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Chicagoan. Lawyer. Singer. Cubs fan. Liberal. Tweets/retweets do NOT constitute legal advice. He/him.

[RB @LordBal4]

@JimboSamso @BCB_Sara At the same time, let's also remember that "pitched for half a year" means pitched/played defense in only 14 games all year. PCA has played defense in 115.

[RB @LordBal4]

@NCBlake @chucktodd 1) it's gathering and misusing browsing information, and 2) it's distorting the market with unfair unilateral knowledge (I.e. the consumer doesn't have equivalent information about the seller). Would a judge buy it? I don't know. Probably depends on the judge.

[RB @LordBal4]

@NCBlake @chucktodd I mean, I'm generally a defense-side attorney, so I'd likely argue it doesn't. But the statute broadly prohibits "unfair" practices. It's not hard to see a plaintiff's attorney contending this qualifies because:

[RB @LordBal4]

@NCBlake @chucktodd Most (or all?) states have one, but for one example see California Business and Professional Code Section 17200, et sec.

[RB @LordBal4]

@NCBlake @chucktodd Statutes barring unfair trade practices. It will be up to courts to determine if dynamic pricing qualifies.

[Albie @albieamankona]

I’m dealing with a family emergency, so I won’t be doing broadcast interviews on the John Davidson Tourette’s tic at the BAFTAs story.

Hearing the N word shouted at two of the most successful black actors in the world, on stage at the BAFTAs and broadcast on the BBC, was horrible. It made people uncomfortable. It should have. But it was an involuntary tic from someone who lives with Tourette’s syndrome. It was not chosen. It was not intentional. It was not an expression of belief.

What’s astonishing is watching people who constantly lecture the public about inclusion suddenly abandon it the moment it becomes complicated. The same voices that demand respect for lived experience are now acting as if a neurodivergent man consciously decided to shout a slur for sport.

Tourette’s is a neurological condition. It is not a political statement. It is not a moral failing. You cannot preach DEI and then punish someone for symptoms of their neurodivergence.

Even the Royal Household has previously understood Davidson’s condition. Not even the late Queen was immune to his tics he said “F*ck the Queen” TO HER FACE. If that reality can be accepted there, it should not be beyond the rest of us.

Two things can be true at once. The word is abhorrent. The tic was involuntary. If your commitment to inclusion collapses when it involves neurodivergence, then it was never inclusion in the first place.

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come.  This is one of them.

[RB @LordBal4]

@dilanesper @yeselson I think he’s talking about removing the *Israeli* settlers?

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

This has nothing to do with Kimmel and everything to do with Brendan Carr. This has nothing to do with what the comedian said and everything to do with the First Amendment. This was the govt using regulatory leverage to crush speech. Absolutely sailing past the red line.

[Patrick Skinner @SkinnerPm]

Just so everyone is clear, this right here is what a violation of the First Amendment looks like.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

a few days ago brian kilmeade said homeless people should be executed. jesse waters accused the left of trying to start a civil war. fox news spent years telling verifiable lies about dominion and the 2020 election.

canceling jimmy kimmel isn’t about an offensive line in a monologue. it’s about wielding state power to silence political opposition.

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

zionism will be the cause of the greatest surge of antisemitism in my lifetime

[Congressman Wesley Bell @RepWesleyBellMO]

I’ve always supported Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. That hasn’t changed.

But supporting this government’s actions—allowing children to starve and firing on civilians seeking food—is something I can’t stand by.

This isn’t self-defense. It must stop.

[Emily A. @emzorbit]

“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,” wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd.

In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.

[RB @LordBal4]

@medickimw @samswey What do you propose?

[RB @LordBal4]

What can one do while watching the fall of the Roman Republic in real time? Asking for a friend…

[RB @LordBal4]

@thumpasaurus1 I don’t think that’s quite right. Republicans voted for the racism, stripping due process, gutting other constitutional protections, billionaire windfalls, and general cruelty, but they were told Medicaid was safe and I think many believed it

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles.

THIS is waste and abuse.

[RB @LordBal4]

@McFaul Why would their thoughts have changed at all? They knew they were voting for incompetence at the time they did it.