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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

All that time we spent studying the Fourth Amendment and the Roberts Court just turns it off in the shadow docket

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Was so busy with the AI that makes fake crime videos that I missed the AI that extracts marketing data from your thoughts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Meta to Start Using Chatbot Conversations to Target Advertising

Meta Platforms Inc. will soon start using interactions with its AI chatbot to more effectively tailor the content and advertising that people see on Facebook and Instagram.

www.bloomberg.com

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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 7d

FTC stops work due to shutdown.

Tells court: "Absent an appropriation, FTC attorneys and other employees are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances..."

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 13d

"Shattered norms"? No, this shatters the rule of law: a prosecution based solely on the order of a dictator, not due process. The fascism is under your nose, #BrokenTimes
Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Trump Gets the Retribution He Sought, and Shatters Norms in the Process

www.nytimes.com

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 16d

For your consideration: the lost-dog scam. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 16d

SCOTUS blocks Slaughter return to FTC and orders briefing on issues including whether Humphrey's Executor should be overturned.

Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 16d

Judge rejects Meta's motion to dismiss claims it broke contract with users and violated duty of good faith in suit over fraudulent ads on Facebook.

prior coverage: www.mediapost.com/publications...

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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 16d

VPPA class-action against @NBCUniversalclaims company discloses "private video viewing history with (PII) in the form of names, email addresses, and/or GPS location to third-party identity service providers through tracking technology embedded in each of the NBC Apps."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16d

What are the names of the U.S. Navy officers carrying out these orders to serially bomb civilian boats that pose no threat to their own vessels, killing everyone aboard? Surely they’ll want to take personal credit for this honorable service and perhaps wear a little campaign medal on their chest.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19d

I know the case law. I also think the language of “jawboning“ makes this more complicated than it should be. everyone knows what coercion means. threatening to do X or else is coercion. if the government coerces people into shutting up or shutting others up, it’s a free speech problem.

Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 20d

'Carr’s threats against ABC appear to be “a pretty clear-cut case of jawboning.” Jawboning refers to a type of informal coercion where government officials try to pressure private entities into suppressing or changing speech without using any actual formal legal action' www.wired.com/story/brenda...

Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him

In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.

www.wired.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20d

Do not mock Supreme Leader Trump.

Supreme Leader Trump sensitive snowflake.

Supreme Leader Trump must be worshipped, revered and shown proper respect.

We will come after you.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

- Regime of the Golden Age & Delicate Flowers

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20d

/9 I previously described Kimmel’s potential case as “plausible,” which on reflection was too arch to be clear — based on Carr’s explicit threats and the sequence of events I’d say it’s a very strong case of violation of the First Amendment through coercion.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 20d

It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21d

"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 21d

Carr's views as of October 2024:

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 22d

The lawsuit is a statement of contempt for truth, the American public, the judicial process, & everything that deserves our respect in the American tradition. To assess its legal defects (eg complaints about Fred Trump—a man who cannot be defamed) ignores its purpose: to suppress criticism of Trump.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 23d

This lawsuit is so fuckin embarrassing for everyone involved

Also great job orgs that were like yeah we'll just pay him the bribe I mean uh settlement and surely he'll go away and leave us alone and not develop an even larger appetite, no I've never read If You Give a Mouse Cookie what's that

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 23d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

Sinclair is demanding that Kimmel apologize to the family (?) and also "make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk Family and Turning Point USA"

Are you fucking kidding me? It's not enough they got him fired, they want him to grovel and send money to these anti-free speech grifters?

TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 21d

#BREAKING: Sinclair says it will air a one-hour tribute to Charlie Kirk on its ABC-affiliated stations in the time slot that is usually occupied for "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The special will air on Friday, per a Sinclair spokesperson.

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wendyndavis.bsky.social @wendyndavis.bsky.social · 21d

Carr's views as of October 2024:

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21d

/2 However, I think ABC firing Kimmel following Carr’s threats makes a plausible case for a First Amendment violation. It should survive a motion to dismiss at least.

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 21d

This is extortion and censorship. Brendan Carr is turning into a mob boss: “the easy way or the hard way,” really?

What about the American way? The constitutional way?

Shame on ABC for capitulating and on Nexstar for greedily aiding and abetting this farce.

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 21d

New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...

FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

www.cnn.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21d

this is quite genuinely insane, and I want to believe the backlash to this will be severe

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 23d

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23d

www.washingtonpost.com/policies-and...

Post journalists should ensure that their activity on social media platforms would not make reasonable people question their editorial independence, nor make reasonable people question The Post’s ability to cover issues fairly. Our newsroom’s diversity strengthens our journalism, and Post journalists can bring their backgrounds, identity and experiences to their social accounts. It is not appropriate to use your social media account to advocate for causes, issues, governmental policies or political or judicial outcomes. Also, avoid curating your feeds in ways that suggest you have a partisan point of view on an issue The Post covers. This particular guidance does not apply to columnists, critics and other practitioners of opinion journalism posting as part of their work.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 23d

I'm pretty sure that @karenattiah.bsky.social is the first @washingtonpost.com journo to be fired for expressing herself since the current craziness set in. Everyone else has quit in protest. Seems like Post staff members ought to take some sort of dramatic action, no?

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 23d

Government officials in the "party of free speech" looking to use the power of the state to punish people for their free speech. Again.

It's almost like they were never actually serious about free speech.

A tweet from Congressman Randy Fine.

Those celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk must be thrown out of civil society.
If you are aware of anyone in the 6th District of Florida - or heck, anywhere in the state - who works at any level of government, works for an entity that gets money from government (health care, university), or holds a professional license (lawyer, medical professional, teacher) that is publicly celebrating the violence, please contact my office. I will demand their firing, defunding, and license revocation.
If you don't think I am serious, I got two State University Board Chairman fired for less.
These monsters want a fight? Congratulations; they got one.

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