Brandon Levey

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Brandon Levey

Brandon Levey

@Weathercoins

Jewish stuff, lawyer stuff, Orioles

Beigetreten Mayıs 2009
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Aaron Astor
Aaron Astor@AstorAaron·
This is the real outcome of the VA Supreme Court case. Unless the national environment radically improves for the GOP, Dems will still take the House. (It's already a razor thin GOP majority). But 2028 will be a much harder challenge in a Presidential year.
Ethan C7@ECaliberSeven

To say the least, netting half a dozen seats in redistricting is significant for Republicans, but likely will not save their House majority in such a blue year like 2026. Will be much more relevant in 2028 - Dems are going to need to counter.

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Brandon Levey
Brandon Levey@Weathercoins·
@jayfeely @SpanbergerForVA It’s okay to be nakedly partisan - most people are! Pretending this was some victory of fairness when you inevitably will be fine with gerrymandering in TX, Ohio, NC, SC, Louisiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama because it benefits your side is silly
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Jay Feely
Jay Feely@jayfeely·
This is a huge win! Virginia Democrats and their new governor @SpanbergerForVA ignored their own laws to try to gain a political advantage. Democrats believe the end justifies the means. Thankfully their Supreme Court said No
Greg Price@greg_price11

🚨 BREAKING: The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned the Democrat gerrymandering referendum, ruling that the process to put in on the ballot was unconstitutional. Virginia will keep their 5 Republican districts.

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Brandon Levey
Brandon Levey@Weathercoins·
To be clear, it makes perfect sense that Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama can partisan gerrymander. But when Virginia does it it’s abhorrent
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Brandon Levey
Brandon Levey@Weathercoins·
@AlanMCole It’s a pretty pathetic post. “Legal scholars said it was impossible” … this was literally the expected outcome
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Alan Cole
Alan Cole@AlanMCole·
If I were even 5% as successful as Neal Katyal I would have absolutely no desire to post LinkedIn Hustler Guy content.
Neal Katyal@neal_katyal

Five months ago, I argued against the President's $4 trillion tariffs at the Supreme Court. In 237 years, the Court had never struck down a sitting President's signature initiative. Legal scholars said it was impossible. Some of my own colleagues said it was impossible. We won. 6-3. But the real story isn't what happened in that courtroom. It's what happened in the months before. And its the subject of my TED talk, coming out tomorrow. I had the best legal team in the nation, especially Colleen Roh Sinzdak, the most outstanding legal strategist I know. Huge thanks, too, go to the Liberty Justice Center (and in particular its fearless and hyper-intelligent leader Sara Albrecht), who organized the client small businesses, as well as to the brave small businesses themselves. I also had four teachers preparing me. A mindset coach who'd worked with Andre Agassi. An improv coach who taught me that "Yes, and" works in Supreme Court arguments the same way it works everywhere else. A meditation coach who taught me stillness. And Harvey. Harvey predicted many of the questions the Justices asked — sometimes almost word for word. Brilliant. Tireless. Occasionally insufferable. Here's the catch: Harvey isn't a person. Harvey is a bespoke AI I built over the last year with a legal AI company, trained on every question every Justice has asked in oral argument for 25 years, and everything they've ever written. Tomorrow, TED releases my talk about what really happened — and what I learned standing at that podium. AI can predict. AI can analyze. What AI cannot do is the one thing that actually won the argument. Connect. Read the room. Hear not just a Justice's words, but her worry — and answer the worry. That is the irreducibly human skill. Find yours. Go deeper. In this age of AI, that's where your edge lives. The talk goes live Thursday, May 7 at 11am ET: go.ted.com/nealkumarkatyal What's the irreducibly human skill in your work — the thing AI can't touch?

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Brian Krassenstein
Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein·
IMPORTANT! I'm calling for the following boycott of all products and services related to these companies: Delta Air Lines — Donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. X - Elon Musk owns it. Microsoft - Founder Bill Gates was friends with Epstein. Amazon — Listed among companies rolling back DEI efforts and also donated to Trump’s inaugural fund. Walmart — Pulled back on DEI programs and was listed among major companies retreating from diversity initiatives. Boeing — STOP FLYING! Donated to Trump’s inaugural fund, despite Trump’s agenda being deeply opposed by many liberals. Ford — Scaled back DEI policies and stopped participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a major LGBTQ+ workplace-equality benchmark. General Motors — Donated to Trump’s 2025 inaugural fund, alongside Ford, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Boeing, Hyundai, Stellantis, Delta, and others. Target — Ended or scaled back several DEI initiatives, including changes around supplier diversity, after conservative pressure and Trump’s anti-DEI push. McDonald’s — Scaled back DEI initiatives and was named among major U.S. companies retreating from diversity programs. Meta — Confirmed it was scaling back DEI programs; also donated to Trump’s inaugural fund. Google / Alphabet — Listed by Reuters among major companies that dropped or considered altering DEI policies after Trump’s executive order; Alphabet also donated to Trump’s inaugural fund. Lowe’s — Named by AP among prominent companies pulling back on DEI initiatives. Hyundai — Its U.S. unit donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. Stellantis — Donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. AT&T — Said it would end DEI programs in connection with seeking FCC approval for a spectrum-license acquisition. T-Mobile — Also moved to terminate DEI efforts while seeking federal approval for telecom deals. Verizon — Secured approval for its Frontier acquisition after agreeing to dismantle its DEI program. Also please smash all your smartphones as they are made using child labor, burn most of your clothes and destroy your sneakers as they are mostly made in sweat shops. Whie you are at it please also stop breathing oxygen as it's shared with many of the CEOs of the companies liosted above. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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The Footsteps in the Dark Podcast
@krassenstein I once thought Audi owners were the worst people until I met Cybertruck owners. They fit into two crowds: 1) the "hey look at me I need attention" crowd or 2) virtue signaling assholes who spend their day criticizing others in order to feel relevant.
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Brian Krassenstein
Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein·
I might get hate for this too but I bought a Cybertruck. With a young family, safety was important and so is not polluting the atmosphere with $5 a gallon gasoline.
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World Health Organization (WHO)
Swiss authorities have confirmed a case of #hantavirus identified in a passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship. He had responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event, and presented himself to a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, and is receiving care. In line with the International Health Regulations (IHR), WHO is working with relevant countries to support international contact tracing, to ensure that those potentially exposed are monitored and that any further disease spread is limited. The type of virus in this outbreak has been confirmed as Andes hantavirus by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases @nicd_sa, South Africa and the Geneva University Hospitals @hug_ge, Switzerland The support of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar @PasteurDakar, Senegal and the Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud @ANLIS_Malbran, Argentina has also been critical in responding to this event. As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus by laboratory testing. WHO will continue to work with countries to ensure that the patients, contacts, passengers and crew have the information and support they need to stay safe and prevent spread.
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Brandon Levey
Brandon Levey@Weathercoins·
So the Orioles are legitimately just really bad huh
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Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump·
Gas prices are at crazy levels--fire Obama!
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@NYMag Ridiculous to simply classify Schlossberg as an influencer and leave out that he is a literal Kennedy
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New York Magazine
NY-12, which includes both the Upper West and Upper East Sides, is the smallest and most population-dense congressional district in the country, one that candidates can crisscross several times over in an afternoon. It is among the wealthiest and oldest districts in the United States and is also the district with the most college graduates. If you listen to the candidates, the battle for NY-12 is not just about who will be the next member of the city’s congressional delegation but a contest among factions of the island’s Democratic base: the old-money elite, the anti-Trump resisters, the tech-world crusaders, and the old-school party Establishment. While nearly a dozen candidates are vying for the district’s congressional seat, the primary is coming down to just four: Micah Lasher, a state assemblyman from the Upper West Side and a longtime political hand who is Jerry Nadler’s anointed successor; Alex Bores, an assemblyman from the Upper East Side whose calls for AI regulation have led to millions of dollars being spent both for and against him; George Conway, the onetime Republican lawyer who has achieved notoriety as a leader of the #Resistance; and a previously little-known social-media influencer who is trying to rewrite the rules of New York City politics. “It’s New York-sized,” that social-media influencer, Jack Schlossberg, said when asked why this campaign is different. Schlossberg’s presence in the race proves the point. For our Cover Story, David Freedlander reports on how four liberal-but-not-left Democrats are racing to be the face of Manhattan: nymag.visitlink.me/Os2_Oz
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Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
Percentage of Americans who say Trump isn't in good enough physical health to serve effectively: May 2023 -- 28% Jan. 2024 -- 40% Sept. 2025 -- 45% Feb. 2026 -- 51% Today -- 55% (via @washingtonpost/@ABC/@Ipsos poll)
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