Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2025bsky.app/profile/trib... 1134994
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterMichael Battalio @battalio.com · 23/03/2025Additional point: Musk is NOT a good businessman. Tesla is his only profitable asset. It's made $32B since 2008. Musk has received $38B in subsidies. Musk is NOT a good businessman. He's NOT a businessman period. Musk is a conman and a welfare queen. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... 24319
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterLaurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2025This White House has now crossed the Rubicon that for centuries has kept the Attorney General from becoming a Consigliere for the American President as Mob Boss Extraordinaire. Read this directive and weep: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...documentcloud.org032125-TrumpMemo-Lawyers 34237721816
Mr. Slackmeister @i-non-potius.bsky.social · 23/03/2025youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?... Creator: US Department of Defense, 1947 "Don't Be a Sucker" from the US National Archives channel. The video uses examples of individuals being exploited to illustrate how divisive rhetoric and prejudice were used in Nazi Germany to manipulate and control the population.youtu.beDon't Be a SuckerYouTube video by US National Archives 020
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/03/2025NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey 15796465451
Reposted by Mr. Slackmeisteremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Journalists should describe what Trump is doing as conceding. It's not that Ukraine is [being forced to] give up territory. It's that the US is offering concession after concession. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...nytimes.comTrump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will LoseIn an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine. 27612206
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"one of those fun videos" You know the words once used to describe French aristocrats right before the revolution of 1789? Words like "depraved" and "wicked"? Those words aren't strong enough for Leavitt and her ilk. We need to invent some new words for this smug, preening evil. 1210515
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2025New in PN: Trump claims to be the arbiter of Jewish identity "Trump is not fighting for Jewish people; he is not the defender of Jewish people. He is a fascist bigot. He’s coming for leftists, for Palestinians, and for Jewish people first. There’s a poem about where that ends."publicnotice.coTrump claims to be the arbiter of Jewish identityThat’s antisemitic. And dangerous. 1303180754
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Does Rubio still post Bible excerpts on X? Because he is starting to make Kissinger look like a humanitarian. 24817186
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 17/03/2025New from PP: The Trump admin abandoned cleanup of an Agent Orange site in Vietnam. A place we poisoned. Trump admin won't pay the bills . “Halting a project like that in the middle of the work, that’s an environmental crime,” said one expert. www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgTrump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa... 13471153
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterSerdült Viktória @viktoriaserdult.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Here we go! Hungarian government has submitted bill that would not only ban Pride, but would also impose heavy fines on anyone who attends. The bill was submitted at 23:59 on Sunday, and was already discussed in the justice committee of Parliament at 10:00 am. www.reuters.com/world/europe...reuters.comHungary's ruling party submits bill to ban Pride marchHungary's ruling party submitted a bill to parliament on Monday that would ban the Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and impose fines on organisers and people attending the event which Budapest has held for three decades. 915387
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterMaya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Fwiw I’m not surprised at Columbia’s silence - yes they could win in court But an aggressive response may come at the cost of billions more in lost funding, student visa cuts, endowment tax, and loss of accreditation lots of ways the Trump admin could swoop in for the kill 155815
Mr. Slackmeister @i-non-potius.bsky.social · 17/03/2025'''But the most jarring aesthetic in this burgeoning MAGA stagecraft is the unbridled embrace of face-altering procedures: plastic surgery, veneers, and injectables like Botox and fillers. ... The overall look has since been disparagingly referred to as “Mar-a-Lago face.” ''' 010
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Pay attention to this: Musk is trying to make our air traffic control system "dependent” on him by integrating his equipment, which has not gone through security and risk-management review. It's corruption. And it's dangerous. Fire Elon Musk. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You KnowThe agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk. 16939491612
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Carefully chosen instance to defy the courts. But if they get away with it, anything goes. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stoppedThe Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta... 17236391313
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16/03/2025A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place. Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it. 863183175430
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16/03/2025"The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply." That legal "theory" won't hold up.axios.comExclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win." 1031410436
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Seems familiar. Is Kash Patel going to be the new head of Shin Bet too? www.axios.com/2025/03/16/n...axios.comNetanyahu moves to fire intel chief who is investigating his aidesNo previous government has ever fired the head of the Shin Bet. 37322
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterJ. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I'm not sure what people think is going on, but he *doesn't care.* This is not the US government we know, it's the post-coup government of Trump. They're not going to stop. 3358
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/03/2025The Club Champion, folks. 2833979774
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/03/2025America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp. 973485959215
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/03/2025So the Admin has defied the order of a federal judge. www.newsweek.com/rubio-touts-...newsweek.comRubio touts migrants sent to El Salvador after judge orders planes returnThe secretary of state confirmed the U.S. deported 250 gang members to El Salvador, just a day after a federal judge ordered deportation flights to be reversed. 69082073037
Mr. Slackmeister @i-non-potius.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Alleged Venezuelan gang members deported by US arrive in El Salvador - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... "Oopsie...Too late," Bukele posted on Sunday in response to an article about the order blocking the deportations, adding a laughing emoji. 010
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025A bit of a conflict of interest here. 19291100
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterMike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/03/2025Watched this last night, and what a fantastic way to teach people that Tesla's autopilot is beyond dangerous. 24487108
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterAnil Dash @anildash.com · 16/03/2025Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...404media.coThe 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an... 12332357412534
Mr. Slackmeister @i-non-potius.bsky.social · 16/03/2025www.forbes.com/sites/dereks... '''The investigation looks into four separate reports on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving program’s involvement in crashes, including one incident in which a pedestrian was fatally struck amid low visibility conditions.'''forbes.comFeds Investigating Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Software After Fatal CrashThe investigation covering 2.4 million Tesla vehicles comes as the company positions autonomous driving as its future. 001
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Note here: a foreign head of state mocking and assisting defying the order of a US federal judge and then the Secretary of State amplifying the mockery. 17444631563
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025You know all those budget lines that the Republicans zeroed out in the CR? It only took a couple of hours for Trump to issue orders shutting down those organizations like the Interagency Council on Homelessness that coordinates the whole of government approach to our homeless. Nice job, Schumer! 902195646
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterManuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 16/03/2025Insightful! “In traditional, centralized systems that shift away from being good to users to being good to their business customers is where the slide begins. [..] As Cory well knows from his work on adversarial interoperability, the real problem is lock-in.” 13111
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 16/03/2025There you go, they want Canadian land, no interest is letting locals vote. 1316837
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/03/2025This administration illegally denied hundreds of people due process, then deported them to a country they’ve never known, run by an authoritarian infamous for cruel treatment of prisoners. They then deceived a federal judge to buy time for the planes to land so he couldn’t do anything about it. 582050990
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterOwen @albiwan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I can’t recommend this enough. Relevant for any period in human history but absolutely vital for 2025. The epilogue is a call-to-arms for us all. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social 24735165
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025"It's not genocide if you were provoked" has been the Israeli/AIPAC argument since October 7. This was later adopted by most Republicans and many Democrats. There is no legal or historical precedent for it. The "provocation exception" doesn't exist. Abhorrent to see this from Schumer. 1125686
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Medal of Honor recipient, who was Black, had a DOD biographical page recounting his achievements taken down. Now routed to 404 error, with URL deleted and changed to include "DEI medal" bsky.app/profile/bran... 76969318
Reposted by Mr. Slackmeisterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2025the vice president of the united states follows this guy on twitter! 278138252995
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Dangerous. And corrosive. And par for the course 1693282690
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025In mere weeks, the Trumpists have managed to turn America from a democratic system – albeit one with significant flaws – into one that no longer deserves to be counted among the world’s democracies. America is something else now. We need to recalibrate our expectations. 626770
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2025About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people. 378174194164
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/03/2025Here we go: the rewriting of history has formally begun "Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’" www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...washingtonpost.comOklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’A new social studies agenda approved by the education board would require high-schoolers to review baseless claims related to President Trump’s 2020 election loss. 18338021569
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterSPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Hungary's Russian-backed Orban regime not only faces collapsing poll numbers but now mass protests have broken out in Budapest. Today crowds are demanding Orban step down to face prosecution. 271188246
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterSerdült Viktória @viktoriaserdult.bsky.social · 15/03/2025For those who wondering what to expect in Hungary leading up to the 2026 elections: PM Viktor Orbán has just compared his political opponents – including judges (!), journalists, NGOs and politicians - to bugs who must be eliminated. 16510176
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Some of my Columbia Law School colleagues and I offer our thoughts on legal issues with the Administration's March 13, 2025 letter to our University's president, and its threat to academic freedom. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...balkin.blogspot.comBalkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics 321074426
Reposted by Mr. SlackmeisterChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days. With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately." 333210944
