Legal humor. Seriously. By Kevin Underhill. Also available at @loweringthebar@mastodon.social and @loweringthebar.bsky.social
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I just paid $5.32/gallon for hi-test this morning...and I can afford it. Lots of folks can't.
Donald Trump, you can take your war and stuff it up your fat and leaky ass.
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In a nutshell
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It took 4 days for the César Chávez abuse allegations to spark a nationwide purge: statues torn down, streets, parks and schools renamed, holidays canceled, and politicians now running for cover.
Meanwhile, Epstein’s abuse has been public since 2019. Still. No. Client. Arrests.
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"Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing 'cute' responses to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying.”
U.S. District Judge Sarah Ellis in Chicago.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
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Video shows Alex Pretti, permitted U.S. ICU nurse, filming with phone in both hands when agents pepper-sprayed and tackled him. Gun holster-removed while pinned; fatal shots followed. Contradicts claim of approaching with drawn handgun amid resistance. theguardian.com/us-news/video/… abcnews.go.com/US/alex-pretti… kstp.com/kstp-news/top-…
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Uncredible, irresponsible, and unamerican.
A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.
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Videos of the encounter shows that the gun was never drawn. The weapon remains in the victim's holster until one agent removes it. After the victim is disarmed, a second agent shoots him repeatedly.
Videos of full encounter:
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Victim disarmed prior to shots being fired:
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This guy keeps unloading his clip on the man laying on the ground. There are many other agents around! WTF!!
This. Start arresting them and use the National Guard if you have to.
There is no absolute immunity for ICE agents who violate Minnesota law.
The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution does not erase state criminal law.
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Important to call this shit what it is: ICE is a paramilitary organization carrying out a state-sponsored campaign of ethnic cleansing. They’ve now killed two people and seem to be escalating every day. Just so we’re clear.
Put them to work clearing out the federal brownshirts. That’ll secure the environment.
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The salient point now is not Trump's dementia, but the Republicans' cowardice
They'd rather ruin America's reputation for decades than risk losing their jobs
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To be clear: an insurrectionist using a Confederate flag pole to attack police guarding the US Capitol is dubbed a “patriot” and can receive a presidential pardon while US citizens in Minnesota exercising their 1st amendment rights to protest and assemble get executed.
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“Boo hoo”
They’re not just killing people, they’re taunting the public they’re terrorizing after they do it.
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"After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: 'Boo hoo.' "
BREAKING: Federal officers have shot another person in Minneapolis amid the immigration crackdown, Gov. Tim Walz says. apnews.com/article/immigrati…
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for the love of God are there no Republican senators with the decency and guts to stand up and force Trump to back off?
nytimes.com/live/2026/01/24/… via @NYTimes
