You don’t pay for inclusion in super lawyers (and rising stars is just first 10 years of practice or whatever) - it’s peer ranked. You do pay for ads for promotion and I think Thomson Reuters is pretty aggressive about it. (I’m not saying it’s important - it’s not.)
And rather than merely make "questionable constitutional arguments," as Randy Barnett would have it, Eastman himself called the attempt to overthrow the election necessary and in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence's rising up over "intolerable" abuses (by which he meant Democratic rule).
“Oh but Republicans would…”
Lemme stop you right there. I know that Republicans are okay voting for men accused of sexual assault. Republicans are also okay with voting for racists, child rapists, genocidal maniacs, and whatever the fuck pathology is a “Ted Cruz.”
So miss me with that argument.
since it looks like it's getting relitigated yet again: Al Franken constituent here, glad he resigned, his behavior was foul, his replacement was fantastic, if you're defending him you're fortifying a stupid hill in the wrong battle
Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵:
These protests are important b/c:
1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.
Walking thru the “Ultra Normie” No Kings rally in my extremely rural, white town and there are Patagonia wearing moms carrying signs that say “DEAD PEDOPHILES DONT REOFFEND” and “ICE GETS THE WALL” and I hi fived an old guy with a sign that said MY DADDY FOUGHT NAZIS AND SO WILL I” this is wild
Minnesota, for example, has had trans anti-discrimination protections for 30 years without the dreaded "men in the ladies room" problem.
The degree to which this fear has surged into the public consciousness demonstrates it is a moral panic.
“Democratic lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to publicly disclose whether Americans who use VPN services risk being treated as foreigners under US surveillance law—a classification that would strip them of constitutional protections against warrantless government spying”
A screenshot with a block of text: Minister: The US is now a revisionist power. For 80 years, the US was the underwriter for a system of globalisation based on UN Charter principles, multilateralism, territorial integrity, sovereign equality. It actually heralded an unprecedented and unique period of global prosperity and peace. Of course there were exceptions. And of course, the Cold War was still in effect for at least half of the last 80 years. But generally, for those of us who were non-communists, who ran open economies, who provided first world infrastructure, together with a hardworking disciplined people, we had unprecedented opportunities. The story of Singapore, with a per capita GDP of 500 US dollars in 1965. Now, lit is| somewhere between 80,000 to 90,000 US dollars. It would not have happened if it had not been for this unprecedented period, basically Pax Americana and then turbocharged by the reform and opening of China for decades. It has been unprecedented. It has been great for many of us. In fact, I will say, for all of us, if you look back 80 years. But now, whether you like it or not, objectively, this period has ended. There is no point trying to assign blame or pejorative adjectives. That is not helpful. Basically, the underwriter of this world order has now become a revisionist power, and some people would even say a disruptor. But the larger point is that the erosion of norms, processes, and institutions that underpinned a remarkable period of peace and prosperity; that foundation has gone. What you are seeing now, whether you watch the war in Ukraine, in the Middle East or elsewhere, including in Asia, to me these are symptoms of the underlying tectonic rupture. Big powers and even lesser powers have a more narrow definition of national interest.
This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...
Here's my hot take on Bridgerton S5 modifying Francesca's book to have a queer love story on TV: Francesca's book was boring and anything they can do to make it not boring is a plus. (Also yay representation etc etc etc.)
This was also our experience when we arrived at 440 am, and at 5 and 6 and 7 and 8, as we (6 high school kids and two coaches) missed an 805 flight because ATL couldn’t handle the ordinary demands of security. Because the GOP won’t pay TSA agents.
"The case is a very funny illustration of what can happen when cops, who as a general rule rarely face consequences for their actions, manage to cross a person with plenty of time, a sizable social media following, and a smooth baritone."
I think it's supposed to be the ICE invasion or the Iran War or just Trump in general that does me in and actually it's the constant drum beat of people apologizing and excusing everyone in the Epstein files and men accused of sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct. Just over and over again.
Idk man... Megan's statement is pretty strong.
"I know it’s going to get ugly - it always does in these cases - but if there is one woman...who feels a little bit more empowered to recognize grooming for what it is...it will have been worth it."
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This is gross. Like, I really expected better.
Ok ooooof.
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
Also it’s better if everyone gets to play.
2025 = MN's highest eviction filing #'s ever.
End of Jan '26, 9% below last year's trends. As of yesterday, 2.6% below.
During same period, 87% more inquiries to HOME Line for $ assistance compared to 2025.
This eclipses any moment during & post-pandemic moratorium. This is not a normal situation.
Here's my bottom line:
Much of what they are doing is bad.
Much of what they are doing is unpopular.
Pushback is working.
We are winning.
Keep fighting.
Be creative.
Push for what you'd want.
Allow for insiders and outsiders.
Realize that change takes time.
Reduce harm in the meantime.
I mean it is just not a credible statement. And how you get to practicing 30 years and thinking you can lie to a federal judge and not have this be the outcome, I do not know.
The quotation mark part has killed me and left me for dead.
I would suggest attending training sessions - the advocates for human rights is doing great ones and we’ve gotten everyone up to speed that way.
This is why we never invite people to the tap recital.
I have never seen so many white men in flannel earnestly singing as I did at the Jason Isbell show last night. (Show was fantastic.)
One St. Paul native dubbed Mancini’s “the supper club most likely to be chosen for cop retirement parties.” But, this winter, the timeless steakhouse became an unlikely hub of anti-ICE activism.
Candidates who don’t support trans folks are not viable as dems for voters under 65. This isn’t identity politics, it’s a basic moral alignment issue.
The Kansas driver's license law is purely about bigotry, stigmatization, and criminalization of difference. It serves no rational or legitimate purpose. A 🧵1/
Re: Kansas state legislative fuckery that ppl not from or living in the state may not realize is that in addition to a supermajority of Rs making this possible, the reelection of Kris Kobach as AG was a huge part of this law being pushed forward and enacted. www.aclukansas.org/press-releas...