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35 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

[C]ollectively, your profession comes down on unreturned phone calls and sloppy dressers . . . . 
 

That hurt, Ellen.

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39 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

There were two events, the first one ended up with the shooter  He was 20 years old and even though I'm rather jaded at times, I have a difficult time believing the GOP catfished the dude into this.

But just like other events in history, in the current state of the media it's not going to stick around unless there's something the pols can exploit or use as bait to rile up folks.

Giving the shooter credit to know his was a suicide mission. What jibes with the fact that the shooter was able to get into a shooting position? Someone who, by themself, decided to shoot turnip, or a follower, dedicating his life to the cult?

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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Are you sure? You work in a profession with extremely high barriers to entry that  exists to prevent the rest of us from settling things with guns and hereditary blood feuds. We are  heading in that direction because, collectively, your profession comes down on unreturned phone calls and sloppy dressers but can’t seem to police itself against existential threats to the legal system. 
If that’s not a crisis I don’t know what is. 

The existential threat is also an external threat.

The government, not the legal profession, sets up the legal system and the judiciary.  Lawyers don't elect the government, the Congress,  the President, we don't appoint or elect judges, 

If those external to the legal system choose to disrespect it and kneecap it, there's not all that much we can do.

Right now, again, the legal system and profession is the ONLY thing standing up to Trump, again.  It may not ultimately succeed, but that failure, should it occur, is at least as much a fault of the government that set up the legal system, as it is the system itself.

 

 

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23 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

The existential threat is also an external threat.

The government, not the legal profession, sets up the legal system and the judiciary.  Lawyers don't elect the government, the Congress,  the President, we don't appoint or elect judges, 

If those external to the legal system choose to disrespect it and kneecap it, there's not all that much we can do.

You are literally the only people who can do anything about the actions of people in your profession. 

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6 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

You are literally the only people who can do anything about the actions of people in your profession. 

If the people of Collin County elect jackwagon judges, and the people of the state elect jackwagon AGs and Supreme Court justices, and the lege doesn't fund the bar well enough to hire better lawyers, well I guess I can piss on a spark plug.

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23 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

If the people of Collin County elect jackwagon judges, and the people of the state elect jackwagon AGs and Supreme Court justices, and the lege doesn't fund the bar well enough to hire better lawyers, well I guess I can piss on a spark plug.

This is like how Doctors blame patients for malpractice claims instead of running butchers out of medicine. 

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2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

that person died for trump, that's very ok with trump 

...and very likely ok with the victim. if i recall, the wife refused to take a condolence call from Biden bc her 'husband wouldn't have wanted her to talk to him'. 

 

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8 hours ago, immamac said:

If we did some Russia in Ukraine shit, we would have massive general strikes and a complete social revolution.

No we wouldn't so long as TikTok, Xitter, IG, etc are around to distract everyone.

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4 hours ago, Red Five said:


People died though. If that hadn’t happened I’d be pretty convinced it was orchestrated.
 

Donnie would shoot Eric Trump in the head on national television for a 1% bump in the polls. Or for some extra chicken nuggets.

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There’s some awfully wrong about this. Deals are worth more than 600 million.

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/trump-law-firms-kirkland-ellis-latham-watkins.html

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51 minutes ago, Satchel said:

There’s some awfully wrong about this. Deals are worth more than 600 million.

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/trump-law-firms-kirkland-ellis-latham-watkins.html

Russia. nra. money laundering for campaign purposes-agh! Black bag black bag!

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2 hours ago, Satchel said:

There’s some awfully wrong about this. Deals are worth more than 600 million.

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/trump-law-firms-kirkland-ellis-latham-watkins.html

This is fucking disgusting. Big Law is a joke. 

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5 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

There are so many things to say about this, but I think it's hilarious they expect people to check in on some app to report they've left. Fuckin psycho assholes. 

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Here’s a story about how Putin became the ideological head of the international far-right and why Trumpism embraces Russia.

I’ve been saying it for a few years now, but Pat Buchanan was Trump’s political forebearer in the US. You can also see this thinking in Steve Bannon’s infamous Vatican speech from a decade or so ago when he proposed uniting Christendom in the Northern Hemisphere against liberal secularism and the Muslim world.

Gift link to NYTimes Magazine (10-15 minute read): How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin’s Russia

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Alt National Park Service with a fun update this AM:

DOGE has quietly transformed into something far more sinister — not a system for streamlining government, but one designed for surveillance, control, and targeting. And no one’s talking about it. So we’re going to spill the tea.

From the beginning, DOGE’s true mission has been about data — collecting massive amounts of personal information on Americans. Now, that data is being turned against immigrants.

At the center of this effort is Antonio Gracias, a longtime Elon Musk confidante. Though he holds no official government position, Gracias is leading a specialized DOGE task force focused on immigration. His team has embedded engineers and staff across nearly every corner of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

But it doesn’t stop there.

DOGE operatives have also been quietly placed inside other federal agencies like the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services — agencies that store some of the most sensitive personal data in the country, including on immigrants.

DOGE engineers now working inside DHS include Kyle Schutt, Edward Coristine (nicknamed “Big Balls”), Mark Elez, Aram Moghaddassi, and Payton Rehling. They’ve built the technical foundation behind a sweeping plan to revoke, cancel visas, and rewire the entire asylum process.

One of the most disturbing aspects of this plan? Flagging immigrants as “deceased” in the Social Security system — effectively canceling their SSNs. Without a valid Social Security number, it becomes nearly impossible to open a bank account, get a job, or even apply for a loan. The goal? Make life so difficult that people “self-deport.”

And if you’re marked as dead in the Social Security system, good luck fixing it. There’s virtually no path back — it’s a bureaucratic black hole.

You might ask: why do immigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees even have Social Security numbers? Because anyone authorized to work in the U.S. legally is issued one. It’s not just for citizens. It’s essential for participating in modern life — jobs, housing, banking, taxes. Without it, you’re locked out of society.

Last week, this plan was finalized in a high-level White House meeting that included DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Antonio Gracias, senior DOGE operatives, and top administration officials.

In recent weeks, the administration has moved aggressively to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants and international students — many of whom have been living and working in the U.S. legally for years.

At the core of this crackdown? Data.

DOGE has access to your SSN, your income, your political donations — and more. What was once sold as a tool for “government efficiency” has become something else entirely: a weaponized surveillance machine.

And if you think this ends with immigrants, think again.

Antonio Gracias has already used DOGE’s access to Social Security and state-level data to push voter fraud narratives during past elections. The system is in place. The precedent has been set. And average Americans should be concerned.
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18 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

The existential threat is also an external threat.

The government, not the legal profession, sets up the legal system and the judiciary.  Lawyers don't elect the government, the Congress,  the President, we don't appoint or elect judges, 

If those external to the legal system choose to disrespect it and kneecap it, there's not all that much we can do.

Right now, again, the legal system and profession is the ONLY thing standing up to Trump, again.  It may not ultimately succeed, but that failure, should it occur, is at least as much a fault of the government that set up the legal system, as it is the system itself.

 

 

The problem is y'all are all lawyers. All. Of. You. Fucking Lawyers. The lot.

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14 hours ago, Satchel said:

There’s some awfully wrong about this. Deals are worth more than 600 million.

Five More Big Law Firms Reach Deals With Trump

Question for law dogs.  If these firms do a pro-bono case in conjunction with the administration, does this preclude them from representing a client against the administration in another case?  If so, locking down the countries mot powerful lawfirms so they can’t sue the administration seems pretty valuable.

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19 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

Question for law dogs.  If these firms do a pro-bono case in conjunction with the administration, does this preclude them from representing a client against the administration in another case?  If so, locking down the countries mot powerful lawfirms so they can’t sue the administration seems pretty valuable.

Generally probably not.

And, I don't think this is "with" the government.  It's government-approved stuff.  I'm sure the firms figure they can game or slightly adjust existing pro Bono efforts to satisfy the Administration.  I'm not so sure about that.I suspect the administration is going to insist on some homophobes that don't want to bake cakes for teh gheys and shit like that.

But this whole thing is geared to chill biglaw from suing the government, lest they get on some shitlist.

I did read some apologia from capitulating firm chairmen.  They apparently had clients threatening to flee because they didn't feel like the firm could represent their interests before the Trump administration.  I suppose that's potentially valid, but I doubt that capitulation much improves the attitude of the administration if the firm comes up against the government or agency.  And also that other firms were exacerbating this fear among potential clients in an effort to steal them.

Still, the refusal to fight something so clearly morally and legally wrong and unconstitutional should reflect very poorly on the firms.

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"We can't do anything about the guy we illegally deported because he's in a different country."

Ojo, we're still all good, right?

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10 hours ago, bolverk said:

Here’s a story about how Putin became the ideological head of the international far-right and why Trumpism embraces Russia.

I’ve been saying it for a few years now, but Pat Buchanan was Trump’s political forebearer in the US. You can also see this thinking in Steve Bannon’s infamous Vatican speech from a decade or so ago when he proposed uniting Christendom in the Northern Hemisphere against liberal secularism and the Muslim world.

Gift link to NYTimes Magazine (10-15 minute read): How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin’s Russia

Time to start ending people.

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18 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

"We can't do anything about the guy we illegally deported because he's in a different country."

Ojo, we're still all good, right?

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So using this logic, they could kidnap anyone and send them there for any reason, or no reason at all, and there is nothing they could do to ever get them back. 

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17 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

"We can't do anything about the guy we illegally deported because he's in a different country."

Ojo, we're still all good, right?

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He's never coming back regardless of how many judges say he should. Somebody might have to go to jail for it, but Trump will face zero consequences, and that's a price he's willing to pay

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"Due to an administrative error, we inadvertently kidnapped Jack Smith and Nancy Pelosi and sent them to El Salvador. Unfortunately, they are now under the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." 

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"Due to an administrative error, we inadvertently kidnapped Jack Smith and Nancy Pelosi and sent them to El Salvador. Unfortunately, they are now under the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." 

Bingo.
Stop overthinking this shit.
This is the play. They even told us they’ll run it.
The only defense left is lead. Once they grab you, it’s over. So your only choice is not to let them grab you. That’s where we are.
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