The Nerdy Lawyer

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It isn’t surprising that this would be happening with a 79-year-old man. The crazy and dangerous part is that there’s an entire political movement and media ecosystem that rationalizes, justifies, and tries to retroactively validate every synapse misfire that escapes his mouth.

On a totally unrelated note, American schools should teach about the mostly Black resistance groups who ambushed slave catchers following the Fugitive Slave Act. Amazing stuff.
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Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

I could be wrong, but Dems should be centering entirely around messaging that Stephen Miller is the defacto POTUS despite no one voting for him and he's keeping a dementia ridden stroke victim Weekend at Bernies puppet in office while he illegally usurps control.

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

If Trump is deploying Texas NG units on federal duty status to Illinois, Abbott is irrelevant, they are federal forces then. Lots of other problems but that they’re from Texas doesn’t legally matter.

If Abbott is involved in “authorizing” it, that’s not federal. It’s Texas invading Illinois.

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

People have been at pains to point out that a lot of the admin's calculus doesn't make sense unless they really think there won't be another free and fair election, and that's still on the table for sure

But also it makes sense if their intent is to abuse the fuck out of the pardon power

I've posted this picture before but I do find it interesting that the police here arresting Carlo Gambino, at the time one of the most dangerous men in America with dozens of killers at his command, didn't feel the need to cover their faces because they are not ashamed of their work

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Please note: protesters, clergy and a neighbor are also on this suit/also making claims here (it's a lot of reporters, but not only reporters!)

I mean that you expected far worse from him than I could imagine a person (even Trump) would be capable of.

The regime reeks of desperation right now, y'all. This is like how your abusive ex was his most controlling and dangerous right before you broke free of him. These are scary times bc they are desperate to scare us. They see the American people rising in opposition and they're panicking.

More than that, an Obama appointee voluntarily recused himself, which he did not need to do, in service of speed and caution.

I'm reasonably certain the administration now regrets their recusal-request, even though the TROs would be the same.

we simply do not have a union anymore if the president is using troops from one state to invade others entirely on the basis of political disagreements

okay but its kinda funny that every time Trump is like "I'm going to war with America's cities!" it just kinda falls apart and a judge dunks on him for being a criminal moron

States rights party has decided the existence of federal facilities existing in a state is enough of a pretext to invade it.

25 people could stop this. Twenty GOP senators and five GOP representatives could summon the courage of their lives: vote to impeach, and then convict.

And then do it again if Vance doesn't learn the intended lesson.

It doesn't even have to mean a Democratic president. Just an end to lawlessness.

im going to go out on a limb and say, this is psychotic

it's instructive to ask, what would have stopped them from doing this? what could anyone have done differently that would have led them to conclude this extraordinary thing was unnecessary? and the answer is nothing

“…we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Kevin Roberts president, Heritage Foundation, July 2024

There are also contexts where "not contributing to the national power grid" is an appropriate delimiter.

In some instances, yes. But there's still ample room to retaliate against Texas. What stops NY/CA/etc from saying public pension funds can't be invested in companies with inadequate shareholder rights? Because that's exactly the case with Texas, which obliterated shareholder derivative suits.

Other states need to begin intentional punishment of the hostile Texas government, including cancelling state government contracts with Texas companies and interfering with their commerce such as by imposing onerous Texas-company-specific certifications and licensing.

I expected "the worst" and he's STILL managed to surprise me. Should I be impressed by your level of scorn for the guy?