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Alan Mygatt-Tauber

@amtappeals.bsky.social

legalpaladin.com Adjunct Professor and Affiliated Scholar, Seattle U Law. Author. Lawyer. I study the extraterritorial application of the Constitution. Working on a biography of John Paul Stevens. Photographer behind WhatALawyerLooksLike.net

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Chris Sprigman@cjsprigman.bsky.social · 12h ago

I would be very surprised if Musk's DOGE rampage did not break multiple criminal laws. If the Dems aren't investigating this post-January, regardless of the prospect of a Trump pardon, then they won't be doing their jobs. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

nytimes.com

Tim O’Brien@timobrien.bsky.social · 17h ago

Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his PAC since July, building a huge turnout operation for the midterms. “The staggering amount of money makes Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, by far the largest known donor in the midterms” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

nytimes.com

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

Democrats who don't do everything they can to hold Republicans accountable will be driven out of office by the base. Democrats who don't do everything they can to rein in the reckless power of billionaires will likewise be driven out of office by the base.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social · 4d ago

I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm convinced Newsom isn't running for President at all. Sure, he might have a committee and use it as a slush fund, but he's running to be appointed to corporate boards and fake think tanks and stuff. Just too many examples of him going out of his way to show he's not aligned with the Dem base.

CalMatters@calmatters.org · 2d ago

Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.

Alan Mygatt-Tauber@amtappeals.bsky.social · 2d ago

We have enhanced liability if you use a gun in a crime. It’s rapidly becoming apparent we need enhanced liability for using AI in a crime and I’d point it first at these companies with their alleged “rogue” agents.

Democracy and trains@wingedisis.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don’t know any parent who’s gonna react to an attempted carjacking with their kid in the car in any other way.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d ago

The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 4d ago

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing. Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's been a struggle for reporters to get DHS to provide the names of officers who violate people's civil rights. Now, in our case against DHS's construction-site raids, the government is arguing in court that its employees names are "confidential" and should not be made public during litigation.

DHS's position on the protective order: "We cannot agree to the striking of this provisions. The phone numbers, physical addresses, full legal names, and email addresses of current and former employees in the federal government ... should be confidential."
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy@profciara.bsky.social · 3d ago

“if an individual received a SS# while a noncitizen—as the law permits—and that individual later became a U.S. citizen …SSA records would likely misclassify her as a noncitizen. …A 2006 SSA audit found … 3.3 million people misidentified U.S. citizens as noncitizens.” ‼️⚖️

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy@profciara.bsky.social · 3d ago

“After obtaining unredacted SVRLs [voter info] from the states who volunteered them, the Civil Rights Division shared that data with the DHS. In turn, DHS would run that data through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system administered by the USCIS, a component of DHS.” 🤨⚖️

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 3d ago

JUST IN: Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett allows BBC to serve subpoenas on Don Jr., Ivanka & Jared in Trump's lawsuit over editing of 2020 election documentary. BBC said ordinary service methods were frustrated by Secret Service. Now can serve by certified mail & through counsel.

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JP Collins@profjpc.bsky.social · 3d ago

Judge Mascott received her commission on October 10, 2025, exactly 365 days ago. In that time, she has issued *ZERO* published majority opinions. Remarkable.

JP Collins@profjpc.bsky.social · last mo.

Judge Bove, who took the bench in August 2025 has issued 8 published opinions so far. Judge Mascott, who joined the same court in early October 2025, has issued none. In fact, she has only issued a single two-page concurrence in a published case and one nonprecedential order.