Dave Thomas
@davidjthomas.bsky.social
@legal.reuters.com reporter covering the business of law. d(dot)thomas(at)tr(dot)com, 646-823-0937. RTs not endorsements. DM for Signal.
Reposted by Dave Thomas
CDC advisers vote to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns.
https://cnn.it/4pV4JCE
https://cnn.it/4pV4JCE
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
CDC advisers vote to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns.
https://cnn.it/4pV4JCE
https://cnn.it/4pV4JCE
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting Trump's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections: www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
US Supreme Court revives pro-Republican Texas voting map
The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump's quest for his party to...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting Trump's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections: www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
So all the Jan 6 attackers were pardoned. - will this guy join them? // Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6, 2021 Capitol riot - www.reuters.com/world/us/per...
Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6, 2021 Capitol riot
The FBI arrested a 30-year-old Virginia man and charged him on Thursday with planting a pair of pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So all the Jan 6 attackers were pardoned. - will this guy join them? // Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6, 2021 Capitol riot - www.reuters.com/world/us/per...
The Trump administration is seeking to deny H-1B visas to workers and their families have worked in "areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Trump administration is seeking to deny H-1B visas to workers and their families have worked in "areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
"Racism is no longer a dog whistle in America. We’re dehumanizing and targeting people," said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund.
Must read via @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Must read via @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump 'garbage' rhetoric about Somalis draws cheers from administration, silence from Republicans and alarm from critics
Donald Trump's racial comments are growing increasingly bold, normalized and permissible, his critics say, as some of his allies and supporters no longer consider them out of bounds.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Racism is no longer a dog whistle in America. We’re dehumanizing and targeting people," said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund.
Must read via @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Must read via @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Mike Johnson is set to swear in Republican Matt Van Epps about 36 hours after he won his election.
It took Johnson 50 days to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
It took Johnson 50 days to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mike Johnson is set to swear in Republican Matt Van Epps about 36 hours after he won his election.
It took Johnson 50 days to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
It took Johnson 50 days to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
"Trump's extraordinary move could strain U.S. credibility in Latin America, embolden corrupt actors and open the Republican president to accusations from critics that he is undermining decades of U.S. efforts to combat transnational drug networks." www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being c...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Trump's extraordinary move could strain U.S. credibility in Latin America, embolden corrupt actors and open the Republican president to accusations from critics that he is undermining decades of U.S. efforts to combat transnational drug networks." www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Nice get from @mikescarcella.bsky.social: A federal judge referred plaintiffs' law firm Hagens Berman and its managing partner to DOJ for investigation, citing “misconduct bordering on the criminal” in cases the firm brought over alleged injuries from thalidomide. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Judge refers law firm Hagens Berman to DOJ over conduct in drug cases
A federal judge on Tuesday referred prominent plaintiffs' law firm Hagens Berman and its managing partner to the U.S. Justice Department for investigation, citing findings of “misconduct bordering on ...
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nice get from @mikescarcella.bsky.social: A federal judge referred plaintiffs' law firm Hagens Berman and its managing partner to DOJ for investigation, citing “misconduct bordering on the criminal” in cases the firm brought over alleged injuries from thalidomide. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Reuters examined the slowdown in federal law enforcement by gathering the dockets of every publicly available criminal case since the 1990s from Westlaw.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reuters examined the slowdown in federal law enforcement by gathering the dockets of every publicly available criminal case since the 1990s from Westlaw.
Reposted by Dave Thomas
The Trump administration this year launched the broadest overhaul of federal law enforcement in a generation, ordering thousands of agents to to focus on deporting immigrants.
That shift has taken a toll on the government's ability to prosecute people for just about everything else.
That shift has taken a toll on the government's ability to prosecute people for just about everything else.
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Trump administration this year launched the broadest overhaul of federal law enforcement in a generation, ordering thousands of agents to to focus on deporting immigrants.
That shift has taken a toll on the government's ability to prosecute people for just about everything else.
That shift has taken a toll on the government's ability to prosecute people for just about everything else.
Reposted by Dave Thomas
NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
Reposted by Dave Thomas
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Legal technology firm Fastcase has sued its rival Alexi, accusing the company of breaching a data licensing agreement, misappropriating trade secrets and infringing trademarks as it vied to scale up an artificial-intelligence-powered research platform @davidjthomas.bsky.social reut.rs/44Gihtc
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Legal technology firm Fastcase has sued its rival Alexi, accusing the company of breaching a data licensing agreement, misappropriating trade secrets and infringing trademarks as it vied to scale up an artificial-intelligence-powered research platform @davidjthomas.bsky.social reut.rs/44Gihtc
Reposted by Dave Thomas
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Having just pardoned a major foreign drug trafficker, Trump also cleared "private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn fraud scheme." Via Guardian
Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report
David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Having just pardoned a major foreign drug trafficker, Trump also cleared "private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn fraud scheme." Via Guardian
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
Reposted by Dave Thomas
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
The horror and tragedy of Hong Kong’s high-rise fire summed up in this image of a man who says his wife is trapped inside. Photo by @reuters.com’s Tyrone Siu.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The horror and tragedy of Hong Kong’s high-rise fire summed up in this image of a man who says his wife is trapped inside. Photo by @reuters.com’s Tyrone Siu.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
This is what New York Magazine said about Olivia Nuzzi and her work there after her secret relationship with RFK Jr. was initially revealed.
Today, Nuzzi's ex-fiancee Ryan Lizza alleged that Nuzzi essentially became a political operative for RFK while she covered the 2024 race.
Today, Nuzzi's ex-fiancee Ryan Lizza alleged that Nuzzi essentially became a political operative for RFK while she covered the 2024 race.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is what New York Magazine said about Olivia Nuzzi and her work there after her secret relationship with RFK Jr. was initially revealed.
Today, Nuzzi's ex-fiancee Ryan Lizza alleged that Nuzzi essentially became a political operative for RFK while she covered the 2024 race.
Today, Nuzzi's ex-fiancee Ryan Lizza alleged that Nuzzi essentially became a political operative for RFK while she covered the 2024 race.
The Trump administration is arresting the spouses of U.S. citizens who show up for green card interviews, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Trump administration is arresting the spouses of U.S. citizens who show up for green card interviews, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Reposted by Dave Thomas
NEW from me: Plaintiffs law firm Morgan & Morgan gets another chance to argue it deserves more legal fees for its work on the $600 million settlement in the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment litigation. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NEW from me: Plaintiffs law firm Morgan & Morgan gets another chance to argue it deserves more legal fees for its work on the $600 million settlement in the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment litigation. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...