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Ryan Scott

@MotionKingOR

Husband, Father, Criminal defense lawyer (w/ occasional forays into appeals and post-conviction). Pretty good at catching things I just dropped.

شامل ہوئے Şubat 2011
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
The danger of only use one metric. A lot of Trump supporters on this site are claiming that, except for food and energy, inflation is down. But that is largely what you'd expect when the GDP for the 4th quarter of 2025 was .5%. See what happens when we get to a recession.
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Neil Stone
Neil Stone@DrNeilStone·
HPV vaccine PREVENTS cancer and cervical cancer is on its way to ELIMINATION in some countries as a result This is the nonsense HHS Secretary RFK Jr says about it
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Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum·
Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime #block-69dbf1ff8f08ff62487f805e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/world/live/202…
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
Nobody who says "sorry to burst your bubble" is sincere. Not once. Not ever.
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To paraphrase @bendreyfuss, I'm just a dum dum but it seems to me Iran can outlast a blockade of the strait way longer than the US can. Nevertheless, to the extent Trump feels he needs to do something, better this than ending an entire civilization.
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
@ASFleischman Cue all the people who smugly quote US officials saying the opposite, as though anyone in the Trump administration has any credibility on this issue. Doesn't mean the Iran is telling the truth, obviously, but the appropriate default assumption is that Trump sycophants are lying.
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Ihab Hassan
Ihab Hassan@IhabHassane·
More than 1,023 checkpoints and iron gates across the West Bank suffocate Palestinian lives, while Israeli settlers move freely with no restrictions. This is an open-air prison.
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
@ASFleischman @Vibutler_ "You could tell that other lawyers and judges really respected him." Could you though? What are you basing that on? Because the judge told you that when he denied your motion, your lawyer did a really fantastic job?
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
@ASFleischman @Vibutler_ Some day, I want to publish something that explains what Google reviews can inadvertently reveal. For example, "he got me the best possible deal." According to whom? The lawyer?
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Violet Rose 🏳️‍⚧️
While I think that Rodriguez probably forecloses the 14th amendment argument, I think that that in an ideal world private defense attorneys wouldn’t exist. Quality of counsel shouldn’t depend on your wealth
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
@ASFleischman Toward the end of an argument last year on probable cause in a search warrant, I butchered an analogy to the evidentiary vaue of finding a dismemberment manual in Stephen King's library. I stumbled over my point. But everyone got it, and people who watched it liked the analogy.
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Andrew Fleischman
Andrew Fleischman@ASFleischman·
Maybe I say a name wrong, or a judge asks a multipart question and I answer only one part of the question, or someone interrupts me in the middle of a good answer. None of that shit matters. My job is to know the cases and the record and direct them to it.
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Ryan Scott@MotionKingOR·
@quirkyllama Nobody is stopping the federal government from deporting Abrego Garcia. He has agreed to be deported to Costa Rica. And Costa Rica had previously agreed. Trump wants him deported to Liberia just to punish him.
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🐐QuirkyLlama@quirkyllama·
I don't want to defend RFK or MAGA conspiracists, but I'm genuinely surprised Matt doesn't get that there is a real complaint here. The core hypothesis of Trump II is "Trump doesn't control the govt" Call it the deep state, call it bureaucracy, or just call it the Judiciary. The battle over Abrego Garcia- a man who no one disputes is here illegally- yet the entire might of the Trump administration can't deport him! The whole thesis of Trump II is "Yes, the laws say X, but the bureaucracy + judiciary don't care what the laws says". Or the recent Federal Court ruling effectively preventing Berkeley from cleaning up tent cities. Does the GOP have a Federal Trifecta? Yes. Does a Blue City in a Blue State want to clean up homelessness? Yes. Did a Federal judge prevent them from doing so? Also Yes. If you want to understand what's going on in Trump 2 these points are central. Republicans do not effectively control gov't even when they have a trifecta. Between bureaucrats bureaucrats and the Liberal Judiciary, it's ~impossible to change policy even when the law is clearly on GOP side.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

A signature aspect of MAGA is they refuse to take responsibility for anything — Trump has been president for a majority of the past decade but “the government” is still some entity his administration isn’t really involved with somehow.

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Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk@brett_mcgurk·
Signal to noise: as of this morning there is no change in the Strait of Hormuz—ships pass only with Iran’s consent—and Iran is shooting missiles at UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Whatever is being said, this is what’s happening.
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@ASFleischman It’s not over, but who is currently winning that situation?
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@ASFleischman J steals your car. You threaten to kill J’s family if he doesn’t give it back. He says, “you can borrow your car for two weeks while we negotiate my terms, first of which is my sleeping with your wife.” You don’t agree but say “that’s a great starting point for negotiations.”
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Andrew Fleischman
Andrew Fleischman@ASFleischman·
Here's my understanding. Correct me if I'm wrong. Iran set harsh terms. Israel has to leave Hezbolloh in place. Iran controls the strait, and can charge fees for its use. Both of these things violate international law.
Abe Greenwald@AbeGreenwald

If the U.S. were to walk away from this war at this very instant, it would still be the greatest American victory we've seen in decades. If we go further, there's no telling the extent of our triumph. I'm merely thankful for the obvious success that's been achieved thus far. Anything else is gravy.

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