So let’s think about this. A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands. The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

Oh yeah now we're talking

I don’t think that we need to think Anthropic are heroes of the resistance or whatever, but I do think it’s illuminating who is able to see a couple years down the road and think “oh shit, I might be held liable for this stuff” in a way that, say, Planatir clearly isn’t.

🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) for refusing to turn over key records related to his office’s sweeping 2025 voter roll purge — a purge that canceled nearly 471,000 registrations, about 6% of the state’s voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Thats enough omens thank you very much

Friday roundup - Defense Secretary rips best-performing AI out of defense systems; pulls military personnel from receiving top education - DHS Secretary created security vulnerabilities at airports (WSJ report) - HHS Secretary is detached from reality⬇️

How much more open does he need to be before people accept that he’s telling the truth about his intentions. He’s going to screw with the election, and he and his cronies are not ceding power. January 6th was a test, and we failed it. Stop minimizing what he’s flat out saying.

Trump’s former AI advisor calls the Trump administration’s treatment of @anthropic.com “attempted corporate murder” and says Hegseth is engaging in “a psychotic power grab.”

This is genuinely one of the best reasoned pieces of writing on US-Taiwan relations by anyone running for Congress I’ve seen in recent years. Even as someone who believes that strategic ambiguity has value in 2026. Everyone, go check out @katmabu.bsky.social!

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:

Its not enough that half the country is strip malls and seemingly endless asphalt streets. Republicans wish to mutilate the last truly and beauty in this land. And replace with this

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

He’s gotta be the weakest SecDef ever in terms of actual policy influence

Next admin needs to break this the fuck up immediately.

The Party demands

Even In Trump Country, State Election Officials Buck DOJ’s Latest Attempt to Seize Voter Rolls talkingpointsmemo.com/news/even-in...

WTF. Anyone still claiming Elon supports free speech let alone that he's an "absolutist" is either an idiot or lying.

The birthright citizenship IS an easy case. That’s the point. That’s the flex. “No matter what rights you think you have, no matter how universally acknowledged you think they are, no matter how central to American values those rights are, WE decide whether or not you have those rights”…… /1

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Ummmmmmm

DEVELOPING: Superseding indictment returned in Don Lemon Minnesota church protest case. Local press says more defendants added and arrested. Awaiting more details. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Report: www.kare11.com/article/news...

British couple on holiday in Spain yelling DOS CERVEZAS POR FAVOR

We are living through a period where we have mass government layoffs literally causing countless deaths while at the same time DHS has so much money that Noem will have a different luxury jet for every day of the week

Break them up. Just...do it.

Hard to argue with the voters on this one

3/ I provide more detailed evidence in support of Part IV in this article, with the support of many legal scholars before me: "An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship: The Inclusion of 'Temporary Sojourners' and of Chinese and Roma" forthcoming UC L. J. 2026 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thomas and Alito suddenly change course from originalism.

this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents. Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress. Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg. My report:

Someone who is good at the economy please help. My industry is dying.

In case you missed this last night: defence secretary John Healey has ordered a review of Jeffrey Epstein's use of RAF bases for his private aircraft: as.ft.com/r/7b09176a-2...

for years this was very close to my daily workout / diet so yeah i think i could do it all again one last time for $50 million

We don’t do AI images, but we post this as a warning about the use of AI phalluses. That’s putting an artist out of a job, that is.

The Star Tribune has 11 staff photographers, f-t videographer and 3 photo editors. The Washington Post just ditched every staff photographer, many of their graphics people, and the editor responsible for all the visuals–photos, video, graphics, data, and design. She is a legend. Now out of work.

Really disgusting that DHS implies the building manager and roommate "let" them into the building when it was done under false pretenses, and most certainly under duress.

...today, man. Today is the kind of day where I wonder how much longer until I retire from this Army life.

Unfortunately I am held hostage here by the same USG.

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I just spoke to the NYPD Public Information Office and they said they were "not involved in any federal investigation."

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

I NEED MORE CLOWN MUSIC

This is a good privacy win that everyone can do right now. Always select "Limited Photo Access" whenever an app asks. You can change the current permissions by going to Security Settings > Photos > select each app > "Limited Access"

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money. In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it. Taxation without representation.

Yale Law, never beating the accusations. Honestly, this is what happens when you let your student write his fake memoir as a law school course rather than, you know, actual law classes.

As you watch this announcement, remember how Trump responded to SCOTUS on tariffs by saying he had the right to totally destroy other countries. Same logic.

Pulling this shit while the president extracts billions for his family and is currently demanding taxpayers give him $10 billion is pretty goddamned rich.

This is how white nationalism undermines very basic thinking. I interned in a state Medicaid/Medicare audit unit. The idea that states do not do this already is absurd and is only justified if you are incensed that non-white people receive equal benefits that they are entitled to under the law.