on #OApod , lawyer Andrew covers an article on #WotC 's leaked #OGL changes with comedian Thomas

He says the update won't change much for the Dungeons and Dragons fanbase, but beware paragraph 12b

Update would restrict use of AD&D by neo-Nazis and other white nationalists, prevents NFT grift. And also unauthed mind flayer t-shirts

Pathfinder likely would have to pay some

https://openargs.com/oa675-gizmodos-critical-hit-piece-on-wizards-of-the-coast/

Andrew says new license is longer because it's human readable rather than just lawyerspeak

1/2

#OApod covers electoral count reform act

election rules locked prior to election, changes allowed for force majure (eg hurricane, earthquake, pandemic)

President of Senate (VP) has no power to solely determine election results

election objections require 1/5 of House (which #Jan6thInsurrection ists had) and 1/5 of Senate

@LizDye joins to cover Cassidy Hutchinson's lawyer needing a lawyer

https://openargs.com/oa670-cassidy-hutchinsons-lawyer-was-working-against-her/

#USelections

Opening Arguments podcast covered the "absolute shellacking Dershowitz and co. recieved" for sanctions

A lawyer and a comedian cover legal topics, this time with guest host Liz Dye who appears to be both

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/G481GD/pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/openargs/658_Episode_658_no_ad.mp3?dest-id=455562

https://openargs.com/oa658-judge-slams-kari-lake-legal-team-for-false-misleading-and-unsupported-claims/

#KariLake #DershyCaptainUnderpants #PillowNaught #ConspiracyMadLibs #AZpol #AZFraudit #USpol #OApod @threestars

Opening Arguments podcast covered the "absolute shellacking Dershowitz and co. recieved" for sanctions

A lawyer and a comedian cover legal topics, this time with guest host Liz Dye who appears to be both

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/G481GD/pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/openargs/658_Episode_658_no_ad.mp3?dest-id=455562

https://openargs.com/oa658-judge-slams-kari-lake-legal-team-for-false-misleading-and-unsupported-claims/

#OApod #KariLake #DershyCaptainUnderpants #PillowNaught #ConspiracyMadLibs #AZpol #USpol #AZFraudit @threestars

For tomorrow's episode

They wonder if Katie Hobbs will be declared winner in AZ governor's race before the episode comes out. Why, yes, yes she was :)

They cover the new made up dicta of: That which has been stolen is now personal.

They also read a $2 ad for joining Mastodon :)

Haven't yet found #CUOA45 on the Fediverse, nor AG, Andrew or #OApod , but #MSW might have joined us

@MuellerSheWrote

https://mswmedia.com/show/clean-up-on-aisle-45/

"We Badly Underestimated Just How Terrible Elon Musk Is At Business"

Opening Arguments podcast covers how Musk blew half his $400 bln to pay for most of a $44 bln purchase ( Dorsey, Ellison, Saudi Arabia, etc also paid in ) for a corporate wasteland he is burning to the ground

Granted, Musk has another $200 bln and I don't know anyone who could come up with a bln to bail me out or even a mln really, so maybe it was just his spare $200 bln

https://openargs.com/oa645-we-badly-underestimated-just-how-terrible-elon-musk-is-at-business/

#OApod #podcast #BrambleMaze

Andrew covers how Alex Jones owes a billion dollars for *compensatory* damages ( what Jones' slander cost the families ), there will be a later ruling on the punative damages

https://openargs.com/oa639-alex-jones-owes-a-literal-billion-dollars/

#OpeningArguments #OApod

John Roberts seems to think loans made for soliciting bribes is free speech

https://openargs.com/oa640-remunerations-are-speechful-my-friend/

#OpeningArguments #OApod

#OApod listeners raised $160,000 for abortion rights after the Dobbs decision, money was split among 3 organizations

court ruling sets positive precedent for trans rights as well

interview Jalessah Jackson, Executive Director of ARC Southeast – one of the abortion funds that OA listeners raised funds for

https://openargs.com/oa624-good-news-show-williams-v-kincaid-sets-a-good-precedent-for-trans-rights/

#ElectionsHaveRepercussions #ComedianLawyerPodcast

according to #OApod , Betsy DeVos shenanigans hamstrung Biden from fixing college loan debts until recently

Dept of Ed had to fix the shenanigans before they could do anything about student debt

there might also be a special edition over the weekend about the affidavit for t
he maralago search warrant

https://openargs.com/oa625-student-loan-forgiveness/

#ElectionsHaveRepercussions #ComedianLawyerPodcast

Based on hint Thursday, Opening Arguments is going to take a deep dive on the settlements against Alex Jones for their Monday episode

https://openargs.com/oa621-the-fbi-goes-to-mar-a-lago-this-is-big/

#OApod

Opening Arguments covered the Mar a Lago search on the podcast Thu, Merrick Garland's talk popped as they finished recording

They put out an emergency special episode Sat after looking at search warrant leaked to Breitbart

all 3 statutes named in the warrant are for actively misusing government docs, not just for having them, docs don't have to be classified

That classified and compartmentalized docs were there just makes it worse

https://openargs.com/oa621-the-fbi-goes-to-mar-a-lago-this-is-big/

https://openargs.com/oa623-extra-more-on-mar-a-lago/

#OApod

Jamie Raskin supporting us in 3 parts with #StephenColbert shortly after the #January6thHearings season finale, a good watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7v6bngN_k&list=PLiZxWe0ejyv8b-B5RKchSQvaavVsqJpig&index=4

Oh, and Colbert with #OApod 's ideas about using Final Countdown, but with a final twist, then #ChrisHayes the night of that last hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4mz8E_lUA

#JamieRaskin

Andrew and Thomas go through a new Eastman docs dump, it might involve giggling

it's amazing how incompetent the insurrections are, yet scary about how close they came to overthrowing the government

https://openargs.com/oa602-new-eastman-docs-set-stage-for-jan-6-hearings/

#OApod #Jan6thInsurrection #OpeningArguments

Andrew and Thomas cover what can be done about passing gun laws in the US after covering a lot of background

They also give an update on Hellboy buying Hellbird

part 2 scheduled for release Mon or Tues

https://openargs.com/oa599-our-massive-gun-problem-what-can-we-do/

#OApod #podcast

The 5th circuit using recent Supreme Court precedent to also lie about history and the actual text of law. Covered by a lawyer and a comedian

https://openargs.com/oa597-5th-circuit-tells-scotus-hold-my-beer/

also a bit of a deep dive on administrative law judges

#DarkComedy #OpenArgs #OApod

after Alito abomination leaked last night Andrew (lawyer) read it & #OpenArgs breaks it down in an hourlong emergency episode

draft is as bad & unhinged as you think, abortion will be gone & the same convoluted gaslighting can get rid of birth control & really all forms of marriage

Andrew wonders if leak is from Ginny Thomas passing draft around

Thomas (comedian) points out the draft depends heavily on the legal theory of 'pull it out of Alito's posterior'

https://openargs.com/emergency-episode-roe-to-be-overturned/

#OApod

Google had (has still?) a policy to CC a lawyer to avoid discovery, it seems

"Our main segment today is a breakdown of Google’s massive scheme to keep tons of documents privileged inappropriately. It’s a fun deep-dive full of bad documents! "

https://openargs.com/oa580-google-caught-pulling-privilege-shenanigans/

OpeningArguments is a podcast from a comedian and a lawyer

#OApod

Opening Arguments continued coverage of Eastman's quest to hide his conspiratous emails building the Jan 6th insurrection

They also cover why a Jan 6th violent insurrectionist should be released from jail (for now)

https://openargs.com/oa578-1-6-prosecutors-admit-violating-suspects-rights-what-happened/

#KrakenLawyers grift update coming Tuesday

#OApod #Jan6thInsurrection