@BrianReganComic my sister and I were expressing shock at Trump’s Israel-Palestine outcome and her response was an homage to your telephone company bit
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Ben Softness
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Ben Softness
@imsoftness
likes include law, politics, and Roger Federer. Tweets are my own.
Washington, D.C. شامل ہوئے Ekim 2008
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@RazOlsRF I’m as big a fed fan as you but wasn’t Roger 37 at that tournament? Still played out of his mind. Still keeps me up at night.
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Loved joining @BrainTrustLive to talk law (in my personal capacity)!
Brain Trust Live Pod@BrainTrustLive
Have you lost track of all 91 Trump indictments + where they stand? Our resident legal expert @imsoftness is here to unpack it all! Plus, updates on the CA Senate race, both parties playing themselves on immigration, and the political chaos of Taylor Swift braintrustlive.com/blog/2024/2/4/…
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Had a great time joining @BrainTrustLive (in my personal capacity) to discuss recent legal news. Have a listen!
Brain Trust Live Pod@BrainTrustLive
It’s official: BTL is now a legal podcast! Okay, maybe not actually, but we promise that you won’t hear a more in-depth conversation about the latest Trump indictment. We’ve got our resident legal expert Ben Softness to take us through it! braintrustlive.com/blog/2023/8/7/…
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@OrinKerr He might say he's distinguishing between a 3-judge panel's power to make circuit precedent and whether such a precedent counts as "clearly established" law for purposes of QI. But if a prior panel *held* the law to be clearly established on some point, the distinction dissolves.
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I would have thought it common ground that circuit court judges are bound by circuit precedent. But am I right in reading this dissent by Judge Oldham as saying he doesn't and won't unless he thinks the panel op is wise or the Supreme Court requires it?ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…
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What an absolute nightmare of a session at SCOTUS! We needed someone to walk us through all the wild decisions of the last few weeks, so settle in for some exciting legalese (yes, that’s a thing!) with our resident expert @imsoftness. Don't miss it! braintrustlive.com/blog/2023/7/5/…
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This is a crisis as dire as any. The fundaments of American society — things like democracy & the rule of law — only exist if people believe in them. They’re norms like anything else. And belief in norms comes from learning about them — their context and history and social value.
Axios@axios
New data out this week revealed dismal scores by eighth graders on a national U.S. history test. Experts are pointing to a devastating combination of polarization over school curriculums and pandemic disruptions. trib.al/eWlmVLl
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Such a pleasure to join these two!
Brain Trust Live Pod@BrainTrustLive
⚡️A Special Edition of BTL! We promised a mid-week legal spectacular, and boy did we deliver! Real-life legal expert @imsoftness joins us to discuss the Fox/Dominion settlement, SCOTUS decisions, the Trump indictment, and so much more! Don’t miss it! braintrustlive.com/blog/2023/4/26…
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Hopefully I’m not being duped by good marketing — just bought!
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I can tell Ruben Gallego is the only real Democrat in the AZ Senate race because he’s the only candidate who has sent me so many texts and emails in the last 24 hours that I want to disappear myself from the internet.
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What is “for you” versus “following”? It feels like I have to read twice as much. Not willing. Reading way less now.
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Curious how the players featured in #BreakPointnetflix will play in the #AusOpen now that the documentary is out and they’re more famous. So far Berretini out in R1, Kyrgios hurt, FAA down two sets … @PatrickMcEnroe @darren_cahill @bgtennisnation
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McDonald is playing the #Federer playbook against Nadal to perfection. Hit hard, don’t fear the forehand, own the baseline. #AusOpen @PatrickMcEnroe @darren_cahill
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@cmclymer Charlotte the total tally is 216 to 212 to 4 to 2. Doesn’t that leave 3 more votes? How does that work? Just absences?
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That's it. Kevin McCarthy loses his 14th consecutive ballot for Speaker.
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Good evening! Welcome to the 14th ballot vote for Speaker of the House, starting in a few moments. I'll be live-tweeting, of course. Follow along! If you're new to the process, I wrote a blog about it on Tuesday, which you can read here: #details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-quick-expl…
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facade. Still remembering being asked to read a paragraph aloud in 9th grade English and saying "fa-kade."
bailey meyers@baileymeyers
hey kids who learned their vocab from reading, what word that you mispronounced still haunts you
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I can’t top this
The New York Times@nytimes
In the U.S., Sam Bankman-Fried is persona non grata. But in interviews across the Bahamas, residents say that his crimes were hardly comparable to the gang violence of the island, and expressed fears of economic fallout if crypto investors don't return. nyti.ms/3FUKYWm
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