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Writer of SFF (stories in such places as Strange Horizons, Flash Fiction Online, Escape Pod & Crossed Genres). Lawyer. He/him. Rep by Alec Shane.
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Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

First they came for the Palestinian protestor and I said “hey you Nazi fucks, you’re being Nazis, everyone else we need to shut these motherfuckers down RIGHT now” because I actually paid attention to the poem

The "primary every single Democrat who didn't march out in solidarity with Rep. Green" challenge.

I remain aghast that Democrats cannot seem to gain traction or find effective messaging when the opposition is pro-Measles, pro-Putin, and so chaotic that no one has any idea who’s actually running the government right now. It’s just infuriating how feckless Democrats have been this past month.

democrats are really going to convince themselves that “a return to normalcy” is what people want when its really “rebuild, investigate, imprison”

Movies you’ve watched more than six(ty) times, gifs only

When (if) this is all over, the legal profession is in need of a serious reckoning. There are red lines being crossed and we need to clearly call them out. For those who went along, eagerly or not, disbarment needs to be on the table.

The power of a Democratic Senator in 2025/2026 1.) Place a blanket hold on all cabinet nominees. 2.) Force a majority vote for cloture. 3.) Band together to secure a roll call for every vote. 4.) Deny unanimous consent on leader cloture filings. This forces 2 extra days and a roll call. cont'd....

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Hi. Jewish person here. These are concentration camps and should be called that by everyone.

If Justices are going to act like historians, then their work should be judged as one does the work of historians. Analysis of legal reasoning should take a backseat to analysis of the historicity of their factual claims (not only in punditry, but this should also be taught in law school).

MOMA should go to jail for not naming this a Basquiatball.