Steve Diamond

I study law, politics and political economy high above Silicon Valley.

[Steve Diamond @Stephenfdiamond]

@thestustustudio @CityJournal Kruschev and Hal Draper invoked by the same DSA panel as influencers is hilarious. Neither would have joined DSA, of course.

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@RetroBayArea Saw Dylan and the Band there in 74; Stones in the Stadium a few years later! Epic!

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@MikeJShowalter Yale back in the day refused to give out Lexis access to 1L’s. 🤦

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@MikeJShowalter Yet see what Berkeley and Chicago have now done (and contrast with Stanford!)

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@INTERIORPORN1 imagine walking out of that cathedral and seeing a….McDonalds!

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@DSA_Watch @shannonrwatts And Bernie is fine with it.

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@AGHamilton29 @RoKhanna Why/how is it “restricted”??

[dank @cptdankkk]

Jaylen Brown says he used the NBA Players Association instead of hiring an agent for the NBA Draft because they're paid to help players

“When I entered the draft, I didn't have an agent. I'm probably the highest picked selected ever that didn't enter with an agent. When I was evaluating, I went through the whole process and sat with a bunch of people, and what they was offering I ain't really need. It was kind of already slotted, so I leaned on the union a lot more”

“A lot of the agents came and was like, ‘Yeah, we'll move you to L.A. We'll get you a trainer, put some money in your pocket,’ and I was like, ‘For what? Do I gotta give the money back?’ They was like, ‘Nah, but standard agent fee is 4%.’ I'm starting to do the math, and a house, car, and all that, whatever he was offering, is a lot less than what 4% would have been”

“Long story short, the math wasn't mathing for me. I ended up being the third pick. I think because I came in like that, a lot of people, I think it was the agents, they tried to slander my name a little bit, put it in the media that he's too this, he's too that. Ended up backfiring. It all worked out in the end”

“With the union, we pay dues. All the players in the NBA pay dues. We all pay like $10,000 out of our salary that goes to hiring lawyers, hiring staff, CEO, everything that you need to lead a company that works for us. So all of that is our resources that we all pay for, that we agree to. Once I learned that, I just started using it”

“I'm talking about you can get private investigations done. They give referrals for financial advisors. All type of stuff. Foundation wise, health insurance, whatever you need. They have a liaison that's paid to make sure that you get it done. So I put it on their desk like, ‘I need you to get this done.’ And they do because that's their job”

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@RossBarkan He would certainly defend its “right to exist” as well as its right to defend its sovereignty. This is socialism 101.

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@DavidDecosimo Watch them lose students to schools like Stanford that offer much greater flexibility and freedom. #Lawddites

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@TripleNetTyler Good, stay down there.

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@Rossst_03 He discovered fractals, he didn’t invent them.

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At some point a genuine democratic leftist will reject their endorsement.

[DSA @DemSocialists]

DSA is proud to endorse Evan MacKay for State Rep from the 25th Middlesex District. A union organizer and a @Boston_DSA member, @Evan4Cambridge is committed to bringing socialism and the labor movement together in the Massachusetts State House.

[Jake Altman @TradeUnionJake]

A former member’s take on what’s really happening with @DemSocialists. My latest for @CityJournal.

https://t.co/BueSldTAKC

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Excellent explanation of crisis in #DemocraticParty. #DSA #Mamdani

[Hussein Aboubakr Mansour @HusseinAboubak]

https://t.co/CbgrzxlTuk

[Brian Leiter https://bsky.app/profile/brianleiter. @BrianLeiter]

Warwick "mentoring" scheme for "early career researchers" from the Global South, with a focus this year on scholars from India https://t.co/8Xck9ldsPz

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And this is why we will never win a World Cup….

[Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike]

NEW/BREAKING: The dean of Yale Law School is trying to stop the university from reaching a deal w/ Trump admin. So far, the university has continued to move ahead with its negotiations fearing it could lose fed funding if it does not make a deal w/ Trump. https://t.co/G5NheMUFMX

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@emmabgo @nytimes @unionGustavo @owenslindsay1 @katz_morris oh so it’s not the antisemitism? what a relief.

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@zoey_witz @kayrosso1 He did until he didn’t.