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Keith Kaplan
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Dad. Husband. Law Clerk, Former Councilman, Tech geek.
Reader of legal things. I cause discourse.
Always looking for interesting information.
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This is exactly right.

They haven't settled for dim brutes who blindly follow orders regardless of the law. That's what they want. That's what they got. There's no reforming or improving it now.

Democrats need to investigate, defund, and ultimately disband the president's brownshirt brigade.
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.

But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.

www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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They need time to make new claims! This is ridiculous.*

*And that's not the right word. We don't have a word that expresses this sort of injustice.
Judge Murphy DENIES the motion to stop the flight taking the eight men from Djibouti to South Sudan.

It's "substantially similar" to the relief sought by orders paused by SCOTUS.

The flight is set to take off in roughly 30 minutes.

Background www.allrisenews.com/p/litman-sco...
July 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Let’s not forget that earlier today, this day was known as “we cannot build bananas in America” day. That is, until everything went bananas
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I knew about this issue and couldn’t believe it - in 2023, but was barred by court order from discussion.

A woman made a video in which she claimed her husband refused to give her a divorce.

The judge not only issued a restraining order - requiring the video removed from the internet, but sealed
Briefing Ordered Unsealed in N.J. Case Involving Gag Order on Jewish Woman Who Claimed Her Husband Denied Her Jewish Divorce
Back in 2023, I blogged about S.B.B. v. L.B.B., a New Jersey intermediate appellate court case: he plaintiff husband and defendant wife were getting
reason.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You may beat the rap, but you’re not gonna beat the ride.

www.wfla.com/news/polk-co...
Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police
A Lakeland woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”
www.wfla.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Every time I see someone post this image it goes viral
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Guy with no problem living on stolen Indian land has thoughts.
Teaneck is so fucking embarrassing… this is vile
November 19, 2024 at 11:47 PM
When the Teaneck Board of Ed violated my Civil Right, I was glad FIRE existed.

FIRE: “Board officials unevenly enforced vague and overbroad policies to shut down criticism of the superintendent’s response to Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.”

www.thefire.org/news/new-jer...
New Jersey school board selectively restricts public comments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Board officials unevenly enforced vague and overbroad policies to shut down criticism of the superintendent’s response to Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.
www.thefire.org
December 1, 2023 at 2:09 AM
I reported that a Superior Court Judge denied a motion to dismiss defamation charges brought against local elected council member (in her individual capacity).

A day later, she attempted to have my press access revoked.

www.teanecktoday.com/blog/teaneck...
September 19, 2023 at 2:44 PM
I had high hopes that the campaign promises Hillary Zaer Goldberg made regarding “transparency” and “openness” were going to be real.

Instead she has been focused on making sure I can’t get information to share with residents.

Luckily, we the First Amendment.

dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/t...
September 14, 2023 at 9:15 PM
I feel seen.
“We are living in a streaming paradox. As both an entertainment business model and a consumer experience, streaming has become a victim of its own success… more choice than ever before, while also making it harder than ever to actually enjoy that abundance.”
September 10, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Stoped clocks, something something…
September 8, 2023 at 9:29 PM
With thanks to @toobigtofail.bsky.social!

Let's try this out...
September 6, 2023 at 10:08 PM