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Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.

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GottaLaff, to legal
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This is what I've been trying to explain today. @Teri_Kanefield is a lawyer, so here you go: 1/...

👉 "The DOJ asks for a "narrowly tailored" gag order (because of the First Amendment).👈

In particular, they are concerned about Trump contacting the citizens of DC to conduct jury studies because this can be used to poison the jury pool."

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
This whole "polling potential jurors" bit sounds... like a really bad idea, in terms of what should be permitted?
Not just for this case, but for any case?

lowqualityfacts, to random
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True coffee connoisseurs know that this is the ONLY way to drink coffee.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

cturnbow,
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@lowqualityfacts

Large hands will be evolutionarily selected for...

GottaLaff, (edited ) to twitter
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👀🐦 “ turned over at least 32 direct messages from ’s account to special counsel earlier this year as part of the federal election subversion investigation, according to newly unsealed court filings.” 1/...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/politics/trump-twitter-direct-messages

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff

okay, okay... wut does it mean :)

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff

I guess I'm not grasping the significance of this... but I've been distracted this morning...

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff

Now that you say it 🤣

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
Basically you and Teri Kanefield are keeping me sane these days 😁

QasimRashid, to random
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Auto workers are demanding a 40% raise to match the 40% pay increase CEOs of the Detroit automakers got over the past 4 years.

CEOs are calling this absurd, but they couldn't be more wrong.

THIS IS A COMPROMISE. Why? Because worker's real wages have fallen 30% over the past 20 years. They're foregoing 16 years of wage theft for 4 of equity, and consistent equity going forward. That's basic justice.

Pay workers. Unionize workers. Tax billionaires. Save our economy.

cturnbow,
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@QasimRashid

Hard to argue against the notion that the people who create the wealth, deserve a fair portion of that wealth...

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That explains a lot.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

cturnbow,
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@lowqualityfacts

Hell you gain a pound just for looking at them

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@paulcowdell @JMaverickJacks1 @lunalein @bookstodon
Rufus Sewell FTW though

cturnbow,
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@JMaverickJacks1 @paulcowdell @lunalein @bookstodon

Saw him recently - very young! - in a BBC production I ran across of "Henry IV Parts 1 and 2" - he played Hotspur and was brilliant :)

cturnbow,
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@JenWojcik @JMaverickJacks1 @paulcowdell @lunalein @bookstodon

I also loved how wonderfully over-the-top Falstaff's portrayal was

pbump, to random
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Three-quarters of those who think Biden acted illegally in regards to his son's business also think the 2020 election wasn't legitimate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/biden-impeachment-election-denial/

cturnbow,
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@pbump
TBH this is "dog bites man" though, right? This does not surprise me

GottaLaff, to random
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Of course.

“A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across #NewMexico’s largest metro area.

The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David Urias marks a setback for Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as she responds to several recent shootings that took the lives of children, including an 11-year-old boy as he left a minor league baseball game in Albuquerque.” #legsl #GunViolence

https://apnews.com/article/guns-open-carry-albuquerque-new-mexico-governor-b2f400c1e43ed6e3fcc8f4d6f1403d12

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
Doubtless a "pro-life" magistrate right there

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
The other thing I consider, is that Joe Dipshit strolling down main street with his cannon strapped to his hip: not part of a well-regulated militia, but maybe that's just me reading the words on the document

GrittyLipids, to history
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So in Confederation America (1780s) there was the Anarchiad, a satiric epic poem that for the most part is tedious because I’m not into that kind of literature.

However, there are chunks of it motivated by extremely Confederation problems, like fighting over whether or not paper money should be accepted and/or states should be able to issue their own.

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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/BAD5699.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

cturnbow,
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And how they tie themselves into pretzels, at least here in MS, when I quote the very first lines of Mississippi's "Articles of Secession" to them...

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Anna Bower:

Ken moves to dismiss his criminal charges in County. He argues that his conduct was justified because he undertook the alleged actions while "fulfilling his duties to a client as an attorney."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23972733-23sc188947-motion-13-chesebro-mtd

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
I am no lawyer, but surely the reductio ad absurdum is, that this would allow any crime committed by an attorney be "justified" if done for the client?

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
😊

GottaLaff, to random
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😂 Via Kyle Cheney:

NEW: The administration has a literal card to play against the House GOP impeachment inquiry:

In 2020, Trump’s DOJ issued a binding legal opinion that inquiries are invalid without an official vote of the House. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/12/trump-doj-assist-biden-impeachment-probe-00115393

cturnbow,
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@GottaLaff
I sense a Hamlet quote coming on, something about being hoisted

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I have singlehandedly rescued thousands of ants.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

cturnbow,
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@lowqualityfacts
Which shelter? I have an aardvark that needs a home...

beaveinflow, to random

Not getting chicken nugget dipping sauce in my takeout bag is the beginning of my villain origin story.

cturnbow,
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@beaveinflow
See: "Falling Down", starring Robert Duvall and Michael Douglas...

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cturnbow,
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@betaquarii @bookstodon

I like James Gunn's anthology, "The Road to Science Fiction", esp. v3, "From Heinlein to Here", as a good "starter text"...

cturnbow,
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@betaquarii @bookstodon

Those are all outstanding choices

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@Serpina @bookstodon

I used to be "50/50".
Seeing what they did to Wheel of Time moved me firmly into "Cringe" territory (although I rather like the most recent Dune adaptation)...

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New analysis of Trump's endorsements from 2018 to 2022 shows that he gave Republicans a double-digit boost in primaries — and cost them vote margin in the general. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/06/trump-endorsement-effect/

cturnbow,
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@pbump
Of course. The inmates of the asylum LOVE crazy.... the outside world? Not so much...

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Slightly confusing, but somehow true.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

cturnbow,
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@lowqualityfacts
I need to assemble my hordes

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