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@sitkaworldsfair

Recovering attorney, former journalist, and lifelong history nerd. Polish/Ukrainian Jew. Married to a bona fide civil rights lawyer. He/him

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The sound of glass shattering

11.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leading NYC Jewish groups raise β€˜deep concerns’ over Mamdani’s latest extremist associations UJA-Federation of New York called Mamdani’s recent gatherings with Mahmoud Khalil and Abdullah Akl a betrayal to his pledge to battle antisemitism

We need to stop accepting that these are "leading Jewish groups." They are not democratically accountable to the majority of American Jews, and I suspect the majority of NYC Jews do not care if Mamdani shares iftar with Mahmoud Khalil. I certainly do not! jewishinsider.com/2026/03/mamd...

11.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

really just better off at this juncture putting the entirety of your efforts into rabid obstructionism and whipping up opposition votes to all appointments so we can immobilize the fascists then put them in the grave, because they can't be reasoned with and nothing else matters if we don't

11.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

These assholes are going to end up killing more people than Pol Pot, Stalin, and Hitler combined.

11.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING

please post a link to your sources or at the minimum say where you got this information

10.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This was about climate change policy advocacy, but it captures my view on a host of current political issues.

Some things are a comms problem.

Other things are you trying to persuade a Red Sox fan to root for Yankees. This will always fail.

10.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is good reporting.

I’d underscore that terms like β€œhostility to battlefield restraint” is the language of normalcy.

We wouldn’t say a serial killer shows hostility to civil restraint.

Hegseth is a violent sociopath who sought his job bc it offered legal framework to kill innocent people.

10.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two minutes? Pikers. Stalin could have kept them going half an hour.

10.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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JetBlue flights to resume after request for ground stop, FAA says The Federal Aviation Administration issued an advisory on Tuesday.

Update: grounding is over. they’re back

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10.03.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please don’t put in the newspaper that Pete Hegseth got crabs.

10.03.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FWIW my dog can talk, but all she ever talks about is Manchester United.

I don’t follow premier league football and i find it insufferable to have to hear opinions about it constantly.

10.03.2026 06:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration, in Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

Since pacer requires an account and costs money, and state filings aren’t always accessible, isn’t it kind of crucial to tell people some unique info about the case so they can at least follow it in the news?

Kinda silly gatekeeping of the kind of info important for citizens to have access to!

10.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I use it every day. It’s not great but it helps a lot when you know what you’re looking for and can jump straight to ecf!

10.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Time change has to be at least part of it!

10.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ Un-Drops Its Appeal Against Law Firms, Files Brief That Gets The First Amendment Exactly Backwards On Wednesday of last week, I wrote a post about how the Trump administration had quietly given up defending its unconstitutional executive orders targeting law firms. The DOJ was dropping its appea…

A modest proposal:

News media reporting on major developments in legal actions should include the case caption at the end of the article.

@masnick.com goes above and beyond in this article, with hot links to pdfs of filings.

But even if that’s not possible, just give people a case number!

10.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

My understanding from a previous round of one of these was that the Manhattan institute is not a serious organization, but rather a shoddy front for conservative politics?

10.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s thirsty for tyrants, as simple as that.

10.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lincoln Lawyer, The Practice, Boston Legal, Murder One.

Not coincidentally these are all David E Kelley or Stephen Bochco.

10.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair point.

I have never felt more confident about my own abilities as an attorney (nearly none) than when I read documents created by lawyers in this admin.

10.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This person has worked at DHS for 20 years and evidently their only source of information is β€œopen-source” accounts, such as NPR?

10.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To educate people about technology and society

10.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Warnock is a pastor!

But when pundits say β€œChristian” we know they really mean white Protestant and little bit conservative.

It’s a Sorkinesque fetish and it is just another manifestation of the obsession with blue-collar white Christian voters.

10.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Blonde Dragon People - SNL
Blonde Dragon People - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Basically

09.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bud if you’re gonna go around spamposting, the very least you can do is use alt text.

That way visually impaired people can also hear your gospel that the magic solution to all of our problems is, um, fixing our problems.

09.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the first photo that appears in the article, but this is a classic case of β€œaccidents happen, but why hasn’t anyone fixed it yet?”

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Liberal and progressive Christians:
Oh, okay then. Jewish people should be louder and more visible about condemning Israel.

09.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah we already know you hate the basic idea of consent

09.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So glad the senator agrees with my second point above!

L o L

09.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really really really irritating that the preview image for this article is Rep Al Green.

Green is mentioned in the story because he’s *not* a friend to crypto and AI and has been targeted electorally as a result.

09.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brace yourselves, ironic snark is coming

09.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0