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Meredith Rose

@mrose.ink

Grumpy feminist lawyer. Writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, @publicknowledge.bsky.social . Copyright, copywrong, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff. Negate the gods -- raise rocks. She/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Kelly@justkelly.bsky.social · 8h ago

She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.

merritt@merrittk.com · 7h ago

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10h ago

There is a cottage industry on that other site of people in official government legal jobs affirmatively misstating or misrepresenting what rulings are about and then expressing surprise that anyone could possibly disagree. Just the latest example—from the Solicitor General of Iowa:

“Can President Trump use lawful authority granted by Congress to deport illegal aliens to third countries? The Supreme Court has stayed an order saying no twice, now stayed a permanent injunction for a third time. Oddly, 6-3 despite a similar posture to the Missouri First map”
Aimee Witteman@aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 7h ago

A footnote to my Lyme story: my husband hunts deer because we have WAY too many in the DMV. I call venison hyper-local, climate-friendly protein with ecological benefits (a take that is not wildly popular in Takoma Park). But after my diagnosis, I have a new slogan: eat the deer, reduce the ticks.

Aimee Witteman@aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 8h ago

This recent NYT story on the rise of tick-borne illnesses hit very close to home when it was published last month. I’ve spent much of my career working on climate change. I didn’t expect one of its health impacts to become quite so personal. Consider this a PSA. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/m...

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 13h ago

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h ago

80% serious: some influencer should get a couple historians and natsec scholars on to watch and react to this anti-FBI TV series live

Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 8h ago

“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.”

Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 8h ago

“Patel is apparently planning a trip to Russia, a country that (a) is no friend of the United States nor the FBI specifically and yet (b) is quite friendly with Patel, including via a ‘Russia-linked production company’ that evidently previously paid Patel $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI TV series.”

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13h ago

FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...

Riana@riana.bsky.social · 11h ago

I'm just utterly nerd-sniped, in a Lewis Black "if it wasn't for my horse" sort of way like, it's almost a cargo-cult imitation of what a CFAA complaint would allege about time spent on investigation & remediation, in order to hit the statutory standing $ threshold under the CFAA (which 502 lacks!)

Riana@riana.bsky.social · 12h ago

I cannot stop thinking about these paragraphs, which is to say, they have distracted me from the actual work I was working on, brb drafting a complaint

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h ago

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

IV The appellants mount two main attacks on the district court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith. Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆@sababausa.bsky.social · 15h ago

Eleventh Circuit refuses to block the district court's sanctions order in the "$1.776 billion Weaponization Fund Settlement" case I'm reading through the panel's 22-page decision now... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Gus Orviston@orviston.bsky.social · 14h ago

This thread is a good explainer, imho. This seems a similar point that points made in Jeff Bergner's book "The Vanishing Congress," which should be far more well known than it I think it probably is.

Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · 16h ago

So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/

Kieron Gillen@kierongillen.bsky.social · 3y ago

If Bruce Wayne was serious about cleaning up crime in Gotham City instead of dressing up as a Bat, he should spend his billions on buying DC comics and making them publish comics with less crime in them.

Ward Q. Normal (he/him)@wardqnormal.bsky.social · 14h ago

Great thread. Revive the OTA! This is also why I do not support term limits in Congress (at least not until other issues are fixed), because they would increase the churn and lead to even more reliance on lobbyists to explain complex issues.

Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · 16h ago

So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/

Paul Semenza@paulsemenza.bsky.social · 15h ago

Important to note the OTA process. 1) studies could only be requested by committees, not individual congresspeople, meaning their had to be majority interest. 2) OTA had broad staff expertise, also used industry experts as consultants, had advisory boards for each study, and open info sessions.