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Joseph McGhee

@radlegaltakes.bsky.social

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AuDHD Gen X’er with a passion for justice and a well-grinded axe. Relentlessly dedicated to government accountability and the rule of law. Currently chopping at #qualifiedimmunity and § 922(g)(3) in the Ninth Circuit. I like cats. Signal: @moroserabbit.34

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · Dec 1

Many of you know me from #LawTwitter and #AppellateTwitter, but for those at #LawSky who do not, I am excited to connect!

Briefly, I’m the pro se plaintiff-appellant in a 9th Circuit appeal challenging the doctrines of § 1983 qualified & absolute immunity.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

Or more gaudy White House furnishings.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

Live-streamed on a Jerry Springer special.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

No, both.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

I giggled.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

Artificial flavors are only artificial to the extent that a lab has synthesized the dominant organic compound of a particular taste. Like the taste of truffle is *mostly* 2,4-dithiapentane but also some other stuff. There’s no molecular difference between artificial and natural 2,4-dithiapentane.

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 8h

For writing on note pads, I've long liked notepads with the vertical line a few inches from the left side. TIL this is called "Pitman Ruled" paper, as it was created for use with a shorthand system created by Isaac Pitman in 1837.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 17h

Ad hominem attacks are the sure sign of a weak argument.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 1d

Bring back personal liability for federal officers for physical injuries. No or limited indemnity.

Adriana Pérez @adrianaperez.bsky.social · 1d

Videos on social media show Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez struggling on the ground while a federal immigration agent keeps him in a headlock during an arrest in Melrose Park, IL.

“Por favor, amigo,” he pleads as he groans and yells in pain. He has been hospitalized.

w/ @staceywescott.bsky.social:

Man hospitalized after violent federal immigration arrest in Melrose Park, family says

Videos shared on social media show man struggling on the ground while a federal agent keeps him in a headlock.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a pretty simple cost vs. benefit to me, and the myriad costs outweigh any potential benefit as far as I’m concerned.

Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 19h

From what I know, it was only able to stop .45 ACP and subsonic 9mm rounds, which is even less bulletproof than a cheap level IIA vest—those can at least stop full-power 9mm.

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phalsleyconvicted.bsky.social @phalsleyconvicted.bsky.social · 1d

Hate to see other innocent people being kidnapped enslaved and tortured. I been there and justice has yet to be done.
Record everything and keep it forever because that's how long it is taking for this survivor to get a chance of comfort and resolution.
I kept evidence for decades 4 these reasons

jp @jpeery59.bsky.social · 1d

I can't take it anymore

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.

➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 19h

He’s not even cut out to be a person.

Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 19h

I hate this timeline.

Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 19h

Well someone had to approve it in the first place.

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Sonya 😸 @sonyah.bsky.social · 2d

“On Aug. 8, volunteers were photographing ICE agents leaving a staging site for raids on Terminal Island, whose Japanese residents were the first in America to be displaced and forcibly detained in internment camps during the Second World War.”

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

This has been going on for months on end ... "'There's no due process': ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet. Amanda Trebach is a U.S. citizen, and ICE detained her anyway. She's not the only one." www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

'No due process': L.A. nurse, veteran among citizens forcefully arrested by ICE amid immigration crackdown | CBC News

Two U.S. citizens whose forceful arrests by ICE were caught on video say federal agents violated their constitutional rights. As backlash against the administration's escalating immigration raids grow...

www.cbc.ca

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 2d

I receive SNAP benefits.

Joseph McGhee @radlegaltakes.bsky.social · 2d

I’m very grateful to @azagmayes.bsky.social for successfully suing the Trump administration to stop its illegal withholding of SNAP benefits.

Now I don’t have to spend all weekend drafting a lawsuit and TRO/PI motion, which I had planned to do, because without SNAP I cannot feed my son.