Eric Columbus

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Senior Editor @lawfaremedia.org. Previously: Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Yankee Stadium 🌭 vendor. NYC born and bred. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.

pinky Major League Players Pinky Higgins 1930-1946 Pinky Whitney 1928-1939 Pinky Hargrave 1923-1933 Pinky Woods 1943-1945 Pinky Ward 1924-1932 Pinky Jorgensen 1937 Pinky Swander 1903-1904
TAFT, Kingsley Arter, a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, July 19, 1903; attended the public schools of Cleveland; graduated from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1925 and from the law school of Harvard University in 1928; admitted to the bar in 1928; practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, through 1948; member, Ohio house of representatives 1933-1934; member, Shaker Heights board of education 1940-1942, serving as president in 1942; during the Second World War was commissioned as a captain in the United States Army in 1942; promoted to major in 1945; separated from the service in 1946; trustee of Baldwin-Wallace College and the Welfare Federation of Cleveland; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 5, 1946, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the resignation of Harold H. Burton; served from November 6, 1946, until January 3, 1947; was not a candidate for election to the full term; justice of the Ohio Supreme Court 1948-1962, chief justice from 1962 until his death on March 28, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio; interment in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. [Highlighted "served from November 6, 1946, until January 3, 1947"]
A Rift on the Right From the moment they arrived on U.S. soil, the Tates encountered pushback. Their electronic devices were confiscated by border control officials. Mr. Ingrassia, by then the White House liaison to Homeland Security, tried and failed to have their phones returned, ProPublica reported. (Mr. Ingrassia denied the account.) That night in Miami, the brothers celebrated over cigars with Mr. Waller, he said. But public backlash was mounting, even among some prominent conservatives. Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro denounced the Tates. Some Republican leaders spoke out, too. “I certainly don’t think that we should be using any influence in our government to try to get him out of what seemed to be extremely serious charges in Romania,” Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri told HuffPost, referring to Andrew. After Mr. DeSantis said the brothers were not welcome in Florida, the state’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation of them. This actually is toxic masculinity, people. This is the real version of it. Megyn Kelly Right-wing commentator America does not need more self-proclaimed pimps. Ben Shapiro Right-wing commentator
Andrew Lloyd @andrewtlloyd X.com And Hoover died 10/20/64 at 11:35am ET in NYC. Kamala Harris was born 10/20/64 at 9:28pm PT in Oakland, CA, when it was already the next day in NYC. "The nearest run thing you've ever seen in your life. " 10:35 PM • 7/16/26 • 43K Views
Andrew Lloyd @andrewtlloyd X.com Since Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, every President has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. @AjitPai @StevenJDuffield 5:33 PM • 7/16/26 • 992K Views
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As part of his campaign to overturn tradition, Marinetti also attacked traditional Italian food. His Manifesto of Futurist Cooking was published in the Turin Gazzetta del Popolo on 28 December 1930.[28][29] Arguing that "People think, dress[,] and act in accordance with what they drink and eat",[30] Marinetti proposed wide-ranging changes to diet. He condemned pasta, blaming it for lassitude, pessimism, and lack of virility,[31] — and promoted the eating of Italian-grown rice.[32] In that as in other ways, his proposed Futurist cooking was nationalistic by rejecting foreign foods and food names. It was also militaristic by seeking to stimulate men to be fighters.[30] [I highlighted the pasta sentence.]
"I've been coming for 10 years and I've never seen a pass like that in my life," Ashley Korn told WEAR. "I literally thought we were going to be taken out by Blue Angels, but it was amazing."
Pete Hegseth & @PeteHegseth X.com The flyovers will continue until morale improves. 9:30 AM • 7/16/26 • 418K Views
10. Nat’ Trust for Historic Preservation v. Nat'l Park Serv., No. 1:25-cv-04316 (D.D.C.) (Leon, I.) (Representation: 2026) In this case, the Government moved for an indicative ruling dissolving the injunction blocking construction of a new secure White House ballroom, arguing that a recent assassination attempt on President Trump proved the urgent national security need for a hardened, integrated facility that existing offsite venues cannot provide. The motion asserts that the equities overwhelmingly favor the Executive because delaying construction directly endangers the President, his family, his Cabinet, and future Presidents, while the plaintiff’s claimed harm is limited to aesthetic objections by a single monthly walker near the White House. It concludes that the changed circumstances require lifting the injunction immediately to ensure the President can safely perform core constitutional duties.
Jeff Clark @JeffClarkUS Watching former FBI agent Michael Feinberg on MSNOW tonight. Tomorrow, I will have more observations re this MSNOW appearance as to his attack on @DAGToddBlanche . But for now, let me observe: Of course, he has a poster of Wim Wenders behind him. Wenders is a supporter of child rapist Roman Polanski. 9:39 PM · Jul 14, 2026 · 13.7K Views
Rachel Barkow @RachelBarkow I've been looking for a new email sign-off other than "best" and "thanks to your bullshit, we're now under siege" just vaulted into first place
As Biden warned about democracy's collapse, TV networks aired reruns While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more 'political' than newsworthy for live coverage September 2, 2022 More than 3 years ago
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done. CRIME IS WAY DOWN IN AMERICA, in many cases with numbers that haven’t been seen in decades. The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted. Many were Criminals, and we have to get them out. In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands. The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job. Keep those Crime Stat Records coming! Remember, you are loved and respected in America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 2.27k ReTruths 8.27k Likes Jul 15, 2026, 6:45 AM
With AI doing much of the execution work, “you could start making those types of determinations earlier,” Rachel Proffitt, the CEO of Silicon Valley giant Cooley, said on the latest episode of Compound Interest. “I hate to single it out to charisma, but there will need to be an increasing element of value-add,” she said, likening law to the software world, where technical coding skills are becoming less important than business-building and product design. “You need big thinkers… people who can help design strategy and not just do the execution piece,” she said. (I highlighted the "single it out to charisma" sentence.)
The idiotic president in "Bananas"
Ankhtiara @hitbyacar2 X.com I didn't realize you could get around constitutional rights by passing laws saying things aren't actually protected. Gonna introduce a bill to ban bananas and define "banana" to include AR-15s. 10:33 AM • 7/13/26 • 680 Views
63 Again, as noted by Plaintiffs in their brief, whether a private agreement between the Parties-as if "there is no judge"-is valid and enforceable or is a depredation of the Judgment Fund and an illegal conferral of immunity is not before this Court. (DE 89 at 15) ("Regardless of whether Plaintiffs had ever filed this action, the Government and the Plaintiff still had the power to resolve all disputes between the parties.").
Why Are We Here? If it doesn’t matter, then why did Trump bother formally nominating Blanche at all? It’s not like Trump has an issue with the temporary title. “I like acting,” he said about his Cabinet in 2019. “It gives me more flexibility.” A few possibilities come to mind. First, the administration may believe—rightly or wrongly—that it will be easier for Blanche to exert his influence within the department and across the executive branch if he has the full blessing of the president and the imprimatur of the Senate, and may further believe that he is in fact likely to be confirmed. Second, Blanche may want the glory of being a bona fide, non-acting attorney general—not to mention a $25,000 salary boost—forever memorialized with a portrait outside the Office of the Attorney General. (It appears that Julie Su has no portrait.) While gratitude is rarely associated with this president, Trump may have been more willing than usual to accede to Blanche’s wishes given that, before entering government, Blanche quarterbacked the legal team that kept Trump out of prison while facing indictments in four separate cases. Third, there is always the possibility that an Appointments Clause challenge will come out the other way. There is little precedent in this area, and five justices could surprise by not subscribing to the analysis sketched out above.
Again, as noted by Plaintiffs in their brief, whether a private agreement between the Parties—as if “there is no judge”—is valid and enforceable or is a depredation of the Judgment Fund and an illegal conferral of immunity is not before this Court. (DE 89 at 15) (“Regardless of whether Plaintiffs had ever filed this action, the Government and the Plaintiff still had the power to resolve all disputes between the parties.”).
In November 2020, soon after Mr. Trump's loss to Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the presidential election, Mr. Graham made calls to Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state in Georgia, one of the states on which Mr. Trump and his advisers were focusing their efforts to question the results. Mr. Raffensperger later said that Mr. Graham had suggested rejecting all mail-in votes from counties with high rates of questionable signatures. Mr. Graham, who at the time was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that he was acting in his official capacity as a senator. In 2022, he was forced to testify before a Georgia special grand jury that was investigating election interference by Mr. Trump and his advisers. He was among those who were recommended for indictment but were not ultimately charged in the case.
In November 2020, soon after Mr. Trump's loss to Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the presidential election, Mr. Graham made calls to Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state in Georgia, one of the states on which Mr. Trump and his advisers were focusing their efforts to question the results. Mr. Raffensperger later said that Mr. Graham had suggested rejecting all mail-in votes from counties with high rates of questionable signatures. Mr. Graham, who at the time was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that he was acting in his official capacity as a senator. In 2022, he was forced to testify before a Georgia special grand jury that was investigating election interference by Mr. Trump and his advisers. He was among those who were recommended for indictment but were not ultimately charged in the case.
Deb Haaland, Democratic nominee for governor in New Mexico
3.2 Prevalence in the United States. As a group, these studies present a wide range of estimates of the percentage of U.S. students subject to sexual misconduct by school staff and vary from 3.7 to 50.3 percent (Table 5). Because of its carefully drawn sample and survey methodology, the AAUW report that nearly 9.6 percent of students are targets of educator sexual misconduct sometime during their school career presents the most accurate data available at this time. Table 5. Percent of U.S. Students Who Have Experienced Educator Sexual Misconduct by Method AAUW 2000/Shakeshaft Secondary Analysis 2003 Cameron et al. Corbett et al. Personal Experience Contact 6.7 4.1 Not reported Corbett et al. Others Stein et al. 21.1 Not reported Wishnietsky Noncontact 17.5 8.7 Not Studied Not reported All Misconduct 9.6 Not Studied 19.5 Not reported 43 6.5 3.3 50.3 3.7 Not Reported
Perhaps the most glaring recent snub by the Mamdani team was the notable absence from America’s 250th birthday celebration of the mayor’s wife. During a weekend when our country came together to hail the founding of this exceptional nation, New York’s first lady, Rama Duwaji, traveled to Mallorca for an Islamic spiritual event titled “Plants of the Quran.” As one Republican official said, “This was a moment to show up for the city and for the country.” [I highlighted the first sentence.]
By midweek, as Democratic officials pushed for Mr. Platner to rapidly exit the race, the besieged candidate and a handful of aides, including Mr. Katz, hunkered down in his blue-shingled house and tried to challenge establishment politics one last time. Journalists trailed them to the lo al convenience store, where "The Graham," a roast beef and pepper-jack sub, has been a popular deli counter order. “roast beef and pepper-jack” is underlined
Platner still holds Moraff in high regard and closely follows his advice. He marveled that Moraff this year completed a law degree at Yale University while also running his campaign. “He’s a mad scientist with politics,” Platner told the Journal.
NYC mayor's office of immigrant affairs map titled "New York City Immigrant Enclaves"
and fail. I choose an issue. What would he do about Iran, for instance? 'I'd be harsh on Iran. They've been beating us psychologically, making us look a bunch of fools. One bullet shot at one of our men or ships and I'd do a number on Kharg Island. I'd go in and take it. Iran can't even beat Iraq, yet they push the United States around. It'd be good for the world to take them on?
Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol • 11m WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol • 14m The World Cup of I Simply Do Not Understand Why Center Backs Are Taking So Many Penalties continues apace 1 O 33. John Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.soc. • 11m I say it again! John Harris @drjohnaeharris.b... • 14m Why have a center back take a pen?! O 2 刀 … @rmac.bsky.social • 14m center backs take Ryan Mac stop letting pens 5 Ryan Mac BRO COME ON
Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea
FIFA® Q= Legal › Judicial bodies More < Appeal Committee (Composition) The Appeal Committee is composed of a chairman, a vice-chairman and the number of members deemed necessary. The chairman and the vice-chairman must have legal training. The Commission shall act in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code Decisions are made in the presence of at least three members. In special cases, the chairman may decide alone. The Appeals Committee is responsible for the handling of appeals against decisions of the Disciplinary Commission, which FIFA regulations do not define as final. The decisions of the Appeals Committee are final and binding on all parties concerned. All rights to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are reserved. Chairperson Neil EGGLESTON USA inside.fifa.com
Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
Asked if prayers to the soccer baby Jesus had indeed worked during this World Cup, with Mexico winning its first knockout round game since 1986, Father Corral Martín laughed. He commended people’s faith and also wished for a Mexican title. “It’s not that the child is going to perform the miracle,” he said, “but rather we create the miracle, the team itself does it by working as a team, and that’s what we have to do in all areas of life.” Image: Baby Jesus in a Mexico soccer uniform seated on a gold chair next to a World Cup soccer ball. Caption: Baby Jesus’s soccer uniform is size 0. Photo Credit: Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times
Album cover: Milli Vanilli BLAME IT ON THE RAIN
dent, and that is the duty of a true patriot. The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, "My country, right or wrong." In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. [Manifestations of applause in the galleries.]
There are some who respond to those who ask for more from America with a simple refrain: "Love it or leave it," they say. But patriotism has never been about pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent, it is every march led under the heavy sun, it is every protest held a decade before its time. It is precisely because we love this nation that we will not leave it. After all, who loves America more than those who have sacrificed so much to make it free?
The American instinct that led these young men and women to pick up the torch and cross this bridge, that's the same instinct that moved patriots to choose revolution over tyranny. It's the same instinct that drew immigrants from across oceans and the Rio Grande; the same instinct that led women to reach for the ballot, workers to organize against an unjust status quo; the same instinct that led us to plant a flag at Iwo Jima and on the surface of the Moon. (Applause.) It's the idea held by generations of citizens who believed that America is a constant work in progress; who believed that loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what is right, to shake up the status quo. That's America. (Applause.)
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The article posted above next to a bank ad for the Fourth of July with "Sing out on the 4th!" at top then the sheet music then "Happy Independence Day"
John Belushi in a sweatshirt that says “COLLEGE”
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My dog Sam, a big hound/Pyrenees mix
Eric Columbus • @ericcolumbus.bsky.social Not even a federal charge! & Ryan J. Reilly "paints a viv.. • @ryanjr... • 11m NEW: Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn — arrested at the reflecting pool last month — has been indicted in D.C. Superior Court on a destruction of property charge. A warrant has been issued. Jeanine Pirro is set to give a press conference shortly. 2:38 PM • Jul 2, 2026 @ Everybody can reply v
AFC East Team WL T Pot PF PA Patriots 14 3 0 .824 490 320 Bills 12 5 0.706 481 365 Dolphins 7 10 0 .412 347 424 JETS Jets 3 14 0.176 300 503
Rep. Don Bacon E * ・2d X Folks on the left and the right are mad at the Supreme Court. That means the Court is doing its job well. @ 1K 17 328 企 Mollie & @MZHemingway X.com Of all the low-IQ logical fallacies out there, this one is the most annoying. Be much, much smarter 2:08 PM • 6/30/26 • 129K Views
President Donald Trump became so enraged by photos of a small crowd at his rally kicking off the Great American State Fair that White House officials deleted the images from their social media accounts, CNN reported on Wednesday. The overall event has drawn paltry attendance.
Sideshow Bob: WHAT ABOUT THE BUFFOON LESSONS, THE FOUR YEARS AT CLOWN COLLEGE? His brother Cecil: I'LL THANK YOU NOT TO REFER TO PRINCETON THAT WAY.
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Brian Stelter & @brianstelter X.com Totenberg read the text of the apology message she sent to Justice Alito: "Dear Justice Alito, there are no words to adequately apologize for today's error in reporting your retirement. It was entirely my fault. I rushed out of the courtroom after the opinion announcements, and when I realized that the usual rush of folks after a few minutes had not happened, I asked somebody was going on inside, to which the answer was, 'retirement announcements.' I didn't hear the 's' on 'announcements,' and I assumed something no reporter should ever do, that you were retiring. It was the worst professional mistake of my more than 50 years in journalism. I could go on, but I don't know what else to say, except that I am so, so sorry." 5:47 PM • 6/30/26 • 682K Views