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Joshua Erlich

@joshuaerlich.bsky.social

civil rights lawyer, exhausted DM for Signal info

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mhmm

05.03.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

love a statement in this year of our lord 2026 that could have been made to the Roman Senate

05.03.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 11
*Walter Bloomberg β€’ @Deltaone
X.com
TRUMP SAYS HE NEEDS TO BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN SELECTING IRAN'S NEXT LEADER
-AXIOS
11:16 AM β€’ 3/5/26 β€’ 16K Views

*Walter Bloomberg β€’ @Deltaone X.com TRUMP SAYS HE NEEDS TO BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN SELECTING IRAN'S NEXT LEADER -AXIOS 11:16 AM β€’ 3/5/26 β€’ 16K Views

we gotta do something about foreigners voting

05.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

hey look it’s y’all’s favorite lawyer’s cohost at it again

05.03.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

i guess i'm fine not knowing but i really don't understand what this guy's deal is

05.03.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

secret power up: 1L isn't all that bad if you've had to do an actual day's work first

05.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

rest in power Simon

05.03.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

so Divorced that you bring your family court conspiracy theories to chancery court

05.03.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

why is Peter Beinart talking to Matt Schlapp?

05.03.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Alex @alex.bsky.team β€’ 2h our userbase is already conspiracy brained enough about our rationale for suspensions without us making it this easy for them to accidentally entrap themselves

Alex @alex.bsky.team β€’ 2h our userbase is already conspiracy brained enough about our rationale for suspensions without us making it this easy for them to accidentally entrap themselves

Uhhhmmm don’t love a Bluesky dev publicly calling the entire user base conspiracy brained.

If Bluesky users are prone to conspiracies @alex.bsky.team it’s because y’all place no value on communicating and don’t give people enough information, forcing them to come to their own conclusions.

05.03.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1201    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 27

to clarify: the dog always talks. this is only about what she’s saying.

05.03.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

never liked how it ended between you and The Chainsmokers

05.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

it was, ultimately, never introduced as actual evidence. it would have probably disintegrated by that point.

05.03.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

guy walks in with a banana and says it’s evidence and then like what the fuck do you do with an evidence banana, you know?

05.03.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

I once had a banana with a slur sharpied on it in my freezer for months

05.03.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to support trans Dems like @beth4ma.bsky.social

04.03.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

just going to presume you were asking about this

04.03.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

correction here, Paul also defected

04.03.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

yes, Dems want less uptight people, like nazis. famously chill those folks.

04.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

hey, uh @unavaleable.bsky.social or @sodrock.bsky.social, what the hell is happening here

04.03.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

god help me and fuck Chuck Schumer, but it's genuinely bullshit that Schumer is the key image here. it was a party line vote, with Schumer voting against. only Dem that broke ranks was Fetterman, of course.

04.03.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1730    πŸ” 316    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 17

TERF to fascist pipeline remains undefeated

04.03.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

the point he lands on here is β€œself-determination is not trustworthy”, which is not not fascism adjacent

04.03.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, i very rarely actually look at them, but i do have the feature turned on that puts some feed posts into your main TL

04.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

is it enshittified or do i not know how to use it, the greatest thread in the history of bluesky, locked after 8 million comments

04.03.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

folks, we have feeds

do you have a preferred one for news/breaking new, @joshuajfriedman.com?

04.03.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

sure does. FYI @shortcircuitij.bsky.social

04.03.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
If you're not redirected in a few seconds, click here

again, summary from @shortcircuitij.bsky.social, and link to the opinion here:

04.03.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Allegation: Detroit officer lied on search warrant application and lied on witness stand, resulting in man spending more than seven years in prison for cocaine that he did not deal. (He’s released early after conviction integrity unit finds it can’t verify the officer’s testimony, for instance, whether the confidential informant actually existed.) Sixth Circuit: But officers have absolute immunity for lying on the stand, and the search warrant was for the man’s mother’s houseβ€”where he disclaims a privacy interest. So you had to show the officer was lying at some other point in the process, which you didn’t argue.

Allegation: Detroit officer lied on search warrant application and lied on witness stand, resulting in man spending more than seven years in prison for cocaine that he did not deal. (He’s released early after conviction integrity unit finds it can’t verify the officer’s testimony, for instance, whether the confidential informant actually existed.) Sixth Circuit: But officers have absolute immunity for lying on the stand, and the search warrant was for the man’s mother’s houseβ€”where he disclaims a privacy interest. So you had to show the officer was lying at some other point in the process, which you didn’t argue.

on the other hand, absolute immunity is less calvinball and more grossly unconstitutional

04.03.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0