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Omri Marian

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Family guy. Acting dad. Dog dad. Tax law professor. Backpacker. Beer snob. Weekend guitarist. Israeli expat in SoCal.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

The 501(c)(3) I keep mentioning here not only documents misbehaviour by government lawyers, but also celebrates government lawyers like Elizabeth Yusi, who are defending the rule of law while facing pressure from their superiors!
If you are a lawyer/law student and want to help, DM me.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking MSNBC:

A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James — resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG

A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

www.msnbc.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 11h

Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

Schiff: "You were asked whether you were firing career prosecutors just because they worked on January 6 investigations. You refused to answer that question."

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 12h

Trump: insulting reporters and calling them names on live TV almost every day.

Pundits: 🦗🦗🦗

Katie Porter: shutting down an interview after a clearly hostile reporter was asking the same question seven times hoping for a gotcha moment.

Pundits: what a trainwreck!

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 12h

I have worked with Katie when there were no cameras around for several years. She's great. Some people just can't handle the fact she can easily call their BS.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 12h

This is a reporter being completely unserious, hoping for a "gotcha" moment after she received a very clear answer she was not expecting.
Good on Porter for shutting this down this ridiculous interview.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 12h

This is not at all a trainwreck, IMO. This is a candidate shutting down BS.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13h

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 14h

In a functional democracy this should have been enough to get her disbarred.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 15h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 17h

Anthony, you said the word "tax". I consider it a breakthrough.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 21h

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 21h

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22h

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 21h

Really, you have it all in there. The full spectrum of various versions of "10/7 didn't happen" to "Israel did it" on one side, and from "there are no innocents in Gaza", to "it is not actually happening in Gaza" on the other side.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 21h

I might as well could have predicted that the sun would continue to rise in the east.

Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · Oct 12

Make no mistake: we are going to see a well-organized, well-funded industry of denialism.
The same way we have holocaust deniers, we are going to have deniers of the current atrocities. It is already happening.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 23h

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if both sides do war crimes, then condemning both sides for doing war crimes is not, under any circumstances, "Bothsidesism".

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 23h

The responses to this excellent statement are exactly what you would expect, unfortunately.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h

This guy is the guy that Marimar Martinez had IDed as a YouTuber in advance of her shooting. Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that "doxing" to justify her shooting.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

What a weird take. They're not submissive or afraid. They are active, willing participants. Robert has been at it since the 1980s. He's one of the main architects.

Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

I find the idea that Roberts is just a passive cowardly participant in this rather ridiculous. He's one of the main architects!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats again to Chief Keyser Söze, whose greatest trick was convincing the world that actual John Roberts doesn't exist.

Folks, he wants all of this. It is the game he’s been playing at for 25 years now, since he was busy stealing an election & making sure everyone’s vote wasn’t counted in 2000.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

This seems pretty egregious even by Trump administration standards. If the lawyer is correct, the agent fired seven shots at the defendant because she was annoying him.

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 1d

Leadership!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG

A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

www.msnbc.com

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