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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1h

Ok, like seriously what rationale is behind Trump's (or more accurately Stephen Miller's) desire to go to war with Venezuela?

Also, LOL to all those people who voted for Trump because he'd never send our troops into harm's way.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 2h

Why the fuck would we continue to fund ICE at all?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 3h

She's got more courage than the leaders of some of the most prestigious institutions in this country.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 3h

The upshot of this is Democrats need to make crystal clear that everyone in the chain of command from SecDef down to drone or combat pilot will be subject to prosecution for murder should the legal justification be found lacking. DOJ OLC cannot insulate DOD from accountability.

Jean-Paul (JP) Jassy @jpjassy.bsky.social · 8h

Great report from @natashabertrand.bsky.social about the importance and sidelining of military lawyers, and the consequent dangers to the rule of law

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
New details here about how the Army’s top uniformed lawyer was fired just weeks after raising concerns about the use of the military domestically and mass firings of DoD employees www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 5h

This is relevant to my interests…

Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 5h

Some good news!

"Santa Clara Law to Offer New 'D&D and the Law' Course" 🧙🎲

blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...

If You Could Cast a Spell to Create a New Law School Course, What Would You Create? - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I have completed an epic academic administration quest. 🧙‍♂️🎲 I’m proud to be at an institution where it’s possible to create a course like this, and I’m excited for the students who will benefit from...

blog.ericgoldman.org

Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 6h

They are legit scared of the No Kings protests. Why else focus so much attention on it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 7h

Got my wife to the metro, my daughter out the door to middle school, then took my son with me to get coffee before dropping him off at elementary school. Productive mornings are awesome.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 8h

I think we should ignore the court’s ruling and prosecute regardless.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 9h

And yet Trump can never be prosecuted because of that Supreme Court ruling. The justices have legalized murder, exactly as was argued in court at the time

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 21h

FWIW, the only person who can be properly appointed is someone the district judges agree on. We’re past the point that the President or AG have any further appointment power.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 22h

Over at Reason we have a "puppycide" tag for cop-shoots-dog stories going back to 2012. Easiest way to get a normie 4th Amendment-pilled against the cops is to show them this stuff reason.com/tag/puppycide/

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

There is a lot of stuff DC USAO attorneys are being forced to argue right now for which they would absolutely love the courts to just toss. I’ve had more than one conversation about how much time until Public Service Loan Forgiveness kicks in and what their exit plans are.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

We figured this out once before and created a movement which broke up most of the concentrations of economic power.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

See, also, Curtis Yarvin, Peter Thiel, etc.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

I was convinced my last name was changed only to find out that there is an entire rural town in the Italian Alps where virtually every family had my last name.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

I have a feeling that most of that $10B slush fund is going to all the grifters who make up the MAGA base. Private prison operators, security guard companies, etc.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a Kavanaugh stop for you.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

This is fascinating.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

Researching whether attorney-client privilege continues after death, and the example given by the American Bar Association to demonstrate it is, incredibly: Lizzie Borden’s defense team.

One kept her files confidential, one left them to an historical society.

www.americanbar.org/groups/litig...

Lizzie Borden’s attorneys have split in the 100+ years since her death into one camp of keeping all related notes privileged and another of giving them over to a local historical society

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

Olivia Reingold got to where she is in life by never doing her homework. Unless that homework involved Googling for nuggets that confirmed her own priors.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

When I first got a cell phone I put a bunch of numbers in it, forgot to write them down in a little black book, and then accidentally threw the phone out my car window while I was driving down the highway. Lost touch with several people. Seems quaint now that everything has 20 backups.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Worth also reading @genevievelakier.bsky.social’s Substack post on the unconstitutionality (quaint notion!) of tying federal fund access to waiving First Amendment rights…

blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

Still don’t like him, but he gets it.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

Salt, pepper, and a tiny bit of cumin. Top with garlic aioli or toum and some sliced red onion. Now I’m hungry.

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 1d

“She would show up looking like a forever 21 employee and then murder 15 people.”

This is hysterically funny.

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Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 1d

Well that’s one way to answer the judge’s question 🙄

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