John Leibovitz
@leibovitz.bsky.social
Former regulator, present venture capitalist, future dad band superstar.
To declare that a 90-year-old precedent is unconstitutional is to declare that is has been unconstitutional for all of those 90 years and three generations of judges were just too ignorant to understand the truth. This is the height of arrogance.
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
To declare that a 90-year-old precedent is unconstitutional is to declare that is has been unconstitutional for all of those 90 years and three generations of judges were just too ignorant to understand the truth. This is the height of arrogance.
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Trump's secret police vandalize houses and cars, assault citizens, fire potential lethal weapons for the hell of it, and assault children, often as sexual predators... and claim impunity for all of this. CATO proposes the fix. In the meantime it's essential to document all these crimes rigorously.
What Good Is a Right Without a Remedy?
Flagrant civil rights abuses are enabled by a legal scheme that makes it all but impossible to sue federal agents for constitutional violations and shields them with immunity should that barrier ever ...
www.cato.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trump's secret police vandalize houses and cars, assault citizens, fire potential lethal weapons for the hell of it, and assault children, often as sexual predators... and claim impunity for all of this. CATO proposes the fix. In the meantime it's essential to document all these crimes rigorously.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Right now ChatGPT is working overtime summarizing someone’s emails
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Right now ChatGPT is working overtime summarizing someone’s emails
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
A Nietzschean cookbook called "Cumin, All Too Cumin"
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A Nietzschean cookbook called "Cumin, All Too Cumin"
A web browser plug in that uses AI to insert a proper noun in any headline that says “this”
September 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A web browser plug in that uses AI to insert a proper noun in any headline that says “this”
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The brain worm is winning the battle at the RFK hearing.
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The brain worm is winning the battle at the RFK hearing.
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"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney"
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
Loved ones shocked, worried after beloved Utah violinist detained by ICE
Friends and family are reacting after Utah violinist John Shin was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday.
www.fox13now.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney"
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
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On 9/9-9/10, the Small Business Technology Council is hosting a fly-in to encourage Congress to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
NSC members are invited to attend. RSVP here: nsba.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
NSC members are invited to attend. RSVP here: nsba.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Defend Small Business Innovation Research
Join us in taking our message directly to lawmakers and federal officials to Defend SBIR.
nsba.us1.list-manage.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On 9/9-9/10, the Small Business Technology Council is hosting a fly-in to encourage Congress to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
NSC members are invited to attend. RSVP here: nsba.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
NSC members are invited to attend. RSVP here: nsba.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?...
This winter someone needs to perform Springtime for Hitler on the rink at the National Mall and call it ICE Capades
August 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This winter someone needs to perform Springtime for Hitler on the rink at the National Mall and call it ICE Capades
If you want unruly teenagers to go to bed at a decent hour having a police helicopter circle overhead at 11pm every night is one way not to accomplish that.
#lifeintheDCoccupation
#lifeintheDCoccupation
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you want unruly teenagers to go to bed at a decent hour having a police helicopter circle overhead at 11pm every night is one way not to accomplish that.
#lifeintheDCoccupation
#lifeintheDCoccupation
Radiochin
Slightly diminish a band:
Toad the Moist Sprocket
Toad the Moist Sprocket
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
August 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Radiochin
New DC Police Chief just announced
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New DC Police Chief just announced
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If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Israel should be an exemplar of righteousness, not of wanton death and destruction. Netanyahu — and the Israelis who support him — have squandered the gift given to them by their forebears. And Jews everywhere are now facing a reckoning.
July 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Israel should be an exemplar of righteousness, not of wanton death and destruction. Netanyahu — and the Israelis who support him — have squandered the gift given to them by their forebears. And Jews everywhere are now facing a reckoning.
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Given his performance on @cnn.com, it’s time to tell this story again. Vought’s daughter is alive because of NIH. He’s destroying an institution that saved his daughter’s life. @mrjoncryer.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @atrupar.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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We now have overwhelming evidence that the White House is actively arguing for ignoring the Laken Riley Act and demanding ICE not focus on criminals.
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We now have overwhelming evidence that the White House is actively arguing for ignoring the Laken Riley Act and demanding ICE not focus on criminals.
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The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]
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In a disgusting display of authoritarian abuse, ICE violently detains an Iranian-born American doctor, even breaking his car window, as he dropped his child off at daycare.
July 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In a disgusting display of authoritarian abuse, ICE violently detains an Iranian-born American doctor, even breaking his car window, as he dropped his child off at daycare.
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Horror stories already beginning to come out. “We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
www.motherjones.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Horror stories already beginning to come out. “We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”