Excellent details on the NYT subpoena hearing.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w agoNYT subpoena hearing —>
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Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w agoA very important, if temporary, victory. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists (Gift Article)
A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.
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Michigan voters deserve answers for delay in opening Gordie Howe Bridge. We already had a sweetheart deal with Canada. Why are we negotiating a new one? Political donation to Trump PAC by private owner of rival bridge has created appearance of corruption. apnews.com/article/cana...
Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say
A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after a dispute delayed its debut.
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Amazing! ICE kills a man ~7:30 am. 1st news report is an hour later. ~1:30 pm, a group of 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 marches in Main Street and "storms into the Biddeford office of [U.S.] Sen. Susan Collins." Would be hard to do in NYC. Biddeford pop. = 22,000! www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...
![As the crowd marched down Main Street and gathered outside Sen. Collins’ Biddeford office, about a dozen people made it inside the entryway, chanting “Vote her out!” and banging their fists on the office’s locked doors.
Staffers inside could be seen on the phone as the crowd grew. Minutes later, five Biddeford police officers pushed through the entryway and placed themselves between protestors and the door.
“This is your fault Susan!” one man shouted.
“You're a fascist!” another person yelled at the officers.
photo of protesters with signs reading
GET THE FUCK OUT
14TH AMENDMENT: DUE PROCESS FOR ALL NO EXCEPTIONS
A woman with a bullhorn
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A group storms into the Biddeford office of Sen. Susan Collins on Monday after a man was shot in an altercation with federal immigration agents at the intersection of Hill and Pool streets. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer)
The crowd dissipated and began marching back toward Mechanics Park after chanting at and heckling the officers.
Police did not answer questions about whether Collins’ staffers called 911 on protestors.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreif2jwyo6wtnwslutdw26zy25zo5dq7mfdwbg6jwi7nsur5lx4224i)
It's launch day for ON COURAGE! Maddow: “INVALUABLE. A CLASSIC OF OUR TIME.” In the dark early days of Trump II, @juliaangwin.com and I were interviewing dissidents on 5 continents, learning what Americans could do to save our republic. Where books are sold: www.harpercollins.com/products/on-...
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9
“What the UK government wants instead is invisible surveillance infrastructure, switched on by default and potentially rushed into law under cynical pretexts”
Signal@signal.org · 2mo agoOur statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
Americans believe corruption is a serious problem throughout politics and government. The good news: Across party lines, voters overwhelmingly support reforms to curb concentrated wealth in politics and unchecked self-enrichment by those in power. bit.ly/4apvVns
Poll: Voters Want Solutions for Government Corruption
Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.
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Why aren't we doing something like this in the US?
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 2mo ago"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
There are two big problems with the “unitary executive theory” that Trump is relying on to expand presidential power: it’s unmoored from history (i.e. completely made up) and so broad that it can’t be consistently implemented. bit.ly/4fcjO0w
“It Ends in a Monarchy”
Trump the businessman said, “You’re fired”; Trump the president is fighting in court for the right to say those words whenever he wants.
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Honestly, this is good because it removes any plausible deniability about the type of people Trump put in charge of his domestic paramilitary operations
Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 2mo agoGreg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵
Wrote about how Bluesky users do not click links and read articles (yes, this is behind the scenes stuff so paywalled). Bluesky isn’t unique among social networks. Many people do not click through. Instead they scroll, maybe reply, and move on. Not good for journalism www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
Behind the Blog: Being New and Some Numbers
This week, we discuss going deeper and Google's search changes.
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It’s time for Congress to return the Supreme Court to its proper place in the U.S. constitutional system. Congress can begin by passing these six urgently needed reforms. bit.ly/4dbN1qI
Six Solutions to Fix the Supreme Court
Congress must return the Court to its proper place in the U.S. constitutional system.
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So far this year, six states have enacted laws reducing barriers to voting and six have new laws making it harder. Our new roundup has the details: bit.ly/4dzRNNM
State Voting Laws Roundup: May 2026
Voters across the country will face new voting restrictions in the upcoming midterms.
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HOLY SHIT prosecutors kicked off grand jurors and then re-presented the case against the Broadview 6, then altered the grand jury transcripts to hide it from the judge. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Department. Federal judge dismisses the indictment of Abrego Garcia (an exceedingly rare outcome in a criminal case). Finding of vindictive prosecution and "an abuse of prosecuting power." The opinion name checks Blanche nearly 30 times.
District court dismisses indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia for vindictive and selective prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Our country has some of the strongest legal protections in the world for free expression and due process," Sulzberger said, but "they mean nothing if the press is too timid to defend them." Read his full remarks here: www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...
AG Sulzberger: ‘We Will Not Compromise’ on Independent Reporting | The New York Times Company
The New York Times publisher spoke in defense of a free press hosted by Yale Law School’s Floy Abrams Institute.
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From @steverattner.bsky.social: “This is extraordinary. I've been a professional investor for decades and I haven't made this many trades in my career.” Gobsmacking corruption no previous president would even try, without getting impeached and removed. 🤯 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3mo ago*TRUMP ETHICS FILING SHOWS TRADES TIED TO US STOCKS: NBC *MICROSOFT, META, ORACLE AMONG TRUMP DISCLOSURES: NBC
A president's trading of securities for his personal account can in no way be argued to constitute activity that falls within the "outer perimeter" of his "official responsibilities." www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Fmr. government watchdog says Trump stock trades are ‘completely unprecedented’
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Jonathan Allen and Don Fox, former acting director and general counsel of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the new s...
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NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."
Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues
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The first thing the editor in chief of the Roosevelt school newspaper did when she got home was hug her father. Then she opened her computer and started to type. Her article went viral. Lila Dominguez said running the newspaper during the ICE surge showed her “the power of truth.”
‘The power of truth:’ How high school students reported on the ICE surge in their front yard
Student journalists at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis witnessed federal agents shove staffers and students and deploy pepper spray on school grounds last January. That inspired them to report st...
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A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.
ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App
A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.
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On May 7, Clarence Thomas will trail only William O. Douglas in time served on the Supreme Court, with more than 34 years on the bench. We need term limits so no future justice can hold so much power for so long. bit.ly/42Ql6qg
Clarence Thomas Is About to Become the Second-Longest-Serving Supreme Court Justice Ever
His tenure has included multiple ethics scandals, as well as votes that helped roll back voting rights and ushered in unlimited corporate spending on elections.
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As the midterm elections draw near, questions about voters’ trusted sources of information are top of mind. Polling shows that more than half of Americans get at least some of their news from social media — and that number is even larger for younger voters. bit.ly/4cXdXJE
The Age of New Media (with V Spehar)
Recorded on April 22, 2026As the midterm elections draw near, the questions of how voters get their information and who they are listening to are top of mind...
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This morning's Supreme Court decision lays bare an unaccountable court that undermines democracy rather than protects it. Congress could and should use its power to reform the Supreme Court. Here's how.
The Supreme Court is Dangerously Broken. Here’s How to Fix It
“Congress could and should use its power to reform the Supreme Court,” argue Miriam Rosenbaum and Emily Whitehead.
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My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.” @slate.com slate.com/news-and-pol...
Florida’s constitution prohibits partisan gerrymandering. Republicans are trying it anyway, @russellberman.bsky.social reports. While other states have held public redistricting debates, Florida’s efforts to redraw maps have been marked by secrecy and obfuscation.
Florida Republicans Are Gerrymandering. They Just Can’t Say So.
The state constitution prohibits redrawing maps for political advantage.
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