Success! With our partners @democracyforward.org and @campaignlegal.org we’ve blocked the Trump admin from using taxpayer money to run campaign ads! Huge lesson from the court’s order: if you run illegal taxpayer funded ads, you will not get paid.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13h ago

BREAKING: A judge has ordered an immediate halt to the taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads, including any slated to run tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yesterday with @democracyforward.org and @campaignlegal.org we sued to stop President Trump from using taxpayer money to pay for partisan political ads. Huge shout-out to my colleague Sam Ward-Packard for moving mountains to stop this massive corruption. shorturl.at/rQurj

An amazing moment in our court fight to stop Trump from selling early access to government information. @freedom.press and @theintercept.com are our great clients, @citizensforethics.org, Yale Media, and Altshuler are our incredible co-counsel. Let's stop massive corruption.

They’ve loaded the company up with debt to fund their acquisition, now regular people will be fired to justify their poor financial decision. This is the kind of deal antitrust laws are supposed to stop. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Skydance CEOs Acknowledge Layoffs Will Be Coming After Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Read the Full Memo

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged into Skydance Corp. And the top leaders have notified the new company's staffers that layoffs are in the offing.

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Gigantic corporations and the Trump administration want to make it harder to sue when private equity firms crash your retirement account. Oral argument at SCOTUS is today; we're glad to have submitted an amicus on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

On our latest episode, @brendanballou.bsky.social explains how the fine print in your job, credit card, or cell phone contract can quietly determine whether you ever get your day in court, and why ending forced arbitration could change how companies treat all of us. 🎧 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4yt4Tpq

WHEN COMPANIES RUN THE COURTS is on Barnes & Nobles' best business books of the year. Find out why companies are above the law, and how the Supreme Court made that way. www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...

The Best Business Books of 2026

Enlightening memoirs, hard-hitting journalism and economic histories make up this years best business books. These are essential reads for the seasoned entrepreneur or the curious citizen who wants to...

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Corporate power doesn’t stop at the marketplace. It reaches into the rules that determine who gets justice, too. @brendanballou.bsky.social points out one of the quietest ways the legal system gets rigged to favor the powerful. 🎧 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3TdDVmt

Companies don’t need to steal a lot from you if they know you can’t fight back. @brendanballou.bsky.social explains how forced arbitration makes small-dollar ripoffs harder to challenge—and turns corporate power into legal power. 🎧 ➡️: https://bit.ly/3TdDVmt

America has a secret justice system—and it's shielding corporations from scamming and abusing customers and employees. Tomorrow, @brendanballou.bsky.social, founder of the Public Integrity Project, joins the pod to discuss the corrupting force of forced arbitration.

Our team worked late Friday to oppose the government's motion to stay in our case on behalf of @katiephang.bsky.social to fully release the Epstein Files. It's a great brief, and huge kudos to the team--Sam Ward-Packard and Emily Gilman--for making such a thoughtful argument.

$131.5 million: the largest labor settlement in NYC’s history — and the largest resulting from any law I authored (so far).

‘We Screwed Up’: DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Stiffed NYC Delivery Workers

The settlement is the largest of its kind in New York City history.

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Currently reading @brendanballou.bsky.social’s book ‘When Companies Run the Courts’, and this is the money question I’ve asked all year long. When we say we need to get money out of politics this is what we mean. When billionaires and corporations can buy the courts, you get mafia-style favours.

In our lawsuit on behalf of @theintercept.com and @freedom.press, 53 former federal prosecutors and agents have said that Trump's selling early access to his Truth Social posts isn't just unconstitutional -- it's likely criminal. www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-fede...

Ex-federal prosecutors say Trump media company's scheme to sell early access to Truth Social posts is likely criminal

Trump Media & Technology recently launched a Truth Social API data feed, charging $100,000 for "real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts."

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This is a really good idea. Use California state law to sue over other federal laws. Congratulations to @normeisen.bsky.social and @mattplatkin.bsky.social for bringing this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

San Francisco Sues to Stop Early Access to Trump’s Truth Social Posts

The city attorney argued that the service, available for up to $100,000 a month, could allow wealthy traders to manipulate the market, while leaving out everyday investors.

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Spoke with @mspopok.bsky.social about the legal tactics in our Epstein case on behalf of @katiephang.bsky.social and what comes next.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ballou: It’s possible that there was just a blanket procedure not to produce documents that related to Donald Trump. I don’t want to get ahead of our skis here, but it does seem like they have repeatedly mentioned that there was withholding based on executive privilege, which just makes no sense.

Today, billionaires yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top. As a result, a billionaire media company closely allied with the president will soon own one of its closest rivals, including some of the nation’s critical news outlets. Saudi Arabia will co-own those outlets, too.

NEW: A BIG order in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche, ordering him to finally answer my complaint. I explain how the judge rejected every one of Blanche’s excuses as to why he blew the deadline to respond & why this order moves my lawsuit even faster to the finish line: youtu.be/9bKB3rbRNCo?...

🚨Judge SLAMS AG Blanche And REJECTS His EXCUSES In NEW Order In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!

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We break down the latest rulings in our @katiephang.bsky.social Epstein Files case with @aliciamenendez.bsky.social www.ms.now/on-the-line/...

AG Blanche ordered to release Trump accuser interview notes in Epstein probe

A federal judge has ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to provide handwritten FBI interview notes concerning an accuser's allegations against President Trump. The judge also threatened Blanche with...

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Success! Judge Sullivan has rejected the Trump admin's delay tactics our case on behalf of @katiephang.bsky.social over the Epstein Files. DOJ must file its answer and produce evidence within weeks. *And* it must finally start reviewing all the foreign language documents it’s refused to review.

In Trump's last-minute effort to take over mail-in balloting, Justice Alito (dissenting), makes a baffling argument: it was actually the *states* that were partly to blame for any delay, for bothering to sue over the illegal scheme.

(Personal post) Success! We won the right for Paul Clarke, a tenant organizer, to return to organizing at one of the allegedly worst buildings in the city. If your landlord in DC is preventing you from organizing for better conditions, reach out. www.instagram.com/reel/DcyO7LS...

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“The Defendant, Attorney General Todd Blanche, objects—yet again—to complying with this Court’s orders.” - We just filed our reply in @katiephang.bsky.social's lawsuit over the Epstein files. We’re seeking FBI notes about President Trump, and answers on redactions DOJ made. shorturl.at/vUWvv

President Trump, Natalie Harp, and Dan Scavino are pursuing a corrupt scheme to charge $100,000 per *month* for early access to the President's Truth Social posts. Last night we and our partners representing @freedom.press and @theintercept.com moved to stop them.

Brendan Ballou on the Truth Social lawsuit, which now includes Natalie Harp: Public reporting shows that he relies on people like Natalie Harp… If we’re going to seek injunctive relief, it’s not just going to be against the president, but against the whole infrastructure…

We've included Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino in our lawsuit over the Truth Social API. They're part of the government infrastructure for the President's pay-for-information scheme.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Brendan Ballou on the Truth Social lawsuit, which now includes Natalie Harp: Public reporting shows that he relies on people like Natalie Harp… If we’re going to seek injunctive relief, it’s not just going to be against the president, but against the whole infrastructure…

PLUS: The latest in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche. Did the DOJ appeal Judge Sullivan??

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's Tuesday and it's time for SIDEBAR Live at 5:30 pm ET! Lots of headlines to cover, including exclusive news out of Texas on MN AG Keith Ellison's attempts to get ICE agent, Christian Castro, extradited back to MN to face criminal charges! www.youtube.com/live/37bTKhE...

We got to get in the weeds a bit with @legalafmtn.bsky.social on our litigation to stop the Trump's scheme to charge $100,000/month for early access to his Truth Social posts (and the latest in our Katie Phang case). www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD9A...

Blanche SWEATS as DOJ BLOWS Deadline in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files Case & Faces Default Judgment!!!

YouTube video by Legal AF

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The phrase “what if Obama did this” gets thrown around a lot these days…

Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay that allows Trump to continue with ballroom construction while justices figure out what next steps to take. More to come on this.