Harmeet Dhillon
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He's awesome. We love Leo.
He's awesome. We love Leo.
Did you talk him out of it?
Did you talk him out of it?
Yeah, it looks really great before you get into it. I've run for office a couple of times myself. I'm glad I did it. Yeah, it was really a growth experience. You have to have a very tough stomach to characterize it. I learned a lot of skills I didn't have before, begging for money, speaking to groups.
Yeah, it looks really great before you get into it. I've run for office a couple of times myself. I'm glad I did it. Yeah, it was really a growth experience. You have to have a very tough stomach to characterize it. I learned a lot of skills I didn't have before, begging for money, speaking to groups.
Yeah, I mean, the low point came when I got the endorsement form for the Ferret Appreciation Society because every group takes a position on everything, and I was forced to fill out, and I had to think, what is my position on ferrets as pets, you know?
Yeah, I mean, the low point came when I got the endorsement form for the Ferret Appreciation Society because every group takes a position on everything, and I was forced to fill out, and I had to think, what is my position on ferrets as pets, you know?
So I was like, wow, I went to law school, went to an Ivy League school for this. But it was a really great experience. I learned how to, now you could give me a mic and I can just talk, you know, I'm not shy to ask for money and talk to people and hold my own and talk back. It's great, it's a great experience. Humbling experience.
So I was like, wow, I went to law school, went to an Ivy League school for this. But it was a really great experience. I learned how to, now you could give me a mic and I can just talk, you know, I'm not shy to ask for money and talk to people and hold my own and talk back. It's great, it's a great experience. Humbling experience.
We have a posse of true believers.
We have a posse of true believers.
Yeah, absolutely. Look, he was an expert witness in some of my COVID cases. That's how I got to know Jay. And then he became the plaintiff in one of the most important free speech cases in the United States.
Yeah, absolutely. Look, he was an expert witness in some of my COVID cases. That's how I got to know Jay. And then he became the plaintiff in one of the most important free speech cases in the United States.
No, the case is over. The court kind of punted. They should have absolutely found that the social media companies colluded, but they stopped short of that. The current court wasn't willing to go there. It's a form of many cases here, but You know, without Elon Musk, actually, as a digress here, without Elon Musk taking over X and making it free speech, we would none of us would be sitting here.
No, the case is over. The court kind of punted. They should have absolutely found that the social media companies colluded, but they stopped short of that. The current court wasn't willing to go there. It's a form of many cases here, but You know, without Elon Musk, actually, as a digress here, without Elon Musk taking over X and making it free speech, we would none of us would be sitting here.
I mean, a couple of us might be sitting in jail cells because they're persecuting lawyers who supported a certain presidential candidate. And our views would be you wouldn't be heard on social media.
I mean, a couple of us might be sitting in jail cells because they're persecuting lawyers who supported a certain presidential candidate. And our views would be you wouldn't be heard on social media.
It was like there ought to be that nuclear clock for free speech being almost over in America.
It was like there ought to be that nuclear clock for free speech being almost over in America.