Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files

@taravanho.bsky.social of St Mary School of Law, Texas says the obligation to conduct due diligence on Palantir "stems from international law" and applies regardless of whether funds have signed up to any alliance. Membership, "is not a substitute for doing their own human rights due diligence." 6/9

TB 🔙 After the LaFarge decision this week, we suggest another episode we did into corporate responsibility: Investor State Dispute Settlements. To find out more — listen to our throwback this week where @taravanho.bsky.social gave us a quick primer. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 54 – ISDS 101 with Tara van Ho

Janet and Stephanie sit down with Dr Tara van Ho to get a crash course in Investor State Dispute Settlements and the controversy around them

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Not the only issue, but the plaintiff in this case appears to have relied on some fake judgments due to use of AI 🙄

Does anyone know who is prepping the case to challenge the SAVE Act when passed? Having checked that it would cost me $57 to get an Ohio birth certificate while in Texas -- and knowing that I've not always been able to afford an extra $57 to exercise my right to vote -- I'd happily be a plaintiff.

Such an honor to be in the inaugural class of business and human rights scholars in residence at St. Mary’s School of law in lovely San Antonio! Huge thanks to @taravanho.bsky.social and @jenatmartin.bsky.social for putting together this wonderful program

I don't understand why the Democrats aren't just walking out en masse to protest his lies.

Why does Mike Johnson look like he wants to cry?

This State of the Union is going to be stupidly long because the GOP feels the need to clap for Dear Leader after every sentence.

Message of Savannah Guthrie to her mother Nancy’s abductor: “It’s never too late to do the right thing.” If you know anything about where Nancy Guthrie might be please contact 1-890-CALL-FBI

When Vichy liberal fucks say ICE just needs more training, *this guy* is literally the person that would be doing that training. Along with Israeli soldiers with the latest new tips and tricks for enforcing genocidal apartheid.

As always, I ♥️ Laura Tingle.

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement: “It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”

During the season in which we celebrate Jesus's family -- who in his earliest days, fled oppression and became refugees in Egypt -- I'd encourage the Anglican Church to regularly remind Reform UK that their policies are antithetical to Christian beliefs.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The UK far right is increasingly infiltrating the Anglican church so this is bang on trend.

I'm teaching International Laws of Armed Conflict this Spring. I had a very straight-forward & easy agenda, particularly since it's my first time teaching this as a stand-alone course & I'm doing it in Texas. But now ... the last week... Any experienced US based LOAC teachers willing to talk?

Good morning.

The brilliant Erika George addressing DEI & racism in the U.S. in Assembly Hall. #BizHumanRights #UNForumBHR

Tell me again that we can't remove confederate statues because their part of our history.... Also, every corporate donor to this project should be on boycott lists. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238754

Demolition of the White House's East Wing facade starts for Trump's ballroom project

President Donald Trump insisted in July that the $250 million project, which he said he and private donors would finance, “won’t interfere with the current building.”

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Heartbroken to hear about the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque. She was an incredible advocate & scholar. The world is a sadder place.

Favourites so far (in order of status after 1 listen through): 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Cancelled 3. Fate of Ophelia 🧡 #TS12

The idea that Pete Hegseth has the competence to lecture that room of military brass on warrior ethos would be laughable if it were an SNL skit. As it is reality... it's not funny.

Every time I think about Trump speaking to 800 military brass, I'm reminded of when Saddam Hussein brought the Baath party together just to performatively arrest & kill people for "trason" -- based on a hoax he made up himself.

“It represents the most significant legal step yet by the Trump administration to harry, punish and humiliate a former official the president identified as an enemy, at the expense of procedural safeguards intended to shield the Justice Department from political interference and personal vendettas.”

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

Breaking News: A federal grand jury is said to have indicted James Comey, after President Trump intensified his pressure campaign on the Justice Department.

Should this man be in any law enforcement position? Now ask this: do you believe this man will face any consequences for this violent assault on an unarmed, emotionally distressed woman? We can call in complaints to the DHS misconduct hotline: 1-800-323-8603 www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · last yr.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

I was having a similar thought yesterday as I was reviewing the Supreme Court's racial profiling shadow docket order, which--like so many of the Court's orders, as @sifill.bsky.social has pointed out--just substitutes their own nonsense for all the diligent, real fact-finding the trial court did

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · last yr.

If your worldview can't coexist with facts, the solution isn't to just change the facts.

Thinking today about the white woman I represented who was charged with something she didn't do. The cop testilied, and she freaked out saying that it was impossible for a cop to not tell the truth because that was illegal. When I told her that it happened all the time,

Horrific ideas for $1000, Alex. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tony Blair in discussions to run transitional Gaza authority

The former prime minister has been in high-level planning talks over the territory's future, the BBC understands.

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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project * Middle East crisis – live updates Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said. Continue reading...

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Pew Research looks the same:

An update from Chicago's local CBS station: SNIPERS! ICE has snipers targeting protestors. WHAT THE HELL? bsky.app/profile/cweb...

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last yr.

WTF! ICE agents are cosplaying as snipers now? Protesters are clashing with ICE outside the immigration processing facility in west suburban Broadview. Agents dragged two protesters, including one pulled inside the building. A chemical agent was reportedly sprayed.