Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
I used to write laws… then I invented Knee Defender. ex-HPSCI, ex-Senate trade, tech, telecom, taxes, antitrust… crime & even reputed parliamentarian 🙃
Last synced from Twitter Not synced yet
Why Deep Blue New York Is ‘Voter Suppression Land’
New York’s onerous voting restrictions have long undercut its reputation as a progressive beacon. Democrats have promised to remake them entirely.
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
@KevinMKruse @jadler1969 At least on this occasion, the NYT did understand NY engages in voter suppression.
(from 2018)
127d
New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Zoom Dick Incident
In a statement to VICE, Jeffrey Toobin apologized for the "embarrassingly stupid mistake."
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
TOOBIN: “I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video.”
This is why you should always wear pants on a Zoom call.
(or at least underwear, jeesh)
134d
Texas Gov. restricts absentee ballot drop-off locations to only one per county
Some Texas counties include millions of people stretched over hundreds of square miles and will require lengthy drives to deliver ballots.
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts
A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access to the site and high-profile accounts, accord…
John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump’s Trial. Will He?
Democratic House managers should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas for John Bolton and others.
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
HOT TAKE: Neal Katyaly, Joshua Geltzer, and Mickey Edwards don't know Senate rules from a hole in the ground.
Indeed, based on their piece in the NYT today, one must question their abilities to parse English.
Yes, I said it.
1/
400d
Subscribe to read
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
@sdonnan @FT After Trump reads, "No great sovereign power could accept such a humiliation," he'll be so overcome with joy he's going to need a moment and then a cigarette. ft.com/content/dd2af6… pic.twitter.com/Fit2T4f97L
1029d
Oral argument in Supreme Court’s Cakeshop case is heartening
“JUSTICE KAGAN: Why is there no speech in — in creating a wonderful hairdo?... The makeup artist. It’s called the *artist*.”
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
This is a great, simple (in the best way) explainer of the oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. nydailynews.com/opinion/oral-a… by @walterolson
1181d
Hatch tells Brown why he thinks we need limits on social welfare spending
This is the Senate tax debate from which Sen Hatch has been widely misquoted. He wasn't bashing CHIP; he supports CHIP and explicitly says so. 2017 Tax Bill,...
8
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
So this morning people are beating on @OrrinHatch for his supposed "heartlessness" over funding #CHIP. Ah, but listen to the actual debate & see if his widely-tweeted quote is really about CHIP…
1185d
Did the Justice Department Really Support the President's Misstatement to Congress? Let's Find Out
The people at the Justice Department's National Security Division are not the sort of people who grossly mischaracterize facts in order to make political points. I think the President lied about what Justice Department data shows about the national...
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
Help? W/ math/stats/logic, pls.
From: https://t.co/9egUUPNcDi
They deduct 100 from the 323 numerator, but not from the 455 denominator. 1/ https://t.co/vFRFuExacv
1415d
8-year-old boy drives 4-year-old sister to get cheeseburger: Police
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio- It wasn't a Big Mac attack, but a craving for the 'Golden Arches' that ended with a little boy taking his young sister for a ride in his dad's van.
It happened Sunday in Columbiana County.
East Palestine police officer...
1
Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆
@walterolson @fmanjoo "BREAKING: The 8-year-old stopped for driving has troubled past, incl 1 allegation he cut line in school cafeteria."
1419d