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Talked about WITHOUT CONSENT with the great folks at the Jefferson Exchange (it should be airing now, and again at 8 PM Pacific):
Mon 9AM | Two generations ago, marital rape wasn't a crime in most U.S. states. How did that change?
Sarah Weinman joins the Exchange to discuss her book.
www.ijpr.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"What’s actually going to happen is rich people are going to use AI to replace workers," Hinton told the FT. "It’s going to create massive unemployment and a huge rise in profits. It will make a few people much richer and most people poorer."
futurism.com/godfather-of...
Godfather of AI Says His Creation Is About to Unleash Massive Unemployment
Geoffrey Hinton, considered the "Godfather of AI," is once again offering scary predictions about what AI has in store for us.
futurism.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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!!! At least six federal judges in Texas, along with their clerks and staff, received DOGE’s “tell us what you did last week or else” email.

The Chief Judge of the 5th Circuit told judges and staff not to respond. texaslawbook.net/texas-lawboo...
Texas Lawbook Exclusive: ‘WHAT Did You Do Last Week?’ Texas Judges Hit With ‘DOGE Emails’ - The Texas Lawbook
Just days after Elon Musk said “it is time” to consider impeaching federal judges who block President Donald Trump’s government reform initiatives, at least six federal judges in Texas and many more o...
texaslawbook.net
February 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardboi...
"Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre ... typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence of organized crime ... while dealing with a legal system that has become as corrupt as the organized crime itself."
Hardboiled - Wikipedia
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February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Really enjoyed @robyngigl.bsky.social’s new piece on the legal thrillers she loves and recommends most:
Best Legal Thriller Books (Gift Article)
The novelist Robyn Gigl picks her favorite courtroom dramas and legal whodunits — some of which may surprise you.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Nice to see @robyngigl.bsky.social and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH dominating the new releases in Legal Thrillers on Amazon!
July 8, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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If you don't know anyone who is trans, or you're confused by the issues trans people face, or you think of trans folks as the "other" give Remain Silent a try. It's a legal thriller that may help you see a different perspective. As Ted Lasso would say, "Be curious, not judgmental."
50% OFF Remain Silent
In this timely, compulsively readable legal thriller series set in The Garden State, transgender defense attorney Erin McCabe finds herself drawn into a murder investigation that could land her behind...
www.audiobooks.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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Or for your non-lawyer friends who enjoy a good legal thriller. Or for anyone who wants to see what life is like for a transgender person.

Thank you @ldlainc.bsky.social and Carrie Pestritto for helping to make this book possible.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by @robyngigl.bsky.social for your lawyer pal!
December 18, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Habendum Clause - The provision in a deed, usually following the description, reciting: "to have and to hold, etc." Habendum and Tenendum
Another year, another bunch of bad ideas for legal-themed Hallmark movies :

Two dueling real estate lawyers fight each other to close a transaction before Christmas and find that their love may be the real deal in “Habendum Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
February 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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