davidrlurie
@davidrlurie.com
Lawyer, and occasional writer about the law and related matters. Nothing I say here is legal advice.
What a beautiful town.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a beautiful town.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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If you want to know all the ins & outs of the latest Lindsey Halligan ruling, including what happens next, we’ve got you covered!
With @lizdye.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
With @lizdye.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
Law and Chaos
Government Podcast · Updated Weekly · Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That's true for a traffic stop, and it's true if you want to participate in whatever's left of American democracy. If the event...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you want to know all the ins & outs of the latest Lindsey Halligan ruling, including what happens next, we’ve got you covered!
With @lizdye.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
With @lizdye.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913
A nod, nod, wink, wink is not even required anymore, given that right wing Justices also have a penchant for altering the facts where necessary to support their desired outcomes.
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A nod, nod, wink, wink is not even required anymore, given that right wing Justices also have a penchant for altering the facts where necessary to support their desired outcomes.
Sad. She was truly beautiful, and a link to centuries past.
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sad. She was truly beautiful, and a link to centuries past.
"At the C.D.C., Dr. Abraham will be the highest ranked official with a medical degree." He will also be the highest ranked quack in the agency.
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"At the C.D.C., Dr. Abraham will be the highest ranked official with a medical degree." He will also be the highest ranked quack in the agency.
Trump has a tendency to describe hijsekf when tries to lob insults, as he did here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump has a tendency to describe hijsekf when tries to lob insults, as he did here.
Commissioner Tisch did what Mayor Elect Mamdani should have done: Appear before the congregation to unequivocally denounce the actions of a mob seeking to, in their leader's words, "scare" and intimidate members of a synagogue, and flatly state such misconduct won't be tolerated in NYC. But... 1/
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions With Jewish Leaders
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Commissioner Tisch did what Mayor Elect Mamdani should have done: Appear before the congregation to unequivocally denounce the actions of a mob seeking to, in their leader's words, "scare" and intimidate members of a synagogue, and flatly state such misconduct won't be tolerated in NYC. But... 1/
Brett Kavanaugh will likely declare the abuse to be a minor inconvenience.
Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that ALL of those men were physically abused.
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh will likely declare the abuse to be a minor inconvenience.
Trump specially requested that the turkeys' diet include regular helpings of ketchup, while RFK, Jr. ensured they received wholesome steroids.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trump specially requested that the turkeys' diet include regular helpings of ketchup, while RFK, Jr. ensured they received wholesome steroids.
The legislators will be asked why they didn't tell members of the armed forces follow the model of proper military conduct set by Colonel Klink, who "just followed orders."
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The legislators will be asked why they didn't tell members of the armed forces follow the model of proper military conduct set by Colonel Klink, who "just followed orders."
After Vance loses the election, he will be able to keep his sure to be lucractive podcasting gig with the organization.
Erika Kirk says Turning Point’s efforts to support Vance in 2028 are ‘in the works’ | CNN Politics
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.”
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November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After Vance loses the election, he will be able to keep his sure to be lucractive podcasting gig with the organization.
Whitaker says the "rules based order works" by allowing authoritarian states to conquer their neighbors. The rules based order begs to differ.
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Whitaker says the "rules based order works" by allowing authoritarian states to conquer their neighbors. The rules based order begs to differ.
Whitaker - like Putin - claims Russia has a "strong" position on the battlefield. In fact, Putin's "conquered" one percent of Ukraine during 2025, in return for hundreds of thousands of casualties - but demands that Ukraine hand over territory Russia can't conquer with arms in return for "peace."
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Whitaker - like Putin - claims Russia has a "strong" position on the battlefield. In fact, Putin's "conquered" one percent of Ukraine during 2025, in return for hundreds of thousands of casualties - but demands that Ukraine hand over territory Russia can't conquer with arms in return for "peace."
To be fair, Putin did graciously let Trump take credit for the fake peace proposal Putin wrote.
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
To be fair, Putin did graciously let Trump take credit for the fake peace proposal Putin wrote.
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Trump claims to be treating Russia (the terrorist invader) and Ukraine (the country being terrorized and invaded) "even handedly." That is a huge problem, as former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder explains.
Trump has had wrong approach to peace 'since the very beginning' | Ivo Daalder
YouTube video by Times Radio
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trump claims to be treating Russia (the terrorist invader) and Ukraine (the country being terrorized and invaded) "even handedly." That is a huge problem, as former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder explains.
Anyone who argues Putin wants "peace" needs to ignore what Russia is actually doing to Ukrainians.
Russia Bombards Kyiv Even as Ukraine Claims Progress in Peace Talks
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Anyone who argues Putin wants "peace" needs to ignore what Russia is actually doing to Ukrainians.
Desperate for more embarrassment
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Vows to Appeal Dismissal of Comey and James Cases
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Desperate for more embarrassment
Don't they know the first rule of fight club is "You do not talk about Fight Club"?
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Don't they know the first rule of fight club is "You do not talk about Fight Club"?
Will he finally disclose that Elon Musk is actually a Martian?
BREAKING: Trump to disclose the existence of aliens, per TMZ.
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
Don’t let him get away with it. Continue to pressure him on the files.
Anything to distract from the Epstein files.
Don’t let him get away with it. Continue to pressure him on the files.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Will he finally disclose that Elon Musk is actually a Martian?
Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
This is great propaganda for the Maduro regime, supporting the claim that Trump wants to overthrow the current Venezuelan dictatorship in order to replace it with a new Trump dictatorship -- for the purpose of "taking the oil," as Trump likes to put it.
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is great propaganda for the Maduro regime, supporting the claim that Trump wants to overthrow the current Venezuelan dictatorship in order to replace it with a new Trump dictatorship -- for the purpose of "taking the oil," as Trump likes to put it.
An undercover ICE thug took the teen's photo in the courtroom, apparently to determine if his skin color was of the appropriate hue to merit kidnapping him under the new "constitutional" standards recently adopted by the Trumped Supreme Court in a shadow docket "ruling."
A teenager. A U.S. citizen. Detained by ICE at a courthouse.
This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
This isn’t law and order—this is intimidation. It doesn’t protect our communities; it undermines them.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An undercover ICE thug took the teen's photo in the courtroom, apparently to determine if his skin color was of the appropriate hue to merit kidnapping him under the new "constitutional" standards recently adopted by the Trumped Supreme Court in a shadow docket "ruling."
Trumper says the Trump is treating Russia - the mass murderuus invader of Ukraine - and Ukraine "equally." That is utterly false. But it would also be reprehensible even if it was true.
Leavitt: "Any idea that the USA is not engaging in both sides equally to bring this war to an end is a complete fallacy…That could not be furthest from the truth."
I don’t know, Karoline. In my opinion, the fact that you can’t tell apart the victim and the aggressor is the whole freaking PROBLEM!
I don’t know, Karoline. In my opinion, the fact that you can’t tell apart the victim and the aggressor is the whole freaking PROBLEM!
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trumper says the Trump is treating Russia - the mass murderuus invader of Ukraine - and Ukraine "equally." That is utterly false. But it would also be reprehensible even if it was true.
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is: