12 y.o., I was going to "close" our last regular season Little League Game. Finally was going to get my chance to pitch, once we got the first out of the last inning. Bases loaded, no outs. And the hitter hits into an unassisted triple play to our husky-sized third baseman. Never got to pitch.

And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise

Precisely. The subject of one of my favorite pieces by Lynn Hunt, which I love teaching

Sinking ship. Rats. But the rats should still be rounded up and sent to the Hague.

Heard an interview today where a guy said (and I'm paraphrasing) "LLMs have had years to train on every aspect of chess, read every book and article about it, review every match, but when they play, they STILL makes illegal moves. That tells you everything." And. Yup.

HAHAHAHHAHA The only question is who is coming in a distant 2nd place to Region 6, which will absolutely destroy all competitors without even getting a hangover.

Watch this. Got to believe that the power of creativity, passion and empathy will ultimately defeat the blunt force of fascism.

Honestly think that AOC would have a fairly easy time consolidating support within the Democratic establishment and that her real challenge is the media.

“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

this is a Watt

The Epstein files include an order for 55-gallon drums of acid; Bannon abandoned a Florida rental where the Jacuzzi had been wrecked with acid www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

🚨🚨🚨 I want to abolish ICE. Period. @rajaforil.bsky.social thanked ICE, funded ICE, and took money from an ICE contractor.

What a life, what a career. As a lawyer, I'll always have some love for both Tom Hagen in The Godfather and Jerome Facher in A Civil Action, but that's just scratching the surface on some of his great performances in all sorts of projects.

Dear DHS/ICE: Feel free to DM me. I'd be happy to tell you exactly who I am, and what I think of your fascist paramilitary force that ignores Constitutional rights in order to brutalize peaceful protestors, kidnap our neighbors, and kill those who oppose them, and why I hope you all rot in jail.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message: - the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next - a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Lotta good that capitulating to Trump did you, Northwestern

So I typed “tree” into that photo search bar, and this was the only thing that came up (somewhere I do have a cool picture of a tree)

i need to admit something. the more i think about how many of our problems are downstream of a very small number of ppl and organizations hoarding all the wealth and power, the less interested i am in discussions of american democracy that prefer to focus on anything else.

This is so spot on

New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped

Post a tree you photographed. (I love this redbud).

The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.

It's well trod ground, but the Netflix "Miracle: The Boys of 1980" about the Miracle on Ice is fantastic. Worth it for the post-game drunken press conference footage alone.

“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing

I feel like the winning Democratic message in 2026 and 2028 and maybe beyond is simply: STOP DOING EVIL SHIT.

@bencarlson007.bsky.social Oh man, do I hear you about this. Classic prisoner's dilemma/collective action problem here: every parent hates this, but no parent is willing to let their kid "fall behind" by collectively banding together to stop this insanity.

My wife and I went to the (since closed) Hot Chocolate in Wicker Park for dinner, and had such a good time together, we decided to head to (since closed, and the best cocktail bar ever) Violet Hour until the wee hours.

HOLY FUCK. ONE LAST PROTIP FOR LAWYERS: DO NOT, AND I MEAN DO NOTTTTT, RESPOND TO A SANCTION ORDER FROM A JUDGE BY PLACING THE BLAME ON THE JUDGE’S JUDICIAL ASSISTANT OMG OMG 😱

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

NEWS: Two ICE agents who chased and shot a man in Minnesota lied under oath, another example of the federal government’s narrative falling apart. It must be pretty flagrant for ICE to be making these disclosures now.

If that warehouse didn't want to be burned, it shouldn't have dressed up like a potential concentration camp.

<Midwestern men, nodding in approval>

The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect

OH MAN ALL THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE KNIVES ARE OUT FOR NOEM IF THEY'RE DROPPING BLANKEY ALLEGATIONS

He's already likely killed a man with a trident.

“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”

I'm a lawyer. Trust me, AI will not be replacing attorneys based on the work product I've seen from AI.

Zero. If pressed, at most, 3: I don't love coconut (I'll still have it), I've rarely if ever grabbed black licorice, and while I think I've had snails it's not something I'm seeking out.

No Way Out is a GREAT film that everyone should watch, ideally without reading/learning a single thing about it beforehand.

The potential foreign agent was Saudi foreign agent Jared Kushner. I mean, I was betting on Roger Stone but this is actually far more problematic.

Then Palantir is illegally collecting biometric data on Americans.

a foreign policy speech? two years before a presidential election?

yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them