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Alan Mygatt-Tauber

@amtappeals.bsky.social

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legalpaladin.com Adjunct Professor and Affiliated Scholar, Seattle U Law. Author. Lawyer. I study the extraterritorial application of the Constitution. Working on a biography of John Paul Stevens. Photographer behind WhatALawyerLooksLike.net

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 4h

New: Judge Perry's ruling against Texas troops in Chicago is a banger.

1. Invokes Hamilton
2. Rips into ICE for lying
3. Says "law enforcement officers who go into an event expecting 'a shitshow' are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the event prepared to de-escalate it.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 5h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 5h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 7h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 5h

This is why there can be no deals. Make the GOP pass their own bill. Or get resignations in exchange for votes. (And make sure the resignations come first!)

Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 9h

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 6h

ONCE AGAIN FOR THOSE IN THE BACK:

REPUBLICANS JUST STOPPED U.S. MILITARY MEMBERS FROM BEING PAID.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 6h

They will never make me a federal judge, because if this was my order, I’d be demanding names of who this was, to hold them in contempt or the jailing of every ICE officer in Chicago. And I’d have some words for the US Attorney.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 8h

Took a break from the Supreme Court's ongoing horrorshow to focus on what really matters: how funny it is for a federal judge to decide, as a matter of law, that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef

Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory

Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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Aidan Walker @aidanwalker.bsky.social · 23h

the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them

we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 23h

Where’s the sharpie?

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 1d

"Before Paxton first ran for public office in 2002, his only listed assets were a handful of stocks and a house with a mortgage, with a combined value of less than $175,000...The Paxtons now own at least 11 residential properties around the U.S. with an assessed value of $7.5 million."

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

And that’s when you ignore it.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

Which is why I would recommend that the President task the AG, in consultation with the SG, to determine if the Court’s orders conflict with what they did under Trump. If they did, ignore them.

We can’t have one set of rules when one party is in power, and a different set when the other one is.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

You have to love that this is who Texas sent to Chicago, less than a week after Pete Hegseth railed against “fat troops.”

Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure storm is the word. Maybe lumber, waddle, trot

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

If I were the judge, I’d accuse the lawyer of being foreign and tell him I’m having him hauled off to jail immediately. And when he insists he’s not, I’d ask him how he intends to prove that without due process.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

Posted this exact one earlier today.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not. And the fact is, they’d never abolish the filibuster for abortion, because it’s far too popular.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 2d

Of course not. I fully support abortion.

But I am tired of the press running coverage for the GOP.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 2d

Met an Icelandic horse in Iceland. It was awesome.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 2d

Marshall of the Supreme Court finally signed out the warrant, huh?