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flyinghigh21@flyinghigh218·
@DietCoke_Esq Criminal and Reese’s cups (original though I’ll try all the new that come out)
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Keeks 🦋
Keeks 🦋@DietCoke_Esq·
Your practice area and favorite candy. Be specific
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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold@Olivia_Reingold·
Being half-Jewish has been one of the most painful experiences of my life. I just spoke with a rabbi about the possibility of taking Hebrew classes—he was lovely, but when he learned that my mother is not Jewish, he told me he’d have to check to make sure I could still attend. I tried not to cry, apologized, and hung up. It’s not unlike being mixed race—the gentiles think you’re too Jewish, and the Jews think you’re not Jewish enough. So I feel like I'm nothing. And the world often agrees—friends, especially non-Jews, have told me I’m “not really” Jewish. And I see why they think that. For generations, my ancestors were Jews. My great-grandfather came to America to escape pogroms in Europe. His son, my grandfather, married a Jewish woman named Thelma, and they raised their three sons to be Jews. My father, like his brothers, was bar mitzvahed and still attends temple. But he fell in love with my mother, an atheist, and they both decided religion wasn’t important—what mattered was that they raised their kids to be good people. They might have succeeded there, but what they failed to realize is that their daughter might want to be Jewish—and that their decisions would make that nearly impossible. Some family members have encouraged me to hit the books, to find groups to attend. But when I try, I’m either embarrassed by how little I know or am asked about my lineage. When I was a reporter in Montana, I used to volunteer with girls from the Northern Cheyenne nation—they would tell me that they didn’t feel like “real Indians” (their words, not mine). Many of them had light skin and were ashamed at not knowing their native language. It is strange to say, but I could relate. They didn’t even know where to start—how do you learn as a teenager what you should’ve learned as a toddler? And would their elders even take them seriously? I ask myself the same things (except I’m an adult, not teenager). I used to think my journey would be embracing my Jewish heritage, learning Hebrew, and growing closer to God. But I think I am getting pointed in the opposite direction: maybe I am not Jewish, and my family hasn’t been for a long time. I’m embarrassed of what my ancestors might think—but maybe what’d they’d judge the most is that I ever thought I was Jewish at all. This is the pain of being half-Jewish.
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slam dance tarantula@JermHimselfish·
First off, let’s start with a bowl of spaghetti for the table
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Jennifer-Ruth Green
Jennifer-Ruth Green@JenRuthGreen·
I’ve been activated. Beyond my uniforms, it’s nice to have a small piece of home. It’s a 5x7 of my parents on their 50th anniversary with an inset of them as newlyweds. I’ll be busy but safe. I’m asking God for wisdom, humility, integrity and protection. If you think of us, please pray for my teammates and me. #WHIP #OpEpicFury
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kel 🔥@yaginosenshii·
The ozempic wave was a CIA operation to get Americans back down to enlistment weight 💀💀💀
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my life is a living hell. every minute is torture
Hey man, do you mind if we push this call til next week? I’m thinking one or both of us might die in the upcoming nuclear holocaust, which would pretty much solve this whole problem for us
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flyinghigh21@flyinghigh218·
@jtalexander There’s no evidence that “ethnic tribalism” is the cause of jury trials “failing.” You’re just a shit attorney and racist too
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J.T. Alexander
J.T. Alexander@JTAlexander·
I prosecuted in a very heavily White area. Jury trials aren't only failing because of ethnic tribalism. They're failing in large part because a jury's expectation of evidence is cartoonishly high, completely divorced from reality. They expect *everything* to be on video nowadays. They're also failing because juries are more prone to nullification than ever before. Not for any principled reason, such as believe the crime was just, but that they simply don't trust the state to charge and punish people properly and/or they don't care. E.g., I've had DUI cases where someone who was OBVIOUSLY guilty was acquitted. Multiple. In one of them I spoke to the jury afterward and they flat out told me "All the evidence was there." They just felt bad for the defendant and wanted to go home. They're also failing because judges and statutes are more pro-criminal than ever before. Judge Example: In a prosecution for DV Assault, I was prohibited from introducing evidence the Defendant having assaulted the victim previously, despite the fact the law in our jurisdiction explicitly allows for this, because the judge felt it was "too prejudicial." (Btw, this Defendant testified and confessed to every single element on the stand and the jury still returned a verdict of Not Guilty.) Statute Example: I prosecuted a woman for stealing $400,000. By law, I could not even ask for jail time because it was her first offense. The Judge had no power to grant a sentence of jail time. If you try to break the collapse of the justice system down to being only an ethnic/tribal thing, you're going to fail, because that's not anywhere near the only issue.
The American Tribune@TAmTrib

Jury trials don’t work because they are no longer trials of our justice-minded peers, but rather ethnic headcount’s that are determined by the in group preferences of the jurors Particularly, black and Hispanic jurors show a notable tendency to side with their ethnic group against the evidence of the case is an interracial one

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flyinghigh21@flyinghigh218·
@TAmTrib Youn don’t have actual evidence to back this up. This just your racist belief. You’re also citing a case that had huge flaws in it that had nothing to do with the ethnic makeup of the jury.
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Daniel
Daniel@growing_daniel·
what kind of poverty do you have to be raised in to want an oatmeal raisin cookie. A treat for 19th century english orphans
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Jason, ex Inferis
Jason, ex Inferis@benedictsred·
Jesus could have turned that water into Baja Blast, but he didn’t because you masturbate
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flyinghigh21@flyinghigh218·
@SouthpauzArt You need demands and civil disobedience. Otherwise it’s just a hobby.
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•🐾Southpauz🐾 •@SouthpauzArt·
Imma be real if you actually think No Kings protests are useless I'm just going to assume you have never protested anything in your life. One of the most important factors to accelerate societal change is seeing more people VISIBLY disagreeing with the status quo.
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Monte🔻
Monte🔻@bruegels_muse·
there is absolutely no political strategy behind the "no kings day" protests. no concrete demands, no organizing to build on, nothing. it's the hollowness of liberal protest amplified to the max
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Jokamundo@Jokamundo·
Love bombing my wife for 70 years straight then ghosting her (dying)
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Our Daily Crusade
Our Daily Crusade@Urban1096·
@ATLBlackStar If black culture wasn't centered around violence and crime, and people would stop assuming that they're committing violence and crime
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