MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Changing my résumé from Times New Roman to Calibri out of spite.

Minnesota democrats issued a statement attacking their opponent solely on the basis of his criminal defense work. They essentially cite fulfilling the requirements of our Constitution as evidence of lacking a moral compass. A reminder that the erosion of the rule of law can come from all directions.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.

41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...

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BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.

Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

a “Space Force”, if you will

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

We tested out Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. It actually (kinda, technically) works? "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras. So, only threats like that www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...

all signs point to this being just an incredibly destabilizing moment. very very bad stuff. we're in a very dark place.

This is the story of the government's unlawful effort to deport migrant children under the cover of night during a holiday weekend. It’s also the story of how district court judges are watching each other grapple with the administration—and adapting in response: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

We couldn’t possibly be in a worse information environment for what’s happening. Which is probably, in part, why it’s happening.

It turns out every Nexar dashcam came with an AWS key that too high privileges. Which let that individual camera upload its own footage, but also let an attacker access everyone else's footage too. Terabytes of data. Nexar fixed after I contacted www.404media.co/this-company...

JUST IN: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, reports that all of the migrant children have been returned to ORR custody.

BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Miami orders Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades, to be dismantled within 60 days and blocks any new detainees from being brought into the facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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One of the things you learned at 18F and USDS is that government isn’t like a business: it has to serve everybody and not just specific market segments that are the most convenient.

Starbase Named Best City To Start Family With Boss

when someone I thought was normal says "seed oil"

"According to [cybersecurity firm] CHEQ, a whopping 75.85 percent of traffic from X to its advertising clients' websites during the weekend of the Super Bowl was fake." mashable.com/article/x-tw...

As a writer, painter, and former record-store manager, I want to underline every word @bencollins.bsky.social said here. We are fucking human beings who do amazing things. We should absolutely glory in that and not become cogs in somebody's efficiency machine or let ourselves be stripped for parts.

First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered. caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-cou...

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements about Abrego that could prejudice the trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

we're living through a major, civilization-altering technological revolution and it has nothing to do with AI

“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”

This is very readable for non-specialists and highlights the historical dereliction of responsibility of courts and Congress to stop executives unilaterally initiating military action. The post-9/11 AUMFs that have been used as a blank check by Dems and Republicans were always going to end up here.

Use of the word "pray" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.

Tough week for Musk: 1. Texas lawmakers ask Tesla to delay robotaxi launch. 2. Starship 36 explodes on launch pad. 3. Starlink rival Eutelsat raises 1.35 billion euro ($1.55 billion) capital raise backed by France. Macron says its success is a question of strategic sovereignty.

"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.' But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."

This @parkermolloy.com interview with @juddlegum.bsky.social is solid gold. What he's built at @popular.info is incredible. That he's doing it without a paywall is really a tremendous service to news consumers. Here's why he made that choice:

8 days in June ‘25: - The president federalizes the California National Guard and deploys Marines to LA amid protests against ICE immigration raids - Israel attacks Iran, fueling fears of wider conflict - Democratic lawmaker assassinated - Nationwide protests as Trump throws military parade in DC

My big story about Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon: nymag.com/intelligence...

The first known detention by the US Marines in their recent Los Angeles deployment is of... a US Army veteran on his way to an office at the Department of Veteran Affairs building. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Getting a new war scooped by Mike Huckabee and the Pentagon Pizza Report

Anyway, everyone should relax about potential US military action. As we all learned from SignalGate, there's a robust and well-structured interagency process with explicit, written guidance from the commander in chief regarding the use of military force.

Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.

OOPS: Attorney for Proud Boys in their lawsuit against DOJ may not be allowed to practice law because of a prior felony conviction he appears not to have disclosed, according to the magistrate judge handling the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

You can't ask me to stop stealing stuff, I'll die www.theverge.com/news/674366/... @miasato.bsky.social

Minneapolis City Council candidate Becka Thompson obtains subpoenas, files campaign finance complaint against independent journalists. Joint statement from @taylr.bsky.social and myself: wedgelive.com/minneapolis-...