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Moot Question

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A tale told by an attorney, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Former fed. Mostly law, econ, and politics. This is not a place of honor

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · Apr 2

I’ve been doing that with some friends, quietly. (Jokingly calling in Project 2029 but really The Truth and Consequences Agenda). Key things involve utterly destroying GOP power structures and bases, packing the union and the courts…

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 7h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

Evil, lawless, unconstitutional abuse of power

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 6h

What drives me nuts about this dialogue: diversity and inclusion training was a corporate response to the statutory requirements civil rights laws. None of these laws have been repealed by Congress. Congress can pass the laws under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, which has also not been repealed.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 8h

a cartoon of a green snake with potato-yi written on the bottom

Alt: a cartoon of a green snake with potato-yi written on the bottom

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 1d

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 10h

Stella Sacco
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It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 9h

If the district courts all Naruto run thy can’t stop them all

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 11h

Tax the shit out of these assholes and maniacs www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11h

I am old enough to remember when Trump said he would lower grocery prices on Day One.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 10h

On the plus side, the lower courts have the numbers

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 19h

I remember prepping an expert witness ahead of trial who was very nervous about getting everything exactly perfectly right and calming him by explaining this and the presumption of regularity. Whoops

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21h

Department of Justice lawyers, from Main Justice to AUSAs in the districts, have ALWAYS enjoyed a sort of aura of truth and justice and trust. That was arguably always unjustifiable but Trump DoJ has absolutely pissed it away with compulsive lying.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20h

Oh wow so he’s like, dying dying

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20h

Or, if not literally, they’re bored and sort of sloppy. Hypothetically

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20h

Genuinely I’m a jaded, broken curmudgeon and this made me tear up

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20h

This man, anonymous though he is, should be honored as righteous among the nations

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22h

An SDNY judge said to me once over dinner: as an appellate judge, you sit around reading about people going to the circus, and as a district judge, you’re the ringmaster

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22h

I Used The Stones To Destroy The Stones Thanos GIF

Alt: I Used The Stones To Destroy The Stones Thanos GIF

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22h

Pritzker be like

a group of south park characters are gathered around a man in a green shirt who says " yeah except for me "

Alt: a group of south park characters are gathered around a man in a green shirt who says " yeah except for me "

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22h

To be fair they’re working without pay.

I’m not inclined to be fair though

Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 22h

Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs

Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 1d

I’m just saying I’d appreciate it if the market would crash already so my newfound increased income can start dumping into the bottomed out market instead of the top

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 1d

It’s almost certainly stupider than you and I, ordinary mortals, can imagine