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Sam Brunson
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Georgia Reithal Professor Law, Loyola University Chicago. Lots of taxes, jazz, cooking, and cats. Author "God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in United States Tax Law"
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Okay, it's not the Black Friday 50% off, but if you wanted my book, think its sticker price is too expensive, but missed the Black Friday sale, you can still get it for 40% off! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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I love the Muppets. My kids do too. Make a thousand of these.
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Suddenly my email--both Gmail and Outlook--wants to correct my grammar. The corrections are not helpful! They're distracting, and the suggestions are often less clear and less conversational than my original text.
February 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Trump has now deleted the post, with the White House now claiming, "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."

Karoline Leavitt a few hours ago:

"Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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I am once again asking anyone to explain how all the errors are in one direction.
Trump has now deleted the post, with the White House now claiming, "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."

Karoline Leavitt a few hours ago:

"Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I have a couple questions about this that I think are critical to determining how responsible I should hold BYU for allowing CBP to participate in the career fair.
February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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You might not think Signal counts as "military-grade intelligence." But you'd be forgetting that our actual military uses Signal to plan covert air strikes on foreign countries while accidentally including Jeffrey Goldberg.
They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Chicago is up to freezing! For the first time in months!
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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If you’re not following the case of Steven Feldman, AI Lawyer, your missing out
Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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”we should reform ice to ensure efficient allocation of—“

Cardinal something: that shit is anathema and we should burn it to the ground
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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The same damn people who ensured that my kids were stuck with remote learning for TWO consecutive school years are at it again in Minneapolis.

Only this time, it’s not because they’re reacting stupidly to a natural disaster. It’s because they *are* the disaster.
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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Anyone using "Truly, what's the worst that could happen?" as a reason to vote for someone for *any* political office in 2026 is a fucking wrecker.
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Anyway, given the two choices, I would definitely go the clay in my underwear route.

I guess I’m just not committed enough to be a world-champion ski jumper.
ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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A warning to the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, circa 1859. <chills>
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Anyway, I’m good at finding new jazz, but I haven’t found a way to keep up with the blues as well. Anybody got a website, magazine, radio station, or something that reviews/plays new blues albums? (Also, any recommendations for recent releases?)
February 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Just like with Kilmer Abrego Garcia, the biggest sin any targeted immigrant can commit is winning battles — legal or PR battles — against the government, and they just won’t let those losses go
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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Dems should be explicit that when they retake Congress and the White House they will be stripping his name off of everything.

The ego damage would be significant
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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There are lots of great folks at OK, this is actually pretty sad. Who on earth would go there.
"Moving forward, Oklahoma institutions without R1 status must offer fixed-term, renewable contracts. ... Tenured faculty members at Oklahoma’s two R1 institutions — the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University — will be subject to post-tenure review every five years."
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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You have to understand that these are fundamentally bad people with hatred in their hearts.
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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i RT this with, to be clear, no particular love for cops
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
It is the hour of lapsitting and ear scritches.
February 6, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Annoyingly, this doesn’t specify what exactly is happening. But it sure seems like DHS filed a “motion to pretermit” the asylum application. Which it is doing in countless cases around the country.

There’s been a little reporting on this; there needs to be a bunch more. I’m working a piece myself.
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM