I mean, she just sold over a million albums in the first week though, so I think she’s out of the hole? She may have screwed up, but Kanye’s been an ass too, and I think they’re both doing fine.

I would imagine that any artist that wants to sell a lot of albums and thus end up selling more tour tickets and merch etc etc would release songs anywhere they could to try to increase their popularity. This seems like smart business to me? Idk, I can’t hate T.S. the way Jez wants me to and see everything she does as…

I dunno how that is NOT harassment. Have we crossed the sexual rubicon to the point that asking a woman to watch you jerk off is acceptable behavior? Take it out of the colleague realm for a moment, Cabbie asks. Passenger says no thank you. Everybody cool with that? How about a waiter? “My name is Eliot and I’ll be…

You really don’t see the problem with asking a colleague in a professional situation if they’ll watch you masturbate? He has power over the careers/opportunities these women are exposed to. Do you do that at work? Walk into the lunch room and ask the first woman you see if she’ll look at your dick?

Crazy how much people overthink how complicated this all is. It’s really easy to understand!

It really bothers me when people use addiction or mental illness as excuses for their shitty (and criminal) behavior.

“Sad story but I’m going to be an asshole anyway.”

Ok, I love this time of year, so forgive the new account, but I wanted to tell the story my grandmother told me. I can’t vouch for it completely, but she’s a very no-nonsense woman and I’ve never caught her in a lie (besides maybe how many martinis she’s had). Anyway, we’ll call her Betty. Betty grew up in Kansas in…

Fuck yeah, buddy. I would hug you if I could.

I’ve never called an elected representative in my life. I just did. I expected to have to leave a voicemail, but someone picked up on the first ring! This caught me off guard, so I stammered my way through what I wanted to say about the last couple of weeks, especially this weekend. Who knows if the congressperson I…

I did public interest law for 5 years and 2 years as a pd, this shit is my wheelhouse. I’ve been in private practice for a couple years and I have to admit I’m spoiling for a fight.

Taxis are cars.

You guys are great. I know lawyers are inherently unpopular (until you need them, the saying goes), but really, those of you who went in for the idealistic reasons (upholding the law/liberty/etc.) are awesome in my book, and this sort of shit really hits it home.

Agree entirely. I did this very thing last night.

already done

For all of my many, many fellow lawyers burning billables on Deadspin: the ACLU may have raised $24 million this weekend, but they still accomplish most of their victories with the help of volunteer lawyers all across the country. Sign up with your local organization today.

The Dems should still primary Feinstein. Even if she belatedly develops a spine in the next year. She’s emblematic of the slow death of the party.

The ACLU just got a year’s worth of donations in a month. My congresswoman (Feinstein), who I disagree with frequently, just introduced legislation to roll back the “travel” (read: Muslim) ban. The Women’s March was by many accounts the largest protest ever.

Taxis are cars.

Taxis are cars.