Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn.bsky.social
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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Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
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When I told my wife this story, after my mom had died, she proposed that we revive the tradition with our kids, and now we do it every year - we've upped the amount to $20. It's a small and joyful thing that we and the kids love.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
When I told my wife this story, after my mom had died, she proposed that we revive the tradition with our kids, and now we do it every year - we've upped the amount to $20. It's a small and joyful thing that we and the kids love.
Seth Abramson is a name I haven’t seen in a while.
Iirc, he’s all about making crap up.
Iirc, he’s all about making crap up.
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Seth Abramson is a name I haven’t seen in a while.
Iirc, he’s all about making crap up.
Iirc, he’s all about making crap up.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Just hanging with my father-in-law’s cat.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just hanging with my father-in-law’s cat.
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If any LSU officials are reading this, I want them to know I would be happy to do the “job” of NOT coaching their football team for just half the money they’re paying Kelly! They can’t pass up the great deal I’m offering.
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If any LSU officials are reading this, I want them to know I would be happy to do the “job” of NOT coaching their football team for just half the money they’re paying Kelly! They can’t pass up the great deal I’m offering.
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
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Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
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Thelonious Monk, "Blue Monk" live, 1958.
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk
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November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thelonious Monk, "Blue Monk" live, 1958.
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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Set this to Christmas music and I could watch it all day
witness! the holiday majesty that is the s. d. ireland holiday cement truck
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Set this to Christmas music and I could watch it all day
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
Now that’s it’s Thanksgiving evening, we can move on to Christmas music. And I just discovered this new soul, which features really tasty arrangements of pretty classic Christmas songs.
Swinging In The Holidays
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November 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Now that’s it’s Thanksgiving evening, we can move on to Christmas music. And I just discovered this new soul, which features really tasty arrangements of pretty classic Christmas songs.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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a young woman who signed up to serve her community and our narcissistic, despotic president decided to use her as a prop for his ego
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
a young woman who signed up to serve her community and our narcissistic, despotic president decided to use her as a prop for his ego
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so quit bitch
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
so quit bitch
I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
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Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quick, they can’t have gotten far
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The best way to drop “the AI tag” is to drop AI from your games 🤷♀️
Opposing Steam’s AI Disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says Game Stores Should Drop "the AI tag" Because "it makes no sense" When "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
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#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
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#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
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November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The best way to drop “the AI tag” is to drop AI from your games 🤷♀️
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I get what people are doing. It's like calling Elon Musk "Elona" or whatever. It's dumb and shitty and you shouldn't do it.
I think it's fucked up to use asylum as a political cudgel and I don't give a shit that Trump does it and if you think it's ok thing to do you are also a piece of shit, hth.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I get what people are doing. It's like calling Elon Musk "Elona" or whatever. It's dumb and shitty and you shouldn't do it.
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The president doesn't grant people asylum. That's not how asylum works.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The president doesn't grant people asylum. That's not how asylum works.
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Immigration hot take, but I think if you marry an American, and aren't on the run from the law in your own country, you should get legal status that can only be revoked for a serious felony by the Judge at sentencing, and if you stay married for idk 5 years automatic citizenship
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
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Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Immigration hot take, but I think if you marry an American, and aren't on the run from the law in your own country, you should get legal status that can only be revoked for a serious felony by the Judge at sentencing, and if you stay married for idk 5 years automatic citizenship
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The industry isn’t just New York, LA, DC, and mass media platforms. There are hardworking ethical journalists all over the country who are angry as hell. And this situation wasn’t an open secret! It was just a secret, which is why it’s getting so much attention.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The industry isn’t just New York, LA, DC, and mass media platforms. There are hardworking ethical journalists all over the country who are angry as hell. And this situation wasn’t an open secret! It was just a secret, which is why it’s getting so much attention.
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This kind of content bothers me because while I agree with the underlying premise that we need healthcare reform, 90% of the people agitating for it believe they will get more care, more easily, for less than they are currently paying and I don’t think that’s true
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This kind of content bothers me because while I agree with the underlying premise that we need healthcare reform, 90% of the people agitating for it believe they will get more care, more easily, for less than they are currently paying and I don’t think that’s true