Reposted by Jeff MeyerJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12hIf you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-pas...joycevance.substack.comTrump's Past Is Catching Up With HimWe’ve discussed Trump’s ongoing efforts to prevent the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on the now-dismissed classified documents prosecution against the president. 361066383
Reposted by Jeff Meyerdelfin @thedelfinclutch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Jim Jordan Rule applies. To their base, it doesn't have to be plausible or factual or even sane. It simply needs to be loud and public and what they want to hear and believe. What rational people believe is irrelevant to the noise machine. 2876
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Law is a moral practice. And there are many ghouls amongst us. 614118
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone. 15483158
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners. Can commit human rights abuses. 12675162
Reposted by Jeff MeyerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina. 1275227
Reposted by Jeff MeyerMelissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, we noted that Alito hadn't recused in Suncor (he owns stock in 2 oil companies, & he flew on a PJ owned by someone w interests in one of the companies in the case). He's now recused. . . which likely means there are still 5 votes for Big Oil. tinyurl.com/2425sh73nytimes.comJustice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case (Gift Article)Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies. 614350
Reposted by Jeff MeyerMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remember, on November 3, a vote for Republicans is a vote for Elon Musk 25930
Reposted by Jeff MeyerVoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.” 6855051011
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction. 37931244
Reposted by Jeff MeyerStephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The notion that somehow this museum or any part of the Smithsonian is done by people who don’t love America, don’t care about America, is unbelievably wrong,” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch said. “You cannot understand the greatness of a country without understanding the totality of a country."theguardian.com‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacksOutgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’ 0448
Reposted by Jeff MeyerFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026It is no coincidence that rationalists and EAs tend to be straight white guys from well-off families, because for everybody else, the world usually conspires to knock some sense into you about your inherent god-emperor genius by the time you’re old enough to drink. 271915217
Reposted by Jeff MeyerFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby. 372469291
Reposted by Jeff MeyerMike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special 281184168
Reposted by Jeff MeyerMike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2026That last one, from Sean Davis of TheFederalist is particularly stupid. After Google *temporarily* removed TheFederalist from its ad program BECAUSE THE FEDERALIST VIOLATED GOOGLE'S RULES, he ran to the media and to Congress about how it was "CENSORSHIP" 913730
Reposted by Jeff MeyerRachael Hamlet @karmamylanta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The two best things you can do are watch the trailer and go to the movie. Here's the trailer:youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 01413
Reposted by Jeff MeyerSnowden St. @snowden.st · 02/08/2024I think most professions don’t read, but scientists can be spectacular examples 513023
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely! 522557974
Reposted by Jeff MeyerProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/20264/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 41590283
Reposted by Jeff MeyerManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every accusation is a confession. The dumbest man ever to Be Senator Tommy Tubberville is warning about “furries” Flying planes even as Kash Patel removes bestiality as a disqualification for serving in the FBI. Fun times people! 27013
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026Committing multiple felonies and hacking into government systems is just marketing though. /s www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comChatGPT-maker’s AI probed federal government websitesOpenAI said that its artificial intelligence agents inappropriately accessed sites for the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1525248
Reposted by Jeff MeyerJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 26/09/2026Once again, software does not “go rogue,” as it has no intent or agency. OpenAI’s management and employees, however, have both, and are where investigations for liability should immediately begin. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1316
Reposted by Jeff MeyerChristopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reported potential US military staging, assessing options and stockpile buildup in advance of action against Cuba is extraordinarily worrisome. 051
Reposted by Jeff MeyerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674873141
Reposted by Jeff MeyerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Strong endorse: Thomas has been fighting the good fight with some excellent analysis of the threats to American democracy. 19029
Reposted by Jeff MeyerSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a bad ruling for all of the reasons Justice Jackson’s dissent make clear. But as both the majority and dissent point out, it’s not likely to have major effects *this* cycle because we’re inside the 90-day NVRA purge window. 34641169
Reposted by Jeff MeyerDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system. 15215891001
Reposted by Jeff MeyerBalls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 25/09/2026Oil companies want the Supreme Court to finish what the Trump administration startedballsandstrikes.orgHow the Supreme Court Could Slam the Courthouse Door On Climate AccountabilityThe justices’ decision in Suncor Energy could leave cities and states ravaged by climate change with no meaningful recourse. 074
Reposted by Jeff MeyerJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 25/09/2026“Things have changed in the South.” — CJ Roberts, Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comJustice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases (Gift Article)Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated. 01411
Reposted by Jeff MeyerBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026the Court “cannot expect the public to have faith in our judicial system if, without clear explanation, we are consistently greenlighting harmful acts” i continue to think putting KBJ on the Court may be Biden's best decision, no other justice is doin it like her www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.comJustice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’Hours after fielding the Trump administration’s latest emergency application, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a speech urging the Supreme Court to rethink such requests. 19620144
Reposted by Jeff Meyerct @cteeze-nuts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I can't recommend highly enough this thread in which meta's muse model is shown to be so poorly hardened that it will tar its own VM filesystem and let you download it neuromatch.social/@jonny/11732...neuromatch.socialjonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)Attached: 1 image Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao 25626
Reposted by Jeff MeyerBalls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 24/09/2026Not every federal judge is as willing to let Trump do whatever he wants in the name of "national security" as John Roberts isballsandstrikes.orgFederal Judge Baffled, Annoyed By Trump’s Lazy Crackdown On International StudentsWhen a judge is describing your legal argument as “exceptionally weak” and “largely disconnected from academic or practical realities,” things are not going as you’d hoped. 0196
Reposted by Jeff MeyerSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026senator, how will this lower prices 6365585
Reposted by Jeff MeyerSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jon Husted just voted to continue the Iran war for the 14th time. While Ohioans are paying record high costs at the gas pump and the grocery store, Jon Husted is voting for more war – and costing you more money – every chance he gets. 251290430
Reposted by Jeff MeyerThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s… 314174783300
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here? 53452841436
Reposted by Jeff MeyerPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 24/09/2026Always good to check in on Bari Weiss's Free Press. 2136
Reposted by Jeff MeyerCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396372558
Reposted by Jeff MeyerZeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I made the case for @damemagazine.bsky.social that the railroad boom and the data center boom look very similar a few months ago.damemagazine.comThe AI Data Center Boom Looks a Lot Like the Railroad BubbleAcross the U.S., massive data centers are powering generative AI. History suggests the boom may resemble the railroad bubble, with huge costs for the public. 14314
Reposted by Jeff MeyerEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On two fronts—WH press access and third-country removals—the administration appears to be ignoring court orders. 23400207
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders. 286143194998
Reposted by Jeff MeyerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines 2993604807
Reposted by Jeff MeyerPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026If AOC waits, then in 2032 a Democratic incumbent (inshallah) will be seeking reelection. If the Dem wins, by 2036, Republicans will almost certainly be in a favorable position. So maybe she could run in 2036 *if* the MAGA wins in 2032. The good scenario is ... 2040, probably 2044? 1101
Reposted by Jeff MeyerPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Why does the working class account for only 1% of lawmakers in the US? Read this @us.theconversation.com piece by @noamlupu.bsky.social and @carnes.bsky.social, authors of Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: How Democracy Undermines Working-Class Representation (out October 6!): buff.ly/2Hyz9aytheconversation.comWhy working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the worldCampaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome. 01613