Ron
@ronthesecond.bsky.social
Tax Attorney. Former Congressional aide.
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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
AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
I am definitely feeling like a proud Episcopalian
January 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am definitely feeling like a proud Episcopalian
I'm really attempting to save my energy but man these last few days are REALLY testing my patience
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm really attempting to save my energy but man these last few days are REALLY testing my patience
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If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
There is nothing like receiving a bad opinion during the holidays.
December 30, 2024 at 11:54 PM
There is nothing like receiving a bad opinion during the holidays.
It was a staple in my house.
December 7, 2024 at 6:14 PM
It was a staple in my house.
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I have a lot of thoughts on this. like, I get it, truly I do. but also lots of good local news is available online, and even if offered quality reporting, would some people even take it? that right-wing echo chamber is so affirming. plus, a lot of local news is now owned by Sinclair anyway, etc.
New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...
In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
December 6, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I have a lot of thoughts on this. like, I get it, truly I do. but also lots of good local news is available online, and even if offered quality reporting, would some people even take it? that right-wing echo chamber is so affirming. plus, a lot of local news is now owned by Sinclair anyway, etc.
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The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
December 4, 2024 at 1:17 AM
The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
I wonder if Crumley gets a jersey this season.
December 1, 2024 at 7:50 PM
I wonder if Crumley gets a jersey this season.
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Some of you are crossing the line from understandably sad about the election and nervous about the future into a conviction that the only appropriate emotion for everything is despair and that it's impossible for anything to ever get better again, anywhere, and friends that is called depression.
November 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Some of you are crossing the line from understandably sad about the election and nervous about the future into a conviction that the only appropriate emotion for everything is despair and that it's impossible for anything to ever get better again, anywhere, and friends that is called depression.
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Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm.
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm.
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
This is true especially considering how good the Chiefs defense is.
Bryce Young is balling out today. I haven't seen him throw the ball into harm's way too much today, impressive against the Chiefs.
He's been accurate and putting the ball where he wants it to go.
Keep it going. #Panthers
He's been accurate and putting the ball where he wants it to go.
Keep it going. #Panthers
November 24, 2024 at 7:47 PM
This is true especially considering how good the Chiefs defense is.
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Appellate lawyer mini-vacation is just a Brief Retreat.
November 23, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Appellate lawyer mini-vacation is just a Brief Retreat.
Two easy drives by Mahonnes. Offense better score some points today
November 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Two easy drives by Mahonnes. Offense better score some points today
This Kendrick album is pretty dope. I definitely like it better than the last.
November 24, 2024 at 2:06 PM
This Kendrick album is pretty dope. I definitely like it better than the last.
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Project 2025 is the basic blueprint for the second Trump administration, exactly as everyone (including its authors) always said it was. Trump got his hardcore base to enthusiastically parrot his lies disavowing it because deep down, many of them see themselves "in on" the scam.
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Project 2025 is the basic blueprint for the second Trump administration, exactly as everyone (including its authors) always said it was. Trump got his hardcore base to enthusiastically parrot his lies disavowing it because deep down, many of them see themselves "in on" the scam.
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listen, this opinion is more than 60 pages and it is *non-sense*
judge acknowledges that DOL has the power to control the exemption but buys the argument that increasing the income threshold "displaces" the other elements of the test (it does not).
honestly wild how little sense this makes. 1/
judge acknowledges that DOL has the power to control the exemption but buys the argument that increasing the income threshold "displaces" the other elements of the test (it does not).
honestly wild how little sense this makes. 1/
November 22, 2024 at 12:04 AM
listen, this opinion is more than 60 pages and it is *non-sense*
judge acknowledges that DOL has the power to control the exemption but buys the argument that increasing the income threshold "displaces" the other elements of the test (it does not).
honestly wild how little sense this makes. 1/
judge acknowledges that DOL has the power to control the exemption but buys the argument that increasing the income threshold "displaces" the other elements of the test (it does not).
honestly wild how little sense this makes. 1/
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Finally, I'll say:
It’s an unenviable position to decide whether to fight for one’s dignity and be dismissed as a distraction feeding the opposition’s narrative, or to say, "I’m not going to take the bait," and choose otherwise. Whatever one chooses, let’s be clear: it’s not a costless choice.
It’s an unenviable position to decide whether to fight for one’s dignity and be dismissed as a distraction feeding the opposition’s narrative, or to say, "I’m not going to take the bait," and choose otherwise. Whatever one chooses, let’s be clear: it’s not a costless choice.
November 20, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Finally, I'll say:
It’s an unenviable position to decide whether to fight for one’s dignity and be dismissed as a distraction feeding the opposition’s narrative, or to say, "I’m not going to take the bait," and choose otherwise. Whatever one chooses, let’s be clear: it’s not a costless choice.
It’s an unenviable position to decide whether to fight for one’s dignity and be dismissed as a distraction feeding the opposition’s narrative, or to say, "I’m not going to take the bait," and choose otherwise. Whatever one chooses, let’s be clear: it’s not a costless choice.
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The Only Bluesky Tip You Need to Know:
Liking a post doesn't really do much, other than letting the poster know you liked it.
Reposting ("retweet") actually shares the post with your followers.
No algorithm, remember?
Liking a post doesn't really do much, other than letting the poster know you liked it.
Reposting ("retweet") actually shares the post with your followers.
No algorithm, remember?
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The Only Bluesky Tip You Need to Know:
Liking a post doesn't really do much, other than letting the poster know you liked it.
Reposting ("retweet") actually shares the post with your followers.
No algorithm, remember?
Liking a post doesn't really do much, other than letting the poster know you liked it.
Reposting ("retweet") actually shares the post with your followers.
No algorithm, remember?
In 2020 Cheri Beasley lost her race for Chief Justice by 401 votes. Looks like we will have a similiar margin in this year's Supreme Court race. Riggs currently up 66 votes.
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 AM
In 2020 Cheri Beasley lost her race for Chief Justice by 401 votes. Looks like we will have a similiar margin in this year's Supreme Court race. Riggs currently up 66 votes.
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1/ The GOP has been declared the victor in 218 House races, the Dems have won 212 races and 5 races are left to be called: AK-AL, CA-13, CA-45, IA-1 & OH-9.
There is a reasonable likelihood that the Dems will win up to 4 of the uncalled races, which could but them up to 216 seats.
The twist is . .
There is a reasonable likelihood that the Dems will win up to 4 of the uncalled races, which could but them up to 216 seats.
The twist is . .
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
1/ The GOP has been declared the victor in 218 House races, the Dems have won 212 races and 5 races are left to be called: AK-AL, CA-13, CA-45, IA-1 & OH-9.
There is a reasonable likelihood that the Dems will win up to 4 of the uncalled races, which could but them up to 216 seats.
The twist is . .
There is a reasonable likelihood that the Dems will win up to 4 of the uncalled races, which could but them up to 216 seats.
The twist is . .
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Elon pumping multiple messages of misinformation and Trump prop every hour to 200 million followers. What could we expect to happen?
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 17, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Elon pumping multiple messages of misinformation and Trump prop every hour to 200 million followers. What could we expect to happen?
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The question no pundit demanding wholesale change of Dem politics has been able to answer:
I mean as soon as you grant the premise that truth no longer matters, you've already lost. If what you do and say as a candidate no longer matters, then why is changing what you do and say as a candidate going to matter?
November 17, 2024 at 7:04 AM
The question no pundit demanding wholesale change of Dem politics has been able to answer:
Despite other needs...I wouldn't mind the Panthers drafting him. Tet, XL and Coker feeding families.
WR1 of the 2025 NFL Draft
November 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Despite other needs...I wouldn't mind the Panthers drafting him. Tet, XL and Coker feeding families.