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Philly. First Amendment lawyer at FIRE. Licensed in CA, PA. Opinions my own.

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then they canโ€™t be the last team in the standings

05.08.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there a team if I like unrewarded misery and humiliation

05.08.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Devin Nunes loses his federal defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal over a @maddow.msnbc.com segment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

01.08.2025 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 463    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
Former Des Moines Register pollster calls Trump 'vexatious' litigant, seeks legal fees In new motion, former pollster calls for stay of President Donald Trump's suit against her and the Des Moines Register until after he leaves office

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

01.08.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Former Des Moines Register pollster calls Trump 'vexatious' litigant, seeks legal fees In new motion, former pollster calls for stay of President Donald Trump's suit against her and the Des Moines Register until after he leaves office

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

01.08.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not many students on campus now, but the minute there are protests or some controversy, the incentive for universities to tamp down will be enormous. Cheaper to face a First Amendment lawsuit (or, at a private university, mixed news coverage) than the administration.

31.07.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump post announcing nomination of Emil above to the Third Circuit

Trump post announcing nomination of Emil above to the Third Circuit

A photo of Emil Bove, who looks like he is a house servant in a vampire film, or the undertaker asking for your measurements

A photo of Emil Bove, who looks like he is a house servant in a vampire film, or the undertaker asking for your measurements

guess how old Emil Bove is and then google it

28.05.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 368    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

I ran a fan site for the game when I was in middle school, then gave them feedback on the game before it was released and helped moderate their online forum (mods!!!!)

29.07.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

im nice

29.07.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

one version yes

29.07.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Age verification? I am thanked in the credits to Simcity 3000

29.07.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a start:

29.07.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
III. This Court Should Stay This Action Until the Plaintiff Furnishes an Undertaking to
Cover Defendantsโ€™ Costs and Fees.
Even if this Court disagrees the grounds above warrant a stay in full, it should apply state
law to impose the stay permitted by lead Plaintiffโ€™s status as a prolific litigant renowned for abusing
the legal system to impose costs on his perceived critics. To deter meritless lawsuits and ensure
that a defendant can recover costs and attorney fees incurred in defending against frequent
litigantsโ€™ abusive suits, Iowa provides by statute that its courts may stay an action until a serial
plaintiff furnishes an undertaking to cover the defendantsโ€™ anticipated costs and fees. Iowa Code
ยง 617.16. This Court should thus stay this action until the lead Plaintiffโ€”who has a long historyโ€ฆ

III. This Court Should Stay This Action Until the Plaintiff Furnishes an Undertaking to Cover Defendantsโ€™ Costs and Fees. Even if this Court disagrees the grounds above warrant a stay in full, it should apply state law to impose the stay permitted by lead Plaintiffโ€™s status as a prolific litigant renowned for abusing the legal system to impose costs on his perceived critics. To deter meritless lawsuits and ensure that a defendant can recover costs and attorney fees incurred in defending against frequent litigantsโ€™ abusive suits, Iowa provides by statute that its courts may stay an action until a serial plaintiff furnishes an undertaking to cover the defendantsโ€™ anticipated costs and fees. Iowa Code ยง 617.16. This Court should thus stay this action until the lead Plaintiffโ€”who has a long historyโ€ฆ

โ€ฆ of frivolous suits targeting his critics and seeking to subvert the democratic processโ€”furnishes an
undertaking sufficient to cover the Defendantsโ€™ costs and attorney fees.
A. Iowaโ€™s undertaking statute guards against vexatious litigants who abuse the
legal process through frivolous litigation.
Plaintiffs filed this duplicative action in this Court in an attempt to come in just under the
wire to avoid Iowaโ€™s recently enacted anti-SLAPP statute. By adopting it, the Iowa Legislature
recognized that litigants file meritless lawsuits to harass, intimidate, or silence their critics, abusing
the legal systemโ€”and the costs that come with defending against any lawsuitโ€”to impose a cost
on criticism. See Iowa Code ยงยง 652.7, 652.11 (anti-SLAPP statute to be broadly construed to
protect speech).

โ€ฆ of frivolous suits targeting his critics and seeking to subvert the democratic processโ€”furnishes an undertaking sufficient to cover the Defendantsโ€™ costs and attorney fees. A. Iowaโ€™s undertaking statute guards against vexatious litigants who abuse the legal process through frivolous litigation. Plaintiffs filed this duplicative action in this Court in an attempt to come in just under the wire to avoid Iowaโ€™s recently enacted anti-SLAPP statute. By adopting it, the Iowa Legislature recognized that litigants file meritless lawsuits to harass, intimidate, or silence their critics, abusing the legal systemโ€”and the costs that come with defending against any lawsuitโ€”to impose a cost on criticism. See Iowa Code ยงยง 652.7, 652.11 (anti-SLAPP statute to be broadly construed to protect speech).

Donald Trump acts like a vexatious litigant and should be treated like one.

28.07.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump v. Selzer - Motion and Brief in Support of Motion for Stay FIRE to defend veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer in the lawsuit filed by President-Elect Donald Trump over outlier election poll.

In light of his frivolous lawsuits and record of vexatious litigation, @thefireorg.bsky.social is asking an Iowa court to require Donald Trump to post a $300,000 bond in his second lawsuit against J. Ann Selzer. www.thefire.org/research-lea...

28.07.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 104    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Judge threatens Trump with sanctions if he blows off basic order in election pollster suit A judge presiding over Trump's "consumer fraud" lawsuit against a pollster has warned the him to file an amended complaint on deadline or else risk sanctions.

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

24.07.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only there were some kind of deliberative body they could try to get some advice, some consent from.

22.07.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BREAKING NEWS! We have just achieved a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount. Just like ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and its Corporate Owners knew that they defrauded the American People, and were desperate to settle. Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement, and we also anticipate receiving $20 Million Dollars more from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming, for a total of over $36 Million Dollars. This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread fraud and deceit. The Wall Street Journal, The Failing New York Times, The Washington Post, MSDNC, CNN, and all other Mainstream Media Liars, are ON NOTICE that the days of them being allowed to deceive the American People are OVER. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

BREAKING NEWS! We have just achieved a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount. Just like ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and its Corporate Owners knew that they defrauded the American People, and were desperate to settle. Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement, and we also anticipate receiving $20 Million Dollars more from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming, for a total of over $36 Million Dollars. This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread fraud and deceit. The Wall Street Journal, The Failing New York Times, The Washington Post, MSDNC, CNN, and all other Mainstream Media Liars, are ON NOTICE that the days of them being allowed to deceive the American People are OVER. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Trump appears to confirm a side-deal in the CBS settlement:

22.07.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Trump post: My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain "troublemakers." They have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records. The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER!
People like Strong Borders, and all of the many other things I have done.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. MAGA!

Trump post: My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain "troublemakers." They have hit 90%, 92%, 93%, and 95%, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records. The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER! People like Strong Borders, and all of the many other things I have done. GOD BLESS AMERICA. MAGA!

FRIDAY: Your honor, my reputation has been decimated by the Wall Street Journal. I need ten billion dollars.

SUNDAY: I am more popular than ever. Everyone loves me.

20.07.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 206    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

He sued yesterday.

19.07.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No. Hasnโ€™t been assigned yet.

19.07.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s a lot to do if/when we get past all *this*, but a requirement to run as a Democrat should be support for codifying Bivens.

(If federal officials deprive you of clearly established constitutional rights, you should have the same remedies as when Georgia or Utah officials do. Winning issue.)

19.07.2025 01:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 350    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trump v. Clinton sanctions order $1m

If Trump got the ten billion dollars heโ€™s demanding, he could use it to pay the million dollars in sanctions he owes for filing frivolous lawsuits in the same court. www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...

18.07.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Here's Trump's lawsuit against the WSJ: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

18.07.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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BREAKING via Bloomberg

A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against journalist Bob Woodward and a publishing house over the release of interview recordings from his first term in office.

18.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 987    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Please be assigned to Judge Middlebrook

18.07.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right but the WSJ hasnโ€™t published it.

18.07.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where is that image from?

18.07.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Discovery is never fun.

18.07.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter โ€˜is a fake thing.โ€™

We can only read the WSJโ€™s quotes and characterization, which seems to quote the whole thing: www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

18.07.2025 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump post: The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so. The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didnโ€™t want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway. President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly. The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably donโ€™t even exist. President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal. It has truly turned out to be a โ€œDisgusting and Filthy Ragโ€ and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant. If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for โ€œTRUMPโ€ to have won three Elections. This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!

Trump post: The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued. Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so. The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didnโ€™t want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway. President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly. The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably donโ€™t even exist. President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal. It has truly turned out to be a โ€œDisgusting and Filthy Ragโ€ and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant. If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for โ€œTRUMPโ€ to have won three Elections. This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!

Trump says the letter is fake and that he is suing the WSJ and Murdoch

18.07.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 734    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 265

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