bmaz
@bmaz.bsky.social
Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
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My god those Uvalde cops were fucking cowards
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My god those Uvalde cops were fucking cowards
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Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with Ukraine. politi.co/3MCBk1w
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’
“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.
www.politico.eu
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with Ukraine. politi.co/3MCBk1w
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"Mr. Jeffries’s embrace of Mr. Cuellar was a disturbing sign that Democratic leaders, when it is politically advantageous, may be willing to join in Mr. Trump’s degradation of the justice system."
Throw out the whole damn minority leader.
Throw out the whole damn minority leader.
Opinion | The Pardon That Represents the New Era of Corruption
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Mr. Jeffries’s embrace of Mr. Cuellar was a disturbing sign that Democratic leaders, when it is politically advantageous, may be willing to join in Mr. Trump’s degradation of the justice system."
Throw out the whole damn minority leader.
Throw out the whole damn minority leader.
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Henry Cuellar’s biggest donor is ICE’s largest contractor: private prison company GEO Group. Guess whose budget Democrats just set him up to oversee in 2027
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Henry Cuellar’s biggest donor is ICE’s largest contractor: private prison company GEO Group. Guess whose budget Democrats just set him up to oversee in 2027
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This is a Hall of Fame level post
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is a Hall of Fame level post
Nate Silver has always been bloated shit, but, hey, he got a NYT sinecure.
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Nate Silver has always been bloated shit, but, hey, he got a NYT sinecure.
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Trump has access to the greatest information resources in history but he just posts whatever @MAGA420Pepe says is happening.
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trump has access to the greatest information resources in history but he just posts whatever @MAGA420Pepe says is happening.
@blanksslate.bsky.social Mendoza and Pavia seem much the same as to worthy of the Heisman to me, but edge to Mendoza for undefeated Big Ten championship.
December 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
@blanksslate.bsky.social Mendoza and Pavia seem much the same as to worthy of the Heisman to me, but edge to Mendoza for undefeated Big Ten championship.
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We're all thinking the same thing.
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We're all thinking the same thing.
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This piece by @alexkirshner.com is pretty darn persuasive: slate.com/culture/2025...
The Michigan Football Story Is Getting Worse By the Second. There’s Only One Solution.
For decades, the school has backed a culture of misconduct from powerful people. Now it needs to hold them accountable—no matter who they are.
slate.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This piece by @alexkirshner.com is pretty darn persuasive: slate.com/culture/2025...
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🇺🇸 On this day 25 years ago, The Conservative Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🇺🇸 On this day 25 years ago, The Conservative Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
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ICYMI
For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
Working at Cold War Los Alamos
A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
doomsdaymachines.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICYMI
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Today should be a national holiday! Love this man so much!!!! 100!!!!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Today should be a national holiday! Love this man so much!!!! 100!!!!!!!
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Had to repost this one because … yeahhhhhh …
Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Had to repost this one because … yeahhhhhh …
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Eye on the ball that guy.
Trump Plans To Renovate DC Golf Courses Next: WSJ
Trump Plans To Renovate DC Golf Courses Next: WSJ
Trump Plans To Renovate DC Golf Courses Next: WSJ
www.huffpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Eye on the ball that guy.
Yes, Sarah Isghur is a ghoul and SCOTUSBlog as it once was known is quite dead. Via
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog - Lawyers, Guns & Money
One unfortunate outcome of Tom Goldstein’s legal difficulties is that what was once an immensely valuable news resource about the Supreme Court is now being run by Sam Alito superfan Sarah Isghur. And...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yes, Sarah Isghur is a ghoul and SCOTUSBlog as it once was known is quite dead. Via
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
Yes, Sarah Isghur is a ghoul and SCOTUSBlog as it once was known is quite dead. Via
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog - Lawyers, Guns & Money
One unfortunate outcome of Tom Goldstein’s legal difficulties is that what was once an immensely valuable news resource about the Supreme Court is now being run by Sam Alito superfan Sarah Isghur. And...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yes, Sarah Isghur is a ghoul and SCOTUSBlog as it once was known is quite dead. Via
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
@LemieuxLGM
The Capture of SCOTUSBlog
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Yes, @gregsargent.bsky.social is exactly right here, and that is a far bigger story than just Kilmar himself.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yes, @gregsargent.bsky.social is exactly right here, and that is a far bigger story than just Kilmar himself.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
Moore is overcharged. This is bullshit. Should have been taken to a mental facility, not some lame county jail.
Update: Pittsfield police say Sherrone Moore "entered the residence through an unlocked door without permission and engaged in a verbal argument with the victim that escalated."
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Moore is overcharged. This is bullshit. Should have been taken to a mental facility, not some lame county jail.
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The Trump gold card
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Trump gold card
OMG, two ducks have landed in our pool, and our giant ass dog is circling like dinner has been delivered by Door Dash.
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
OMG, two ducks have landed in our pool, and our giant ass dog is circling like dinner has been delivered by Door Dash.
Little late for that. Trump is speed rushing democracy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review and congressional approval over White House ballroom project.
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Little late for that. Trump is speed rushing democracy.