Maine's Black Lawyer
@lutherevers.bsky.social
Not the only one..... I'm told.
Passed the bar, spending my life in public defense.
Likely thinking about cats at all times.
Passed the bar, spending my life in public defense.
Likely thinking about cats at all times.
Pinned
My mood for the next 35 years (give or take).
The lesson we should all take from this travesty is simple: If this ethics compromised hack can get a book deal with prose that reads like it came directly from a moody teenagers diary, anything is possible.
Pitch that book idea, write that play, finish your novel. We can do it.
Pitch that book idea, write that play, finish your novel. We can do it.
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The lesson we should all take from this travesty is simple: If this ethics compromised hack can get a book deal with prose that reads like it came directly from a moody teenagers diary, anything is possible.
Pitch that book idea, write that play, finish your novel. We can do it.
Pitch that book idea, write that play, finish your novel. We can do it.
This is my most 'ADHD melding with Lawyer Brain' take:
Nobody is forcing you to stay on Bluesky. If you don't like the moderation, leave and go somewhere else. There are dozens of social media apps.
You sound like the guy at the bar complaining about how all the other bars in town are better.
Nobody is forcing you to stay on Bluesky. If you don't like the moderation, leave and go somewhere else. There are dozens of social media apps.
You sound like the guy at the bar complaining about how all the other bars in town are better.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is my most 'ADHD melding with Lawyer Brain' take:
Nobody is forcing you to stay on Bluesky. If you don't like the moderation, leave and go somewhere else. There are dozens of social media apps.
You sound like the guy at the bar complaining about how all the other bars in town are better.
Nobody is forcing you to stay on Bluesky. If you don't like the moderation, leave and go somewhere else. There are dozens of social media apps.
You sound like the guy at the bar complaining about how all the other bars in town are better.
Reposted by Maine's Black Lawyer
Support independent media but also this is not what happened
Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Support independent media but also this is not what happened
I know it's pointless to point this out because Republicans have no morals or shame, but this is so goddamn hypocritical.
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I know it's pointless to point this out because Republicans have no morals or shame, but this is so goddamn hypocritical.
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
I'm so done with these worthless fucks. Democrats need to start calling them out and shunning them from society.
apnews.com/article/cali...
"It's immoral and ableist to mock Epstein's shitty grammar and spelling because unnamed hypothetical people have learning disabilities that cause them to struggle with grammar and spelling" is such a peak Bluesky take it feels like a terrible parody you'd see from a Ben Shapiro bit.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"It's immoral and ableist to mock Epstein's shitty grammar and spelling because unnamed hypothetical people have learning disabilities that cause them to struggle with grammar and spelling" is such a peak Bluesky take it feels like a terrible parody you'd see from a Ben Shapiro bit.
If your rights are on paper only, with no path for vindication and assertion when they are violated, then you have no rights and we as a culture lurch closer to massive violence.
It's amazing how the idiots in Congress and the hacks on the courts don't understand this basic idea.
It's amazing how the idiots in Congress and the hacks on the courts don't understand this basic idea.
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If your rights are on paper only, with no path for vindication and assertion when they are violated, then you have no rights and we as a culture lurch closer to massive violence.
It's amazing how the idiots in Congress and the hacks on the courts don't understand this basic idea.
It's amazing how the idiots in Congress and the hacks on the courts don't understand this basic idea.
What insights on war could possibly be delivered with facial hair?
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What insights on war could possibly be delivered with facial hair?
I wish the legacy media spent the time and energy discussing Trump's seagoing murder spree the way they do a 20 year old conviction for a single city council seat.
apnews.com/article/bang...
apnews.com/article/bang...
Bangor, Maine, swears in new City Council member who went to prison for manslaughter
A woman sworn in as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter. The election of Angela Walker has sparked outrage on conservative social media and concern from some...
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I wish the legacy media spent the time and energy discussing Trump's seagoing murder spree the way they do a 20 year old conviction for a single city council seat.
apnews.com/article/bang...
apnews.com/article/bang...
For context, in the two months leading up to this murder, the Whitestown, Indiana Police Department investigated a total of 33 crimes against persons. In a town of over 11,000 people.
Even allowing for overlapping investigations, that's a miniscule crime rate.
whitestown.in.gov/wp-content/u...
Even allowing for overlapping investigations, that's a miniscule crime rate.
whitestown.in.gov/wp-content/u...
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For context, in the two months leading up to this murder, the Whitestown, Indiana Police Department investigated a total of 33 crimes against persons. In a town of over 11,000 people.
Even allowing for overlapping investigations, that's a miniscule crime rate.
whitestown.in.gov/wp-content/u...
Even allowing for overlapping investigations, that's a miniscule crime rate.
whitestown.in.gov/wp-content/u...
Weiss wandering through the ranch she purchased: Why are all these fences blocking the path? Tear them down!"
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Weiss wandering through the ranch she purchased: Why are all these fences blocking the path? Tear them down!"
I did not have the President of the United States misquoting Insane Clown Posse.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I did not have the President of the United States misquoting Insane Clown Posse.
Reposted by Maine's Black Lawyer
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
The Democratic Party is useless as an opposition and even worse as even a left-of-center force.
We are led by privileged senior citizens who are completely clueless about the moment we face.
We are led by privileged senior citizens who are completely clueless about the moment we face.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Democratic Party is useless as an opposition and even worse as even a left-of-center force.
We are led by privileged senior citizens who are completely clueless about the moment we face.
We are led by privileged senior citizens who are completely clueless about the moment we face.
Using this logic, schools can't bar students from using racial slurs.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Using this logic, schools can't bar students from using racial slurs.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
This world is cults all the way down.
Musk gets his $1 trillion compensation package approved by Tesla shareholders.
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
Shareholders in the room chant "Elon, Elon, Elon!"
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This world is cults all the way down.
If Democrats don't immediately move to pack courts, they have absolutely no concern for civil rights.
Each day I think this Supreme Court can't hit a new low, and each day they manage to surprise me.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If Democrats don't immediately move to pack courts, they have absolutely no concern for civil rights.
I skimmed the opinion. It looks like the bonkers 5th circuit is doing the judicial equivalent of "I'm not touching you!"
They pretend that because the drag show plaintiffs don't put on shows that violate the text of the law, there's no risk of injury. Because of course nobody would abuse this law.
They pretend that because the drag show plaintiffs don't put on shows that violate the text of the law, there's no risk of injury. Because of course nobody would abuse this law.
BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit vacates the injunction against Texas's anti-drag law, but remands for further consideration of one part of the challenge — a facial challenge to AG Paxton's enforcement of Part One of the law.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/texass-ant...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/texass-ant...
Texas's anti-drag law is unconstitutional, federal judge rules, permanently blocking enforcement
The ruling from a Reagan appointee leaves Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling defending West Texas A&M's drag ban as an outlier in drag cases. An appeal is expected.
www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I skimmed the opinion. It looks like the bonkers 5th circuit is doing the judicial equivalent of "I'm not touching you!"
They pretend that because the drag show plaintiffs don't put on shows that violate the text of the law, there's no risk of injury. Because of course nobody would abuse this law.
They pretend that because the drag show plaintiffs don't put on shows that violate the text of the law, there's no risk of injury. Because of course nobody would abuse this law.
And unsurprisingly, he's lying about the content. The Court made findings that the images were of nude women, often pulled from Playboy and Penthouse.
They also specifically said if they saw a similar picture of a man, they'd "probably throw it in the trash."
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
They also specifically said if they saw a similar picture of a man, they'd "probably throw it in the trash."
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And unsurprisingly, he's lying about the content. The Court made findings that the images were of nude women, often pulled from Playboy and Penthouse.
They also specifically said if they saw a similar picture of a man, they'd "probably throw it in the trash."
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
They also specifically said if they saw a similar picture of a man, they'd "probably throw it in the trash."
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
Watching the regime eat shit in the most embarrassing way possible brings me great joy.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Watching the regime eat shit in the most embarrassing way possible brings me great joy.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
Today's lesson is "how to spot media covering for bad behavior from cops."
See if you can count all the ways this piece does it.
www.wbay.com/2025/11/04/k...
See if you can count all the ways this piece does it.
www.wbay.com/2025/11/04/k...
Kaukauna community upset with police officer after dumping cat into field; Kaukauna PD now changing guidelines
The Kaukauna community wants something done about the way the police officer treated the lost cat.
www.wbay.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Today's lesson is "how to spot media covering for bad behavior from cops."
See if you can count all the ways this piece does it.
www.wbay.com/2025/11/04/k...
See if you can count all the ways this piece does it.
www.wbay.com/2025/11/04/k...
Over and over, these stories come down to two major inciting factors: Citizens United, and racial resentment over the Obama wins.
White America marched us into oligarchical fascism because the queers and Negros got uppity and they didn't like it.
White America marched us into oligarchical fascism because the queers and Negros got uppity and they didn't like it.
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Over and over, these stories come down to two major inciting factors: Citizens United, and racial resentment over the Obama wins.
White America marched us into oligarchical fascism because the queers and Negros got uppity and they didn't like it.
White America marched us into oligarchical fascism because the queers and Negros got uppity and they didn't like it.