I bet it's by huffing a bunch of paint from a brown paper bag. He thinks silver is the best flavor, but does gold instead as he's told.
11.02.2026 19:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@ccourage.bsky.social
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I bet it's by huffing a bunch of paint from a brown paper bag. He thinks silver is the best flavor, but does gold instead as he's told.
11.02.2026 19:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here's profs from my undergrad behaving like assholes: www.rooster.info/p/ohio-state.... And then a law prof crying assault and misrepresenting the law. Both need firing. Or admin leave, investigation, fired, in modern parlance.
11.02.2026 16:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The best thing about philosophy is that all the great philosophers in history were basically wrong about almost everything, so there's really not that much pressure to be right.
06.02.2026 15:51 β π 241 π 29 π¬ 4 π 3My inner tyrant says get rid of all of them. All politicians are tainted.
05.02.2026 17:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Schumer needs to get the hell out": House Democrats fume over DHS funding talks
05.02.2026 17:22 β π 981 π 283 π¬ 122 π 51If he cancels or nationalizes any part of any election, I riot.
03.02.2026 21:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There may be a way to sue individual federal agents for state law tort claims for violations of the Constitution. It avoids Bivens, can avoid QI, and is a sort of "reverse Section" 1983 claim. Still plenty of hurdles to jump through, but as a practitioner I see the path in my jurisdiction.
03.02.2026 14:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good faith is where I got hung up. I argue in good faith because I tell you up front that I'm advocating and not being neutral about it. If opposing counsel says I am not acting in good faith, them's fighting words. I see you mean it in a broader sense now.
29.01.2026 18:08 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Never implied otherwise. I'm just blunt. I enjoy what I've read of his.
29.01.2026 17:29 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I take you at your word when you say "Lawyers . . . are not my colleagues." I see it differently is all and was being a bit wry. Scholarship is important.
29.01.2026 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes, the solution is to retreat to your ivory towers. Brilliant. Stay cloistered, then, far away from us dirty practicing attorneys. Unless you write something that helps my client. Then, you're okay.
29.01.2026 15:30 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 3 π 2You academics are funny. Go at each other more, not less. Screw gentility.
29.01.2026 15:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I see. Then we force Venezuela to give it to us on conditions specified by the admin. Cool tricks from a lawless bunch.
28.01.2026 17:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti, not ICE. Accuracy is important.
27.01.2026 21:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Performative. Go for the head of the snake. It's already too late, but it's the least you can do.
27.01.2026 18:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seems that way. I'm even more interested in the twisted logic they take to get there given the shitty state of our jurisprudence.
23.01.2026 16:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Go harsher even. "Catastrophic" is a nice word. What a time to teach international relations it must be.
23.01.2026 15:20 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place." Jonathan Swift
21.01.2026 17:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What lawyer doesn't admire a body of law unsullied by the mob rule of legislators?
21.01.2026 17:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, it happens. Why it happens can include a mistake, yes. There are other reasons it can happen too. Negligently, recklessly, and intentionally to name a specific few. It's almost like that's why we investigate before making a final determination. Or so we used to.
20.01.2026 19:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If impeached, convicted, and removed, VP becomes the new POTUS and thus would be empowered and motivated to seize control. In no world does JD miss that golden opportunity. Power abhors a vacuum as much as it corrupts.
20.01.2026 19:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes. We can fix this mess. It would take a lot of work, but it's still possible, maybe. Removing Trump is step one. In three more years we might go beyond the point of no return if we haven't already.
20.01.2026 19:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To all Senators and Congressmen,
Trump should really be removed BEFORE he invades an ally nation. NOT AFTER.
Impeach, 25th amendment, whichever... just make it so!
He's complicit. Anyone not moving to impeach, convict, and remove Trump right now is as well.
20.01.2026 19:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0WE CANNOT HAVE OR KEEP A PRESIDENT CONTROLLED BY PUTIN!!!
IMPEACH
CONVICT
REMOVE
IMMEDIATELY!
Impeach and remove Trump. If Vance won't release them, then impeach and remove him. Keep going until we find someone willing.
20.01.2026 19:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Keep impeaching until we get a POTUS who does.
20.01.2026 19:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They've already failed. Impeach everyone.
20.01.2026 19:13 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Every single politician who does not contribute to impeaching this fuck immediately is complicit if they weren't already.
20.01.2026 19:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Damn I feel older than I did before I read this.
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