Orta

North FL native. Bucknell '06, W&M '11 (MBA), UGA '14 (JD) Spouse. Dad. Lawyer. Lover of Jags, Dawgs & BBQ. Views are my own. Wu-Tang Name: Excessive Prophet

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

The degree to which Russia has compromised the Republican Party
is the great under-reported story of our time.

[Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel]

All in all -- to acquire and later via NBA sanctions -- Kawhi Leonard cost the Clippers:

2021 first round pick
2022 first round pick
2023 first round pick
2023 first round pick swap
2024 first round pick
2025 first round pick swap
2026 first round pick
2029 first round pick
2030 first round pick
2031 first round pick
2032 first round pick
2033 first round pick

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, two time reigning NBA MVP
Danilo Gallinari

$30 million fine
Steve Ballmer suspended for one year
Lawrence Frank suspended six months
Gillian Zucker suspended one year

Leonard averaged 47 games in his seven seasons with the club.

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide prevention is affordable housing. Suicide prevention is free healthcare. Suicide prevention is free education. Suicide prevention is food security. Suicide prevention is financial stability. Therapy can’t fix the system.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is one reason why the attack on empathy is so evil. If we have to wait for person after person to experience the brutality of this administration before we wake up, then we'll inflict an immense amount of pain on our country. But if, instead, we could place ourselves in the shoes of the immigrant in chains, then we can see the injustice more plainly.

And no, this does not mean that we can't or shouldn't deport illegal immigrants when appropriate. It doesn't mean we must have open borders. But we can't lose our own humanity and decency in the process, and we must not use brutality as an instrument of enforcement.

[Orta @Ortapalooza]

@duvalsoll @JaxGordo

[Orta @Ortapalooza]

@JaxGordo @duvalsoll

[Orta @Ortapalooza]

@JagsFanBrian

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Trump's inability to distinguish between reality and AI slop raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental acuity.

[Jackson @jackson2XX3]

Byron Donalds' running mate, Bryan Avila, introduced SB 1118, which would allow the proposed locations of data centers to be shielded from public records and remain undisclosed for up to 12 months.
Donalds and Avila want to flood our state with data centers while keeping it hidden from us.

If a data center is being proposed in a community, the people have every right to know about it.
Trying to shield this kind of information from the public shows you just how deep Donalds and Avila are in the pockets of their billionaire donors.

We deserve transparency AND a moratorium on these data centers. @davidjollyfl will provide exactly that.

[Conor Friedersdorf @conor64]

It seems to me that in the longrun, if you allow POTUS to unilaterally and unlawfully start unpopular wars without Congressional permission, and you also prosecute as traitors people who tell the public how the wars are really going, you risk winding up in a dictatorship

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Nothing says you understand the affordability crisis like wearing a $41,000 watch and a Four Seasons polo.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

APPLEBAUM: Instead of integrating drones, Hegseth is canceling drone battalion and talking about push-ups and facial hair. It’s really insane. I mean, if someone were paying him to undermine United States, or if he were a secret enemy, this is how he would behave. It's suicidal.

[BUDDYHEAD @BUDDYHEAD_]

This dude should be dragged by a horse through the streets

[joe @spinningjoe]

[joe rogan] so you're saying you've never been fed?

[domestic cat that was fed thirty minutes ago] that's right joe. i've never been fed in my entire whole life

[joe rogan] wow

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

Semi-regular reminder that Donald Trump is an enemy of free speech and would happily use the power of the state to silence his critics.

[David Jolly @davidjollyfl]

In case you missed it, while Gwen and I were in Tallahassee for FAMU's convocation, Byron was hanging in Hollywood with Bill Maher, supporting the California economy, while being surprised by the platform of his own campaign.

Welcome to the Florida Governor's race 2026.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Serious question to every mainstream news network and newspaper in this country: how can you justify crazy obsessive coverage of Hasan Piker and just totally ignore much worse stuff like this from an actual presidential adviser?

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

My message to the IDF officer who ordered the airstrikes on World Central Kitchen and to the people who bomb and smear humanitarians — and to the leaders who have the responsability to stop it..

[Sam Levine @srl]

Breaking news: The Trump administration secretly obtained 6 months of phone records for a journalist without a search warrant or any judicial oversight, raising alarm over an obscure legal tool it is deploying https://t.co/XZZjMFgjoL

[Chris Lambert @TheChrisLambert]

This is really sad. His last project, Mad God, is a masterpiece