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B. D. Hoben

@bdhoben.bsky.social
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Attorney (creative rights advocate, negotiator, litigator), Parent (2 kids, 4 dogs), Nonprofit founder, former school board trustee, permanent music enthusiast. Presently residing in the lower Hudson Valley. hobenlaw.com // tooyoungtowed.org

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 31/08/2026
Jean-François Leroy, director of the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival, has died
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Jean-François Leroy, director of the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival, has died
Leroy, the founder of the unmissable journalistic event and a strong-willed figure who fought to defend photojournalists' work for nearly 40 years, died in Paris on Monday at age 69.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Too much to put into words. So, for now, just the heartbreaking news: Jean-François Leroy 1956-2026.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Nauseating. Each was an institution in its own right.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/07/2026
Federal judges say they are losing faith in the Justice Department’s trustworthiness, legal scholars say. “Judges simply don't believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys,” one former federal judge said.
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/07/2026
With planning for the midterm elections well underway, President Trump has ousted the remaining members of a bipartisan federal agency that helps state and local officials run smooth elections and certify voting equipment. to.pbs.org/4fas0wv
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Trump fires election commission members in latest attempt to control voting process
With planning for the midterm elections well underway, President Trump has ousted the remaining members of a bipartisan federal agency that helps state and local officials run smooth elections and cer...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Warning Viewers Of FCC Actions And Urging Public Comment deadline.com/2026/06/abc-...
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ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Warning Viewers Of FCC Actions
The spots, to start airing on Monday, calls for viewers to file public comment with the agency.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.
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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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Big Baller Brandon @brandonbeck4.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It's been 41 days since the Knicks lost a game and in that time they have won all but one of those games by 10 or more points
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NPR @npr.org · 26/05/2026
The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. n.pr/3Q2hMWr
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Sonny Rollins, colossus of the saxophone, has died at 95
The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This crazy thing has officially shipped. Like the reflection of a star off of a midwinter Nordic icicle, some light yet shines.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/04/2026
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement, has died. He was 86.https://to.pbs.org/4mXf800
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Jack Thornell, Pulitzer-winning photographer of Civil Rights Movement, dies at 86
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement...
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The rise of the shadow docket in 2016 was followed in 2017 by another procedural trick from the Roberts Court, known as "Munsingwear vacatur," which they weaponized to wipe out progressive precedent without having to explain why. Profs. Lisa Tucker (my wife) and Michael Risch (he's not) explain. 1/2
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Canceling Appellate Precedent
Over the past two years the United States Supreme Court has erased thirteen politically and legally significant opinions written by the federal appeals courts.
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch sits in an U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) after returning from space on Apr. 10, 2026.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/04/2026
I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads:

I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs.
1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702.
2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law.
The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2026
One piece of legislation drafted by a Leonard Leo-supported nonprofit would effectively bar cities and towns from bringing lawsuits against corporations and others when the issue is a broad public harm like climate change.
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“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability
Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
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New London Boy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @newlondonboy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
👏 Congratulations to Sade Adu, the first British black woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. #MusicSky #Sade rockhall.com/sade/
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Sade | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wait, what? It’s been a busy year and all, but I can’t recall hearing anything about this.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
…..WHAT?!?????? www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentag...
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The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy
The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
People need to pay close attention to this OLC opinion on the Presidential Records Act. As @joshgerstein.bsky.social points out, nothing less than our own history is at stake. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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Trump admin’s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians
Scholars warn that DOJ’s declaration that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could impact other administrations.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The movie Tenet, but it’s me and I’m moving backwards in time for the express purpose of attending Renaud Garcia Fons’ 2013 Marcevol concert.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Jaw dropping
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts, according to the Manhattan US Attorney's office—which is withdrawing briefs that relied on bad info and has told a judge he will need to revisit past orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Letter – #77 in African Communities Together v. Lyons (S.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-06366) – CourtListener.com
LETTER addressed to Judge P. Kevin Castel from AUSA Tomoko Onozawa dated March 24, 2026 re: Correction of Material Mistaken Statement of Fact. Document filed by Pamela Bondi, Todd M. Lyons, Kristi Noe...
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)
Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
An outstanding single. Distinctly Ethiopian, and their own take on it at that, but I can’t shake echos of Nigerian keys legend Mamman Sani too.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This was a fucking masterclass in interviewing. Crucial for any of us whose work has become fodder for AI churn in this dystopian hellscape but also just a hell of an interview for ANYONE on capitalism and exploitation, and what CEOs really think of you:
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Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra responds to the Grammarly “expert review” controversy, and whether AI is extracting more value than it creates.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Captivated by the new Gong album, Bright Spirit. On paper, it shouldn’t work. It's not the band Daevid Allen founded in the late ’60s, but a later lineup he assembled shortly before his death a decade ago. At his urging, they carried on. Clearly, to spectacular effect. sonicabuse.com/gong-bright-...
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
40 years. Tempus fugit.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The judges in WV have seen enough. They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
NEW: Federal judges say many courthouses are plagued by falling concrete, tainted water & erratic elevators. They blame DOGE-inspired cuts at GSA & ask Congress to shunt it aside www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Judges plead with Congress for control of crumbling courthouses
Complaints about the judiciary’s federal landlord reached a fever pitch after last year’s DOGE cuts.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 20/02/2026
BREAKING: Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department for not informing him of the law that explicitly bars raids of reporters
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Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department | CNN Politics
A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
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208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg: It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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B. D. Hoben @bdhoben.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Curiously, the new Tik Tok entity that took over today does not appear to have registered a DMCA Designated Agent with the USCO. No listing in the Agent Directory and none referenced in the new terms.
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a group of people are sitting in a waiting room with a ta logo on the wall
ALT: a group of people are sitting in a waiting room with a ta logo on the wall
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
DHS filed an answer today in the lawsuit Los Angeles Press Club filed against them for violently assaulting journalists, legal observers and protesters. Basically two dozen pages that look like this. Days I'm glad I'm not a lawyer ...
123. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 123, and on that basis, deny them.
124. Defendants deny the allegation in paragraph 124, except to admit that a
metal fence was erected to protect federal property.
125. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 125.
126. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 126.
127. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 127.
128. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 128, and on that basis, deny them.
129. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 129, and on that basis, deny them.
130. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 130.
131. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 131.
132. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 132, and on that basis, deny them.
133. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 133, and on that basis, deny them.
134. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 134, and on that basis, deny them.
135. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 135, and on that basis, deny them.
136. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 136, and on that basis, deny them.
137. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 137, and on that basis, deny them.
138. Defendants do not possess sufficient knowledge or information to form a
belief as to the allegations in paragraph 138, and on that basis, deny them.
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Adam Gretz @adamgretz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Caleb Williams looks like ass on like 25-35 percent of his throws but he's a dude when the game's on the line. That matters. You can fix the other stuff. Some players are just a guy and some players are dudes. He's a dude.
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The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · 11/01/2026
RIP to a San Francisco legend 🕊️ Founding member of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. Dead & Co’s 3-day 60th anniversary celebration in Golden Gate Park were his final shows.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 11/01/2026
IT'S CHICAGO, YEAH 🗣️ The Bears erase an 18-point deficit to win their first playoff game since 2010.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@apnews.com: Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda
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Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Big Law isn’t just sitting out the fight against DOJ lawsuits. They have virtually disappeared from the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections altogether. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/big-...
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Big Law walks away from democracy
Read more here.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Mamdani's Executive Order Number 1, as described in the post.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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, wehave 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
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson:

Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?"

Anderson: "I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
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Liz Bustamante @liznoise.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Bailter Space was one of the two loudest shows I have ever attended in my life. Relentless pummeling. I sure wish that I got a chance to see the Gordons. #RIPBrentMcLachlan
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