Chris Erb
@jcerb.bsky.social
Lawyer, mostly tech and privacy, occasional German speaker and guitar player.
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ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
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FT captures what is almost certainly the common global attitude (among our democratic allies at least) toward trump giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
FT captures what is almost certainly the common global attitude (among our democratic allies at least) toward trump giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
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A year-end look at the money and tax stories that resonated most with readers, the pieces that I loved, and a few important reads that slipped by in a busy year.
Did your favorites make the list?
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
Did your favorites make the list?
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:03 PM
A year-end look at the money and tax stories that resonated most with readers, the pieces that I loved, and a few important reads that slipped by in a busy year.
Did your favorites make the list?
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
Did your favorites make the list?
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
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“The biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen.” @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the year in politics.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen.” @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the year in politics.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7co9Uv
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7co9Uv
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The IRS has announced that the 2026 standard mileage rate for business use is 72.5 cents per mile, the highest rate on record. Medical and military moving rates dipped.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The IRS has announced that the 2026 standard mileage rate for business use is 72.5 cents per mile, the highest rate on record. Medical and military moving rates dipped.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
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Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
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The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
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“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.”
In both pageantry and policy, Trump has established a new, more audacious version of the imperial presidency that goes far beyond even the one associated with Richard Nixon, for whom the term was popularized half a century ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.”
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This is a complete dingbat move. I’ll know the Democrats have gotten a clue when they stop trying to hand their enemies another weapon through section 230 “reform.”
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is a complete dingbat move. I’ll know the Democrats have gotten a clue when they stop trying to hand their enemies another weapon through section 230 “reform.”
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5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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This is precisely what Trump looks like
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is precisely what Trump looks like
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Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
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I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
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"You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear"
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
www.gutenberg.org/files/8475/8...
Twain, Life on the Mississippi, Part 5
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December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear"
Mark Twain
www.gutenberg.org/files/8475/8...
Mark Twain
www.gutenberg.org/files/8475/8...
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This is the last guy in the world who should be pointing out that pardons may have any durability issues.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is the last guy in the world who should be pointing out that pardons may have any durability issues.
But they are KINETIC strikes, that makes it ok.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
But they are KINETIC strikes, that makes it ok.
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
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Curaçao holds a place in my heart for a couple of reasons.
I was there in 2014 for the World Cup and watched the whole tournament (well, most of it) on that tiny island.
And, if you know my site, that Curaçao article was my first soccer story. Before that, it was all 🇺🇸 sports!
I was there in 2014 for the World Cup and watched the whole tournament (well, most of it) on that tiny island.
And, if you know my site, that Curaçao article was my first soccer story. Before that, it was all 🇺🇸 sports!
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Curaçao holds a place in my heart for a couple of reasons.
I was there in 2014 for the World Cup and watched the whole tournament (well, most of it) on that tiny island.
And, if you know my site, that Curaçao article was my first soccer story. Before that, it was all 🇺🇸 sports!
I was there in 2014 for the World Cup and watched the whole tournament (well, most of it) on that tiny island.
And, if you know my site, that Curaçao article was my first soccer story. Before that, it was all 🇺🇸 sports!