Avi Zollman
@avi.zollman.com
I try to get people to do stuff online that makes a difference offline.
make them sue.
"Mormon Stories" is just one of several critical podcasts that have recently found themselves in conflict with the LDS Church over use of the "M-word."
LDS Church pressures ‘Mormon Stories’ and other critical podcasts to rebrand
"Mormon Stories" is just one of several critical podcasts that have recently found themselves in conflict with the church over use of the "M-word."
www.sltrib.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
make them sue.
I remember when Michelle Obama said vegetables were good.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I remember when Michelle Obama said vegetables were good.
I'm resigning as President of FIFA and as Pope.
("But, Avi, you were never either.")
("But, Avi, you were never either.")
BREAKING: Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm resigning as President of FIFA and as Pope.
("But, Avi, you were never either.")
("But, Avi, you were never either.")
just got an advocacy email with the subject "EPA Head Zeldin Must Go." and that's some real monkey's paw shit today.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
just got an advocacy email with the subject "EPA Head Zeldin Must Go." and that's some real monkey's paw shit today.
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The fuck is a jingle horse
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The fuck is a jingle horse
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Justice Barrett is asking SG Sauer, do we really have to decide today which clause of the Constitution is the basis for our unitary executive theory? Can't we just continue "not being very specific about it," as we've been doing?
Question captures something v. important about originalism and text.
Question captures something v. important about originalism and text.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Justice Barrett is asking SG Sauer, do we really have to decide today which clause of the Constitution is the basis for our unitary executive theory? Can't we just continue "not being very specific about it," as we've been doing?
Question captures something v. important about originalism and text.
Question captures something v. important about originalism and text.
If BTK wasn't a model train guy in practice, he was definitely one in spirit.
What’s the insular nerd hobby least likely to lead to terrorism? I’m thinking model trains.
oh god, the Jan 6th pipe bomb guy was a Brony
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If BTK wasn't a model train guy in practice, he was definitely one in spirit.
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"If the democratic state does not wish to give itself up, then it must resort to intolerance toward the enemy of the constitution."
Jürgen Habermas, 2004.
Jürgen Habermas, 2004.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"If the democratic state does not wish to give itself up, then it must resort to intolerance toward the enemy of the constitution."
Jürgen Habermas, 2004.
Jürgen Habermas, 2004.
6 ... wins ... in a row???
I am very confused by these Solar Bears (laudatory).
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
6 ... wins ... in a row???
1930s-style is the gentle approach.
Ceaușescu-style is another.
Ceaușescu-style is another.
One question I find interesting is: do the Justices in the majority understand this point?
Do they understand that they are, more and more, making themselves central to politics in ways that invite a future 1930s-style confrontation with the court?
Such a confrontation is not imminent, but...
Do they understand that they are, more and more, making themselves central to politics in ways that invite a future 1930s-style confrontation with the court?
Such a confrontation is not imminent, but...
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
1930s-style is the gentle approach.
Ceaușescu-style is another.
Ceaușescu-style is another.
I'll propose another:
No pardon, no voluntary retirement, and a one-way plane ticket to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
No pardon, no voluntary retirement, and a one-way plane ticket to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
"The only possible deal is for Netanyahu to take responsibility, admit guilt, leave politics and free the people and the state," rightly reacted Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz union, HaDemocratim.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu rejects retirement from political life in exchange for pardon in criminal cases
Asked by a Journalist at the Press Conference Alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Whether He Would Retire in Order to Attain a Pardon, Netanyahu Answered: 'No'
www.haaretz.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'll propose another:
No pardon, no voluntary retirement, and a one-way plane ticket to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
No pardon, no voluntary retirement, and a one-way plane ticket to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
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The wholescale abandonment of law (& int'l law) except as contemplated as an alternative reality is distressing, but carries on from the GWOT and its invention of unlawful combatants as some liminal category.
There's a larger trend of abandoning norns because they're too onerous and block policy.
There's a larger trend of abandoning norns because they're too onerous and block policy.
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The wholescale abandonment of law (& int'l law) except as contemplated as an alternative reality is distressing, but carries on from the GWOT and its invention of unlawful combatants as some liminal category.
There's a larger trend of abandoning norns because they're too onerous and block policy.
There's a larger trend of abandoning norns because they're too onerous and block policy.
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EXCLUSIVE: WE RUN PRESS RELEASES AS NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
EXCLUSIVE: WE RUN PRESS RELEASES AS NEWS
I am very confused by these Solar Bears (laudatory).
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I am very confused by these Solar Bears (laudatory).
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Birthright citizenship is established in the constitution.
In order to change that fact, the constitution would need to be amended.
That doesn't change, regardless of what Roberts and his merry band of GOP operatives decide in this case.
In order to change that fact, the constitution would need to be amended.
That doesn't change, regardless of what Roberts and his merry band of GOP operatives decide in this case.
NEW: The Supreme Court will once again consider the legality of Trump's attack on birthright citizenship, this time (likely) on the merits.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Birthright citizenship is established in the constitution.
In order to change that fact, the constitution would need to be amended.
That doesn't change, regardless of what Roberts and his merry band of GOP operatives decide in this case.
In order to change that fact, the constitution would need to be amended.
That doesn't change, regardless of what Roberts and his merry band of GOP operatives decide in this case.
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“Chat are we cooked, they’re firing missiles at fam fr”
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Chat are we cooked, they’re firing missiles at fam fr”
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"They never put the news in the news. Have you noticed that? I did. No it's, I'm fine. It's just allergies. Are you a cop? We are democratizing the panopticon. Is Bruno Mars just one guy? God, these are some good allergies."
LOL
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"They never put the news in the news. Have you noticed that? I did. No it's, I'm fine. It's just allergies. Are you a cop? We are democratizing the panopticon. Is Bruno Mars just one guy? God, these are some good allergies."
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Every decision = It’s OK If You Are Republican
JUST IN: DC Circuit panel splits, 2-1, upholding Trump's right to fire NLRB & MSPB members. Court says those agencies wield too much executive power to not be accountable to POTUS. Majority: Katsas/Walker (both Trump). Dissent: Pan (Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion Filed (Merits Panel) – #01208802438 in Cathy Harris v. Scott Bessent (D.C. Cir., 25-5037) – CourtListener.com
OPINION [2148841] filed (Pages: 37) for the Court by Judge Katsas, DISSENTING OPINION (Pages: 45) by Judge Pan [25-5037, 25-5055, 25-5057] [Entered: 12/05/2025 10:17 AM]
storage.courtlistener.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Every decision = It’s OK If You Are Republican
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if jewish communal organizations want to advocate for political positions, they cannot then expect to be exempted from political criticism.
kol hakavod to senator van hollen.
jewishinsider.com/2025/12/chri...
kol hakavod to senator van hollen.
jewishinsider.com/2025/12/chri...
Sen. Van Hollen attacks Maryland Jewish community liaison Ron Halber as Netanyahu 'apologist'
Halber, at a JCRC breakfast, had lamented the Maryland senator’s worsening relationship with his Jewish constituents
jewishinsider.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
if jewish communal organizations want to advocate for political positions, they cannot then expect to be exempted from political criticism.
kol hakavod to senator van hollen.
jewishinsider.com/2025/12/chri...
kol hakavod to senator van hollen.
jewishinsider.com/2025/12/chri...
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Bottom line: Trump's core concern isn't free speech; it's this: ”𝕺𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖒, 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖋𝖊𝖜 𝖉𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖙, 𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝕹𝕬𝕿𝕺 𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖏𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖓𝖔𝖓-𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖓.”
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bottom line: Trump's core concern isn't free speech; it's this: ”𝕺𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖒, 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖋𝖊𝖜 𝖉𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖙, 𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝕹𝕬𝕿𝕺 𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖏𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖓𝖔𝖓-𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖓.”
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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"the government should try, convict and then kill the secretary of defense for the crime he very obviously seems to have committed" seems like a radical thing to say, but -- no, it's not. it's the actual penalty for what pete hegseth, a man who ordered death squads to murder civilians, has done.
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"the government should try, convict and then kill the secretary of defense for the crime he very obviously seems to have committed" seems like a radical thing to say, but -- no, it's not. it's the actual penalty for what pete hegseth, a man who ordered death squads to murder civilians, has done.
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Trump Corollary *slow jerk off motion*
Reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine is a choice given the term has literally never been used in the history of the NSS. Including under the first Trump administration!
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Trump Corollary *slow jerk off motion*
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