@openargs

The law podcast that helps you make sense of the news! With comedian Thomas Smith and real life lawyer Matt Cameron

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On OA 1085, we discussed how President Biden can save lives ahead of the Trump presidency and we wanted to mobilize you, our community, to demand this action via our petition below. It's time we let our voices be heard off the air. Every signature counts: change.org/p/joe-biden-must-…

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Joe Biden MUST protect vulnerable populations from the incoming Trump Administration

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Here it is, the one place where Republicans care about consent
Vivek Ramaswamy
@VivekGRamaswamy8 Nov 2024
Simple immigration policy: - No migration without consent. - Consent should only be granted to migrants who benefit America. - Those who enter without consent must be removed. Turns out most Americans actually agree with us on this.
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I manage a forum of 5,000 American archaeologists. There is extreme angst about what this admin means for our jobs. Deregulation will likely lead to more work on federal lands, but ending NAGPRA, the NHPA, and the Antiquities Act will change how ethical or long-term our work is.
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Opening Arguments retweeted
Thomas Smith@seriouspod8 Nov 2024
This is what I've been talking about. We need to stop fighting each other about things that don't actually affect the election. This is the problem. This right here. We're busy bothering with reality and they are not in reality and don't even hear about reality.
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1/ On today's show we challenged listeners to consider the kinds of professional choices they may be facing through an extended period of Republican rule. The following scenarios are realistic and grounded in real actionable Trump proposals. Please consider and share widely
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10/ Palantir. McKinsey, and Harvard Law have all been useful tools in the service of the worst things the government has done in our lifetimes. If you are on this kind of track, you were already more likely to be facing these choices anyway nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/mc…

How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Carry Out Its Immigration Policies (Published 2019)

Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including measures the agency’s staff sometimes viewed as too harsh on immigrants.

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11/ All of these scenarios are taken directly either from things Trump has already done or which he is promising to do and could very easily carry out within the next four years. There are far worse, if less likely, possibilities.
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4/ YOU ARE A CODER AT PALANTIR who has been assigned to work on a federal contract to track menustral / reproductive histories
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(okay, scratch Palantir and swap that for a generic tech company. They already know that they are evil)
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