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normeisen.bsky.social
And… TRO granted!

A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com--& for their mission of fighting antisemitism & protecting kids online. Also nice for our all-star legal team.

A lump of coal in the stockings of authoritarians & the merchants of disinformation
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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niedermeyer.online
when people hear the word "autonomous" they jump straight to science fiction, but here in reality there isn't a single robot that doesn't require some level of human oversight and maintenance
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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indivisible.org
The combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many food pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry during this busy holiday season.
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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mford.bsky.social
Canadian TV network bravely airs dissidents’ report on U.S. abuses after political commissar orders its suppression
andreawoo.bsky.social Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 3d
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
Another great hire for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: Sam Levine, Lina Khan's head of consumer protection at the FTC, will head the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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rparloff.bsky.social
Former CIA Director Brennan asks Chief Judge in SDFla to stop govt from steering grand jury probe to Judge Aileen Cannon, citing "irregular activity" & Cannon's "demonstrated pattern of favoring ... Trump's litigation positions." By @charliesavage.bsky.social . (gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep Justice Dept. From Steering Case to Favored Judge
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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uclarepropolicy.bsky.social
We are excited to launch “History in Reproductive Rights Cases: A post-Dobbs Resource Hub”—a collection of legal resources showing how history can inform state constitutional cases to protect, rather than restrict, reproductive rights and gender justice.

Visit the Hub: law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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adamisacson.com
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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ndhapple.bsky.social
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Here's Michael's tweet: x.com/grynbaum/sta...

My report: www.lawdork.com/p/sixty-minu...

Michael's NYT report: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.

It must be read:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work.

The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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aclu.org
From going after student protestors to attacking the media and trying to silence entertainers, President Trump has relentlessly tried to weaken our right to freedom of expression.

But the First Amendment protects our right to free speech, whether Trump likes it or not.
Trump tests the First Amendment: A timeline | CNN Politics
Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had "brought free speech back to America." But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and again.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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elmcitytree.blacksky.app
The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 6d
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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edzitron.com
Meta projected that 10% of its revenue was from scams in 2024. This company has major problems we will see unfold in the next few years
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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edzitron.com
Time to escalate my calls: I think something is rotten at Meta, and they are in trouble
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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evystadium.bsky.social
in the days since members have fled the discord, the chatbot wished people happy holidays and of course the anthropic exec responded and you just have to read this lmfao

www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
Convo between an anthropic exec and a bot
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Solidarity as always with trans people who are going through some awful times right now.

Years ago I tipsily bought this fridge magnet from a trans woman selling them on the street in Adams Morgan to late-night bar-goers. I’ve kept it up on my fridge ever since.
A picture of a fridge magnet that is vibrantly colored, which says “Trans rights are human rights.” There is also a painting of a trans woman of color, wearing a vibrant yellow outfit, almost cowboy attire, with a fringe in rainbow.
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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dataforprogress.org
By a +21-point margin, voters in five Republican-held swing districts say that Republicans should vote to extend expiring ACA tax credits.

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/12...
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters in Republican-Held Swing Districts Want Their Representatives To Vote To Extend ACA Subsidies. Description: Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits help millions of Americans afford their health insurance by providing funding for premiums for health plans bought on Healthcare.gov or through state health insurance marketplaces. These tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year. If these tax credits expire, many people who buy their own health insurance on public marketplaces will see increases in their monthly premium bills. Democrats in Congress are proposing a bill to extend the expiring ACA tax credits. Which of the following statements comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right? Response Options: A) Republicans in Congress should vote with Democrats to extend the expiring ACA tax credits. B) Don't know C) Republicans in Congress should vote against Democrats' bill, allowing the ACA tax credits to expire. All likely voters — 56% chose A, 9% chose B, 35% chose C Democrat — 93% chose A, 4% chose B, 4% chose C Independent / Third party — 59% chose A, 13% chose B, 28% chose C Republican — 21% chose A, 11% chose B, 68% chose C AZ-06 — 54% chose A, 12% chose B, 33% chose C CA-22 — 54% chose A, 9% chose B, 37% chose C PA-07 — 56% chose A, 8% chose B, 36% chose C VA-02 — 55% chose A, 10% chose B, 35% chose C WI-03 — 57% chose A, 8% chose B, 35% chose C December 5-9, 2025 survey of 2,205 likely voters in: AZ-06, CA-22, PA-07, VA-02, WI-03.
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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dataforprogress.org
NEW with @careinaction.bsky.social:

In Republican-held swing districts, a generic Democrat performs better once voters learn that their representative voted against extending ACA subsidies.

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/12...
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Generic Democrat Increases Advantage in Republican-Held Swing Districts if Incumbent Votes Against ACA Extension. Description: Voters were inititally asked: If the election for U.S. Congress in your district was held today, which one of the following candidates are you most likely to vote for? Voters were then provided with a hypothetical event where their representative voted against extending ACA subsidies, and then re-asked: If the election for U.S. Congress in your district was held today, which one of the following candidates are you most likely to vote for? Initial generic congressional ballot — The Democrat: 47%, Don't know: 7%, The Republican: 46% Ballot if representative voted against ACA extension — The Democrat: 48%, Don't know: 9%, The Republican: 44% December 5-9, 2025 survey of 2,205 likely voters in: AZ-06, CA-22, PA-07, VA-02, WI-03.
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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elmcitytree.blacksky.app
White men—30% of US population!!—are CEOs at 72% of Fortune 500 companies, direct 83% of the movies made in the US, serve as 70% of US Senators, & on & on.

Their representation in key industries is at least double what their share of the pop predicts but it’s still not enough for them!
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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elmcitytree.blacksky.app
White men are 30% of the US population but are 80% of show runners according to this article.

I fear that if white men ever got to parity in influential jobs in media & politics & banking instead of having a super majority they would drop nukes on this country.
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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democrats.org
What Susie Wiles thinks about the Trump administration
A graphic with the following text, accompanied with photos of the individuals being discussed: "Has an alcoholic's personality." Susie Wiles on Donald Trump "A conspiracy theorist." Susie Wiles on JD Vance "Completely whiffed." Susie Wiles on Pam Bondi "Avowed ketamine user." Susie Wiles on Elon Musk
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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atrupar.com
welcome to the resistance, Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM