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Litigation Gutterpunk
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Amee Vanderpool
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Since acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has confirmed that “Anybody in this country is eligible to apply if they believe they are a victim of weaponization,” I decided to apply for reparations. Here is a template if you want to draft your own demand:
shero.substack.com/p/everyone-c...
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Prem Thakker ツ
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BREAKING: The Senate has voted for the first time to *advance* the Iran War Powers Resolution, 50-47. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, and Bill Cassidy joined Democrats to advance the resolution on Trump's war. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to join Republicans against advancing it.
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People droppin like flies around here good lord four deaths in two weeks
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Tort - who tendered - asking questions in UM's depo. Shut up, no one gives a shit about you anymore.
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The main problem with zoom depos is that you can't hiss at your client to shut the fuck up
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Pennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clients’ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed based on issues lawyers rejected.
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With a chance at freedom, they faced an unexpected obstacle: Their own lawyers
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/a/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law-20260519.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1779198031
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amanda moore 🐢
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In November I broke this story about Andrew Paul Johnson, a pardoned J6er who molested children and used the promise of reparations to bribe his victims silence.
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Immigrant Punk
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Chat, how do we make this happen?
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Baby capybara born - as fans call for it to be named 'David Attenbara'
The tiny rodent - which is yet to be named - is the first capybara to be born in Scotland in 18 years.
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15820529/Adorable-baby-capybara-born-Edinburgh-Zoo.html
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
2 days ago
Interesting article on how vaccines might prevent dementia. It’s fun when new scientific techniques are able to sort of upend some of our ideas about how immunity works.
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Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how
Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/routine-vaccines-may-cut-dementia-risk-experts-have-startling-hypothesis-on-how/
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Black Aziz Anansi
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NOBODY WANTS THIS! Good golly miss fucking Molly!
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Michael Warburton
3 days ago
One of the all-time great Hollywood anecdotes. John Boorman on the late great LEE MARVIN.
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The Athletic
2 days ago
The Washington Nationals have identified and banned at least one individual from Nationals Park after he unfurled a sign during Sunday’s game that directed fans to a white nationalist website and called for the deportation of “100+ million,” according to a team spokesperson.
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Yell In a War
3 days ago
If you’re not an equestrian, you’re not hearing about one of the most blatant private equity lootings in history. Promus Equity Partners & Second Avenue Capital Partners ordered millions in product, did not pay, and are now liquidating it to pay themselves off.
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Has Private Equity Broken Dover Saddlery?
Dover turns 50 this year. It is also closing stores, converting managers to hourly, and facing reports of vendor non-payment.
https://orchid.substack.com/p/has-private-equity-broken-dover-saddlery
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Global Abortion Rights News
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This is what happens when pregnancy outcomes are criminalized. The charges against Patience Rousseau in Nevada were shockly cruel and ignorant. But eventually she prevailed, and her courage and tenacity are inspring.
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A stillbirth and Facebook post expressing her grief landed her in prison for over 2 years. Experts say it’s part of a pattern | CNN
Patience Rousseau’s case fits into an emerging pattern where women are criminalized – even in states where abortion is legal – by prosecutors reaching for antiquated statutes or laws never intended to...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/us/abortion-rights-pregnancy-outcomes-criminalized
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Innocent🕷Abroad
3 days ago
Almost all religious leaders who are speaking at today’s government-sponsored festival of Christian nationalism are evangelical Christians. None are from Black Protestant churches. They’ve got two Catholics & a Jew as tokens. No Muslims. No Hindus. No atheists. I miss the Establishment Clause.
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Trump’s National Prayer Event Features Speakers Who Smeared Catholicism, Islam
The taxpayer-funded event is hosting religious speakers who trashed Pope Leo’s words as “pious blather” and claimed Muslims are taught to “murder and rape.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-national-prayer-festival-speakers-smear-islam-pope-leo_n_6a078931e4b0ee716972c871#
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Victoria Woodhull
4 days ago
I found a new way to cope with rising gas prices. When big pickup truck assholes tailgate me I slow down so they will get frustrated and gun it when they pass me. Each pass probably costs them 10 bucks.
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Aaron Rupar
3 days ago
Acting AG Todd Blanche: "We're finding out some incredibly troubling things, and at some point, at the right time, that will be made public and the American people will see exactly what happened to this administration and President Trump over the past decade."
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I am sick of A24 movies but I will make every exception for Dev Patel
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Axios
4 days ago
BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana Republican Senate primary
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Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana Republican Senate primary
President Trump urged voters to oust Cassidy, whom he's described as "very disloyal."
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/louisiana-senate-republicans-cassidy-letlow-fleming
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Carl Quintanilla
4 days ago
Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil)
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AND Eurovision finals? Today is the best day ever.
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Man Dancing with Excited Hype
Alt: Man Dancing with Excited Hype
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What a great day.
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Anya Taylor-Joy's Scream in The Witch (2015)
Alt: Anya Taylor-Joy's Scream in The Witch (2015)
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Erin Keane
6 days ago
I would like a personal apology from every man who called the station or emailed me personally to gripe about my voice during my time on public radio but never did the same to Ira Glass.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE
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What a bunch of fucking cowards the leaders of our profession are turning out to be.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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NBA
5 days ago
AUSAR WITH THE TWO-HAND SWAT 🚫 POWERFUL BLOCK IN GAME 6!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
5 days ago
The hits just keep on coming. Trump, Vought and RFK Jr. want to be able to fire at will the people at HHS who actually know what they’re talking about. Their revenge on scientists who embarrassed them for their rank stupidity continues.
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US moves to end job protections for hundreds of health department workers
The Trump administration moved on Friday to strip hundreds of senior U.S. Department of Health and Human Services employees of civil service job protections, according to an email reviewed by Reuter...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-moves-end-job-protections-hundreds-health-department-workers-2026-05-15/?utm_source=reddit.com
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Maybe not bums
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Literal bums.
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Kasey Gifford
5 days ago
The more I learn about Johnny Appleseed the more I really like him. Did you know he operated a sanctuary for ill/injured horses? Also he inexplicably had brain damage from being kicked in the face by a possibly ill/injured horse?
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jamelle
5 days ago
governor brainworms
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Urbis
5 days ago
I need like a wiki database of how to do this with every car, if possible.
arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/r...
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Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid
Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)
https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
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VLC rules
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End Citizens United
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BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
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New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
https://apnews.com/article/corporate-campaign-money-citizens-united-hawaii-71a28bc7e8f6e0279b31e999f222519a
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
6 days ago
This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.
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Skeleta
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i just want better for my home girls. like yall deserve so much more than what youre settling for 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Solomon
6 days ago
abcnews.com/US/trump-poi...
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
https://abcnews.com/US/trump-poised-drop-irs-suit-launch-17b-weaponization/story?id=132962661
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Steve Vladeck
6 days ago
#BREAKING
: Full Supreme Court *grants* stays pending appeal in mifepristone case; preserves nationwide access to remote/mail dispensation of the drug. Only Justices Thomas and Alito publicly dissent.
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Garnet Henderson
6 days ago
BREAKING: It’s now past 5pm ET and no word from the Supreme Court. This means the 5th Circuit’s ruling restricting telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone is now in effect. However the Supreme Court could act and change this at any time.
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Axios
6 days ago
NEW: Judge allows Tennessee map favoring Republicans to move ahead
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Judge allows Tennessee map favoring Republicans to move ahead
Tennessee Democrats suffered a key setback in their lawsuit challenging the new map.
https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2026/05/14/tennessee-redistricting-house-map-republicans-ruling-midterms
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
CASAR: For the $1 billion we're being asked to spend on Trump's ballroom, we could fund 217 million free school lunches and 15,000 more teachers. As secretary of education, which do you think helps our nation more? McMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons
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If I had a nickel for every time I've been in this exact situation, I'd have ten cents. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
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Not Sorry Bad Reaction
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ennie
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What the fuck.
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Jesus fucking christ
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Ryan Marino, MD
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Making America Healthy Again
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Ryan Marino, MD
6 days ago
In case it isn’t obvious, evidence-based overdose prevention tools still save lives no matter how much this administration lies in order to increase drug harms and kill people who use drugs
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CJ Fogler
7 days ago
The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion
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2017, no question.
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NBA
7 days ago
Daniss Jenkins (14 PTS) for a 10-0 Detroit run! DETROIT IS IN A FRENZY 😮
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More Perfect Union
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Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1
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'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune
Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/
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Reuters Legal
7 days ago
A third former U.S. immigration judge has filed a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump's administration of unlawfully purging what it saw as "DEI hires" by targeting women and non-white judges to be fired.
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Fired immigration judge sues Trump administration for discrimination
A third former U.S. immigration judge has filed a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump's administration of unlawfully purging what it saw as "DEI hires" by targeting women and non-white judges to be fired.
https://reut.rs/3PAEPHE
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