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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 5h

No, please steal away!

David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 6h

Great comic!

I was expecting a stinger to the tune of "How am I supposed to get food stamps anyway?" "Easy! Just call the office to make an appointment, then drive over to their office to fill out the application!"

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 9h

This argument is infuriating. First, not having to deploy the NG should never be referred to as a “penalty”. It’s what we all should hope for! Second, if we don’t deploy the NG, and the situation improves on its own, that’s strong evidence the NG wasn’t necessary!

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 11h

McArthur says that it penalizes Trump for waiting to use the NG until October instead of activating them in June when there was actual violence in Portland.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 10h

Scene from #wartornPortland yesterday. As you can see, things have gotten so dire that even our babies are being trained in amphibious operations.

Picture of my baby and his mom at the pool for swim lessons

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 10h

Credit to Judge Bumatay for risking life and limb to be here, I guess, but it does underscore the fundamental absurdity of the entire proposition that Portland is this war-ravaged hellscape demanding military intervention.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 10h

I have to point out that the day before this 9th Circuit panel revved up to decide that Portland was too dangerously war-torn to rely on regular law enforcement to keep order, my Portland-based law school somehow safely hosted a different 9CA judge for a normal law school event.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 10h

Three absolute truths:

1) There's nothing wrong with being a Palestinian.

2) Chuck Schumer isn't one.

3) Calling Chuck Schumer a Palestinian is antisemitic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, Temple Israel woke up to anti-Semitic threats — a reminder that hate still tries to find a foothold. It won’t find one here. Minneapolis stands with our Jewish neighbors. Hiding behind hate to spread fear aganst any religion or group of people is cowardly and unacceptable in our city.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

In fairness, we’re all feeling very sensitive about judicial power this fall.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

We were thinking "how could you imagine anyone would do such a thing?"; they were thinking "I can totally imagine I would do precisely that thing" (so why would it be fanciful that we would be thinking exactly the same?).

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

One conclusion I'm drawing is that the ease at which many were able to believe conspiracy theories like Jade Helm stemmed from the fact that they actually were quite taken by it (deployed against others, of course) -- so it made perfect sense to them to assume we'd find it equally alluring.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d

Now that AI is here, how can mega-consulting firms assure themselves that their overpaid 20-somethings won't use it in lieu of hopping themselves up on Adderall and pulling all-nighters to meet impossible work demands?

It's a crisis, I tell you!

AI Über Adderall

Another day, another AI hallucination story -- this time involving mega-consulting firm Deloitte, which just refunded a big chunk of change...

dsadevil.blogspot.com

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Guha Krishnamurthi @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this summer, I presented Textualism Step Zero at the Harvard-Yale-Stanford Junior Faculty Forum

I begin with a confession of my failures and say something about a failure in textualism-hey, and this is different for me-even a way to fix that for textualism!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

abstract of my paper Textualism Step Zero

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 3d

(How many years ago? It was on Sam Brownback being both the sort of guy who’d block a judicial nominee bc they attended a commitment ceremony of a lesbian friend, and also author a congressional resolution apologizing for segregation and slavery).

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago I wrote about how the “genuinely crazy” GOPers were the ones most likely to surprise you precisely bc they’re true believers in something & that something is absolutely not anything that maps onto standard political reality. So they’re much less predictable than a run-of-the-mill GOP pol.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 3d

I love it when journalists subtly indicate that Trump is, in fact, a toddler. www.jta.org/2025/10/06/i...

Excerpt reading: "Trump also shared multiple pictures from the weekly Saturday night Tel Aviv demonstration calling for the hostages’ release, which also functions largely as an anti-Netanyahu protest. Trump, who has a longstanding interest in crowd sizes, did not comment on the pictures, but he cited the large numbers of people in the streets in Israel as evidence that Israelis want the war to end during his joint appearance with Netanyahu."

The passage "Trump, who has a longstanding interest in crowd sizes," is highlighted.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll note that while SCOTUS complains lower courts aren’t following its (unreasoned and opaque) shadow docket orders in cases it sees as substantially similar, the Trump admin loves trying to skirt court orders by tweaking one tiny fact and then doing exactly what it was just forbidden from doing.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

COMING UP: Judge Immergut has set a hearing for 10 pm ET tonight (!) on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment by calling up the federalized California national guard.

Date Filed
Oct 5, 2025
Description
* CSV
SCHEDULING ORDER: This Court, having received Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and request for Expedited Hearing, ECF 59, sets a hearing by Telephonic Conference at 7:00
p.m. tonight, October 5, 2025, before Judge Karin J. Immergut. Access information for "LISTEN ONLY" phone number for the Hearing. Telephone Number: 1-571-353-2301 (toll-free 1-833-
990-9400); Guest Meeting ID: 812-980-
324#. Note: If dropped from the conference, please rejoin the conference.
For complete conference connection instructions and etiquette guidelines, refer to ord.uscourts.gov/cms. Ordered on 10/5/25 by Judge Karin J. Immergut. (jy)
(Entered: 10/05/2025)

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 4d

I remember a study asking Americans their opinion on foreign aid. They thought we spent way too much on it. Then they were asked “ok, as a % of the fed budget, how much should we spend on foreign aid?” and they pitched a number at least an order of magnitude higher than what we actually spent.

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 4d

Guys, is it a problem when the Diaspora Minister hates diaspora Jews and loves diaspora antisemites?

Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 4d

An ignoramus fascist proudly appointed and backed by a more educated and worldly fascist

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 5d

Wait, what?

HLS Visiting Professor Placed on Leave After Arrest For Firing Pellet Gun Near Brookline Synagogue | News | The Harvard Crimson

A visiting professor at Harvard Law School was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation after allegedly firing a pellet gun outside of a Brookline synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur.

www.thecrimson.com

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 5d

A useful feature on here would be a way for people to tag their own posts as ꜱᴘᴏʀᴛꜱ for when they’re just posting HOLY SHIT or THIS GUY out of context

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 5d

“It's so funny what people who have never been discriminated against think is oppression!"

a woman wearing a black dress and a white shirt is dancing in front of a door

ALT: a woman wearing a black dress and a white shirt is dancing in front of a door

media.tenor.com

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