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Andrew Leahey ⚖️
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Assistant Professor @ Drexel Kline School of Law Tax and Technology Attorney Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax (https://technicallyspeak.ing/) Podcaster @ Minimum Competence (https://www.minimumcomp.com) Mastodon: @[email protected] (https://esq.social/@andrew)
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 1d
Every day the news gets weirder and worse.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 1d
Target fixation in full effect. Like trying not to think of a pink elephant but, you know, if the elephant was a predator.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 1d
Eight minutes after I filed an appeal, this.

"After taking another look, we can confirm that your channel does not violate our Community Guidelines."

Usually not inclined to blame malice where incompetence will do, but I have to imagine someone filed a complaint of some sort?
•YouTube Hi Andrew Leahey, We have reviewed your appeal for the following: Channel: Andrew Leahey After taking another look, we can confirm that your channel does not violate our Community Guidelines. Thanks for your patience while we reviewed this appeal. Our goal is to make sure content doesn't violate our Community Guidelines so that YouTube can be a safe place for all - and sometimes we make mistakes trying to get it right. We're sorry for any frustration our mistake caused you, and we appreciate you letting us know. How this affects your channel To make this right, we've put your channel back on YouTube. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to us here. Thanks, The YouTube team
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 1d
For the last year or so I've had Minimum Competence episodes automatically uploaded to YouTube. Just received a notice from YouTube that the channel has been canceled and shows taken down as they violate the "spam, deceptive practices and scams policy."

Genuinely have no idea what that means.
•YouTube Hi Andrew Leahey, We have reviewed your content and found severe or repeated violations of our spam, deceptive practices and scams policy. Because of this, we have removed your channel from YouTube. We know this is probably very upsetting news, but it's our job to make sure that YouTube is a safe place for all. If we think a channel severely violates our policies, we take it down to protect other users on the platform - but if you believe we've made the wrong call, you can appeal this decision. You'll find more information about the policy in question and how to submit an appeal below. What our policy says Content that promotes spam, scams, or other deceptive practices isn't allowed on YouTube. LEARN MORE
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 2d
In most reports I see the Pacific Palisades suspect referred to first as an Uber driver. In a culture where we equate employment with identity, that is clear evidence Uber drivers are employees.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/arrest-made-palisades-fire-sources-150655870.html
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 2d
I can usually tell when someone is mad about something I wrote because there is a flurry of visits to my website and LinkedIn. It’s like an early warning system for angry emails.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 4d
Surely there was another speech.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 4d
If Antifa is a dangerous terrorist organization, shouldn't Fox News be turning the guy in? Would they do the same with a bank robber?

Suggests they don't buy their own rhetoric.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 4d
Every Creed album cover looks like it was made by a teenager that just unlocked a pirated copy of Kai's Power Tools.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
I guess I don't follow the thought -- the National Guard was deployed overseas and no one batted an eye, but now that they're deployed to US cities people have concerns.

Yeah, man. Yeah. There are a whole host of things present in war people don't want to see on city streets.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
This week on Everything is Debatable:

A. It's deplorable that media is run by folks who'd absolutely own a human zoo if they could.

vs.

B. No actually it's fine.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
"...who work or appear to work..."

Welp, that's it. That's everyone.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
It seems like if you continually line up 10 folks to walk into a wood chipper, roughly 4 will always be in favor of the process.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling
President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling
www.realclearpolling.com
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
!!

You get to my idea in footnote 2! In 2019!

This is great, thank you for sharing -- I'm tearing open my undergrad Intro to Tax Theory and Policy syllabus and I want to build at least one class around the MID. This is a perfect foundation.
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Victoria J. Haneman @taxlawprof.bsky.social · 5d
I love this.

I dislike the MID so intensely that I wrote an article about it:

digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/olr/vol71/is...
Retrenchment, Temporary-Effect Legislation, and the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
By Victoria J. Haneman, Published on 01/01/19
digitalcommons.law.ou.edu
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/week-in-insights-us-could-learn-from-axed-swiss-rental-value-tax
Week in Insights: US Could Learn From Axed Swiss Rental-Value Tax
This week, experts examined the demise of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax,” tax considerations for cross-border families, and more.
news.bloombergtax.com
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 5d
A lot of folks are going to have to have big blank spans on their resumes to get work after all of this is over.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 8d
Say what you want about his views, etc., but I have faith Larry Ellison will change this. He'll get it down to just one click.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/03/tiktok-child-accounts-pornographic-content-accessible
TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’
Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested
www.theguardian.com
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 9d
"I gave you all the clues, Mr. Policeman..."
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 9d
If you believe your religion to be the one true one, what difference would it make what the pagans did?

Also, I so wish these folks had paid attention for a smidgen of a moment in school so that we wouldn't have to endure their calling everything they don't like "communist."
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 10d
did you died?
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 10d
The *website* for TIGTA can't remain up? Eh?

https://www.tigta.gov
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 10d
Cruz always looks like he has fully read the terms and conditions of the soul-selling he is engaged in. https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/115295060737611873
Zack Whittaker (@[email protected])
New: Last night in the Senate, Ted Cruz blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/ted-cruz-blocks-bill-that-would-extend-privacy-protections-to-all-americans/
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 10d
Continually pronouncing it as "wharf-aighters" in front of Pete Hegseth until he chases me around the big table. But he can't catch me.
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Andrew Leahey ⚖️ @esq.social · 10d
Coming to the Candle Light Theater, Richard Brecky brings mastery of silent theater to the stage as "Jellybean."
Pete Hegseth pantomiming covering the eyes of a small child on Christmas. Tim Robinson as Richard Brecky in "Jellybean" from I Think You Should Leave.
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