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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 1d

Jealous

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Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 1d

This was just so easily preventable.

www.npr.org/2025/10/12/n...

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

www.npr.org

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 1d

I've been not coaching Penn State football for free like a sucker.

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 2d

Penn State has fired James Franklin. $50M buyout. So at least there is that.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 2d

Actuarial calculations have a liberal bias.

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Andrew Kinsey @andrewkinsey.bsky.social · 2d

Can't wait to see the duty of care claims that come out of this.

Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 2d

Putting the grift and corruption aside, how do you underwrite a D&O policy for a 19 year old with no experience being on the board of a multi-billion dollar company?

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 2d

Putting the grift and corruption aside, how do you underwrite a D&O policy for a 19 year old with no experience being on the board of a multi-billion dollar company?

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 3d

Good

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Page One in Boston.

@bostonglobe.com

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 4d

The industries that are the real winners with GLP-1s are clothing companies and airlines. The clothing is getting expensive.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 5d

Who the fuck knows for both the questions.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 5d

Shapiro is an asshole who rails against cancel culture, but he's always willing to fire people he doesn't like.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 5d

I can't believe anyone takes this guy seriously.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 5d

This administration isn't preserving most of its communications.

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 5d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5d

Both sides

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 8d

How do you gently tell your mother that she's a Karen?

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 9d

Funny enough Wurman hasn't had anything to say about the First Circuit basically calling his birthright citizenship takes a fucking joke. I guess it's on to a new shitty take in hopes of relevance.

Pat Sobkowski @patsobkowski.com · 9d

We don’t have to carry water for dictators. Just my thought.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 10d

Mamdani has become some sort of Boogeyman for half of America. I'm not sure how much power they think the NYC mayor has or if they know it's a deadened job.

Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 10d

Had it not been for a couple of attention seeking law professors, this would've been such clearly sanctionable arguments. And even they still should be.

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 10d

Similarly, there is a meaningful difference between “wrong when it argues” and “wrong to argue.” I think this paragraph contains a moral judgment, not just a legal one.

The Government1 now asks us to reverse the preliminary
injunctions in these cases. We see no reason to do so. The
Government is right that the Framers of the Citizenship Clause
sought to remove the stain of Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19
How.) 393 (1857), which shamefully denied United States
citizenship to "descendants of Africans who were imported into
this country, and sold as slaves," even when the descendants were
born here. Id. at 403. But the Framers chose to accomplish that
just purpose in broad terms, as both the Supreme Court in United
States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), and Congress in
passing § 1401(a) have recognized. The Government is therefore
wrong to argue that the plaintiffs are not likely to succeed in
showing that the children that the EO covers are citizens of this
country at birth, just as the Government is wrong to argue that
various limits on our remedial power independently require us to
reverse the preliminary injunctions.2

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 10d

@evanbernick.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social this is such an amazing paragraph from the First Circuit.
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 11d

This is like when Snowden appeared at a propaganda event to help Putin claim he doesn’t do surveillance on Russians like the US does on Americans.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 12d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 11d

The Saudis murder and dismember people who say things they don't like. Dave has lost his mind. At least Pete Davidson admitted he was doing the festival for the large paycheck.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 12d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · 11d

This George Carlin interview with Larry King is still incredibly relevant for comedy (replace Andrew Dice Clay with the Rogansphere). Punching down is just mean no matter the target.