Special Agent Elegant Mess
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I still cannot stop laughing, full body, about this #LadyLawyerDiaries
Lawyer Calls Judge ‘Honey’ During Oral Argument And You Can Feel The Cringe
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/06/lawyer-calls-judge-honey-during-oral-argument-and-you-can-feel-the-cringe/
Lawyer Calls Judge ‘Honey’ During Oral Argument And You Can Feel The Cringe
You can't spell "Your Honor" without "Hon..."
abovethelaw.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I still cannot stop laughing, full body, about this #LadyLawyerDiaries
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Many thousands are marching through downtown Los Angeles to protest the Trump administration. The national guard is outside multiple buildings.
June 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Many thousands are marching through downtown Los Angeles to protest the Trump administration. The national guard is outside multiple buildings.
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Bit of a crowd. Haven't seen a crowd this large since I have lived here.
June 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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One very small town in western Maryland that’s in Trump land had 6 blocks of demonstrators. Could hardly believe my eyes.
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
One very small town in western Maryland that’s in Trump land had 6 blocks of demonstrators. Could hardly believe my eyes.
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Huge turnout at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, Missisisppi today, wrapping up and down both sides of the streets around City Hall.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
June 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Huge turnout at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, Missisisppi today, wrapping up and down both sides of the streets around City Hall.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
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🧵 I'm heading towards one of the protest sites dotted around DC some distance away from the parade.
We're still some distance away, but immediately upon exiting the Metro, the long trail of protests is out and about with honking, supportive drivers passing by.
We're still some distance away, but immediately upon exiting the Metro, the long trail of protests is out and about with honking, supportive drivers passing by.
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🧵 I'm heading towards one of the protest sites dotted around DC some distance away from the parade.
We're still some distance away, but immediately upon exiting the Metro, the long trail of protests is out and about with honking, supportive drivers passing by.
We're still some distance away, but immediately upon exiting the Metro, the long trail of protests is out and about with honking, supportive drivers passing by.
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More true now than when I first wrote these words…
June 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
More true now than when I first wrote these words…
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A survey of Senate Republicans by Scripps News revealed that at least 41 of the 53 Republicans in the upper chamber are skipping the parade. Trump's expensive, tanks-in-the-street birthday party isn't that popular.
It’s Trump’s Party and He’ll Whine If He Wants To
Plus: The latest congressional corruption is too obvious.
www.thebulwark.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A survey of Senate Republicans by Scripps News revealed that at least 41 of the 53 Republicans in the upper chamber are skipping the parade. Trump's expensive, tanks-in-the-street birthday party isn't that popular.
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These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
June 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
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Perhaps Newsom should have spent less time chumming around with authoritarian buffoons on his podcast and more time preparing and strategizing for the entirely predicable thing that is happening in his state right now.
Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...
Gov. Ferguson signs bill restricting out-of-state military forces in Washington
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington without explicit permission.
katu.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Perhaps Newsom should have spent less time chumming around with authoritarian buffoons on his podcast and more time preparing and strategizing for the entirely predicable thing that is happening in his state right now.
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Republicans' new pitch for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Republicans' new pitch for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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NEW: "Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
And it may already be happening in the US.
And it may already be happening in the US.
The Trump Administration Wants to Create an 'Office of Remigration' to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country
"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department...
www.wired.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NEW: "Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
And it may already be happening in the US.
And it may already be happening in the US.
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Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
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this is excellent work & contains call/email templates at the end with callouts for the specific legislative mechanisms democratic senators could use to kill this part of the bill.
read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.
read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.
STOP: Don’t panic–organize!
@thefreeradical.org and I consulted for weeks with experts about the bill attacking Medicaid for trans people.
We find that advocates can still kill the bill or mitigate its impacts through direct action and community solidarity. 🧵👇🏽
www.madycast.com/p/dont-panic...
@thefreeradical.org and I consulted for weeks with experts about the bill attacking Medicaid for trans people.
We find that advocates can still kill the bill or mitigate its impacts through direct action and community solidarity. 🧵👇🏽
www.madycast.com/p/dont-panic...
Don’t Panic–the Battle Over the Trans Medicaid Ban Is Far From Over. Here’s How To Fight Back.
While confusion and misinformation spreads on social media, advocates offer concrete strategies to stop the GOP’s genocidal attack on trans people’s lives through community solidarity and defiance.
www.madycast.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
this is excellent work & contains call/email templates at the end with callouts for the specific legislative mechanisms democratic senators could use to kill this part of the bill.
read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.
read the piece. make the calls. there’s no earthly reason any senator’s phone should stop ringing in the near future.
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
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This quote resonated with me, someone who has been a contingent faculty member for a decade
Quote of the Day:
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
-Konstantin Josef Jireče
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.
We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
-Konstantin Josef Jireče
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This quote resonated with me, someone who has been a contingent faculty member for a decade
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June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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John Yoo once wrote at length in an OLC memo about what size box it was legal to lock a suspected terrorist in (spoiler alert: very small) and for how long, and whether it was okay to put an insect in there with him.
So probably it's bad that they've lost him.
So probably it's bad that they've lost him.
1/ People sometimes need a jarring reminder of how far down the path Trump administration is going toward authoritarian assertions of power
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan
Podcast Episode · Consider This from NPR · 05/02/2025 · 10m
podcasts.apple.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
John Yoo once wrote at length in an OLC memo about what size box it was legal to lock a suspected terrorist in (spoiler alert: very small) and for how long, and whether it was okay to put an insect in there with him.
So probably it's bad that they've lost him.
So probably it's bad that they've lost him.