Attorney at Leisure

@notsonicely.bsky.social

tenant housing lawyer burnout anonymous she/her

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

People are delaying heart tests and joint replacements because they can't afford insurance. Hospitals are drowning in unpaid bills. Why? Because Republicans in Congress forced ACA subsidies to expire. Absolutely heartless.

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there are no checks and balances. saying this after the supreme court ruled that nothing the president does is illegal is insane. the only branch that could potential hold those institutions responsible is congress and the inherently anti-democratic nature of the senate makes it totally impossible.

Bill Scher@billscher.bsky.social · last wk.

“The DSA Platform Would Destroy American Democracy” My @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social look the group’s plan to end the Constitution’s system of checks and balances washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/28/t...

If these guys were actually students of history they’d know Europe tried this type of shit all of the time and it always lasted like six months. A good rule of thumb if you think of some outlandish solution to democracy that benefits the rich the inbred French aristocrats probably tried it already.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal: 

“Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”

So embarrassing to watch “progressives” being manipulated into transphobia on an issue that affects about a dozen people in the fucking country. Conservatives needed a wedge issue after Roe and so many Democrats and liberals fell for it. Just disgraceful.

Sal r.r. tamarkin@sal.gay · 2w ago

center for american progress (2021): "Trans inclusive policies "which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide." Center for american progress in (2026): "restrictions may be appropriate under some circumstances"

Transgender-inclusive and age-appropriate sports participation policies, which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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