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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3m

This is why they will never be satisfied by political power, no matter how absolute and unchecked it is. They will always be perpetually aggrieved against the mere existence of cultural trends and civil society they dislike, and thus even more determined to use the government to stamp them out.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 9m

I’m not opposed to congressional testimony.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 11m

Sounds decadent.

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joe positive @joepositive.wtf · 50m

Do read this. It will take a long time, and maybe (like me) you'll have to read it more than once.

One of the many lines that stand out to me: "The headlines come every day, like waves bringing bodies to shore after a naval war."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 49m

wow

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 14m

Let’s see if they start calling out Cabinet Secretaries.

Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 33m

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 41m

“Alito has the opinion”

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 40m

Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2024 www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

www.congress.gov

Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 42m

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Lawfare Podcast: The Shadow Docket

In recent years, the Supreme Court's non-merits “shadow docket” has become a topic of contestation and controversy, especially the Court's emergency orders rulings on issues ranging from immigration t...

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 50m

Also the “issue“ for so many of these cases is Are we going to remain a constitutional democracy and they insist on piddling around the edges in hopes of not provoking legal armageddon. But it’s already here. they are chamberlain at munich.

Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 55m

If they haven’t “resolved the issue,” then they shouldn’t be using the shadow docket to overturn long-standing precedents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 49m

She’s admitting she doesn’t know what real journalists do.

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 50m

It’s not easy being green.

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 55m

If they haven’t “resolved the issue,” then they shouldn’t be using the shadow docket to overturn long-standing precedents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

Want to call out a really huge (and surprising) win for E2EE.

So since 2022, there's been a bill in the EU that was looking like it was fait accompli to force companies to backdoor encrypted chats to scan for CSAM

It was really bad from a privacy perspective

www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...

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Germany’s no halts EU plan to combat child sexual abuse content online

The European Commission proposed the measures in 2022, but member states cannot reach an agreement, citing privacy and cybersecurity concerns.

www.euronews.com

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d

So long TikTok deal!

We ride at dawn, @alanrozenshtein.com !

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 2d

Continuing on the resilience dilemma, I explore in this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social the question how to establish deterrence by punishment against hybrid attacks.

Deterrence works quite differently in the hybrid sphere than in the conventional realm - if it works at all

Easier Said Than Done: Hybrid Deterrence By Punishment

This week, Minna Ålander turns to the question of how to move from defensive reactions to Russian hybrid warfare to an effective deterrent. (Spoiler: not easy)

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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 17h

From a reader/friend:

"Your book has changed the world. You just don’t know how, and really never will.”
The same is true for all our efforts here. I have always believed that.
Keep the faith.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · 1d

Who wants to be McLuhan when one can be Ellul? But in all seriousness, this was nice to see: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lies...

The lies of social media

The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality Alicia Wanless, Hurst, £27.50“TECHNOLOGY can’t save us from ourselves,” says Alicia Wanless in this persuasive analysis ...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 18h

The English Revolution was in no small part sparked by King Charles I routing around parliament to find everything he wanted through non/legislative means, despite that being why Parliament exists. Over a century later, American colonists aware of this explicitly gave their Congress power to stop it

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

The thing about the Roberts Court is they're not evil geniuses, because they're not geniuses.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff @jammaj.bsky.social · 17h

Tragically it’s because she hasn’t taken enough lawless actions to satisfy their thirst for revenge.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 18h

Well, who could have guessed? 😳 "NBC News – Trump authorizes troop pay amid government shutdown"

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www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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NBC NEWS: President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was directing Defense Department officials to pay members of the military next week, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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