America’s legal system today
I want to practice law:
—You need a 4 year Bachelors, take the LSAT, then a 3 year JD, then pass the BAR, buy malpractice insurance, & total cost is ~$300K
I want to enforce the law:
—Here’s paid 13-week training & a gun
I want to write the law:
—No qualifications needed and a billionaire can buy you a seat
"Wink:" Where Jeff Gerth's "No There, There" in the Russian Investigation Went
On July 28, 2017, Robert Mueller’s investigators served two warrants on the company (probably Rackspace) that hosted Paul Manafort’s DMP emails to obtain Manafort, Rick Gates, and Konstantin Kilimnik’s company emails. Mueller obtained several things with that warrant that remain unresolved. Those are just some of the many things about the Russian investigation — the […]
"The #authoritarianism of #Florida Gov. #DeSantis means trampling on humans - lied-to #migrants, misled #Black voters and now 700 brilliant college students - on his White House path
Why the battle over New College is a fight for America's soul."
If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© And I thread it.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ron-desantis-new-college-of-florida-20230112.html
Elon Musk claimed he fixed Twitter's verification system to stop verifying impostors.
So our columnist @geoffreyfowler tested it again--and again was able to get a blue checkmark (and go viral) impersonating a U.S. Senator. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/05/twitter-blue-verification/
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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