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Joel Fleming

@joel-fleming.bsky.social
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Progressive. Antifascist. Plaintiffs’ lawyer. Based in Boston but primarily practice in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 28/09/2026
Even the finest modern scientific instruments are incapable of measuring the levels of sweaty, pick-me desperation in the blog posts Josh Blackman is about to uncork
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Trump Gets Fifth Circuit Vacancy as Bush Appointee Steps Back
President Donald Trump will have another opportunity to appoint a judge to the influential US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brought to you by SCOTUS. Maybe this will be enough to convince fence-sitting Dems of the need to pack the court
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
time of figuring it out: 5:09 PM · Sep 27, 2026
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
only democracy in the middle east... www.ft.com/content/05ff...
ft.com
Israeli committee bars leading Arab party from next month’s election
Politicised move to exclude Ra’am follows concerted push by Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You’re absolutely right. There was another plane already on that runway. That’s on me and it won’t happen again.
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Alison Frankel @alisonfrankel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Job opportunity! The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is looking for a new VP for communications AND a new communications manager. RCFP is a fantastic group that provides free legal help for journalists. Jobs are based in DC. Links: lnkd.in/gkdVrAYX lnkd.in/gWpaNaG5
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CoastTV @coasttv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Delaware Working Families Party saw eight of its endorsed candidates win Democratic primaries on Sept. 15, 2026. www.coasttv.com/news/biggest-night-… 
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Working Families Party Scores Eight Delaware Primary Wins
The Delaware Working Families Party saw eight of its 13 endorsed candidates win Democratic primaries Tuesday, including several challengers who defeated incumbent state lawmakers
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Len Damico @lendami.co · 16/09/2026
“People are ready for politicians who have actual courage." Let’s fuckin’ GO, Rae
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'Biggest night we've had' | Delaware Working Families Party unseats 5 incumbents
Wilmington's Theatre N is usually the home of independent films, but on Primary Night, it hosted a sign of change in Delaware's Democratic Party.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WFP had a couple wins in the DE primaries last night. www.wdel.com/news/biggest...
wdel.com
'Biggest night we've had' | Delaware Working Families Party unseats 5 incumbents
Wilmington's Theatre N is usually the home of independent films, but on Primary Night, it hosted a sign of change in Delaware's Democratic Party.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gee, I wonder what made Delaware Democratic primary voters so mad. www.wdel.com/news/biggest...
wdel.com
'Biggest night we've had' | Delaware Working Families Party unseats 5 incumbents
Wilmington's Theatre N is usually the home of independent films, but on Primary Night, it hosted a sign of change in Delaware's Democratic Party.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Worth noting: a WFP-backed candidate also prevailed in the open HD6. Rae Krantz initially challenged an incumbent for similar reasons as I explain above, but the incumbent retired. So overall, some ground gained by progressives, as I don't see any left-leaning incumbent having been defeated.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Both losing incumbents were targeted by progressives in part for supporting a major 2025 bill that shielded big corporations from liability. Most other incumbents who voted for that & faced progressive challengers today (I was watching 5 others) either won or lead (AP has yet to call SD1, though).
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
2 Dem lawmakers in Delaware have lost to more progressive primary challengers, backed by the DE Working Families Party. —HD16: Pamela Salaam ousts state Rep. Cooke. —SD5: Shay Frisby ousts state Sen. Seigfried. (Frisby was also endorsed by Bernie Sanders & by the DE governor.)
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Brett Hense @tvrecapsreviews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Four Incumbents Lose Re-Nomination to Delaware House of Representatives criticalreport.substack.com/p/2026-de-st... #Elections #2026Elections #Elections2026 #Delaware #StateHouse
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Four Incumbents Lose Re-Nomination to Delaware House of Representatives
All 41 seats in the Delaware House of Representatives are up this year.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is not at all correct. Five incumbents who voted for the Elon bill lost to progressive challengers backed by the Working Families Party and the WFP picked up a sixth open seat after the incumbent (who voted for the Elon bill) decided not to run again
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Kirsten @cursetn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have so many “BUH BYE, HONEY!”s to deliver in short order
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore: Palestinian children are people. Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list. Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Musk is already underwater in polls and if Democrats lean in they can make him even more toxic. He's declared open war on you all and is pushing a toxic, destructive, racist agenda. Maybe it's time to push back? I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
behold texas's business friendliness
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Spotlight Delaware @spotlightdelaware.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Last year’s legislative fight over a bill to shield companies from some lawsuits has spilled into primary election campaigns, with leading corporate law firms backing an ad blitz to defend Delaware legislators against challenges from a rising progressive movement. ow.ly/rERr50Zv79P
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nonrev @nonrev321.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Any Democrat that sides with any oligarch or any corporations at this point must be primaried. Dems voters need to put the fear of job loss into Dem politicians. For too long Dem politicians have ignored their FDR roots and ideals. Make them fear
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Elon Musk asked Democrats in Delaware to make it harder to hold corporations based there liable. Now progressives are challenging 5 Democratic lawmakers who supported that bill. One of the most interesting items in the September primaries — see my guide here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
it really is. this is some of the campaign literature from PACs defending the sitting Dems and my honest question is whether average Delawareans even understand what any of this is about
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To even get to the baseline of 2015 law and politics would take an undertaking at least half as intensive as the New Deal
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Elon Musk is a world historical mass murderer whose actions will lead to the preventable death of millions and the implications of that are horrifying so Very Serious People make a huge performance of scoffing at the suggestion but it is the dry spreadsheet reality of what he did.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
I’ve been in aid, am currently unemployed because the sector has essentially collapsed, and know a ton of people who are still clinging on in aid - I really cannot express in words the scale of the human suffering that Musk destroying USAID has unleashed. So yes, I have some strong opinions on that.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
what could go wrong? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So here is a story about a dispute pending in Delaware, where a purportedly independent committee agreed to a transaction that benefitted the controlling SHs. The evidence uncovered in discovery is wild and shows the committee was in no way independent or acted in good faith. But!
ft.com
Harvard and the Cloudflare governance fight
What they (maybe) don’t teach you at HBS
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s not a genocide until you’ve mass-murdered 5% of the population. Before that, it’s just sparkling war crimes
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 27/08/2026
Impossible to pick a favorite moment in this but I’m learning towards the very end, when, and I cannot stress this enough, they misspell Brooklyn
FORWARD
BROOKYLN
FORWARD BROOKLYN.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Catastrophic self-own
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This chart will figure prominently in a future historian's best-seller, "Self-Destruction: The End of the American Era."
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Campaign literature in Delaware's Democratic primaries. I am so showing these to my class.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jeffries needs to go. Yesterday.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can’t say you weren’t warned! www.offmessage.net/p/trump-fasc... www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Senate drama aside, I think it's notable that Gov. Meyer endorsed Rep. Griffith, a fierce advocate for SB 21 (the billionaires' bill) & other related measures, and a reliable spokesperson in the legislature for the policy preferences of Silicon Valley's favorite corporate law firms.
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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A smart and thoughtful perspective on the sociology and psychology of being an elected official (legislator, this case), from an insider. Focused on DE, but I think quite useful for understanding dynamics elsewhere, too. (Corruption is the default in the US – but not entirely for simple reasons.)
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Running for Office Changes Your Brain Chemistry — How Do You Prepare? | Delaware Call
An Essay on Political Hygiene and Protecting Yourself from the Virus of Selling Out
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is a really fascinating—and stunningly honest—piece about what it's like to be an elected official. delawarecall.com/2026/08/20/r...
delawarecall.com
Running for Office Changes Your Brain Chemistry — How Do You Prepare? | Delaware Call
An Essay on Political Hygiene and Protecting Yourself from the Virus of Selling Out
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Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New from me: True believers in Tesla, spurned by missed deadlines, a fantastical roadmap & his occupation with SpaceX, are starting to question their faith in Elon Musk. "Tesla investors are confused, and some feel betrayed." wapo.st/3Sjx1eO
wapo.st
Tesla’s true believers are starting to question their faith in Elon Musk
As Musk turns his focus to other ventures such as SpaceX, some of his biggest backers are wondering whether his car company has become an afterthought.
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yellowschwinn.bsky.social @yellowschwinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@patrickroath.bsky.social, run this ad
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'll never steal your pen.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
chicago.suntimes.com
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trump “came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. “My god." — Brad Karp, then the chairman of the law firm 2/2
Among the leadership of Paul Weiss, there was enthusiasm for resolving the executive order, according to multiple people involved. Even Ms. Dunn, who had helped the Harris campaign, pushed to finalize the deal.
"Let's get this done!!!!" Ms. Dunn wrote to Mr. Karp and other senior leaders in an email reviewed by The Times.But that evening, when Mr. Trump announced the deal on Truth Social, he put his own twist on the agreement. He said that Paul Weiss had agreed to "not adopt, use, or pursue any DEI policies." At the same time, the White house put out a statement declaring that Mr. Karp had
"acknowledged the wrongdoing of former Paul, Weiss partner, Mark Pomerantz""
Mr. Karp was floored. "I cannot believe this," he wrote to partners in an email reviewed by The Times. "He changed the agreement, added a no-DEI provision, and came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. My god."
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Truthout @truthout.org · 31/07/2026
Rep. Haley Stevens posted a bizarre and racist rant against opponent Abdul El-Sayed over his criticisms of AIPAC — even as her campaign has already faced pushback for bigoted attacks. Stevens said that “[e]veryone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”
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Stevens Posts Bizarre, Racist Rant Against El-Sayed as He Surges Ahead in Polls
The Stevens campaign has already faced scrutiny over some of her backers’ racist and Islamophobic messaging.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The next president should immediately place a monument in DC to the hundreds of thousands of children Elon Musk murdered, and unveil it very publicly.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lee’s seemingly dignified stoicism during and after the war comes from the fact that simply by serving the Confederacy and being a competent leader he’d already achieved the only thing in life he really gave a shit about: being loved & admired by the most depraved elite class America has ever known.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It is infuriating that we allow such incompetent dipshits to be the gatekeepers of our profession
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Andrew Kinsey @andrewkinsey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
That the cops were incompetent here is not the horrifying part of the story. The horrifying part is the dude was convicted despite literally zero evidence. How on earth?
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Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The coolest thing about LeBron coming to Philly is that Gov Shapiro once classified the death of 27-yr old Philadelphia teacher, Ellen Greenberg, as a suicide despite 20 stab wounds in this pattern:
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