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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 17h

This is the 3rd time in five years I’ve tried to get a rental car out of the Atlanta airport, and the 3rd time I’ve seriously considered just getting back on the plane and going home.

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Ben Glassmire @benglassmire.bsky.social · 2d

If you boiled ASU down into a single person it would be Cam Skattebo

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

We've gone full frat bro with Fitzpatrick & Skattebo

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

You should read @joanwalsh.bsky.social on the utter vindictiveness of the Tish James indictment

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low

The New York attorney general has led the legal fight against Trump, and now he has mobilized the Justice Department to go after her.

www.thenation.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

In my newsletter this week, I call bulls*** on Ubisoft’s decision to cancel a game because killing Klansmen is now frowned upon in this establishment.
Uhh, also the plot to bomb the Supreme Court and the vindictive stupidity of the James indictment.

But mainly freaking Ubisoft

The Plot That Could Have Deranged America

In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal explores everything from the foiled plot against Supreme Court justices to the ongoing plot to foil mail-in voting.

www.thenation.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha. First laugh of the day and it’s 6:30. :(

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Me: I need to order a bottle of rum
My mom: You still have half a bottle downstairs.
Me: I know. That's not gonna be enough.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

This man literally had a better case than the one filed against Tish James. And this man... did NOT have a good case.

Vulture @vulture.com · 2d

Will he finally accept that it’s OVO-ver? A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation and harassment lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Drake could potentially appeal the ruling.

Drake’s Lawsuit Over ‘Not Like Us’ Has Been Dismissed

Will he finally accept that it’s OVO-ver? A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation and harassment lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Drake could potentially appeal the ruling.

www.vulture.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

If my "it's bullshit" isn't convincing enough, here's a good @lawfaremedia.org piece explaining... it's bullshit

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James

It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2d

I look forward to watching Tish James humiliate him once again.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

That got dark quickly.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Be nice if any single national Democrat promised to hold these fuckwads accountable for malicious prosecution should the wheel ever turn around.

But, whatever. Everybody who opposes Trump will just have to weather this bullshit.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Oh look, more bullshit from the Trump DOJ.

Someday, these people need to be held accountable for malicious prosecution. But it won't be this day.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: A federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on one count of fraud Thursday, ABC News reports. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Latest Political Prosecution, Trump’s DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Well, what do you mean about "not follwoing their rulings"? Like, take abortion. We could not follow their rulings, but a doctor in a red state (and/or their patient) would go to jail.

Are we going to break them out of jail? That's what it would take to "not follow their rulings" unfortunately.

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Jennifer @gaylorj.bsky.social · 2d

There are few articles I read all the way through these days. Anything by @elienyc.bsky.social is definitely on the list.
Anyone who is able to mix Cheech and Chong and tanning testicles with cogent critiques of the high court is a no brainer.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out, the MAGA Supreme Court is the one interested in converting your kids through the use of quack doctors with medically unsound practices based on no scientific evidence. "Every accusation is a confession" with them.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

www.thenation.com

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out, the MAGA Supreme Court is the one interested in converting your kids through the use of quack doctors with medically unsound practices based on no scientific evidence. "Every accusation is a confession" with them.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

During a hearing this week, the court’s theocrats made it clear that they’ll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

www.thenation.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

"Houston Street"

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

Me: You don’t have Columbus Day off?
Wife: No.
13yo: What’s Columbus Day?
Wife: Indigenous people day.
13yo: oh, we have that off. Sorry you don’t mommy. Daddy, did you know Christopher Columbus sucked?
Me: :).

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, I played the FUCK out of AC: Black flag. Especially the DLC which let you roll around freeing plantations.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, I played the FUCK out of AC: Black flag. Especially the DLC which let you roll around freeing plantations.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

Ubisoft: "Okay, so in this game you fight the Klan"
Marketers: "You can't sell that in America"
Ubisoft: "Why?"
Marketers: "Umm [gestures broadly]. The Klan fucking won?"
Ubisoft: "Merde."
Marketers: "Yeah, we've asked for the Statue back but they're being dicks about that too."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 5d

Court reform must be part of any plan to save democracy Read: @elienyc.bsky.social @thenation.com on what's at stake

Our new analysis finds court reform would check SCOTUS as a facilitator of autocracy, while preserving litigation as a tool to fight back: peoplesparity.org/research/no-...

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 4d

“A new left-wing political approach must emerge from the Supreme Court’s destruction of laws and rights—an approach that doesn’t rely on the courts to enforce social progress, but relies on the people to force social progress on the courts.”

As always, he’s correct.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 5d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...