Andrew Rothstein
@asrothstein.bsky.social
Minnesotan lawyer and photographer. Fan of the outdoors, public health, sports, and many nerd things. All views and skeets are my own; especially the good ones. (He/Him)
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The inciting incident of Tomorrow Never Dies is that the murder of shipwrecked sailors is so heinously evil that it would push Britain and China to the brink of war.
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The inciting incident of Tomorrow Never Dies is that the murder of shipwrecked sailors is so heinously evil that it would push Britain and China to the brink of war.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Went to the National Aviary today (Pittsburgh’s coolest attraction) and watched a little duck hold its own with a flamingo.
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Went to the National Aviary today (Pittsburgh’s coolest attraction) and watched a little duck hold its own with a flamingo.
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So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
[insert overly broad generalization about something not that consequential that people online have overly strong feelings about here]
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
[insert overly broad generalization about something not that consequential that people online have overly strong feelings about here]
Happy Thanksgiving to all the patent folks on Bluesky (and also you turkey burlesque show fans).
A fan of feathers that lets hunters put on a little burlesque show for the turkeys.
US Patent 11857036
US Patent 11857036
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all the patent folks on Bluesky (and also you turkey burlesque show fans).
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A fan of feathers that lets hunters put on a little burlesque show for the turkeys.
US Patent 11857036
US Patent 11857036
February 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A fan of feathers that lets hunters put on a little burlesque show for the turkeys.
US Patent 11857036
US Patent 11857036
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
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Like, not wanting to pay artists for their work is not Marxism, this is so weird.
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Like, not wanting to pay artists for their work is not Marxism, this is so weird.
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Non-litigators, and non-lawyers, especially, might not quite understand how incredibly rare frivolousness sanctions are.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Non-litigators, and non-lawyers, especially, might not quite understand how incredibly rare frivolousness sanctions are.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
I have seen them, I think, twice, in sixteen years.
Anybody got a hashtag resistance / liberal resistance blocklist? I’m seeing a lot of “being upset at Fani Willis is misogynistic” and “what she did isn’t worse than letting Trump off the hook”.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Anybody got a hashtag resistance / liberal resistance blocklist? I’m seeing a lot of “being upset at Fani Willis is misogynistic” and “what she did isn’t worse than letting Trump off the hook”.
In a just world, the people responsible for this and who did this in the name of increased revenue would be household names as cautionary tales.
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In a just world, the people responsible for this and who did this in the name of increased revenue would be household names as cautionary tales.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Here are my thoughts on pies. Keep your dicks out of them.
a man and a boy sit at a table with the words well we 'll just tell your mother that uhwe ate it all
Alt: a man and a boy sit at a table with the words well we 'll just tell your mother that uhwe ate it all while looking at a pie that was …fucked
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November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Here are my thoughts on pies. Keep your dicks out of them.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
It's well past time we put an end to irrelevant provisions and riders in vital purpose-built funding bills. This is a perpetual issue and it just makes zero sense. If Congress wants to pass new laws, they can. But stop with the riders designed to pass b/c "X voted against funding the military".
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It's well past time we put an end to irrelevant provisions and riders in vital purpose-built funding bills. This is a perpetual issue and it just makes zero sense. If Congress wants to pass new laws, they can. But stop with the riders designed to pass b/c "X voted against funding the military".
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"We're going to prosecute you for sedition, but first...we'll do a uniform inspection!" is something out of Monty Python.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"We're going to prosecute you for sedition, but first...we'll do a uniform inspection!" is something out of Monty Python.
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How I dress when I travel by air:
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
How I dress when I travel by air:
Taps the sign for no reason.
My molehill I will die on is that we need more rule 11 sanctions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Taps the sign for no reason.
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I was a lifelong opponent of trigger warnings. Then I read Ryan Lizza's most recent Substack post.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I was a lifelong opponent of trigger warnings. Then I read Ryan Lizza's most recent Substack post.
All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey's indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside.
New filing: "U.S. v. Comey (criminal case)"
Doc #213: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S.…
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Doc #213: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S.…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey's indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside.
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People, if you are too poor to pay an author for their work, I have a solution for you. Your local public library is FREE and will gladly help you find a legitimate ebook version that you can check out, for free.
Don’t steal; use your local public library.
Don’t steal; use your local public library.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
People, if you are too poor to pay an author for their work, I have a solution for you. Your local public library is FREE and will gladly help you find a legitimate ebook version that you can check out, for free.
Don’t steal; use your local public library.
Don’t steal; use your local public library.
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Figures in a position of official power, contemplating imposition of official consequences on Donald Trump or a Trump Administration official:
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Figures in a position of official power, contemplating imposition of official consequences on Donald Trump or a Trump Administration official:
If every judge finds that the government didn’t act in good faith and repeatedly did not comply with their orders, but the conduct doesn’t meet the bar for sanctions, we’ve got a problem.
You create if not precedent, at least a roadmap for the government to defy the court and act in bad faith.
You create if not precedent, at least a roadmap for the government to defy the court and act in bad faith.
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If every judge finds that the government didn’t act in good faith and repeatedly did not comply with their orders, but the conduct doesn’t meet the bar for sanctions, we’ve got a problem.
You create if not precedent, at least a roadmap for the government to defy the court and act in bad faith.
You create if not precedent, at least a roadmap for the government to defy the court and act in bad faith.