jeanvidal

Lawyer | Intellectual Property & Entertainment | Puerto Rico

[Carlos Odio @carlosodio]

Equis never released a 2024 post-mortem. We came to realize we needed to wrap our minds around an era, not an election. Out of that comes The New Dynamic, a project from me & @RachelMStein1 to look at Latino voters (and the broader electorate) with fresh eyes.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

If you're starting law school next month, you might be interested in my short essay, "How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students." You can download it for free here: https://t.co/mnDsKPjQT3

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

@lionel_trolling @daveweigel As someone who lived in DC for a bit. I am here for that book.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday.

1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.

2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark.

3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.

4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.

5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.

6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.

7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field.

The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

Colombia REQUIRES national ID cards. Getting one and renewals are done free of charge to citizens.

Will Senator Lee amend the SAVE ACT to require a national ID? If not, don’t compare with Colombia’s voting system. The national ID is a key part.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Colombia’s voting system is as secure as ours should be

The SAVE America Act would be a huge step in that direction

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!

[Matt Margolis @ItsMattsLaw]

IRAN WAR SETTLEMENT (v43)_Final(v6)_FINAL (5.26.2026)(v36)USE THIS VERSION(6.4.2026)(v4)(PLEASE USE THIS VERSION(v9)(6.14.2026)(Clean)

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Aged like milk.

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

Not understanding the bad reviews. This movie is absolute fun

[Variety @Variety]

“Masters of the Universe" earned $11.7 million on Friday. The sci-fi adventure, which cost $200 million, is targeting $30 million by Sunday.

“Bumblebee” director Travis Knight helms “Masters of the Universe,” which is based on the iconic He-Man action figure and the corresponding cartoon series.
https://t.co/iN03xRJZq4

[Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter]

It was high fuel costs that was the final death knell for Spirit -- caused by a pointless war that has left everyone worse off.

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

Did the price of fuel have anything to do with the shut down?

[Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy]

🚨 THANK A DEMOCRAT 🚨

JOE BIDEN AND PETE BUTTIGIEG bragged about blocking the JetBlue–Spirit merger… The very deal that could have SAVED Spirit Airlines

THE RESULT:

❌ LESS COMPETITION
❌ CUSTOMERS SCRAMBLING
❌ EMPLOYEES LOSING JOBS

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

This isn’t that hard. The airline was poorly run to begin with, and a certain war sent fuel over the ceiling.

[Neera Tanden🌻 @neeratanden]

Given the news today that Spirit Airlines is shuttering and thousands of people are losing their jobs, I think we should honestly assess whether the Garland DoJ stopping the JetBlue merger with Spirit Airlines was the right call. Perhaps it was but any analysis must consider as part of the equation the loss to so many families ro decide.

[Hal Singer @halsinger]

There are so many horrible takes on the Spirit Airlines news, blaming Biden and the FTC's Lina Khan--never mind the case was brought by the DOJ--for abusing antitrust law. See, e.g., Rattner in the New York Times below. The DOJ *prevailed* on a judge that the merger, by eliminating head-to-head competition on myriad overlapping routes, would result in higher prices and thereby injure airline passengers; had the case not been meritorious, the merger would have sailed through. Moreover, the merging parties never raised a failing-firm defense. The judge evaluated the competitive effects against a world in which everything is the same but for the merger--that is, a world in which Spirit continues to operate independently. That Spirit's financials deteriorated in 2024 and 2025 relative to 2023 could not have been known when the case was brought (Mar. 2023) or blocked by the court (Jan. 2024). See financials below. Finally, the merger challenge cannot be blamed for Spirit's deteriorating financial condition; that was caused by unrelated factors, including per Spirit grounded aircraft due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues, weak demand for domestic leisure travel, and intense competition. I would add that, as a low-cost carrier, Spirit has not outfitted its planes to cater to high-income travelers a la United and Delta. So please stop blaming activist antitrust enforcement for Spirit's sorry state of the affairs.

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

It’s worth nothing that it was essentially unopposed.

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Judge Reed O'Connor (GWBush/NDTX) takes just hours to grant DOJ motion to enforce subpoena sent last July to (far away) Brown U/Rhode Island Hospital for records of transgender medical treatment. Ord: https://t.co/J7p7TNDLq6 Motion: https://t.co/k89XgnND2s

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

Bought it in 2020. Peak pandemic. Still works without a fault.

[maddy catgirlprostate @catgirlprostate]

Shout-out to this headline from the verge I think about it whenever someone asks for a recommendation

[LADE BACKK @LadeBackk]

The Strait of Hormuz is open M-F 9:30-4pm ET.

[Brian Willott Farms @BrianWillott]

They should change the name to "Strait of Schrödinger". It's both open and closed at the same time.

[Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe @IRANinZIMBABWE]

Bad mood= strait of trump
Normal mood= strait of Hormuz
Good mood= strait of Iran

[Iran in Ghana @IRAN_GHANA]

BREAKING: "Rich Starry," a Chinese oil tanker sanctioned for shipping Iranian oil, flying the flag of Malawi — a country with no coastline — just sailed through America's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The Navy, with its many "big beautiful ships," issued repeated warnings. Reportedly, The tanker's captain upgraded to premium to skip the ads.

EDIT: We're being told the blockade only applies to countries the US isn't afraid of. That list used to be long. It now fits on Trump's McDonald's receipt, Delivered by DoorDash.

[jeanvidal @jeanvidal]

Define Older....

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

I wonder how many older lawyers default to using pens with blue ink instead of black ink because, back when you would file a paper original and a paper copy, blue ink was the way the clerk could tell which was which, so by default it just made sense to use pens with blue ink.