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Michael Jacobs
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Gringo lawyer in Chile. Competition/antitrust law, photography, history, Green Bay Packers and pisco. Aspiring former attorney.
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Michael Jacobs @abogadomike.bsky.social · Jun 14
Pisac, Perú

#blueskyartshow #photography #travelphotography
People in colorful beaded outfits dancing in a circle.
abogadomike.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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antitrust.bots.law
New filing: "FTC v. Meta"
Doc #693: Memorandum & Opinion

Download PDF | View Full Case

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November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
abogadomike.bsky.social
Oof.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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gabrielmalor.bsky.social
11th Cir., in an unpublished order, holds that Trump's defamation lawsuit against CNN for its coverage of his election lies is meritless.

media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unp...
Trump has not adequately alleged the falsity of CNN’s statements. Therefore, he has failed to state a defamation claim. Trump’s other arguments are likewise meritless. He argues that the district court erred in limiting its analysis to the five defamatory statements that he listed in his complaint. According to Trump, the district court should have also analyzed the “more than sixty instances of defamation set forth in the Notice Letter to CNN” and the “nearly 7,700 instances in which CNN had defamed Plaintiff with the ‘Big Lie’ allegation.” Brief of Appellant at 18. Trump has not alleged that any of these “instances of defamation” refer to something other than CNN’s use of “Big Lie.” We have held that, by using “Big Lie” to describe Trump, CNN was not publishing a false statement of fact. Therefore, whether CNN used “Big Lie” one time or many is irrelevant to the question of falsity.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Quiet, Piggy” getting more pickup.

@cnn.com @peoplemag.bsky.social @dailymirrornews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?

Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!

Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."

I chose Larry Summers.

Better late than never.

Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
dianamonkey.bsky.social Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 21h
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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andylevy.net
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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criordor.bsky.social
El Consejo de Ministros para la Sustentabilidad acaba de aprobar por unanimidad la creación de 6 áreas protegidas nuevas de salares en la región de Atacama. Se crean las primeras dos Reservas de Región Virgen en el país según la ley SBAP. Muy contenta de este trabajo conjunto.
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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david.noll.org
I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
abogadomike.bsky.social
A year ago I would have said Matthei was a shoe-in to be the next president but wow did this 2025 version of Matthei turn out to be a historically awful candidate.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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samuelstolton.bsky.social
New: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure, and Alphabet's Google Cloud risk being dragged into the scope of the European Union’s crackdown on Big Tech as antitrust watchdogs prepare to study the platforms’ market power: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tech Giants’ Cloud Power Probed as EU Weighs Inclusion in DMA
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud risk being dragged into the scope of the European Union’s crackdown on Big Tech as antitrust watchdogs prepare to study…
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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jamellebouie.net
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
happy monday, taps sign⬇️
histoftech.bsky.social Mar @histoftech.bsky.social · Oct 5
happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
abogadomike.bsky.social
Indeed.

One of the safest countries in the Americas but with an electorate that feels extremely insecure. The Right seized on that and amplified those fears further. And won big.
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
abogadomike.bsky.social
And the count begins…

#chile #primeravuelta #presidente
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
abogadomike.bsky.social
Yeah, no.
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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akalhan.bsky.social
Impeachment is right there for your 2026 campaign, @housedemocrats.bsky.social
dmsilverman.bsky.social Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 2d
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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theguardian.com
The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing before our eyes of the rules-based world order, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
abogadomike.bsky.social
El fantasma del ‘péndulo chileno’ sobrevuela las presidenciales.
El fantasma del ‘péndulo chileno’ sobrevuela las presidenciales
Hace 20 años que un presidente no entrega el poder a un sucesor del mismo signo político. La ciudadanía, alejada de los partidos y desconfiada de las instituciones, castiga a los mandatarios salientes
elpais.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
Jamelle was cooking.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform. If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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davidakaye.bsky.social
emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM