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@danielmmayeda.bsky.social

IP/Entertainment lawyer. Political junkie. Retired UCLA Law Prof. w/ #DocFilmLegalClinic. Chair, LA County Redistricting Comm'n. Advocate for AsAms in entertainment. Theatre buff. World travel is my happy place. #GoBruins!

Good morning TX, from the sunny 😎 coastal 🏖️ beaches off the Obama Coast (formerly known as the Pacific 🤭) There are shenanigans happening to our friends in Texas — over a 1 Mil voters have been suspended, so if you’re from Texas, I implore you to check your registration and fix that shit!

THE NEW REPUBLIC
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate
Race
If you're one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there's still time to fix it.
Hafiz Rashid
August 27, 2026 / 1:57 p.m. ET
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University of Texas students and community members line up to vote in the Texas primary election, March 3.

Trump’s current Attorney General Pam Bondi was Florida’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 in Florida. Ground zero for Epstein raping and trafficking children. Why didn’t she investigate and prosecute Epstein for these heinous crimes committed under her watch? open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

Why didn’t Pam Bondi as Florida AG investigate Jeffrey Epstein?!

Everything Bondi does is to protect Trump.

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue