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BREAKING: Luigi Mangione's lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss his case on constitutional grounds. Some arguments are specific to his case, involving AG Bondi's actions, while others are more generally applicable.
Law Dork earlier covered the underlying conduct: www.lawdork.com/p/luigi-mang...
Law Dork earlier covered the underlying conduct: www.lawdork.com/p/luigi-mang...
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BREAKING: Luigi Mangione's lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss his case on constitutional grounds. Some arguments are specific to his case, involving AG Bondi's actions, while others are more generally applicable.
Law Dork earlier covered the underlying conduct: www.lawdork.com/p/luigi-mang...
Law Dork earlier covered the underlying conduct: www.lawdork.com/p/luigi-mang...
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Good for you, Mayor Biss!
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Good for you, Mayor Biss!
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A top official at the IRS sued the agency on Thursday, claiming that officials unlawfully leaked employment data to news outlets including Fox News, which then published an incorrect report that she had been fired.
IRS Official Sues Agency, Accusing It of Leaking Private Data to Fox News and Others
Holly Paz was among officials scrutinizing tax shelters before she was placed on leave and Fox News reported she had been fired.
nyti.ms
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A top official at the IRS sued the agency on Thursday, claiming that officials unlawfully leaked employment data to news outlets including Fox News, which then published an incorrect report that she had been fired.
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Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
August 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
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Don't forget: Ukraine already had security guarantees...
When the USSR dissolved in 1991, Ukraine found itself with the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
In 1994, it transferred the nukes to Russia, upon receiving security guarantees from 🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine...
When the USSR dissolved in 1991, Ukraine found itself with the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
In 1994, it transferred the nukes to Russia, upon receiving security guarantees from 🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine...
Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Don't forget: Ukraine already had security guarantees...
When the USSR dissolved in 1991, Ukraine found itself with the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
In 1994, it transferred the nukes to Russia, upon receiving security guarantees from 🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine...
When the USSR dissolved in 1991, Ukraine found itself with the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
In 1994, it transferred the nukes to Russia, upon receiving security guarantees from 🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine...
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In case this matters, I would like anyone who did this or anyone considering doing similar to know that this repainting meant a lot to my gay teenager.
WESH-TV - Protesters in Orlando have repainted the Pulse Memorial crosswalk after Florida state-directed crews removed the rainbow stripes that honor the 49 lives lost during the 2016 massacre.
Protesters repaint crosswalk near Pulse while FDOT paints over more roadways
State and city officials are disputing which roadways violate FDOT rules.
www.wesh.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In case this matters, I would like anyone who did this or anyone considering doing similar to know that this repainting meant a lot to my gay teenager.
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Why can’t a single American journalist do this?
Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s ended numerous wars — he’s now increased the number to ten! — and he’ll surely do it again.
Ask him to name the wars he says he’s won.
Ask Leavitt. Ask Hegseth. Ask Rubio.
Just fucking ask them & don’t let go.
Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s ended numerous wars — he’s now increased the number to ten! — and he’ll surely do it again.
Ask him to name the wars he says he’s won.
Ask Leavitt. Ask Hegseth. Ask Rubio.
Just fucking ask them & don’t let go.
“Trump ended 6 wars.”
“Name 2.”
“Russia Russia Russia… fake news….”
A+ exchange on British 🇬🇧 radio
“Name 2.”
“Russia Russia Russia… fake news….”
A+ exchange on British 🇬🇧 radio
August 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why can’t a single American journalist do this?
Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s ended numerous wars — he’s now increased the number to ten! — and he’ll surely do it again.
Ask him to name the wars he says he’s won.
Ask Leavitt. Ask Hegseth. Ask Rubio.
Just fucking ask them & don’t let go.
Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s ended numerous wars — he’s now increased the number to ten! — and he’ll surely do it again.
Ask him to name the wars he says he’s won.
Ask Leavitt. Ask Hegseth. Ask Rubio.
Just fucking ask them & don’t let go.
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The AI talent wars continue.
Meta is setting its sights on Mira Murati’s 50-person startup, Thinking Machines Lab, and has made offers to at least 12 employees -- even offering one person over $1 BILLION DOLLARS to make the jump.
From the debut of @kylierobison.com's newsletter, Model Behavior:
Meta is setting its sights on Mira Murati’s 50-person startup, Thinking Machines Lab, and has made offers to at least 12 employees -- even offering one person over $1 BILLION DOLLARS to make the jump.
From the debut of @kylierobison.com's newsletter, Model Behavior:
Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target
Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion.
www.wired.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The AI talent wars continue.
Meta is setting its sights on Mira Murati’s 50-person startup, Thinking Machines Lab, and has made offers to at least 12 employees -- even offering one person over $1 BILLION DOLLARS to make the jump.
From the debut of @kylierobison.com's newsletter, Model Behavior:
Meta is setting its sights on Mira Murati’s 50-person startup, Thinking Machines Lab, and has made offers to at least 12 employees -- even offering one person over $1 BILLION DOLLARS to make the jump.
From the debut of @kylierobison.com's newsletter, Model Behavior:
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On the left:
Washington Post report: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
On the right:
Background reading, Professor Jason Stanley's vital Sept 2024 book
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Erasin...
Washington Post report: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
On the right:
Background reading, Professor Jason Stanley's vital Sept 2024 book
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Erasin...
July 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
On the left:
Washington Post report: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
On the right:
Background reading, Professor Jason Stanley's vital Sept 2024 book
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Erasin...
Washington Post report: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
On the right:
Background reading, Professor Jason Stanley's vital Sept 2024 book
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Erasin...
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Imagine a world where:
💻 Your device is truly yours
📱 You speak freely without fear
🔐 Your privacy is protected
That's the future we're fighting for at EFF. Stand with us for our 35th anniversary!
💻 Your device is truly yours
📱 You speak freely without fear
🔐 Your privacy is protected
That's the future we're fighting for at EFF. Stand with us for our 35th anniversary!
35 Years for Privacy, Free Speech, and a Brighter Future
Through July 10, new monthly or annual Sustaining Donors get an EFF35 Challenge Coin! With your help, EFF is here to stay.
eff.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Imagine a world where:
💻 Your device is truly yours
📱 You speak freely without fear
🔐 Your privacy is protected
That's the future we're fighting for at EFF. Stand with us for our 35th anniversary!
💻 Your device is truly yours
📱 You speak freely without fear
🔐 Your privacy is protected
That's the future we're fighting for at EFF. Stand with us for our 35th anniversary!
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“Squared off”
June 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Squared off”
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I don't know how anyone can watch this and consider it anything other than absolutely abhorrent; not just breaking the Geneva Convention and agreed international humanitarian law multiple times over, but any sense of decency and humanity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
BBC Verify investigates Israel's strike on Gaza's European Hospital
BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals came under Israeli attack.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I don't know how anyone can watch this and consider it anything other than absolutely abhorrent; not just breaking the Geneva Convention and agreed international humanitarian law multiple times over, but any sense of decency and humanity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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We see you Marco! Shoutout to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for his epic response!
May 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We see you Marco! Shoutout to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for his epic response!
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House Democratic Leadership Statement on Trump's Attempt to Intimidate Congress.
May 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
House Democratic Leadership Statement on Trump's Attempt to Intimidate Congress.
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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
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I've never been charged with a crime or a member of a gang, but neither was Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I have never been associated with terror groups, but neither was Mahmoud Khalil
I have never made any especially controversial public statements, but neither had Rumeysa Ozturk
I have never been associated with terror groups, but neither was Mahmoud Khalil
I have never made any especially controversial public statements, but neither had Rumeysa Ozturk
April 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I've never been charged with a crime or a member of a gang, but neither was Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I have never been associated with terror groups, but neither was Mahmoud Khalil
I have never made any especially controversial public statements, but neither had Rumeysa Ozturk
I have never been associated with terror groups, but neither was Mahmoud Khalil
I have never made any especially controversial public statements, but neither had Rumeysa Ozturk
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if they could legally do any of this to the rest of us, they already would be. They will push and strain and test and twist the system until they can. And, if we let them, they will.
"nothing can stop this" is one way of letting them. So is "we're already there" and/or "RIP rule of law lol"
"nothing can stop this" is one way of letting them. So is "we're already there" and/or "RIP rule of law lol"
April 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
if they could legally do any of this to the rest of us, they already would be. They will push and strain and test and twist the system until they can. And, if we let them, they will.
"nothing can stop this" is one way of letting them. So is "we're already there" and/or "RIP rule of law lol"
"nothing can stop this" is one way of letting them. So is "we're already there" and/or "RIP rule of law lol"
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PSA:
Naz Modirzadeh has a new paper:
“Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL.
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=521...
Naz Modirzadeh has a new paper:
“Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL.
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=521...
<p>“Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL</p>
<p>This article examines a phenomenon unfolding within the United States’ military legal establishment: an effort by a segment of military lawyers to define how
papers.ssrn.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
PSA:
Naz Modirzadeh has a new paper:
“Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL.
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=521...
Naz Modirzadeh has a new paper:
“Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL.
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=521...
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Trump has been trying to bully Maine Governor Janet Mills. A fight he is not winning.
Her unwillingness to back down, similar to Boston Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social, is a lesson that could be well learned by some universities and law firms in our midst. 1/
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/12/s...
Her unwillingness to back down, similar to Boston Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social, is a lesson that could be well learned by some universities and law firms in our midst. 1/
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/12/s...
Trump administration is ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine - The Boston Globe
A US District Court judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze aid to Maine, in an ongoing dispute over whether the state was complying with Title IX, the law that bans discriminatio...
www.bostonglobe.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Trump has been trying to bully Maine Governor Janet Mills. A fight he is not winning.
Her unwillingness to back down, similar to Boston Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social, is a lesson that could be well learned by some universities and law firms in our midst. 1/
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/12/s...
Her unwillingness to back down, similar to Boston Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social, is a lesson that could be well learned by some universities and law firms in our midst. 1/
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/12/s...
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Reading the transcript of Princeton's president Eisengruber on the Daily and what a cogent, powerful, and brave defense of #academic #freedom. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?
A few highlights, but it's worth a read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?
A few highlights, but it's worth a read.
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Reading the transcript of Princeton's president Eisengruber on the Daily and what a cogent, powerful, and brave defense of #academic #freedom. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?
A few highlights, but it's worth a read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?
A few highlights, but it's worth a read.
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This seems like a good idea. bsky.app/profile/matt...
When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
hello! i am very curious if anybody is building a rapid response network to file habeas shell petitions for nice people before ice can take them out of state?
April 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This seems like a good idea. bsky.app/profile/matt...
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From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
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Trump sent a teenager in the US legally to a gulag for being Venezuelan www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Austin-Area Teen Trump Disappeared to El Salvador
Eighteen-year-old Daniel Terán was taken from his home and shipped to a notorious prison on the charge that he is a gang member. The government hasn't produced evidence supporting the claim, says his ...
www.texasmonthly.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump sent a teenager in the US legally to a gulag for being Venezuelan www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...