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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Are my eyes deceiving me, or is the spacing between lines in this Supreme court opinion handed down this morning (Hencely v. Fluor) random and wonky? www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 08/03/2026

man, i don’t know matt at all irl but ive read his stuff for years and let me just say that he’s not someone you lay off he’s someone you get in a bidding war over

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Jay Campbell @habeassnarkus.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

An article authored by yours truly and @gregcastanias.bsky.social (in 2000!) was cited in an amicus brief in Hunter v US, argued in SCOTUS today.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Taking my dog out for his constitutional in the post-snow-and-ice-storm DMV, watching him on the ice sliding away from his target on three paws and one lifted leg, and trying not to humiliate him more with my laughter.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I think liberals ought to reengage this discourse. We dismissed manhood and masculinity as phony things unworthy of serious, positive discussion, and left it on the table for the chodes and assholes among us. Alex Pretti was what a good man should be. We should say so.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I have an amazing community at the Editorial Board. Just look at this reaction to a piece of mine called "Can liberals help maga find the off-ramp?" So informed. So wise. Join us if you can. www.editorialboard.com/can-liberals...

The 2024 election got framed for these less-political folks as “Democratic failure and incompetence” versus “Strongman solutions.” And the latter won out. At some point, we need to seize a simple message: We are good people who are good at governing. If you have a moral center, you should support us. And if you don’t much care about such altruistic things, but you do care about things like the price of eggs, we’ve got your back, too. That leaves the MAGA party — f/k/a the Republican Party — to campaign on “I hate the people you hate; fear the people you fear.” We don’t favor sane and compassionate immigration policy because of identity politics; we favor it because it’s going to be good for the country — shores up the work force, adds to the public fisc, etc.

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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention. My story: www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Three migrants held there have died since December 2025.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Welp. BlueSky is over. It isn’t ever going to be done better than this.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We had the distinct honor of representing the Top Brands companies and John Ngan in this case. Thanks to @design-law.bsky.social (Sarah Fackrell) for highlighting it.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

My father, child of two immigrants who got here from Greece just before Congress passed its first aggressively nativist immigration law (the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924), piloted 35 combat missions in a B-17 over Nazi Germany. He didn’t bomb Nazis so that a cosplaying Naziferatu could pull this crap.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 17/02/2025

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m just saying whoever taught the Animate Dead spell to the Trump administration has some things to answer for

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here’s how the LA Times edited (massacred) an op-ed to make it say something very different from what the author originally wrote.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Fly Schrödinger Air: It’s both safe and not safe.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2025

PETER DOOCY: Given DEI hires, it's not safe to fly commercially, is it? LEAVITT: The president believes it is still indeed safe. With that said ...

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I can’t believe we’re here, but here we are.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The question of whether Elon REALLY meant to throw up a Nazi salute is meaningless because Elon's entire persona is oriented around destroying the public's capacity for sense-making. He's always "just joking" or "triggering the libs." That's just how democracy-hating illiberals communicate.

"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play
with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
- Jean-Paul Sartre

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☃️ Christopher ☃️ @christopherag.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

For no particular reason, here is Orson Welles reminding you to apply critical thinking to the media you consume. The dominant broadcast mediums change over time, but the relevancy of the message will remain as ever.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.

Call log showing multiple calls from the dept of justice

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

An odd way to learn of this honor, but I got tagged in a LinkedIn post this morning notifying me that I appeared at No. 1 on this list of "The Top 25 Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2024." attorneyintel.com/the-top-25-i...

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The Top 25 Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2024 - Attorney Intel

Attorney Intel is pleased to announce The Top 25 Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2024. These accomplished attorneys represent a diverse spectrum of expertise within intellectual property (IP) law, ...

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Important reminder: Dunking on stupid shit just amplifies the stupid shit. Join the campaign for 4S: Stop spreading stupid shit.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...

An owl stares into the camera from atop a family’s Christmas tree

An owl perched on top of a Christmas tree inside a Virginia home

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

“We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Oh, this just gave me an idea. As good as Bowen Yang has been on @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social playing JD Vance, can you imagine four years of Peter Dinklage playing JD Vance? TFG would destroy so many bottles of ketchup.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Conan O’Brien lost both of his two remarkable parents within the last week. Read about his father here. archive.ph/2024.12.13-0...

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If I were teaching Corporations (or Business Associations, or whatever your law school calls it), I would make question #1 on the final examination this Tweet with the prompt “Discuss.”

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

So do you think that Justices Alito and Thomas are going to strike down Tennessee’s law on gender-affirming care for teens on the ground that it interferes with parents’ “fundamental constitutional right to make decisions concerning the rearing of” their children? Or nah?

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I was already following about 3/4 of these — this is a great list.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

You claim empathy with those children and parents, but then promptly pivot to insisting that states’ rights trump theirs. That’s empty empathy. Conservatism was supposed to mean individual liberty and local decisionmaking. This deprives the local people best suited to decide—parents—from deciding.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A few highlights from this year’s Christmas tree.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Donald Trump won the 2024 election with one of the smallest popular-vote margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts – counties lacking a professional source of local news – it was an avalanche. Trump won 91% percent of these counties over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.

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In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This year’s tree features (among other things) Stefon from SNL and a rare but coveted Four Seasons Total Landscaping ornament. This Saturday’s party guests will be encouraged to find other lagniappes hidden among the branches.

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This is not a joke. It may sound like a joke, but it is completely, absolutely true. Because who better?

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I have a FOIA joke, but [ (b)(1) ] because [ (b)(4) ] and [ (b)(3) ].

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Womp. (Saving the second one for now.)

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Greg Castanias @gregcastanias.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

State TV host Vladimir Solovyov—whose programs Putin likes to watch—rejoiced about Trump’s picks: “What an excellent team is coming along with Trump! If they are allowed to get in, they will quickly dismantle America, brick by brick. They are so great!”

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