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Here's the best report — from @samtlevin.bsky.social at the Guardian — on Frank Strada, the Tennessee Department of Correction chief who Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee announced this morning is resigning following this week's failed execution of Christa Pike. Strada will leave by the end of October.

theguardian.com

Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt sent Pike to hospital in critical condition

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ten months ago, if you’d have told me I’d be watching a … practice run on a race track … going on across the world … after midnight … because I want to see what a track looks like … before I watch the race on Sunday … I’d definitely have looked at you with such overwhelming confusion.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

wired.com

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well, the new multistate lawsuit against abortion providers was, shockingly, assigned to a Trump appointee, Judge James Cain.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Judge Sara Hill, N.D. Oklahoma, issued this decision on Thursday —>

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Congrats, Don, John, Mike, and John, you broke it.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Among other reasons to follow and support them, @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @nashvillebanner.bsky.social post the documents.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Really good piece from @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social and Wendy Wagner on Suncor and the importance of federalism -- and state-court litigation -- to democracy's fight against authoritarianism. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

lawfaremedia.org

The Next Anti-democratic Threat From the Supreme Court

Industry-backed preemption arguments in the climate deception case threaten the federalism safeguards that check an imperial presidency.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not at all putting down noting this or noting this now, given people are saying this, but this is literally what people have been saying since he began running.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The federal judge is Judge Patrick Schiltz, the Minnesota federal judge who DOJ went after this week for talking to the NYT about overseeing the litigation that came out of Operation Metro Surge.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is an important element of the 2026 elections, and I'm glad to see @stephenwolf.bsky.social and @the-downballot.com looking at it systemically.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In a move that smacks of retaliation, Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte is moving to slash next year’s budget for the agency’s inspector general’s office by more than 60 percent — after it was involved in an earlier investigation of him. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him

Cuts Would Put IG Office Out of Business In a move that...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you were a REAL doctor, I might need to listen.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Covid vaccine Takes Me Out for like 24 hours, and then I’m fine. But, oof, since I hit the 24-hour mark after my shot, it feels like gravity is operating at 1.2 times normal. Hopefully I feel better in the morning! … Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fox News releases two new polls. —Iowa: Josh Turek (D) up 49/47 for Senate. —Texas: James Talarico (D) up 51/49 for Senate. That's among likely voters. Strikingly (& against CW?), Dems lead by more among registered voters: Talarico +7, Turek +4.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OK, folks, don’t overwhelm me, but my Covid vaccine shot has me out for the night. What low-stakes, ideally funny (after last night) TV should I watch? Send me your ideas!

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