Law Monger
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Legal writer covering wide range of issues who watches way too much college basketball
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We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
February 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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A brilliant piece of diplomatic theatre today.
After Russian drones again violated Moldova’s airspace & exploded close to populated areas, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
As he entered the meeting, he was confronted with parts of the exploded drones.
(🎥 IPN, Moldova)
After Russian drones again violated Moldova’s airspace & exploded close to populated areas, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
As he entered the meeting, he was confronted with parts of the exploded drones.
(🎥 IPN, Moldova)
February 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A brilliant piece of diplomatic theatre today.
After Russian drones again violated Moldova’s airspace & exploded close to populated areas, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
As he entered the meeting, he was confronted with parts of the exploded drones.
(🎥 IPN, Moldova)
After Russian drones again violated Moldova’s airspace & exploded close to populated areas, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
As he entered the meeting, he was confronted with parts of the exploded drones.
(🎥 IPN, Moldova)
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I know Elon has claimed he’s on the spectrum, and people have various theories on it, but what if he’s just a racist asshole who’s high on ketamine all the time?
February 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know Elon has claimed he’s on the spectrum, and people have various theories on it, but what if he’s just a racist asshole who’s high on ketamine all the time?
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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
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Yes.
Should I just troll this man until he actually arrests me
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yes.
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DC peeps, the Environmental Law & Policy Center is hiring! They focus on the Great Lakes but the job is DC based. I've worked with them before- good people and good work.
environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...
environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...
Sr. Attorney-Public Interest Litigation - Environmental Law & Policy Center - Career Page
Apply to Sr. Attorney-Public Interest Litigation at Environmental Law & Policy Center in Washington, DC.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
DC peeps, the Environmental Law & Policy Center is hiring! They focus on the Great Lakes but the job is DC based. I've worked with them before- good people and good work.
environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...
environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...
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It is a crime to lie to Congress if you are not already a member of Congress
MARKEY: Under oath you claimed that when you went to Samoa 'it had nothing to do with vaccines'
RFK Jr: Yes
MARKEY: Well, I have in my hands a blog post in which you say that an anti-vax group you ran offered to fund the trip and that the trip was ultimately arranged by an anti-vaccine activist
RFK Jr: Yes
MARKEY: Well, I have in my hands a blog post in which you say that an anti-vax group you ran offered to fund the trip and that the trip was ultimately arranged by an anti-vaccine activist
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It is a crime to lie to Congress if you are not already a member of Congress
The fact-free world of Donald Trump. “During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries
At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The fact-free world of Donald Trump. “During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Imagine what a competent opposition party could do with this stuff
January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine what a competent opposition party could do with this stuff
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Jason Crow: "You cannot tell me that releasing militia leaders, insurrectionists, criminals back onto the street because it's what you did to placate your political base makes us any more safe ... it's creating an environment that gives permission to extremists to be more bold"
January 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jason Crow: "You cannot tell me that releasing militia leaders, insurrectionists, criminals back onto the street because it's what you did to placate your political base makes us any more safe ... it's creating an environment that gives permission to extremists to be more bold"
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US companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers, experts said reut.rs/3PL0glU
Despite Trump order, abandoning DEI could land companies in legal trouble
U.S. companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers, experts said.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
US companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers, experts said reut.rs/3PL0glU
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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Republicans often nominating conservative judges with actual fealty to law is the exact problem the Federalist Society sought to remedy
BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Republicans often nominating conservative judges with actual fealty to law is the exact problem the Federalist Society sought to remedy
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Just a reminder: as a lawyer you don’t have to do immoral things for the client. You can quit.
BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just a reminder: as a lawyer you don’t have to do immoral things for the client. You can quit.
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Medical advances mean many more people are surviving cancer and living for years or decades with its after effects. Here's how they are navigating life after treatment.
Cancer affects your life for years after diagnosis. Here are survivors' stories
Medical advances mean many more people are surviving cancer and living for years or decades with its after effects. Here's how they are navigating life after treatment.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Medical advances mean many more people are surviving cancer and living for years or decades with its after effects. Here's how they are navigating life after treatment.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
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