Jamisen Etzel
@jamisen.bsky.social
Plaintiffs’ litigator, good reply guy
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
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When Richard Epstein can explain how he underestimated the number of American covid deaths by 1.2 million people, I'll listen to him about legal history.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
When Richard Epstein can explain how he underestimated the number of American covid deaths by 1.2 million people, I'll listen to him about legal history.
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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Frame by Frame Analysis: How Minneapolis Woman Exercised Her Rights in ICE Encounter
@weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video.
Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check"
Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...
@weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video.
Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check"
Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Frame by Frame Analysis: How Minneapolis Woman Exercised Her Rights in ICE Encounter
@weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video.
Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check"
Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...
@weissmann.substack.com analyzes with me the viral video.
Topics: Everyone's legal rights and scope of federal agents' authority during this "immigration check"
Our full analysis here: youtu.be/uSO4-05Gvas?...
Justice Jackson rightly points out Article III standing is now a Calvinball filter, inconsistent from case to case. Ones like student loan forgiveness or anti-LGBT discrimination dressed up as religious freedom had winning plaintiffs with no harms. Many consumer/privacy class actions get tossed tho
In dissent, Jackson (joined by Sotomayor) basically says: Why are we making it easier for Republicans to challenge vote-counting rules and other election laws while making it harder for normal people to get their cases heard in federal court? www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![I am all for simplifying our standing law. See ante, at 10.
But I am against doing so selectively; either Article III
standing requires an actual or imminent injury in fact that
is particularized to the plaintiff, or it does not. Bost has
plainly failed to allege facts that support an inference of
standing under our established precedents. By carving out
a bespoke rule for candidate-plaintiffs—granting them
standing “to challenge the rules that govern the counting of
votes,” simply and solely because they are “candidate[s]” for
office, ibid.—the Court now complicates and destabilizes
both our standing law and America’s electoral processes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiganrqodm566pnglhzdsv7qi5z6sotx6m4a6ickov757jo6ia4hpi@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Justice Jackson rightly points out Article III standing is now a Calvinball filter, inconsistent from case to case. Ones like student loan forgiveness or anti-LGBT discrimination dressed up as religious freedom had winning plaintiffs with no harms. Many consumer/privacy class actions get tossed tho
This network news segment should have been a self-indulgent podcast instead. It’s why podcasts were invented
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This network news segment should have been a self-indulgent podcast instead. It’s why podcasts were invented
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Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.
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“We can’t abolish ICE, that’s ridiculous.” Buddy, they just abolished the Department of Education. We can do whatever the fuck we want.
January 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
“We can’t abolish ICE, that’s ridiculous.” Buddy, they just abolished the Department of Education. We can do whatever the fuck we want.
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
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The Greenland fixation feels like a personal insult to anyone who's spent more than about five minutes thinking about national security. "Hey, let's demolish our most valuable alliance so we can get get access to arctic territory we already have access to!"
January 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The Greenland fixation feels like a personal insult to anyone who's spent more than about five minutes thinking about national security. "Hey, let's demolish our most valuable alliance so we can get get access to arctic territory we already have access to!"
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Very rarely in human history can you definitively say you are fighting on the side of Good but by god this is one of those times, we are going to defeat ICE and the Border Patrol change this wretched world into one where borders no longer kill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Very rarely in human history can you definitively say you are fighting on the side of Good but by god this is one of those times, we are going to defeat ICE and the Border Patrol change this wretched world into one where borders no longer kill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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I saw a take where someone said “but what do we do with ice? We can’t just fire 20,000 people who have guns and training“
Jfc
Abolish the agency, RIF them, if they break the law deal with them
I am very tired of “but what if X happens“ as a justification for not doing the right thing
Jfc
Abolish the agency, RIF them, if they break the law deal with them
I am very tired of “but what if X happens“ as a justification for not doing the right thing
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I saw a take where someone said “but what do we do with ice? We can’t just fire 20,000 people who have guns and training“
Jfc
Abolish the agency, RIF them, if they break the law deal with them
I am very tired of “but what if X happens“ as a justification for not doing the right thing
Jfc
Abolish the agency, RIF them, if they break the law deal with them
I am very tired of “but what if X happens“ as a justification for not doing the right thing
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small-government conservatism is when a guy in a mask who won't show you his badge shoots you through the window of your car while you're driving away from him
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
small-government conservatism is when a guy in a mask who won't show you his badge shoots you through the window of your car while you're driving away from him
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And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Abolish ICE. Charge the murderers
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Abolish ICE. Charge the murderers
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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Gonna start an NFL conspiracy theory where all outcomes are targeted to optimize the power of the most important city in America, Pittsburgh
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Gonna start an NFL conspiracy theory where all outcomes are targeted to optimize the power of the most important city in America, Pittsburgh
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It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now