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12/3 ruling is unsealed!
December 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
12/3 ruling is unsealed!
Ah I see that it's available now. Yikes, Blanche/Singh. And McGuire... now I'm wondering if McGuire's in jeopardy of perjury charges.
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ah I see that it's available now. Yikes, Blanche/Singh. And McGuire... now I'm wondering if McGuire's in jeopardy of perjury charges.
I'm wondering if we have any idea why Judge Crenshaw's Dec. 3 order has not yet been unsealed?
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm wondering if we have any idea why Judge Crenshaw's Dec. 3 order has not yet been unsealed?
HRC's "deplorable" comment CONTINUES to be a huge scandal to this day is the real mindfuck! Like that wasn't just a 24- or 48-hour backlash, it was something that stuck to a candidate and to an entire political party for going on a decade
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
HRC's "deplorable" comment CONTINUES to be a huge scandal to this day is the real mindfuck! Like that wasn't just a 24- or 48-hour backlash, it was something that stuck to a candidate and to an entire political party for going on a decade
31st Ave being an exception! (But it doesn't also function as an artery into the city.) Anyway this is fascinating.
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
31st Ave being an exception! (But it doesn't also function as an artery into the city.) Anyway this is fascinating.
I mean I honestly felt disoriented when it didn't
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I mean I honestly felt disoriented when it didn't
Yeah I was confused by that little caveat too! Didn't seem consistent with the rest of what he was saying.
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yeah I was confused by that little caveat too! Didn't seem consistent with the rest of what he was saying.
Yeah... honestly, walking across my daughter's campus, I've wondered how so many of her peers actually seem to be doing okay! Or relatively okay? I'm sure many effects, as you say, are yet to be seen. All the best to you and your kid and your students
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yeah... honestly, walking across my daughter's campus, I've wondered how so many of her peers actually seem to be doing okay! Or relatively okay? I'm sure many effects, as you say, are yet to be seen. All the best to you and your kid and your students
Honestly I've thought for weeks that Hegseth uses it because he thinks it sounds manly and hardcore. It's not a distinction that needs to be made, it's not like anyone thought we were using cyber attacks to sink boats. They've been posting the videos for gods sake.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Honestly I've thought for weeks that Hegseth uses it because he thinks it sounds manly and hardcore. It's not a distinction that needs to be made, it's not like anyone thought we were using cyber attacks to sink boats. They've been posting the videos for gods sake.
I just started crying when I read your answer, specially the "largely being ignored" part. So many kids hurt, hamstrung.
Not just the physical but also the mental, social, emotional damage. And in a larger (U.S.) environment where supports of every kind are being stripped away rather than added.
Not just the physical but also the mental, social, emotional damage. And in a larger (U.S.) environment where supports of every kind are being stripped away rather than added.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I just started crying when I read your answer, specially the "largely being ignored" part. So many kids hurt, hamstrung.
Not just the physical but also the mental, social, emotional damage. And in a larger (U.S.) environment where supports of every kind are being stripped away rather than added.
Not just the physical but also the mental, social, emotional damage. And in a larger (U.S.) environment where supports of every kind are being stripped away rather than added.
My child lost the end of her 8th grade year, her HS freshman year was all via zoom. Before covid (+ all the shit), she was a high achiever, but now struggles to pass her college classes.
(I already posted this reply elsewhere, but am adding it here too because your thread is so moving & relatable)
(I already posted this reply elsewhere, but am adding it here too because your thread is so moving & relatable)
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My child lost the end of her 8th grade year, her HS freshman year was all via zoom. Before covid (+ all the shit), she was a high achiever, but now struggles to pass her college classes.
(I already posted this reply elsewhere, but am adding it here too because your thread is so moving & relatable)
(I already posted this reply elsewhere, but am adding it here too because your thread is so moving & relatable)
Mom to sophomore undergrad here, I feel your pain (and your kid's). My kid did entire HS freshman year via zoom and never truly recovered (mentally or academically).
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Mom to sophomore undergrad here, I feel your pain (and your kid's). My kid did entire HS freshman year via zoom and never truly recovered (mentally or academically).
I'm a mom of a college student who lost the end of her 8th grade year to covid and did her entire HS freshman year via zoom. Before all of that, she was a motivated high achiever, but she now struggles to get passing grades. Curious whether you see this as a factor?
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm a mom of a college student who lost the end of her 8th grade year to covid and did her entire HS freshman year via zoom. Before all of that, she was a motivated high achiever, but she now struggles to get passing grades. Curious whether you see this as a factor?
I'm a mom of a college student who lost the end of her 8th grade year to covid and did her entire HS freshman year via zoom. Before all of that, she was a motivated high achiever, but she now struggles to get passing grades. Curious whether you see this as a factor?
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm a mom of a college student who lost the end of her 8th grade year to covid and did her entire HS freshman year via zoom. Before all of that, she was a motivated high achiever, but she now struggles to get passing grades. Curious whether you see this as a factor?
I mean--not a formal result, even prior to the procedural screwups. When the grand jury went home, did they *believe* they'd indicted Comey on 2 counts? Or none? Did Halligan try to salvage a new 2-count indictment just based on the foreperson's account of deliberations?
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I mean--not a formal result, even prior to the procedural screwups. When the grand jury went home, did they *believe* they'd indicted Comey on 2 counts? Or none? Did Halligan try to salvage a new 2-count indictment just based on the foreperson's account of deliberations?
The 3- versus 2-count issue now seems like it might have been something more nefarious than sloppiness or incompetence on Halligan's part. The GJ's agreement on counts 2 & 3 might just have been a straw poll during deliberation, never a formal result at all?
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The 3- versus 2-count issue now seems like it might have been something more nefarious than sloppiness or incompetence on Halligan's part. The GJ's agreement on counts 2 & 3 might just have been a straw poll during deliberation, never a formal result at all?
Oh, thank you! And yeah... didn't google translate, but I did find an article in the Guardian. Just fascinating.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Oh, thank you! And yeah... didn't google translate, but I did find an article in the Guardian. Just fascinating.
Wasn't able to read the article since I don't read German, but I am so curious when and where (online) we might be able to hear these pieces played.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wasn't able to read the article since I don't read German, but I am so curious when and where (online) we might be able to hear these pieces played.
"Female" as a noun is one of those things I hate so much it actually makes me laugh. Years ago I was at my police precinct (114th in Astoria NY) and noticed two side-by-side bathrooms there, one of them labeled "MEN" and the other "FEMALE."
(Hegseth though is a POS and not remotely funny)
(Hegseth though is a POS and not remotely funny)
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Female" as a noun is one of those things I hate so much it actually makes me laugh. Years ago I was at my police precinct (114th in Astoria NY) and noticed two side-by-side bathrooms there, one of them labeled "MEN" and the other "FEMALE."
(Hegseth though is a POS and not remotely funny)
(Hegseth though is a POS and not remotely funny)
wait, WHAT now?! I love Olde Good Things, bought a ton of hardware and such there when I was rebuilding my 125yo house (following a house fire in '16). I actually picked up a couple things salvaged from the Waldorf Astoria.
Wow I hate to hear this!
Wow I hate to hear this!
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
wait, WHAT now?! I love Olde Good Things, bought a ton of hardware and such there when I was rebuilding my 125yo house (following a house fire in '16). I actually picked up a couple things salvaged from the Waldorf Astoria.
Wow I hate to hear this!
Wow I hate to hear this!
Well... I think she kind of split the difference actually. She used DoW throughout the opinion, I guess as a throw-em-a-bone measure? but used Hegseth's legal title in the order.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Well... I think she kind of split the difference actually. She used DoW throughout the opinion, I guess as a throw-em-a-bone measure? but used Hegseth's legal title in the order.
Also... his reporters "shrieked" responses back at him? 😳
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Also... his reporters "shrieked" responses back at him? 😳
"instead of stopping the Defendant—standing five-foot-five and 128 pounds—as he emerged from his home unarmed and, presumably, carrying a wiener dog"
This is why we have adverbs. Well done, Judge.
This is why we have adverbs. Well done, Judge.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"instead of stopping the Defendant—standing five-foot-five and 128 pounds—as he emerged from his home unarmed and, presumably, carrying a wiener dog"
This is why we have adverbs. Well done, Judge.
This is why we have adverbs. Well done, Judge.
What a good observation. My first thought was, ugh, spiteful and exclusionary. But yeah on second reading--spiteful & exclusionary of *what*, even! People being people?
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
What a good observation. My first thought was, ugh, spiteful and exclusionary. But yeah on second reading--spiteful & exclusionary of *what*, even! People being people?