Taylor Young
@taylorcyoung.bsky.social
Just another BFA/JD appellate lawyer. Skully doodles and other art at @skullylawyer.bsky.social and on IG @skullylawyer. he/him
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Just putting this out in the world so more folks get the opportunity to hear my brother’s voice. youtu.be/IMa49n8TxN0?...
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see how it works out for him.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see how it works out for him.
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
This is Pluribus.
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This is Pluribus.
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dawg they’re 3D printing their own challenge coins. if i was dhs i’m packing my bag tonight and leaving before the sun comes up
second dance club of the night. Here’s what I got handed as I walked in. The feds are cooked
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
dawg they’re 3D printing their own challenge coins. if i was dhs i’m packing my bag tonight and leaving before the sun comes up
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I thought for sure this was an old quote. He said this statement this morning.
February 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I thought for sure this was an old quote. He said this statement this morning.
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike …”
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike …”
I find it deeply weird that Jeff Buckley is having a TikTok-fueled revival.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I find it deeply weird that Jeff Buckley is having a TikTok-fueled revival.
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Please don't tell me it's this stupid.
It prolly is.
It prolly is.
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Please don't tell me it's this stupid.
It prolly is.
It prolly is.
Did not have this on my Whiskey Friday agenda.
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Did not have this on my Whiskey Friday agenda.
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Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing A.I. Secrets for Start-Up in China
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
1000 times this
Charging a Black journalist under the KKK Act for reporting on a protest is a whole new level of fucked up.
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
1000 times this
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legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 PM
legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
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maybe we shouldnt have put right wing podcasters in charge of the world
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
maybe we shouldnt have put right wing podcasters in charge of the world
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When the "lead opinion" says "We vacate the superior court's order and dismiss the case" but six Justices would affirm the superior court's order and the unsigned "per curiam" says the dismissal "is affirmed." All in a moot case, by the way.
See www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
#AppellateSky
See www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
#AppellateSky
www.courts.wa.gov
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
When the "lead opinion" says "We vacate the superior court's order and dismiss the case" but six Justices would affirm the superior court's order and the unsigned "per curiam" says the dismissal "is affirmed." All in a moot case, by the way.
See www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
#AppellateSky
See www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...
#AppellateSky
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74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it according to a recent YouGov poll.
Wouldn’t it be great if Democratic leadership actually represented the desires of most Democrats?
Wouldn’t it be great if Democratic leadership actually represented the desires of most Democrats?
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 AM
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it according to a recent YouGov poll.
Wouldn’t it be great if Democratic leadership actually represented the desires of most Democrats?
Wouldn’t it be great if Democratic leadership actually represented the desires of most Democrats?
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January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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This can have consequences for how agents see themselves. If they put on clothes designed for war, they are more likely to see cities as hostile terrain and citizens as enemy combatants, which can increase the chance of violence. Link to the story here:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Problem With Greg Bovino’s Overcoat Isn’t What You Think
The head of Border Patrol isn’t referencing the Nazis — but he is sending a message.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This can have consequences for how agents see themselves. If they put on clothes designed for war, they are more likely to see cities as hostile terrain and citizens as enemy combatants, which can increase the chance of violence. Link to the story here:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
Thrasher Magazine calls for abolition of ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Thrasher Magazine calls for abolition of ICE.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
DCC and the Princess Posse have entered the chat!!!
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
DCC and the Princess Posse have entered the chat!!!
The law protects me, not thee.
The law binds thee, not me.
The law binds thee, not me.
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The law protects me, not thee.
The law binds thee, not me.
The law binds thee, not me.