Aryn Conrad
@philosolawyer.bsky.social
Lawyer primarily practicing ability based immigration in the USA. I also have a PhD in Philosophy. (AOS: Phil Bio and Metaethics.) Love poetry and hiking w hubby and dogs.
Please stop calling Trump the first gay president.
It’s bi erasure.
It’s bi erasure.
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Please stop calling Trump the first gay president.
It’s bi erasure.
It’s bi erasure.
“Midnight Hammer” doesn’t sound like a military operation. It doesn’t even sound like a bad Michael Bey movie.
It sounds like the screen name of a porn star.
It sounds like the screen name of a porn star.
June 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“Midnight Hammer” doesn’t sound like a military operation. It doesn’t even sound like a bad Michael Bey movie.
It sounds like the screen name of a porn star.
It sounds like the screen name of a porn star.
I am so tired of living in the middle of a five paragraph essay.
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I am so tired of living in the middle of a five paragraph essay.
Stephen Miller is an Angeleno the same way that Benedict Arnold was American.
June 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Stephen Miller is an Angeleno the same way that Benedict Arnold was American.
Jurisdiction means jurisdiction.
May 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Jurisdiction means jurisdiction.
If they can’t get one guy back from El Salvador, how can we trust they could do anything in an actual hostage situation?
I dont care what excuses they give.
This is just weakness. And cowardice.
I dont care what excuses they give.
This is just weakness. And cowardice.
April 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If they can’t get one guy back from El Salvador, how can we trust they could do anything in an actual hostage situation?
I dont care what excuses they give.
This is just weakness. And cowardice.
I dont care what excuses they give.
This is just weakness. And cowardice.
Authoritarianism feeds on inaction.
Starve it.
Starve it.
March 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Authoritarianism feeds on inaction.
Starve it.
Starve it.
Anger without hope, and without a plan, is doomed.
March 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Anger without hope, and without a plan, is doomed.
People are saying we’re in Germany in 1933. I feel like a better metaphor is 1776, here.
Except George III is in the White House and a third of the electorate are monarchists.
We settled this a long time ago.
Except George III is in the White House and a third of the electorate are monarchists.
We settled this a long time ago.
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
People are saying we’re in Germany in 1933. I feel like a better metaphor is 1776, here.
Except George III is in the White House and a third of the electorate are monarchists.
We settled this a long time ago.
Except George III is in the White House and a third of the electorate are monarchists.
We settled this a long time ago.
Let’s show them Winter is Coming.
(You know, because they say we’re snowflakes and snowflakes took care of the authoritarians last time?)
(Ok, not a perfect metaphor.)
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(You know, because they say we’re snowflakes and snowflakes took care of the authoritarians last time?)
(Ok, not a perfect metaphor.)
3/3
February 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Let’s show them Winter is Coming.
(You know, because they say we’re snowflakes and snowflakes took care of the authoritarians last time?)
(Ok, not a perfect metaphor.)
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(You know, because they say we’re snowflakes and snowflakes took care of the authoritarians last time?)
(Ok, not a perfect metaphor.)
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Trump thinks this is WWE. Musk thinks this is Silicon Valley. It’s neither. This is Westeros—except the ultimate sovereign is “We, the people.” And they can’t take that power away from us if enough of us stand up and say no.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump thinks this is WWE. Musk thinks this is Silicon Valley. It’s neither. This is Westeros—except the ultimate sovereign is “We, the people.” And they can’t take that power away from us if enough of us stand up and say no.
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Any sovereign can potentially check another sovereign. It’s not just checks and balances within the federal systems—other sovereigns—foreign powers, states, and tribal governments—may exert power on our federal government.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Any sovereign can potentially check another sovereign. It’s not just checks and balances within the federal systems—other sovereigns—foreign powers, states, and tribal governments—may exert power on our federal government.
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We really need to push media companies of any kind to hold the line when Trump sues them for defamation. No settlements. It protects freedom of speech when they don’t cave. When they do? Well. It’s not great.
February 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We really need to push media companies of any kind to hold the line when Trump sues them for defamation. No settlements. It protects freedom of speech when they don’t cave. When they do? Well. It’s not great.
New York may think it’s the seat of the Empire, and Chicago can call itself the Second City, but I predict that the City of Angels will be the place from where they televise the revolution.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New York may think it’s the seat of the Empire, and Chicago can call itself the Second City, but I predict that the City of Angels will be the place from where they televise the revolution.
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It typifies a part of the American spirit the right thinks they own. They have nothing on LA. We are ungovernable without our consent or cooperation.
LA has already been through a lot of the struggles that are playing out right now, and came out stronger. We don’t forget our history.
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LA has already been through a lot of the struggles that are playing out right now, and came out stronger. We don’t forget our history.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It typifies a part of the American spirit the right thinks they own. They have nothing on LA. We are ungovernable without our consent or cooperation.
LA has already been through a lot of the struggles that are playing out right now, and came out stronger. We don’t forget our history.
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LA has already been through a lot of the struggles that are playing out right now, and came out stronger. We don’t forget our history.
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New Yorkers, and Trump is a New Yorker, don’t understand LA. Partly because it is fundamentally wild. It’s a feature not a bug. We have coyotes and mountain lions living in our midst and that’s a feature—not a bug.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
New Yorkers, and Trump is a New Yorker, don’t understand LA. Partly because it is fundamentally wild. It’s a feature not a bug. We have coyotes and mountain lions living in our midst and that’s a feature—not a bug.
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Ice Cube said, and I am paraphrasing here, that LA is very territorial but when you bring all those people together, the camaraderie you feel is extraordinary. That’s true—and that’s powerful.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ice Cube said, and I am paraphrasing here, that LA is very territorial but when you bring all those people together, the camaraderie you feel is extraordinary. That’s true—and that’s powerful.
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With Eric Adams under Trump’s thumb, there’s something amazing about a city that is actually 88 cities. That doesn’t include unincorporated communities with their own personalities. It can’t be cowed because how could you get all of us?
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February 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
With Eric Adams under Trump’s thumb, there’s something amazing about a city that is actually 88 cities. That doesn’t include unincorporated communities with their own personalities. It can’t be cowed because how could you get all of us?
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The past few weeks have made me proud to be from LA County. From the protests that shut down the 101 to Kendrick Lamar and Serena’s repping Compton at the superbowl—LA is fundamentally indomitable.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The past few weeks have made me proud to be from LA County. From the protests that shut down the 101 to Kendrick Lamar and Serena’s repping Compton at the superbowl—LA is fundamentally indomitable.
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Can Time Magazine do a cover with Kendrick Lamar on it? Please?
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Can Time Magazine do a cover with Kendrick Lamar on it? Please?
I guess I said I was going to explain immigration. I’m doing that on Facebook—sort of.
But eventually I will.
But eventually I will.
February 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I guess I said I was going to explain immigration. I’m doing that on Facebook—sort of.
But eventually I will.
But eventually I will.
I love that I can come on here and say stuff and I have so few followers it’s the equivalent of screaming into the void.
But there’s a small chance the void answers back.
But there’s a small chance the void answers back.
February 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I love that I can come on here and say stuff and I have so few followers it’s the equivalent of screaming into the void.
But there’s a small chance the void answers back.
But there’s a small chance the void answers back.
North Carolina is an amazing state. We should lead—not follow. But Thom Tillis won’t even protect the Constitution from Trump and Musk. He said he knew what they were doing was unconstitutional but, “Nobody should bellyache about that."
He’s just falling in line. No courage. No conviction.
He’s just falling in line. No courage. No conviction.
February 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
North Carolina is an amazing state. We should lead—not follow. But Thom Tillis won’t even protect the Constitution from Trump and Musk. He said he knew what they were doing was unconstitutional but, “Nobody should bellyache about that."
He’s just falling in line. No courage. No conviction.
He’s just falling in line. No courage. No conviction.
I’m going to slowly, over time, write a series of posts explaining how #H1Bs actually work, and explain the broader context of immigration law, which is most of what I do as a lawyer.
January 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I’m going to slowly, over time, write a series of posts explaining how #H1Bs actually work, and explain the broader context of immigration law, which is most of what I do as a lawyer.