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Published: November 17, 2025 18:37
Bluesky: your place for legal advice.
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https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5tum5p5rc2s
Published: November 17, 2025 18:37
Bluesky: your place for legal advice.
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5tu3uzkuk2a
Published: November 17, 2025 18:28
I think the universities didnāt convey clearly enough to Larry Summers and Laurence Krauss that they were expected to get sexual harassment PREVENTION training
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Published: November 17, 2025 18:24
If you find out that the United States Department of Justice has subpoenaed information about you from Bluesky, please donāt post through it here on Bluesky. That makes Ken angry.
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5tsz6k53c2y
Published: November 17, 2025 18:09
At some point, incompetence and deliberate indifference to the law reaches a point where it is indistinguishable from deliberate misconduct. This is why you donāt hand a complex matter to someone who has never presented to a grand jury before. [containsā¦
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Published: November 17, 2025 03:09
Iām not a big supporter of violence but if the next ten or so strangers to meet Larry Summers just straight-up sucker-punch him in the face I am not going to lose any sleep. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 17, 2025 01:21
Every few months some agitated weirdo gets upset at me over the Atlantic post I did about how the prison system ROUTINELY engages in unimaginable abuse and lets people kill themselves, because they read it as āTHEREāS NO WAY EPSTEIN WAS MURDEREDā /1
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5r7axixrc2l
Published: November 16, 2025 17:10
Images of Jeffrey Epsteinās Elite Parties Reveal A Different Era When Men Took Fashion Seriously āTomorrow in the @nytimes.com
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Published: November 16, 2025 16:51
Iām familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just arenāt appreciating the NYTās subtlety here; that itās actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a āshow me, donāt tell meā kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that itās inā¦
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Published: November 16, 2025 16:00
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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Published: November 16, 2025 15:32
I canāt even
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Published: November 16, 2025 01:59
Remember that show Dinosaurs? They had an episode where the military had an invasion called Operation Weāre Right, which I thought was apt. Never let performatively masculine people name anything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 16, 2025 01:47
āInadvertent football came into the fieldā is how they announce Ivy League games [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 16, 2025 01:46
It must be magnificent to be these billionaires and foreign countries, all of whom secretly scorn Trump, giving him lavish but vulgar gifts that he doesnāt understand are elaborate expressions of their contempt for him, his taste, his principles, and hisā¦
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Published: November 16, 2025 00:08
Summers: Iām so lonely. Friend: Try the apps? S: Ugh. F: Maybe a matchmaker? S: Too elitist. F: So what have you tried? S: Well, I kind of have a dating coach. F: Great! Thatās proactive! Does the coach have a philosophy? S: āIf thereās grass on theā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5pe3tebhc2o
Published: November 15, 2025 23:31
When choosing who should write the email to a stranger seeking free legal representation, identify the person in your group who is an actual adult with at least minimal human communication and interaction capability.
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5mqygouik2n
Published: November 14, 2025 22:44
āTrump directed the Department of Justice to pay special attention to figures like Larry Summers and Joe Biden, on the grounds they had refused to answer questions about Epstein. By contrast, he described former President Bill Clinton as āextremelyā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5mqmz55ds2n
Published: November 14, 2025 22:37
Bill Clinton consistently preyed upon people who were vulnerable, in one way or another
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Published: November 14, 2025 20:57
I did a lie detector once. It was when they were vetting me for a security clearance for an anti-terrorism case. The whole process of being investigated and put on the box and questioned and otherwise interfered with was tiresome. I got the clearance andā¦
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Published: November 14, 2025 19:42
OK but (a) lie detector tests are junk science and (b) they donāt work if the subject is crying [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 14, 2025 19:04
I hope this wonāt delay your profile of the Wallet Inspector [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 14, 2025 17:00
God: I need you to spread the Gospel, the Good News of My Son and the promise of eternal life Me: not sure I am the ideal pick God: how about spreading the news of Larry Summers being an irredeemable vapid douche Me:ā¦
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Published: November 14, 2025 16:55
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a69305996/is-the-resolute-desk-at-mar-a-lago/
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Published: November 14, 2025 16:04
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/sandwiches-for-all
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Published: November 13, 2025 23:10
Thatās easy for him to say [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 20:51
That Anti-Semitic Heckler Treated Me With Scorn And Contempt, As If I Were A Woman Dave Portnoy, Today at Barstool Sports
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Published: November 13, 2025 20:36
Attorney: Can 13-year olds consent to sex? Republicans: CAN THEY EVER [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 20:32
Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 20:24
Me as a BigLaw summer associate: Being a lawyer is great! You eat lunch at amazing restaurants every day! Me 30+ years later: The structural integrity of these Hot Pockets has suffered since they stopped including the microwave heat-focus sleeve. [Slurpsā¦
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Published: November 13, 2025 19:17
Trump wants to Make America Great Again, but who can deny that America is great now?
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5jug3qrws2i
Published: November 13, 2025 19:07
We are invited to assume that the New York Times did not know what Epstein was telling Landon Thomas about Trump. I decline to extend that charity. If Epstein wanted the NYT to write about it, he should have made it about a Democrat and gotten a whiteā¦
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Published: November 13, 2025 17:06
Fucking Children: Itās Unpopular. But Just How Unpopular, And What Does That Mean For The Midterms? We Made An Ugly-Ass Infographic To Explain. Weāre CNN. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 16:59
Forgot this good advice I gave about throwing sandwiches and felony murder [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 16:18
Bitter struggle on the right between people who hate 100% of Jews and people who hate 75% of Jews [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 16:14
I understand that President Trump has also threatened to bring a patent infringement claim against Jared Fogle. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 16:03
Chomskyās position on Epstein is that the American public is getting a seriously distorted version of the evidence available, emphasizing alleged rape of children and downplaying or ignoring the crucial U.S. role, direct and indirect, in the torment thatā¦
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Published: November 13, 2025 15:51
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Published: November 13, 2025 06:30
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Published: November 13, 2025 04:09
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing. However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutelyā¦
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Published: November 13, 2025 02:36
I assume this is mostly about how women are not being Godly if they donāt experience intended pain [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 13, 2025 02:34
Anyway, though all this seems bad for Trump, I think we have to consider the gains he will make in the modern Libertarian Party
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Published: November 13, 2025 02:27
I mean Megyn Kelly seems like exactly the right spokesperson for the ACTUALLY ITāS EPHEBOPHILIA movement. Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 12, 2025 20:17
Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
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Published: November 12, 2025 20:03
Lauren Boebert: Howdy how are yāall doing [The Rains of Castamere starts playing] Lauren Boebert: [looking down] whatās this plastic for [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 12, 2025 19:39
HEREāS ONE [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 12, 2025 18:55
At the time Alex Acosta ā Harvard Law School ā94 ā was the new nominee for Secretary of Labor, former U.S. Attorney for SDFL, former law school dean, and former Assistant AG for civil rights, so naturally a very vulnerable person. [contains quote post orā¦
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Published: November 12, 2025 18:07
OVERT ACT 125 In additional furtherance of the conspiracy, DEFENDANTS met on November 12, 2025 to discuss ways to wield official government power to prevent further news of the child sex trafficking ring from becoming public. [contains quote post orā¦
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Published: November 12, 2025 17:58
Ooooohhhhh wait is Michael Wolff the same Michael Wolff who filed that performative and dubious anti-anti-SLAPP suit against Melania Trump last week? Man he is having a MONTH
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Published: November 12, 2025 17:09
Let me get this straight, the criminal enterprise has a fixer named Mr. Wolff
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Published: November 12, 2025 01:38
Going through my fatherās things I found my grandmotherās report card, circa April 1916. She got a poor mark in ādeportment,ā which is what they called āSocial emotional growthā then. Her parents were probably mad ā at the mark, not at the concept ofā¦
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Published: November 12, 2025 00:54
Only Dartmouth teaches such rigorous interview techniques [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 12, 2025 00:50
Ugh, all of the animal videos on Facebook are AI slop now. I saw of a video of a cop just walking past a dog.
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Published: November 11, 2025 21:25
Everyone is dunking on poor Noah Smith for getting lost and frustrated at Heathrow Airport and blaming him, which is victim-blaming and I am quite disappointed in all of you. Put the blame squarely where it belongs: on whoever failed to pin his name andā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5f23dcfzc2s
Published: November 11, 2025 21:05
Anyway one of the populations this place is aimed at is TAY, Transition-Aged Youth, young people aging out of the foster system, and you can imagine how THAT is going over. Most of the people there are going to be, like, teachers teaching the youngerā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5evzaaw2k2c
Published: November 11, 2025 19:52
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
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Published: November 11, 2025 17:55
Having shitty, corrupt, thuggish cops is expensive. Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 11, 2025 16:39
Everyone is dunking on Kim Kardashian. The truth is the California bar is notoriously hard, the pass rate was only 55%, the pass rate for people who didnāt go to an accredited law school is way lower, and lots of very smart and dedicated people donāt passā¦
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Published: November 11, 2025 16:36
I have a strong but uninformed sense this is actually really stupid. I should have paid better attention in Econ. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 11, 2025 15:05
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Published: November 10, 2025 22:38
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 10, 2025 22:28
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that" [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 10, 2025 17:06
āWe need to keep the peace! Who can we call?ā āWell, thereās that agitated Yalie who shot his own eye out.ā āPERFECT!ā [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 10, 2025 16:51
I understand the frustration amongst professional SCOTUS commentators, most of whom are smarter and better-informed than I, when something happens they confidently predicted in the face of widespread concern (or panic), like the denial of Kim Davisāā¦
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Published: November 10, 2025 01:20
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 9, 2025 19:48
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: November 9, 2025 19:39
A few observations about all the sports-betting cases: 1. Most of them bear hallmarks of long-term investigations, so they are probably not purely a Trump administration thing. Biden DoJ started them. Trump admin is definitely putting in lots ofā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m57tk3nwvk2c
Published: November 9, 2025 19:25
Los Angeles: where weāre gong to have a big storm next week, but when I go up on the roof today to clean out the gutters and under the solar panels, i get a sunburn on my scalp because itās bright and 85 in mid-November.
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Published: November 9, 2025 02:39
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister SelĆ»ne [contains quote post or otherā¦