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I'm Brian and so is my wife.
Any legal commentary is not legal advice or the official position of anyone in particular, but a secret third thing.
Any legal commentary is not legal advice or the official position of anyone in particular, but a secret third thing.
I wonder how they breakdown between big vs small firms, contingency vs hourly billing structure.
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I wonder how they breakdown between big vs small firms, contingency vs hourly billing structure.
I see it as the same story from a different point of view. As a child, it's best to avoid bad people. Sometimes children have to play their terrible games until they find a way out. When you grow up you should fight them with whatever tools you have.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I see it as the same story from a different point of view. As a child, it's best to avoid bad people. Sometimes children have to play their terrible games until they find a way out. When you grow up you should fight them with whatever tools you have.
Yeah, odd use of the word "worst" here. It's pretty bad for the people who got blown up, the ones who got blown up a second time, and their families.
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yeah, odd use of the word "worst" here. It's pretty bad for the people who got blown up, the ones who got blown up a second time, and their families.
How much the leave bothers me varies greatly based on the suspended person's pay structure.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
How much the leave bothers me varies greatly based on the suspended person's pay structure.
How many pardons does a person get for announcing an investigation into a competing candidate weeks before an election?
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How many pardons does a person get for announcing an investigation into a competing candidate weeks before an election?
It was always about power. The commitment to pretending it was about fighting corruption, doing the right thing, or some other pretext was exceptionally high from Watergate until about 2012.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It was always about power. The commitment to pretending it was about fighting corruption, doing the right thing, or some other pretext was exceptionally high from Watergate until about 2012.
I'm having trouble imagining the political will to pass an amendment removing pardon power. I think a better path forward in the short term might be diplomatic sanctions. People who commit crimes against democracy (like corruption and others) should not be able to have bank accounts or own stock.
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm having trouble imagining the political will to pass an amendment removing pardon power. I think a better path forward in the short term might be diplomatic sanctions. People who commit crimes against democracy (like corruption and others) should not be able to have bank accounts or own stock.
Yeah, it might be helpful to look at the effective tax rate of those wealthy alums in other countries compared to in the US
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yeah, it might be helpful to look at the effective tax rate of those wealthy alums in other countries compared to in the US
How many coaches do you think would do something else if college football coaching salary was capped at something like a million dollars?
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How many coaches do you think would do something else if college football coaching salary was capped at something like a million dollars?
Has the net expense from big schools changed much since legalized gambling expanded or NIL rules changed?
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Has the net expense from big schools changed much since legalized gambling expanded or NIL rules changed?
I wish Porter had gotten this memo. You can advocate for change and push good policies without fighting your friends.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I wish Porter had gotten this memo. You can advocate for change and push good policies without fighting your friends.
It's not as sexy, but drastically narrowing what expenses are deductible and imposing massive fines for people who claim deductions they aren't entitled to would probably raise more money with nearly 0 impact on the bottom 50% of incomes.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's not as sexy, but drastically narrowing what expenses are deductible and imposing massive fines for people who claim deductions they aren't entitled to would probably raise more money with nearly 0 impact on the bottom 50% of incomes.
It's hard to find people I agree with about half the time.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's hard to find people I agree with about half the time.
I think the bigger point is that almost every district court judge is likely to interpret the speech and debate clause and the appointment clause text broadly.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I think the bigger point is that almost every district court judge is likely to interpret the speech and debate clause and the appointment clause text broadly.
While we are in hypothetical-ville, would making it harder to pay employees with stock options change this situation?
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
While we are in hypothetical-ville, would making it harder to pay employees with stock options change this situation?
Did you watch his Senate debate where his opponent tried to highlight that he brought a Chinese flag with him, but mostly ended up saying that he went to space over and over again?
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Did you watch his Senate debate where his opponent tried to highlight that he brought a Chinese flag with him, but mostly ended up saying that he went to space over and over again?
I have never seen anyone do it so well and I'm not sure anyone ever will.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I have never seen anyone do it so well and I'm not sure anyone ever will.
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No, I think a lot of people like Trump because they think he is (1) a successful business man who is going to get the economy back on track and (2) make it okay to say the insensitive things they said 30 years ago. Vance and many others have tried to tap in to the cultural power of #2.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No, I think a lot of people like Trump because they think he is (1) a successful business man who is going to get the economy back on track and (2) make it okay to say the insensitive things they said 30 years ago. Vance and many others have tried to tap in to the cultural power of #2.
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I was trying to summarize a bunch of issues. On of my theories is that most of the people complaining about Trump being too nice to Mamdani are not going to support Vance for personal and cultural reasons, even if they had all the same stated policy positions and sponsors.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I was trying to summarize a bunch of issues. On of my theories is that most of the people complaining about Trump being too nice to Mamdani are not going to support Vance for personal and cultural reasons, even if they had all the same stated policy positions and sponsors.
What do you think they're going to do? I can't imagine that chunk supporting people like vance or mamdani.
With the "moderates" like bush return to the wheel of the gop?
With the "moderates" like bush return to the wheel of the gop?
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What do you think they're going to do? I can't imagine that chunk supporting people like vance or mamdani.
With the "moderates" like bush return to the wheel of the gop?
With the "moderates" like bush return to the wheel of the gop?
The hard part is sitting through training and telling the trainers that you'll deport everyone.
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The hard part is sitting through training and telling the trainers that you'll deport everyone.
The end of no good deed was excellent and as far as I'm concerned the movie ended immediately after that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The end of no good deed was excellent and as far as I'm concerned the movie ended immediately after that.
Rumor has it that ICE paid the 20k bonus when people signed on and didn't have a mechanism to get it back if people quit before the first day of training.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Rumor has it that ICE paid the 20k bonus when people signed on and didn't have a mechanism to get it back if people quit before the first day of training.