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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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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 22h
Once again I offer a hearty “what the fuck are you doing, moron?” to Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence the last time she pulled this shit
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tony, do you think that it's possible that the fee you're referencing was the court's implicit acknowledgement that the merits part of that opinion was... less-than-scrupulously-faithful to existing doctrine and, maybe—just maybe—driven by extra-legal factors?
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DOJ is now about as selective as a random community college
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/10/2026
Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.
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Kevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Texas is basically saying it wants to encourage fraud as a matter of public policy and you should keep that in mind whenever you see a large firm incorporated in Texas
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fascist couchfucker
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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...
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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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hell yeah
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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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We love to see it
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's not correct. Cooke, Ortega, Bolden, Seigfried, and Carson were all "Yes" on the Elon bill (SB21) and are losing to WFP-backed challengers. WFP made these primaries a referendum on SB21 and is winning
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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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is excellent
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
truly
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
*pairing
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Paring that with n.59 in the same opinion did make me chuckle.
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Ann Monster 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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You're missing Rob Bahnsen, a progressive challenger to Krista Griffith who was the leading House sponsor of the Musk-backed corporate law bill.
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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 Monster 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 Monster 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!
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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
Did you see the other guy?
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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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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No, but it’s correlated.
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sure. But we also have his multi-decade-long career in the public eye as evidence that his law school grades were an accurate reflection of his limited intelligence. Still the best president (on domestic issues) of my lifetime. His inability to learn, however, made him awful on foreign policy (Gaza)
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I voted for him. But he’s not smart
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Biden is objectively dumb
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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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