Omri Marian
@omrimarian.bsky.social
Family guy. Acting dad. Dog dad. Tax law professor. Backpacker. Beer snob. Weekend guitarist. Israeli expat in SoCal. President of @glowlaw.org.
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Chat, is it a good sign that we have to update Lindsey Halligan's profile every couple of days?
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November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Chat, is it a good sign that we have to update Lindsey Halligan's profile every couple of days?
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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1/9 Happy Monday!
Today we are featuring Sigal Chattah, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to tell.
In September a judge ruled her appointment is unlawful. That decision is currently stayed pending appeal.
Today we are featuring Sigal Chattah, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to tell.
In September a judge ruled her appointment is unlawful. That decision is currently stayed pending appeal.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1/9 Happy Monday!
Today we are featuring Sigal Chattah, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to tell.
In September a judge ruled her appointment is unlawful. That decision is currently stayed pending appeal.
Today we are featuring Sigal Chattah, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to tell.
In September a judge ruled her appointment is unlawful. That decision is currently stayed pending appeal.
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All, or at least most, of the movies on the list belong on the list. But I think the ranking system within the list was: put the names in a bag, kinda shake it a little, and just pull them randomly.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
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The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
All, or at least most, of the movies on the list belong on the list. But I think the ranking system within the list was: put the names in a bag, kinda shake it a little, and just pull them randomly.
It is difficult for me not to conclude that the DOJ lawyers who put their names on this filling are knowingly lying to court.*
* Expecting that SCOTUS will go along with it.
* Expecting that SCOTUS will go along with it.
This is DOJ's defense👀
"the evidence clearly demonstrates that Texas was not doing DOJ’s supposed bidding—much less in a race conscious way—but instead was engaged in a race-blind partisan gerrymander that happened to affect the districts DOJ identified."
"the evidence clearly demonstrates that Texas was not doing DOJ’s supposed bidding—much less in a race conscious way—but instead was engaged in a race-blind partisan gerrymander that happened to affect the districts DOJ identified."
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It is difficult for me not to conclude that the DOJ lawyers who put their names on this filling are knowingly lying to court.*
* Expecting that SCOTUS will go along with it.
* Expecting that SCOTUS will go along with it.
DOJ's Harmeet Dhillon in a TV interview: My letter to Texas demanding that they do exactly this “is what triggered the Texas legislature and the Texas governor to call the legislature into session to put new maps together."
Can't tell whether we should believe this DOJ or that DOJ.
Can't tell whether we should believe this DOJ or that DOJ.
This is DOJ's defense👀
"the evidence clearly demonstrates that Texas was not doing DOJ’s supposed bidding—much less in a race conscious way—but instead was engaged in a race-blind partisan gerrymander that happened to affect the districts DOJ identified."
"the evidence clearly demonstrates that Texas was not doing DOJ’s supposed bidding—much less in a race conscious way—but instead was engaged in a race-blind partisan gerrymander that happened to affect the districts DOJ identified."
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
DOJ's Harmeet Dhillon in a TV interview: My letter to Texas demanding that they do exactly this “is what triggered the Texas legislature and the Texas governor to call the legislature into session to put new maps together."
Can't tell whether we should believe this DOJ or that DOJ.
Can't tell whether we should believe this DOJ or that DOJ.
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NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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If people are not committing murder, correctly telling them that murder is illegal is, itself, illegal.
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If people are not committing murder, correctly telling them that murder is illegal is, itself, illegal.
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Reminder: It’s really not normal for a senior DOJ official to publicly confirm that DOJ is getting ready to indict someone!
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reminder: It’s really not normal for a senior DOJ official to publicly confirm that DOJ is getting ready to indict someone!
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
(Not to mention that Mizelle no longer works at DOJ — how exactly does he know “of what he speaks”?)
IDK who needs to hear this, but protesting outside a synagogue because it's a synagogue is absolutely wrong, but protesting outside a synagogue because it's hosting an info session about how U.S. Jews can buy real estate in Palestinian territories is absolutely fine and good.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
IDK who needs to hear this, but protesting outside a synagogue because it's a synagogue is absolutely wrong, but protesting outside a synagogue because it's hosting an info session about how U.S. Jews can buy real estate in Palestinian territories is absolutely fine and good.
Anyway, if I must.
The funniest thing was the evacuation from Atarot Airport, which at that point didn't exist for over a decade, and has always been a small, insignificant one-runway airfield.
The writers were probably shocked to learn (after the fact) there is no airport in Jerusalem.
The funniest thing was the evacuation from Atarot Airport, which at that point didn't exist for over a decade, and has always been a small, insignificant one-runway airfield.
The writers were probably shocked to learn (after the fact) there is no airport in Jerusalem.
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Anyway, if I must.
The funniest thing was the evacuation from Atarot Airport, which at that point didn't exist for over a decade, and has always been a small, insignificant one-runway airfield.
The writers were probably shocked to learn (after the fact) there is no airport in Jerusalem.
The funniest thing was the evacuation from Atarot Airport, which at that point didn't exist for over a decade, and has always been a small, insignificant one-runway airfield.
The writers were probably shocked to learn (after the fact) there is no airport in Jerusalem.
These "post a famous person/movie/song about from where you're from" challenges are not much of a challenge when you're from Jerusalem, is all I'm saying.
Post a movie from where you're from.
When you grow up in North Pole, AK, eeeeeveryone asks if you're an elf.
When you grow up in North Pole, AK, eeeeeveryone asks if you're an elf.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These "post a famous person/movie/song about from where you're from" challenges are not much of a challenge when you're from Jerusalem, is all I'm saying.
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WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
So what's the tally? How much did DOGE cost us at the end of the day?
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So what's the tally? How much did DOGE cost us at the end of the day?
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Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
This is not a thing. States don't pay federal taxes, people do. What is she going to do? Tell people to stop paying and face federal charges?
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This is not a thing. States don't pay federal taxes, people do. What is she going to do? Tell people to stop paying and face federal charges?
🎶 "You can leave your hat on..." 🎶
🎶”I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo… what the hell am I doin’ heeere. I don’t belong here.”🎶
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🎶 "You can leave your hat on..." 🎶
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
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Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
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November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from sharing tax return information that immigration officials aimed to use to deport undocumented immigrants, saying the practice violated a taxpayer confidentiality law
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Judge halts IRS sharing of taxpayer info for immigration crackdown
Taxpayer advocacy group, unions are challenging the agency's deal with the Department of Homeland Security, saying it violates taxpayer confidentiality laws.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A federal judge on Friday barred the IRS from sharing tax return information that immigration officials aimed to use to deport undocumented immigrants, saying the practice violated a taxpayer confidentiality law
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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I know it's all funny and we all enjoy making fun of Jr. and JD, but I don't like it one bit. Not at all. I can't really say why, but I feel very uneasy about it.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I know it's all funny and we all enjoy making fun of Jr. and JD, but I don't like it one bit. Not at all. I can't really say why, but I feel very uneasy about it.
Broke: Dems must turn to the center to pick up Trump voters.
Woke: Trump must turn to socialism to pick up Mamdani voters.
Woke: Trump must turn to socialism to pick up Mamdani voters.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Broke: Dems must turn to the center to pick up Trump voters.
Woke: Trump must turn to socialism to pick up Mamdani voters.
Woke: Trump must turn to socialism to pick up Mamdani voters.
The faint crackling sound you're hearing is the brains of all Israeli Government Ministers shortcircuit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The faint crackling sound you're hearing is the brains of all Israeli Government Ministers shortcircuit.