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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1m

An absurd and outrageous response. Prosecutors shouldn’t bring cases until they’re ready to try them, they are the ones that decide when it happens, constrained only by the statute of limitations, if they can’t get their hands around the evidence before that time, tough.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 15m

I think @stevevladeck.bsky.social needs one of these

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 3h

the judge still feels the evidence was insufficient, he'll order an acquittal on the inevitable Rule 29 motion.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 3h

Some folks are way too confident this wont go to trial, but it seems pretty likely to me that it will. Judges don't like to second-guess grand juries, and so even if the judge here thinks there isn't probable cause, he will probably let it go to trial. If the jury comes back with guilty, and ...

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 4h

If they’re who I’m thinking of, they were both on journals, so I like to think I have them beat on “low achieving”!

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

If it was this one, I feel like most of our class was either Green or Gold.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

You seemed pretty typical to me, moreso than I perceived myself as being for sure. Everyone kinda had their thing, I like to think I was the lovable l, low achieving drunk, but there were definitely personality outliers and I didn’t really perceive you as among them.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

That would be the closest, but maybe it’s something just completely out there!

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

It’s all relative, you were hardly out of place in law school!

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

I have to know what they thought strawmanning meant!

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 5h

What do you think it means to strawman an argument?

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 6h

lol Lee Greenwood is 82, and his only notable song (the only one most non-boomers would know) is God Bless the USA.

But he’s a big Trump supporter and his fourth wife (whom he married when he was over twice her age) used to run pageants for Trump, so of course Mike’s gotta promote him.

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 6h

not the point, but Mike Johnson saying that they should have had Lee Greenwood instead of Bad Bunny is the most boomer-ass shit on the planet, and Mike Johnson is *solidly* Gen X (b. 1972)

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 6h

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, I’m sure the circle of anthropology nerds and anime girl enjoyers includes more than just you, someone might be very happy!

(I kid, this is a very good point you’re making.)

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 6h

Kronk Point GIF

Alt: Kronk GIF from emperor’s new groove with an angel on Kronk’s shoulder saying “no no, he’s got a point”

media.tenor.com

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

This is funny because, while I do live in suburbia specifically because I have a child, that's as opposed to my preference of living rural AF.

Also, there are well over 900,000 k-12 students in NYC public schools, so presumably it's not all single gay men living in cities.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

fellas is it gay to live in a city

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

I argued at the time that all this law really did was make it even more unpalatable to not provide backpay, since a future Congress would have to explicitly exclude payments under that law from general agency appropriations.

But also, it was Trump that signed that law, and he praised it.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody will convince me they got over 75 career federal prosecutors in a room and presented them with facts that meet all the elements and not a single one said "well, technically he did violate the law, I'll take it."

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

This for me*

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

I've known a fair number of prosecutors, both federal and local, and if you give them facts that can plausibly meet the elements of an offense beyond a reasonable doubt, most of them are going to be fine with it.

Most federal prosecutors have no problem pursuing a morally blameless person.

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

This for more is as much confirmation as you can get that there isn't some secret evidence they have. There is (or was, as of 2/3/25) over 150 lawyers in USAO EDVA, the vast majority of which are federal prosecutors, and not ONE would assist on this? That's a "facts don't support the law" problem.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

This for more is as much confirmation as you can get that there isn't some secret evidence they have. There is (or was, as of 2/3/25) over 150 lawyers in USAO EDVA, the vast majority of which are federal prosecutors, and not ONE would assist on this? That's a "facts don't support the law" problem.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he spent the distributions on a highly liquid, non-depreciating asset and can just sell a portion of it, easy peasy.

Anyway, thoughts and prayers!

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it was a joke because lowering taxes isn't why she sees people who would criminalize her marriage if they could as allies. The real reason, of course, is that they see her as a pliant cover, and she sees them as easy marks that she'll always be able to outwit.

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

Truly, there is so much in that speech to criticize, even just in that three paragraph excerpt.

This is what makes NYT so bad, it's not that they're biased (they are, but not really consistently), it's that they do dishonest crap like this, and give everyone a legitimate reason to dismiss them.

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot in Bari Weiss’ 2023 FedSoc speech that merits scrutiny but I think the Times did a disservice by closing with this quote — given what she says immediately after. fedsoc.org/commentary/f...

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

I get Dems wanting to get this concession, but the more important thing for them is to enshrine into law a private right of action, including injunctions, for federal violations of civil rights and for unlawful impoundment. They should’ve focused on that.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

Trump – Says Deal Could Be Reached On ACA Subsidies

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Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 1d

The staged video thing is problematic, but if they’re only using videos with affirmative consent, and compensating users for them, I think that’s actually an improvement over existing models.