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@imcmahan.bsky.social
I'm here to give legal advice ask me anything
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the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no
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The president won't rule out a pardon for the convicted pedophile and sex trafficker who worked for his best friend, another convicted pedophile and sex trafficker who died in prison on his watch.
Probably nothing to see here. Just a diligent civil servant not wanting to speak too hastily.
Probably nothing to see here. Just a diligent civil servant not wanting to speak too hastily.
Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The president won't rule out a pardon for the convicted pedophile and sex trafficker who worked for his best friend, another convicted pedophile and sex trafficker who died in prison on his watch.
Probably nothing to see here. Just a diligent civil servant not wanting to speak too hastily.
Probably nothing to see here. Just a diligent civil servant not wanting to speak too hastily.
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Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"
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Here’s the latest on what’s NOT getting done as federal agents are diverted to assist ICE: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases
Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.
www.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here’s the latest on what’s NOT getting done as federal agents are diverted to assist ICE: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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ICE is now more well-funded than the majority of the world’s militaries.
And that money is being used to recruit, staff, and deploy people just like these two men all across America.
And that money is being used to recruit, staff, and deploy people just like these two men all across America.
In Alamosa, Colorado.
Look at these Trump thugs, smashing out the windows of this man's car with his 1 month old baby inside.
One of them isn't even wearing a shirt.
These are guys who sat at home playing Call of Duty until they were offered 50k in a YouTube ad to go cosplay.
Trump's America.
Look at these Trump thugs, smashing out the windows of this man's car with his 1 month old baby inside.
One of them isn't even wearing a shirt.
These are guys who sat at home playing Call of Duty until they were offered 50k in a YouTube ad to go cosplay.
Trump's America.
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
ICE is now more well-funded than the majority of the world’s militaries.
And that money is being used to recruit, staff, and deploy people just like these two men all across America.
And that money is being used to recruit, staff, and deploy people just like these two men all across America.
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ICE Protests Reminder.
This is how far they're going with the propaganda bullshit.
People have already identified this thug as the same one that Fox News had on as a "fomer gang member"
This is how far they're going with the propaganda bullshit.
People have already identified this thug as the same one that Fox News had on as a "fomer gang member"
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ICE Protests Reminder.
This is how far they're going with the propaganda bullshit.
People have already identified this thug as the same one that Fox News had on as a "fomer gang member"
This is how far they're going with the propaganda bullshit.
People have already identified this thug as the same one that Fox News had on as a "fomer gang member"
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Hey, look, it’s the guy who paid affectionate tribute to US podcaster Charlie Kirk when he got murdered.
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey, look, it’s the guy who paid affectionate tribute to US podcaster Charlie Kirk when he got murdered.
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@bethanyblack.bsky.social said she taught herself economics after seeing so many financial news stories that simply didn’t make sense to her so she had to understand them better and it turns out she was right to start with and the economy simply does not make any sense
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@bethanyblack.bsky.social said she taught herself economics after seeing so many financial news stories that simply didn’t make sense to her so she had to understand them better and it turns out she was right to start with and the economy simply does not make any sense
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Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law
“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”
www.teenvogue.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
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watched two eps of this show and had an almost visceral loathing of its blithely cruel hedonism. Sean gets at why.
I wrote about The Hunting Wives, Erotic MAGA, and the literally libidinal appeal of fascism for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World
A high heel, jammed into a human mouth, forever
Sean T. Collins on The Hunting Wives
www.welcometohellworld.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
watched two eps of this show and had an almost visceral loathing of its blithely cruel hedonism. Sean gets at why.
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the genius ceo of the world's hottest tech company here offers the stunning business insight that openai will "have to somehow make money"
i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
the genius ceo of the world's hottest tech company here offers the stunning business insight that openai will "have to somehow make money"
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Yes, no one wants to visit a Federally occupied city! Including people who live near it!
A page of IL's lawsuit describes the economic harm Noem's goons do to a city.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![Recession and Covid-19 pandemic. Newsom v. Trump, Case No. 25-4870, Dkt. 183, Ex. 14 at 7
(N.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2025). The number of people reporting to work in California’s private sector
decreased by 3.1% in June 2025 and by 4.9% in July 2025, even though those numbers increased
elsewhere. Id. at 1, 4. The study explained: “As a result of [federal] enforcement actions, many
noncitizens avoided work, school, and other public spaces, leading to declines in consumption,
business, work and employment.” Id. at 2. A Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce official
confirmed that the National Guard deployment harmed “small businesses throughout the region,”
explaining that businesses saw “a sharp decrease in customers,” “increased staffing shortages,”
and incurred “additional costs” for “security” and other expenses. Id., Dkt. 183-3 ¶¶ 5-9.
Attendance at public events in Los Angeles also suffered. For example, the director of an LGBTQ+
organization that holds an annual event in a predominantly Latino neighborhood stated that 2,000
fewer people attended the post-deployment event this year compared to prior years. Id., Dkt. 183-
6 ¶¶ 4, 13-14.
207. Similarly, according to reporting in the Washington Post, the deployment of
National Guard troops in the District of Columbia depressed key industries, including tourism,
restaurants, and hospitality services. Within a week after the deployment of federal troops in D.C.,
foot traffic in the District dropped 7 percent on average, with restaurant reservations showing an
even steeper drop.
208. Defendants’ military incursion into Illinois threatens similar immediate harms by
depressing business activities, travel, and tourism in Illinois communities. Chicago taxes various
sales and services. E.g., Mun. Code of Chi. §§ 3-24-030 (hotel tax), 3-30-030 (restaurant tax); 3-
40-010 (sales tax). Thus, when businesses in Chicago experience declining sales, Chicago receives
less tax revenue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiatzsyo6bxaqtfnxlcynx4lddhxykyful7i2up2goj64heeamssru@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes, no one wants to visit a Federally occupied city! Including people who live near it!
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my fundamental problem with this time is: im as cynical as the next guy but i really do not want to live in a world where nothing matters and nothing is real. i like to stand on the earth sometimes and feel it solidly beneath me. call me old fashioned. when im sick i want a doctor not joe rogan
October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
my fundamental problem with this time is: im as cynical as the next guy but i really do not want to live in a world where nothing matters and nothing is real. i like to stand on the earth sometimes and feel it solidly beneath me. call me old fashioned. when im sick i want a doctor not joe rogan
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it is useful not to lose sight of how, underneath everything else, hollow all of this noise is. portland and chicago are warzones, so i am dispatching a couple hundred best buy assistant managers there to quell the insurrections. potemkin stuff, paper thin
October 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
it is useful not to lose sight of how, underneath everything else, hollow all of this noise is. portland and chicago are warzones, so i am dispatching a couple hundred best buy assistant managers there to quell the insurrections. potemkin stuff, paper thin
the only way to eat enough fiber is to eat a four foot 2×4 once a week
October 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the only way to eat enough fiber is to eat a four foot 2×4 once a week
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3. On July 10, George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, was detained by federal agents “while on his way to work as a security guard at a Southern California cannabis farm.”
Retes was violently arrested and then “[h]eld in a jail cell for three days and nights.”
Retes was violently arrested and then “[h]eld in a jail cell for three days and nights.”
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
3. On July 10, George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran, was detained by federal agents “while on his way to work as a security guard at a Southern California cannabis farm.”
Retes was violently arrested and then “[h]eld in a jail cell for three days and nights.”
Retes was violently arrested and then “[h]eld in a jail cell for three days and nights.”
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2. Last week in Chicago, hundreds of federal agents descended on an apartment complex.
67-year-old Roderick Johnson, a citizen, “said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.”
Johnson “was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours" before he was released.
67-year-old Roderick Johnson, a citizen, “said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.”
Johnson “was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours" before he was released.
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
2. Last week in Chicago, hundreds of federal agents descended on an apartment complex.
67-year-old Roderick Johnson, a citizen, “said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.”
Johnson “was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours" before he was released.
67-year-old Roderick Johnson, a citizen, “said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.”
Johnson “was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours" before he was released.
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1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens
Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.
popular.info
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.
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I am so tired of being told that I, a person who got a significant portion of my diet out of dumpsters in my early 20's, hold elitist & "luxury" beliefs by people who have been Professors of Thinking at Harvard since before I was born.
If your considered analysis is that everyone has gone completely mad except for you, then is it likely that’s what happened? Or is it you that is the arse here.
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I am so tired of being told that I, a person who got a significant portion of my diet out of dumpsters in my early 20's, hold elitist & "luxury" beliefs by people who have been Professors of Thinking at Harvard since before I was born.
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oh, i must have missed the louvre’s doxxing campaigns and calling in bomb threats to hospitals and sending huge groups of armed agitators to fucking libraries
October 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
oh, i must have missed the louvre’s doxxing campaigns and calling in bomb threats to hospitals and sending huge groups of armed agitators to fucking libraries
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I'm also reminded of the "whistleblower" report about abuses at a Missouri gender clinic, the author of which is now just a full-time anti-transgender lobbyist, that fell apart the moment any reporter tried to verify it
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'm also reminded of the "whistleblower" report about abuses at a Missouri gender clinic, the author of which is now just a full-time anti-transgender lobbyist, that fell apart the moment any reporter tried to verify it
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How do we know Bari values diversity of thought? On her website you can find men saying conservative things, women saying conservative things, queer people saying conservative things and minorities saying conservative things!
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How do we know Bari values diversity of thought? On her website you can find men saying conservative things, women saying conservative things, queer people saying conservative things and minorities saying conservative things!
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The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.
Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.