Don’t settle for weak offers. Note that if settlement talks lag, co lawyers may send warm msgs like this: “If you reject the separation package, your employment will be deemed to have terminated on [x date] “for cause.” 6 mos later, package was amended, improved.
They’ll remember your performance now, not in 7 months. You never want anyone to hint or claim you were fired “for cause.”
To former @washpost @PostGuild employees: After Matt Murray axed me from the WSJ in 2010 I got good advice. Get and keep EVERYTHING in writing from the union + company: your severance agreement, performance reviews, plaudits, all emails esp from lawyers. **Get a signed recommendation from Murray.
Hi sir. Have these DHS “warrants “ been challenged in court anywhere or the subject of litigation? I love the authoritative citation of a WSJ opinion piece.
2. Did uni events wither naturally or are ppl really self-censoring? I’m sure soc scientists have studied that. Also: were the campus goals realistic? Few campus demands ever are.
This @nytimes article irked me. It equates #Palestinian protest with campus protest, which always wither. Why not visit neighborhoods that rallied to the cause? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
#NoKings signs #NYC.
Astonishing that this #NYstate AG report on #Cuomo as governor is rarely discussed. As with all political scandals, the problem lies not just in allegations, but the willingness to investigate, address by staff. ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
#NYCmayor race shows how a local super PAC can dodge spending limits. Great @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/09/c...
Non-news flash: “The First Amendment extends to noncitizens and doesn’t distinguish between citizens and noncitizens,” Judge Giles said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
"I have faith in the American system of justice," Ozturk said. God bless you because that faith is being tested. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
What is the route in NYC please?
When citizens accept the revoked rights of “others”—minorities, “radicals,” migrants, outcasts— know that citizens will eventually be targeted.
You’re a stupendous writer. Most people would’ve focused on the prior restraint doctrine, but you lifted this to a higher moral shame.
The terms used in these executive orders and directives are so loose as to mean almost anything. Culture generally doesn’t mean government policy. Where in the world is criticism of culture grounds for rejection or deportation? The US alone?
Enhanced anything from the US govt tends toward the awful.
Please note that I have a negative attitude about denying US residents, visitors and visa holders their constitutionally protected legal rights to free speech. Not sure it’s hostile but check back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
What evidence did DOJ etc rely on to make this accusation? Was Khalil part of a group that engaged in speech/acts/support or did he act as an individual? If he supported, why was there no earlier allegation? Reporters, please clarify.
It seems #MahmoudKhalil has been arrested not on a public order warrant but for speech that somehow supports a terrorist organization. What is the case law that defines such support? Might his arrest encourage the DOJ to prosecute a new realm of odious or unpopular political views?
#Kennedy mentioned personal responsibility of someone who smokes for 20 years and questioned if that person should have a guarantee to health care, given the costs it imposes on others. He’s talking about denials to a lot of seniors.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01... Many poor and rural Americans (and Trump voters) smoke nicotine. Does #Kennedy support denying elderly smokers Medicare?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Because in part American insurers pay for meds but sharply limit psychological visits. #KennedyNomination
Medicaid is not strictly for the poor. 100K+cancer patients are enrolled. Medicaid expansion improved health, including survival rates. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Hope in grief, “they may discover in time what I have found: that our lives are determined less by what happens to us than by what we make of what happens to us.” Stupendous Pico Iyer
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
In @Stereobway sequel, Grover grows up and *doesn’t* sue the man who writes a play about his first great success. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Here’s how a pic of 1 man with a goose became a #Facebook rumor then #GOP fever dream of migrants chowing Lucky and Kitty, thanks to lying candidates and #Musk. Pulitzer in debunking crap goes to #Springfield News-Sun. www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/county-...
Using law as a weapon let Beijing claim that HK courts are still fair as certain critics were blocked from ballots, ejected from office, hounded by petty admin and criminal charges. www.chinafile.com/contributors...
Cheung showed HK became a “dual state”, abiding by common law to ensure prosperity, and heaped bureaucracy onto democracy parties, activists. Thus, authoritarians maintain rule of law, as they undermine it for some. www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...
Many of Cheung’s papers online. His eventual dissertation shows how govts don’t need constitution changes or new laws, but bury critics w/ procedures + rules. Think registration rejections, new election forms, permits process, inquiries, etc. osf.io/preprints/la...
@ayhcheung.com was an academic and citizen of #HongKong who noted amid 2014 Umbrella Mvt - yrs before #NSL - how his hometown weaponized bureaucracy and law to attack critics and rivals.
His obituary in @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
