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Mister November

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AC Smith Former lawyer, turned Barista by day, Private-eye by night Here for a good time, not a long time

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · Nov 7

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Elvis Costello "My Aim is True" album cover

Screenshot of Alan Partridge in "Knowing Me Knowing You"

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5h

The President of the United States doesn’t seem to know what habeas corpus is

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 16h

An incredible case of marketing brain. The bit about how it enables a shortened form -- "PhAM" -- is particularly funny. So unnecessary when everyone already just calls it either "the Art Museum" or the PMA, both of which are shorter than "The Philadelphia Art Museum" and "PhAM."

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah.

Kendall Roy in leather jacket with text "let's do the fucking news!"

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 4d

This is some atrocious reporting. The law is not remotely ambiguous and is codified as a statute. The existence of a Treasury Department website providing historical context is of zero import.

(b) United States currency has the inscription "In God We Trust" in a place the Secretary decides is appropriate. Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities. The name of the individual shall be inscribed below the portrait.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d

This is such a flagrant violation of every principle of international law and sovereignty that it’s hard to actually believe even when we definitively know it is true (and even when it is consistent with all other behaviours).

American intelligence officials have now confirmed to CBS News that Netanyahu ordered the drone attacks on the Sumud flotilla while it was docked in Tunisia, an attack launched from Israeli Navy submarines off the Tunisian coast.

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 5d

MINT THE COIN

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Obviously, this is loser shit, but I think AI has really cemented itself as the visual language of fascism. It's anti-human, flattened, uninteresting, and cheap. It's like looking at a Potemkin Village and thinking that's the same as architecture.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, look! This guy gets it.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 5d

Impossible to delink this from the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - the total militarization of law enforcement. Story opens with a Black Hawk helicopter deployed against Americans and only gets worse from there abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Gina @brokenbiros.bsky.social · 5d

An icon - RIP

Patricia Routledge in Keeping Up Appearances

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 6d

Committing involuntary Hatch Act violations on behalf of the workers is really something...

Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 6d

From the local CBS news story:

Neighbors like Eboni Watson say they ducked for cover as they heard several flash bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said,

'f*** them kids.""

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 6d

"a universe where art meets imagination" may be the apex of AI slop.

MEET SIGERSON BELL

In the vibrant nexus of art and technology, Sigerson Bell stands as a paragon of mystery and innovation. An anonymous virtuoso, Bell's identity remains shrouded secrecy, yet his work speaks volumes, echoing through the realms of colorful surrealism and AI collaboration. Classically trained, Bell transcends the traditional boundaries of art, venturing boldly into the digital age with a successful background in NFTs and AI art. He is not your conventional artist; he is an enigma, a "full- time mystery man" whose creations spark curiosity and wonder.

Sigerson Bell's artistic journey is marked by the groundbreaking "Rise of Algarnon" and "Legacy of Algarnon" NFT collections. These series are not mere collections but cosmic odysseys that invite viewers into a universe where art meets imagination. Bell's work is a

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you. Was just about to pull this one out. An absolute all-timer.

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 7d

That's an oddly worded announcement. I believe there are approximately 14,000 USPTO employeess. A RIF of approximately 1% of the staff would far exceed just 6 employees.

Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 7d

An interesting bit of history in this thread.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 7d

In 1945, the Allies faced a tricky question: where to hold Nazi war criminals until the trials.

A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.

In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1

James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 7d

Judgement at Nuremberg - David Low's cartoon in the Evening Standard #OnThisDay 1946

Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 7d

Shhhh...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 8d

Judge SLAMS the masking of federal agents in ruling finding Trump admin violated pro-Palestine protesters' rights:

"To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan."
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And there’s the issue of masks. ... ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks. Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape history,” Lincoln rightly said. “[It] will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 8d

Once again, it's the Never Trump ex-GOP types who see Trump for the tinpot dictator he strives to be.

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Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 8d

Home » Judges » Young, William G.

Federal Judicial Service

Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Chief Judge, 1999 - 2005.

Nominated by Ronald Reagan on March 8, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333; Confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 1985, and received commission on April 4, 1985.

Assumed senior status on July 1, 2021.

Education

Harvard University, A.B., 1962 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1967