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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 20

      I've been out. Are the Republicans really mounting an "All white boys look the same" defense of their SCOTUS nominee? Really?

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    2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 20

      Since we all agree Kavanaugh was behind the "All white boys look the same defense," can we agree he knew he was happily using stolen emails in 2002-3?

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 20

      I know folks are busy. But is someone working on making sure Ed Whelan loses his law license?

      8:45 PM - 20 Sep 2018
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        2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 20

          I feel like I should get an award for having Ed Whelan block me for calling out his hackery before it really started *in earnest.*

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 20

          Though look at it this way: This has been, by far, the GOP's most successful coordinated issue. It's just like they're coordinating the incompetence to make it more so.

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        2. Jeffrey Vagle‏Verified account @jvagle Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Harvard Law must be so proud.

          1 reply 2 retweets 24 likes
        3. Alexander Lloyd‏ @alexlloyd723 Sep 21
          Replying to @jvagle @emptywheel

          and Yale Law too

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        1. Mark Ratledge‏ @markratledge Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Anyone can file an ethics complaint against a lawyer, and their bar association has to take it seriously and investigate. It may not get him disbarred, but at least it's very professionally embarrassing.

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        2. Gary Legum‏Verified account @GaryLegum Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          As soon as we finish laughing at him. Which might not be until 2030 or so.

          1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes
        3. Tom S.‏ @ObiWanKobe Sep 20
          Replying to @GaryLegum @emptywheel

          He deleted this one from Sunday, guess he didn’t realize she taught graduate level Psychology classes -pic.twitter.com/Qo6wHODVtY

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. CLOWN SHOES, PEOPLE‏ @MenNeedIt Sep 21
          Replying to @ObiWanKobe @GaryLegum @emptywheel

          I guess we have a partial answer to the obvious question, "If this is what they went with, how bad were the ideas they rejected?"

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        2. Amanda Hustler‏ @BHussler Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Amanda Hustler Retweeted Jesse Lee

          Well, there’s this:https://twitter.com/jessecharleslee/status/1042965916248694791?s=21 …

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          Jesse LeeVerified account @JesseCharlesLee
          Wow, via @ScottCLandis, here’s a now-deleted tweet from @OrrinHatch’s deputy CoS @mattdizwhitlock previewing the Whelan hit job. Hatch has been in close contact with Kavanaugh, already floated odd “Kavanaugh says he wasn’t even there” defense. (Also fiercely defended Rob Porter.) pic.twitter.com/ro15sVJBz9
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        3. Amanda Hustler‏ @BHussler Sep 20
          Replying to @BHussler @emptywheel

          Amanda Hustler Retweeted wideofthepost

          As well as...https://twitter.com/wideofthepost/status/1042974673863094273?s=21 …

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          wideofthepost @wideofthepost
          Replying to @JesseCharlesLee @ScottCLandis and 2 others
          Here's an archived copy of the google cache for his twitter, which still has the tweet on it (the tweet itself: https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1042415224106770432 … is no longer cached). https://web.archive.org/web/20180921030556/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DQMMNEfI3v8J:https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock%3Flang%3Den+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us … pic.twitter.com/GUxTGEbW7z
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        1. Dutka‏ @prairietubby Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Still going through his exhibits. That is a lot of floor plans 🤣

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        1.  🇺🇸 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺  🇳🇱‏ @pithypacky Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel @chick_in_kiev

          Or at the very least his Presidency of any organization with Ethics in the title.

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        1. Tom S.‏ @ObiWanKobe Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I saved this one of Whelan’s from Monday. He deleted it. Don’t think he realized what her degrees were in -pic.twitter.com/HnFPjRz4C7

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        2. a dog, in doggles‏ @DogInDoggles Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          does he even have an active law license? no record in DC/VA/MD.

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        2. Robert Polis‏ @RunPolisRun Sep 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I always get bad vibes from lawyers that don’t practice law on a day to day basis. Same goes for judges that never tried a case at the trial level before being a judge.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Ruthie!‏ @RMMichaels Sep 20
          Replying to @RunPolisRun @emptywheel

          That's becoming increasingly common b/c so few cases outside of criminal go to trial. That doesn't mean we don't practice law. There are mediations, arbitrations, bench trials on eqitable issues, & motion hearings galore.

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        4. Robert Polis‏ @RunPolisRun Sep 20
          Replying to @RMMichaels @emptywheel

          Sure. I consider that the practice of day to day law. Whelan is at a think tank; not a law firm. Kavanaugh was mostly a judge’s clerk, with Ken Starr, and in the Bush White House. He was in private practice for a short time with a niche area in federal law.

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        5. Robert Polis‏ @RunPolisRun Sep 20
          Replying to @RunPolisRun @RMMichaels @emptywheel

          Just reminds me of a contracts class in law school without drafting a contract. Or Wills and Estates without drafting estate planning documents. There’s an artifice to it all.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Ruthie!‏ @RMMichaels Sep 20
          Replying to @RunPolisRun @emptywheel

          At the County Court level, most of the major districts in CA send newly elected judges to "judge school," where retired judges teach them to be appropriately decorum-y.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Robert Polis‏ @RunPolisRun Sep 20
          Replying to @RMMichaels @emptywheel

          They have similar training in NJ. But the judges are picked by the Governor. But, from what I can tell, they all have had some trial work as an attorney.

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