you can’t tell apart the victim and the aggressor is the whole freaking PROBLEM!
I don’t know, Karoline. In my opinion, the fact that you can’t tell apart the victim and the aggressor is the whole freaking PROBLEM!
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trumper says the Trump is treating Russia - the mass murderuus invader of Ukraine - and Ukraine "equally." That is utterly false. But it would also be reprehensible even if it was true.
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
End the kleptocracy in Venezuela, and then start another kleptocracy in Venezuela. Trumpers
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
End the kleptocracy in Venezuela, and then start another kleptocracy in Venezuela. Trumpers
Timeline (and mind and spirit) cleanser.
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Ruby, My Dear
YouTube video by 60otaku4
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Timeline (and mind and spirit) cleanser.
Holocaust deniers don't have to come up with their own conspiracy theories anymore, with this innovation.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Holocaust deniers don't have to come up with their own conspiracy theories anymore, with this innovation.
"If the President orders soldiers to do it, it's not illegal."
From the Nixon Chapter of the TrumpLaw Code of Military Justice.
From the Nixon Chapter of the TrumpLaw Code of Military Justice.
Leavitt: "Not a single order this president or administration has given to our military has ever been illegal, nor will it ever be. This administration respects and abides by the law."
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"If the President orders soldiers to do it, it's not illegal."
From the Nixon Chapter of the TrumpLaw Code of Military Justice.
From the Nixon Chapter of the TrumpLaw Code of Military Justice.
Next Duffy will order men with facial hair kicked off airplanes.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Next Duffy will order men with facial hair kicked off airplanes.
This is a TrumpLaw-dominated panel, with two fully Trumped judges who are auditioning for the Supreme Court.
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed doubtful Monday that it could force the White House to allow Associated Press journalists back into Oval Office events, as it considered the Justice Department’s effort to limit access to the president. @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-j...
DC Circuit judges spar over AP access to White House
A general rule barring federal courts from issuing injunctions against the president stands in the way of restoring Oval Office access for the nation’s largest wire service.
www.courthousenews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is a TrumpLaw-dominated panel, with two fully Trumped judges who are auditioning for the Supreme Court.
Hegseth is going to keep flying private to avoid these new apparel mandates.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hegseth is going to keep flying private to avoid these new apparel mandates.
No Trump is not going to come out in favor of increasing taxes on the richest Americans.
Faiz Shakir: There can be more taxes on the rich. We have a society that has worked extraordinarily well for wealthy people and not so great for the bottom 60%. The billionaire class has hated Mamdani - Trump's instincts are better, he knows Zohran is looking out for working people.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
No Trump is not going to come out in favor of increasing taxes on the richest Americans.
In the era of late Trumpism, we can expect ever more outrageous overreaching from the lame duck dictator and his minions - much of which will blow up in their faces.
MAGA dimwit Pete Hegseth thinks he's pleasing the Audience of One by "fighting back" but all he's doing is drawing more attention to the question of whether Trump is issuing illegal orders, which was the whole point of the Dem video in the first place.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In the era of late Trumpism, we can expect ever more outrageous overreaching from the lame duck dictator and his minions - much of which will blow up in their faces.
The telecommunications bubble left warehouses of obsolescent routers and components in its wake. Not saying history will repeat itself. But history is important to learn.
the next big scandal is going to be "gpus sitting in warehouses" i'm sure of it
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The telecommunications bubble left warehouses of obsolescent routers and components in its wake. Not saying history will repeat itself. But history is important to learn.
She would have been a good defense lawyer for Wehrmacht mass murderers who "followed orders."
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
She would have been a good defense lawyer for Wehrmacht mass murderers who "followed orders."
If being "establishment" means being anti- totenkopf, count me as establishment
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If being "establishment" means being anti- totenkopf, count me as establishment
They were an amazing duo.
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
They were an amazing duo.
TrumpLaw
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
TrumpLaw
Hahahaha
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hahahaha
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Putin is not going to let his dim stooge, Donald Trump, negotiate on his behalf. But Putin is always pleased when Trump is targeting the victim of Russia's war, which gives Putin more freedom to kill Ukrainians.
This is an improvement but it’s not doing anything to end the war. Ukraine is negotiating with the US—not Russia. Only Putin can end this horrible war.
💥 US and Ukraine have drafted a new 19-point peace deal in Geneva, but left the most politically sensitive elements to be decided by the countries’ presidents, Kyiv negotiator Sergiy Kyslytsya tells @christopherjm.ft.com
"Very few things are left from the original version"
on.ft.com/48w8tnY
"Very few things are left from the original version"
on.ft.com/48w8tnY
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Putin is not going to let his dim stooge, Donald Trump, negotiate on his behalf. But Putin is always pleased when Trump is targeting the victim of Russia's war, which gives Putin more freedom to kill Ukrainians.
Reposted by davidrlurie
This is an improvement but it’s not doing anything to end the war. Ukraine is negotiating with the US—not Russia. Only Putin can end this horrible war.
💥 US and Ukraine have drafted a new 19-point peace deal in Geneva, but left the most politically sensitive elements to be decided by the countries’ presidents, Kyiv negotiator Sergiy Kyslytsya tells @christopherjm.ft.com
"Very few things are left from the original version"
on.ft.com/48w8tnY
"Very few things are left from the original version"
on.ft.com/48w8tnY
US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions
[FREE TO READ] The most politically sensitive elements left for Trump and Zelenskyy to discuss
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is an improvement but it’s not doing anything to end the war. Ukraine is negotiating with the US—not Russia. Only Putin can end this horrible war.