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She was not an insurance lawyer. She did not litigate insurance issues. She was a tort defense lawyer, mostly for insurance companies, litigating injuries and probably construction defects.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 3h

This criminal mastermind earned *checks indictment* $891.85 a year for 20 years.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 3h

These are violent people.

inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana around its neck

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 3h

How do you all know when to stop clapping for the “everybody clap your hands” in the Cha-Cha Slide?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 3h

I can't find any source for this claim about Judge Nelson.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 4h

Danish studies in 2015 and 2016 found opposite results: One said circumcision increased autism and one said uncircumcised folks had more autism. Both studies are underwhelming science, and whatever variance there is seems very small.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IYPWYT...

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 5h

when you can't just take the L

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 6h

I learned everything I know about grand jury secrecy from Ainsley Hayes.

AINSLEY
I just wanted to... okay.

Ainsley turns to go as C.J. takes a swig of water, then she turns back.

AINSLEY
C.J., rule 6[e] of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure says you can be
prosecuted
for even confirming that a grand jury's been impaneled.

C.J.
How'd you know?

AINSLEY
A reporter in your press room, who hasn't read the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure.

C.J.
Well, someone's gonna tell him eventually.

AINSLEY
Who told you?

C.J.
One of the witnesses who was called. What could happen?

AINSLEY
Eighteen months, medium security. [C.J. abruptly stops pedalling.] C.J.,
I'm kidding.
You didn't break the law. Attorneys and jurors are under a gag order. Witnesses
are free
to say whatever they want, and anyone is free to repeat what they've said. You
know, I'm
not sure that laying low and hoping nobody noticed was the best strategy
here. Next time,
you should really run it by someone in the Counsel's Office. Anyway, I should
go see Leo.

C.J.
Yeah.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 8h

Kirk would be proud that Turning Point’s inflicting misery on others survives him.

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 10h

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 10h

This is ... bonkers. You can't appeal TROs in the first place. You certainly can't appeal one TRO to stop a second TRO. You're asking for an appellate advisory opinion about a moot TRO that you can wield as precedent. Article III is spinning in its grave.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 10h

Judge Bade asks about the second TRO, which has not been appealed: don't we have an issue, the second TRO would still block the deployment?

McArthur: what we need is a full stay pending appeal so we can go the district court and ask to dissolve the second TRO.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 10h

This is all just an end-run around the legal standard for seeking mandamus.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 10h

This is ... bonkers. You can't appeal TROs in the first place. You certainly can't appeal one TRO to stop a second TRO. You're asking for an appellate advisory opinion about a moot TRO that you can wield as precedent. Article III is spinning in its grave.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 10h

Judge Bade asks about the second TRO, which has not been appealed: don't we have an issue, the second TRO would still block the deployment?

McArthur: what we need is a full stay pending appeal so we can go the district court and ask to dissolve the second TRO.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 11h

My wife from across the room: "This guy sounds like he is STRUGGLING."

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 11h

Judge Graber wants to know if there are any disputed factual findings in Judge Immergut's TRO.

McArthur: no. We don't dispute the facts.

Judge Graber presses: you are not contending that any of the factual findings are clearly erroneous?

McArthur: at least not as to events and dates.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 11h

DOJ Civil Appellate is just not a trustworthy narrator about the law or the facts. And it refuses to admit what it doesn't know.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 11h

Judge asks what "regular forces" means in section 12406. McArthur just guesses with no authority. Judge turns to 12405 where "regular forces" means the army and the navy and asks why the words would change from one section to the next. McArthur does not admit to guessing.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 11h

McArthur suggests it's only federal forces, points to the FPS and ICE.

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