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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃

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FKA IronMikeGallego. I wrote a few things you might’ve read but then I had kids. Cancer-hater. Gold Star Family. Recovering A’s fan. Combat sports wunderkind. Anti-Stratfordian. Lawyer IRL. https://deadspin.com/the-trouble-with-floyd-mayweather-1605217498

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Apologies in advance for what might look like a rambling diatribe going nowhere. But the one thing I know really well - better than almost anyone else - is boxing. And there’s a really valuable lesson from boxing that the Democratic Party needs to learn in a hurry.

Let’s start with the boxing bit.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 26m

I clerked for a liberal and a conservative federal judge, and came away with tremendous respect for both and how they arrived at their opinions. Even though you could guess how they were likely to rule on an issue, it never felt like an outcome drove their reasoning.
This Court is an embarrassment.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 1h

I wasn’t suggesting otherwise. I was pointing out that the statistic they’re flogging is as artificial as saying something like 90% of excess calories come from pizza if pizza is just a small part of someone’s diet.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 2h

It’s a hugely misleading statistic. If you deleted that entire segment of the economy, and didn’t replace it with anything else, we’d have basically flat GDP. But that’s not how the world works. All those people working on data center deals would have been selling something else.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 5h

My brother died of lung cancer last year (40 years old, non smoker, exposed to toxic burn pits serving in Iraq and Afghanistan).

His medication was $17,000 a month. 650% off means they’d pay us $110,000 a month. Sounds believable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 7h

If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 6h

There’s one way they can get more popular and that’s to die.

JFK had mediocre approval ratings a week before his assassination. They were at 80% a week later.

I’m just asking: how badly does Trump want to be loved?

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6h

important to remember that no matter how unpopular you think the regime is currently, this is actually the most popular they will ever be between today and any dat you pick in the future

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

If it’s “merging at the last possible second into the front of a long line of cars patiently waiting their turn,” I will convert to Catholicism on the spot.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

They’re at least throwing sand into the gears. Don’t underestimate how important it is just to slow these assholes down. Yes, it would be great if SCOTUS wasn’t completely in the tank for Trump, but they can’t hear every case, and the district judges are doing their part to throw the brakes on.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

Don’t get me wrong, writing appellate opinions is tremendously fun, and the work product is consistently excellent, but it’s basically the difference between storming Omaha Beach and writing an academic article about the impact of storms on Omaha Beach.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

The district court docket is so much more challenging than appellate work. At any given time, you’ve got 500 active matters with a dozen substantive civil motions on calendar every week, not to mention criminal trials and sentencing.

Appellate judges hear a dozen cases every few months.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

I’m biased because I clerked in the district court, but federal district judges as a group are the most consistently excellent group of lawyers in the country.

I worked for an appellate judge, too, and there are many great ones, but also a huge contingent of ivory tower arrogant tools.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

But, Helen, can it tell you about white genocide? Because Elon’s robots can’t do all that other stuff, but hoo boy, they can talk about white genocide.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

“Fudge your feelings.”

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

The plan: charge New Yorkers $500 to ride the bus.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

[wipes tear] I remember when it was just Nate Jackson…

(How did none of us dub him “hack-son”? Deadspin commenters were highly overrated.)

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 23h

You’ll never get a job writing for him now that he’s capable of generating this sort of content.

Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, someone who can troll you more ineptly than Raysism.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone, I’m just <sniffs> I’m just so proud of us all.

We finally did it.

LibsOfTikTok finally targeted me.

<single tear rolls down cheek>

I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long <unfolds acceptance speech> and first I want to thank everyone who made it possible: Harambe, Kony2012, my fa

A post from failed real estate agent and local ghoul Chaya Raichik aka LibsOfTikTok targeting me. Text of the post reads:

“Leftist CA State Assembly candidate Chris Kluwe, who promotes the harassment of ICE online, was ARRESTED at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting earlier this year.

Chris was protesting a proposed library plaque that featured a phrase similar to ‘Make America Great Again’

Chris called MAGA a ‘Nazi movement’ before leaving the podium and approaching the council member, where he was grabbed by police and carried out.

This unhinged lunatic wants to be an elected official…”

Thanks for the free advertising, Chaya!

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Nana Kim @nanakim.bsky.social · 1d

Cra-aack!

The trump line is showing cracks. It will never go back to what it was.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

Tens of thousands of Palestinians returning to their homes in northern Gaza as the ceasefire takes effect.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday to all who celebrate.

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Daniel Rob-hurts 🎃 @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 1d

“Pimpin is not easy, actually…”

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