Mister Midnight

@mstrmidnight.bsky.social

🫘 A career NatSec professional that embraces America as a truly extraordinary place...with flaws and issues that need serious attention. Dedicated to the greater good. Giving this Bluesky thing a try. Also on Spoutible. #leguminati4lyfe

We need strong rules to rein in advanced AI and keep people safe. But instead of governing, Trump is wining and dining these AI billionaires and saying: let those guys do whatever they want. Trump is putting the American people and our security at risk. It needs to stop.

NEW: Judge Reyes intends to appoint Jessie K. Liu—former US Attorney for the District of Columbia during the first Trump administration—to serve as special master to investigate whether DOJ or Department of Interior counsel have committed ethical violations in the golf course case.

MINUTE ORDER. For the reasons stated at the October 30, 2026, hearing, the Court intends to appoint a special master to investigate whether Department of Justice or Department of the Interior counsel have committed ethical violations in this matter through October 31, 2026. See Dkt. 123 at 70-74; see also Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53. The Court gives Notice of its intent to appoint former United States Attorney Jessie K. Liu as the Special Master.Ms. Liu served as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2017 to 2020, the same office in which she previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney. In addition, she has held senior positions at the Justice Department. These include deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division; counsel to the deputy attorney general on national security issues; and deputy chief of staff for the National Security Division. Ms. Liu also served as deputy general counsel of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury. In addition, Ms.
Liu has been a partner at several international law firms. She is currently a partner at Liu Shur Kravis LLP. Pursuant to Rule 53(b)(1), the Court provides the parties an opportunity to be heard on its intent to appoint Ms. Liu at the Government's cost.
Any party wishing to be heard shall do so in writing by 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 13, 2026. Any response by the Government will be without prejudice to its argument, if any, that the Court should not conduct an ethics inquiry. If the Court appoints Ms. Liu, it will enter a detailed order doing so. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 11/7/2026.

On this day in 1891, a Czech Jewish man was born. On 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his wife Alžběta, and on 9 May 1942 on a transport to Sobibór. He perished in the Shoah. His name was Leopold Dahl. Please support @sobibor.org

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Men are not ok. A 20 yo woman who was the co-pilot of the plane that crashed in Florida has been disparaged for doing her job, and (mostly) men are also suggesting women shouldn’t be pilots. People judge women more harshly in male-dominant fields, as demonstrated by a study of surgeon referrals.