Benjamin Adams
@benadamso-o.bsky.social
Recovering Attorney, Occasional Political Scientist, Confused & Concerned Citizen. Dad to 6. Bleeding-heart centrist. Hold a few degrees. Future doxing victim.
This guy cried tears of joy when Trump won his first turn. He's been a GOP operative his entire life. Looking forward to NYC voters rejecting him completely.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This guy cried tears of joy when Trump won his first turn. He's been a GOP operative his entire life. Looking forward to NYC voters rejecting him completely.
This feels like damaging testimony. Storm has always insisted that he merely wrote code but this seems to go beyond that.
AUSA: What does this say?
FBI's Stewart: It says, how to clean Ethereum-
Judge: Are you saying that's a symbol for Ethereum?
Stewart: Yes. And it shows a washing machine.
AUSA: We move to admit
Storm's lawyer: Our previously expressed objection
Judge: Overruled
FBI's Stewart: It says, how to clean Ethereum-
Judge: Are you saying that's a symbol for Ethereum?
Stewart: Yes. And it shows a washing machine.
AUSA: We move to admit
Storm's lawyer: Our previously expressed objection
Judge: Overruled
July 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This feels like damaging testimony. Storm has always insisted that he merely wrote code but this seems to go beyond that.
Opening statements in the trial of Roman Storm. The crypto people tell you he's an innocent software developer but the facts may say otherwise.
Judge Failla: Mr. Mosley?
Assistant US Attorney Kevin Mosley: In the fall of 2021 a woman got scammed out of $250,000. Hackers broke into the computer of a company here in NYC. Then North Korea stole $600 million from a gaming company: all through Tornado Cash
Assistant US Attorney Kevin Mosley: In the fall of 2021 a woman got scammed out of $250,000. Hackers broke into the computer of a company here in NYC. Then North Korea stole $600 million from a gaming company: all through Tornado Cash
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Opening statements in the trial of Roman Storm. The crypto people tell you he's an innocent software developer but the facts may say otherwise.
Endorse this. New Yorkers are often too cynical about politics. We elect smarmy insiders, thinking they will be good leaders. It is time to start valuing basic decency in our political leaders.
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June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Endorse this. New Yorkers are often too cynical about politics. We elect smarmy insiders, thinking they will be good leaders. It is time to start valuing basic decency in our political leaders.
Musk spent $275 million helping Trump get elected and now he's opposing Trump's signature legislation.
Elon Musk is now actively campaigning to “KILL the BILL.” New tweet to his ~220 million followers:
June 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Musk spent $275 million helping Trump get elected and now he's opposing Trump's signature legislation.
Heckuva job, Brownie.
June 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Heckuva job, Brownie.
It was actually ego death
"Two hikers in New York’s Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Mushroom-tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion's death, officials say
An Adirondacks forest ranger responded, realized the two were mentally altered and took them to a hospital. The supposedly dead person called and later met his friends at their campsite.
www.nbcnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It was actually ego death
Georgetown come get your boy. He's at it again.
May 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Georgetown come get your boy. He's at it again.
My take on the "unique historical tradition" nonsense is that it prevents Congress from restructuring every agency to match the Fed's structure.
This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!
The Supreme Court goes out of its way to say that its order today does NOT allow Trump to remove members of the Federal Reserve because it is "uniquely structured" and has a "distinct history tradition." (I do not think those distinctions hold water.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
My take on the "unique historical tradition" nonsense is that it prevents Congress from restructuring every agency to match the Fed's structure.
Absolutely ridiculous. You could see it with your own eyes and you could hear it with your own ears. This is such an incredible cop out. People like Jake forever failing upwards.
Jake Tapper says the media didn't cover up Biden's 'Original Sin': 'We were just lied to'
Jake Tapper says the media didn't cover up Biden's 'Original Sin': 'We were just lied to'
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book has already generated a national debate about whether the White House deceived the public about the president’s cognitive state and how Biden’s late exit from the race undermined the Democratic Party’s chances of stopping Trump.
www.latimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Absolutely ridiculous. You could see it with your own eyes and you could hear it with your own ears. This is such an incredible cop out. People like Jake forever failing upwards.
He had sex with a dead body but the prosecution can't admit that because the sexual assault statute requires an assault against a "person."
Brooklyn man indicted, accused of sexually assaulting 'helpless man' on subway https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-man-indicted-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-helpless-man-on-subway
Brooklyn man indicted, accused of sexually assaulting 'helpless man' on subway
An MTA employee talks with a subway train conductor at the South Ferry station in 2023.
Prosecutors say the investigation into whether the victim was dead at the time of the incident is ongoing. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
He had sex with a dead body but the prosecution can't admit that because the sexual assault statute requires an assault against a "person."
Did not expect to be rereading Ex Parte McCardle but here we are.
Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
May 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Did not expect to be rereading Ex Parte McCardle but here we are.
These potential charges against James are similar to the charges NY brought against Trump in several respects:
1. Purely technical infractions;
2. No party had any damages;
3. Normie wouldn't be charged.
1. Purely technical infractions;
2. No party had any damages;
3. Normie wouldn't be charged.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into real estate transactions involving New York Attorney General Letitia James — the first known criminal probe of a law enforcement official who took action against President Donald Trump.
Justice Dept. investigating N.Y. attorney general who has targeted Trump
The probe of real estate records is the first known criminal investigation of a prosecutor who previously took action against President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
These potential charges against James are similar to the charges NY brought against Trump in several respects:
1. Purely technical infractions;
2. No party had any damages;
3. Normie wouldn't be charged.
1. Purely technical infractions;
2. No party had any damages;
3. Normie wouldn't be charged.
First Canada and then Australia and now the Vatican.
Wait. Okay. Here's a promising sign
From the account of the new Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
First Canada and then Australia and now the Vatican.
The arguments against televising SCOTUS proceedings are incredibly weak especially when compared to the of government transparency but it still won't happen. Even Kagan is against televising proceedings.
NEW: @c-span.bsky.social asks Chief Justice Roberts to televise the oral argument on birthright citizenship next Thursday, May 15th
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The arguments against televising SCOTUS proceedings are incredibly weak especially when compared to the of government transparency but it still won't happen. Even Kagan is against televising proceedings.
Tired: racing to the courthouse
Wired: racing to the airport
Wired: racing to the airport
Here's the Twitter post suggesting that a third-country deportation flight to Libya is imminent.
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tired: racing to the courthouse
Wired: racing to the airport
Wired: racing to the airport
Impressed that judge Howell understands Shakespeare was making fun of Dick the Butcher. Often misinterpreted.
JUST IN: Judge HOWELL rules forcefully in favor of Perkins Coie against Trump's punitive executive order, comparing him to a Shakespearean character who famously called to "kill all the lawyers" in order to amass power.
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May 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Impressed that judge Howell understands Shakespeare was making fun of Dick the Butcher. Often misinterpreted.
Nice write-up. In religion cases you can always tell which way justices are leaning based on how much they talk about free exercise versus how much they talk about no establishment.
Wednesday’s SCOTUS oral argument, at which the majority appeared likely to OK nation's first religious charter school, was not an ending. It, more likely, would just be another crushed Establishment Clause limit. Until the next one.
From my report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-okl...
From my report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-okl...
May 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nice write-up. In religion cases you can always tell which way justices are leaning based on how much they talk about free exercise versus how much they talk about no establishment.
I thought this was the place we tried to get things right man why don't you fix your math?
HAPPENING NOW: DHS official tells court that agency diverted 10-20 employees to run *1.3 million* names of foreign students through database that tracks criminal charges. Took 2-3 weeks.
There were ~6,400 hits (0.004%). But thousands were for charges that never led to convictions or were dropped.
There were ~6,400 hits (0.004%). But thousands were for charges that never led to convictions or were dropped.
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I thought this was the place we tried to get things right man why don't you fix your math?
Number 3 apparently didn't happen here so why are we suggesting that it did?
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Number 3 apparently didn't happen here so why are we suggesting that it did?
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...
Reposted by Benjamin Adams
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."
Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"
wapo.st/4iAatO1
PSA: Pretrial detainees have not been convicted of anything and are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
6th Cir. holds that it was not clearly established law that a prison official could not throw a volleyball at the head of a pretrial detainee with force sufficient to bruise his face to get him to shut up. Declines to establish such law.
QI for prison official.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/04...
QI for prison official.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/04...
April 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
PSA: Pretrial detainees have not been convicted of anything and are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Reposted by Benjamin Adams
DOGE's cuts for NIH are 40% of its budget.
DOGE's cuts for NASA are 1.7% of its budget.*
(* – also, in millions of dollars, the number DOGE came up with for NASA cuts is Elon's favorite number, 420... letting us know that even when they're just trimming they're having fun)
DOGE's cuts for NASA are 1.7% of its budget.*
(* – also, in millions of dollars, the number DOGE came up with for NASA cuts is Elon's favorite number, 420... letting us know that even when they're just trimming they're having fun)
April 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
DOGE's cuts for NIH are 40% of its budget.
DOGE's cuts for NASA are 1.7% of its budget.*
(* – also, in millions of dollars, the number DOGE came up with for NASA cuts is Elon's favorite number, 420... letting us know that even when they're just trimming they're having fun)
DOGE's cuts for NASA are 1.7% of its budget.*
(* – also, in millions of dollars, the number DOGE came up with for NASA cuts is Elon's favorite number, 420... letting us know that even when they're just trimming they're having fun)