Alina Habba - Trumps attorney who bragged that she would rather be pretty than smart because she can fake being smart. I suppose Trump has the satisfaction of banging one of the worst lawyers in America. She graduated from Weidner Commonwealth in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is ranked in the fortieth worst law schools in America -- even so she is such a bad attorney her abysmal school wants nothing to do with her!
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ANNA DORN
"I like that astrology transcends gender, class, and race. The stars don't care that I grew up in a shitty suburb and didn't go to college. The point is I'm a Scorpio, the same sign as Winona Ryder. I also like that astrology allows me to skip the bullshit and dive right into the mess of the human condition. I mean, astrology is bullshit. But it's a more interesting type of bullshit than the average bullshit-your job, your car, your siblings... like I care. I want to know if you struggle with control issues or are prone to hysteria.
And once I know someone's chart, I have a rubric for interpreting that person. They become less mysterious and, more importantly, less frightening.
I was getting ready to throw in the towel and leave Hollywood when I had an idea. I could charge people for readings. A few dollars at first, hook them, then raise the price. I didn't go to college, but I also wasn't an idiot. I saw what Uber did.
Soon people were paying me at least $200 to read their charts. I started Exalted, where I paired viral images with captions like "When you're a Cancer." It was mindless and asinine, and people ate it up. My Instagram followers skyrocketed daily, and my inbox was suddenly full of requests for readings and magazine editors asking me to write astrology listicles. I posted my Venmo account on my Instagram page, and people would just give me money. For years, I almost felt rich. I could afford therapy and Juicy tracksuits in every color and groceries from Gelson's and generous tips at the Mirror Box. It all felt too good to be true, and it turns out it was. "
Anna Dorn, Exalted
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glass houses and all, I've made bad deals in my time and I've failed to consult IP lawyers in cases where I probably should have, but putting your entire codebase up as collateral on a loan that you're paying more or less entirely through someone else's charity feels like it really shouldn't be fucking Plan A
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