pierre minar aka Donmexlar

Federal immigration law turns low level state offenses into a basis for deportation; here even an expunged record came up in a DHS system and led to Alex’s murder.

Here’s a little poem of mine about men at the cafe

like, why would any democrat compromise with the GOP right now? you have a once in a millennium upper hand. every member of trump’s admin who opened that file is complicit. go after them. open investigations. have hearings. say it on the news every night. do something other than roll over for once.

I thought i was having a good day then read this and realized i wasn’t seeing cindy lee

If someone explained to the President what Marbury v. Madison means—the realization by a president that even though they didn’t have to obey a court order they should obey it for the functioning of a system—he would call Madison a loser

Apparently, it’s the most depressing day of the year so here’s something to immediately cheer you up - Willem Dafoe saying ‘it’s the creams’

Scenes from the poetry reading @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social last night

I’m faking it by contributing Jackson Browne’s The Pretender and a little story to @major7mag.bsky.social

Literary Mixtape Volume 23 On AI.

now playing: volume 23

happy sunday, pals xo
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I’m faking it by contributing Jackson Browne’s The Pretender and a little story to @major7mag.bsky.social

I became queer at a specific moment in the mid 90s watching the Incredible Hulk burst out of his clothes

Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x

You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country

Temple in a City Temple in a City literary journal

But you don’t need to stop there. This author interview with @donmexlar.bsky.social is packed with thoughtfulness. templeinacity.com/in-conversat...

Poetry - Pierre Minar - Temple in a City Poem Dear Dad by poet and writer Pierre Minar. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

This tiny treasure packs a lot of what it means to love and belong in just a few little lines @donmexlar.bsky.social templeinacity.com/poetry-pierr...

More to share soon including poetry by @donmexlar.bsky.social (and a bonus author interview with super thoughtful answers) @ewenglass.bsky.social and still more.

Judges. EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge: In March 2020, Jose Gonzalez visited a Walgreens store in Austin, Texas. Prior to his arrival, an unidentified customer at the same store had used the men's restroom and clogged the toilet. The customer informed a Walgreens employee, who gave the customer a plunger to unclog the toilet. As the customer was plunging the toilet, Gonzalez used the restroom and, while on his way out, slipped on water that had accumulated on the floor. Gonzalez sued Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) for his injuries. After the close of Gonzalez's case-in-chief at trial, Walgreens moved

(quotations omitted)). On appeal, Gonzalez makes three main arguments for why the district court was incorrect that a reasonable jury would not be able to find that Walgreens knew or should have known of the wet floor: (A) The customer's knowledge must be imputed to Walgreens undecan agency theory; (B) Walgreens's knowledge of the clogged toilet is sufficient; and (C) the evidence creates a fact question as to constructive knowledge. We plunge into a discussion of each argument below. A. Gonzalez first argues that "[t]he Customer

You can’t invent the fact patterns cases will present by accident.

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Poetry - Pierre Minar - Temple in a City Poem Dear Dad by poet and writer Pierre Minar. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

I have a lil sad poem by myself called “Dear Dad” in @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/poetry-pierr...

A little haunting courtesy of @wizardhill.bsky.social
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What better way to spend a Saturday than submitting your manuscript?

It’s a sociopath thing, a boss I had used to do this faux polite cloying tone like he learned if you say polite words it’s important for human communication to appear reasonable; then they say things like ‘do you hear me thank you?’

This moment when some dude whipped out a bagpipe and accompanied a "the people united will never be defeated" chant

If you are an active member of the national guard or the US military and are ordered to violate the constitutional rights of anyone on US soil, call the GI Rights Hotline. You swore an oath to support and defend the US constitution and do not have to follow unlawful orders.

877-447-4487

Oh wow what a thought

Scenes from around the house

Blessed

You’re a king you say? Well I have a bed measured exactly to your specifications!

Retroactive law = no rule of law

Memories of the weekend

After the front came through