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I’m a professional designer and metalsmith interested in law, politics, art and science. Trying to remain sane in an insane world. Knowledge is power.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia took the California bar exam but didn't pass it. Trump has referred to her as an attorney.
Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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Ukraine’s Starlink access has been restricted without warning, adding to growing confusion about whether the United States has begun limiting intelligence and military aid to Ukraine.
U.S. warnings sow confusion, alarm in Ukraine over intelligence, Starlink access
The reports of restrictions on the internet service used for military operations, including interceptor drones, came as President Volodymr Zelensky said missiles hit Kyiv without any warning from part...
washingtonpost.com
No one is forcing you to describe her this way, NYT. "Symbol of centrism" maybe, but "paragon of decorum" is too much lipstick on the pig.
The Trump administration’s repeated attempts to exert control over this year’s midterm elections — a power the Constitution does not grant the president — have left the legal landscape for collecting and counting ballots in a state of near-constant flux. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As Election Day nears, these federal cases could still impact access to the ballot
The Trump administration’s actions have left the legal landscape for collecting and counting ballots in a state of near-constant flux.
democracydocket.com
D.C. Court of Appeals: "Respondent's graduation from law school does not entitle him to call himself a lawyer.” law.justia.com/cases/distri...
Brad Heath@bradheath.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m not sure the courts of California would agree with this. And I’m sure D.C. doesn’t.
Mitch McConnell is excited to get back to doing what he loves, taking away people's rights and healthcare
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 9, 2026 ~ Pandora's Forest "It would take over 100 years of afforestation and forest management at the current scale, and zero residual CO2 emissions, to bring warming back by 0.1°C." newrepublic.com/article/2151...
Carbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime Soon
A new U.N. climate report says that massive amounts of carbon capture and storage can keep a long-shot climate goal within reach. But nobody should be counting on it.
newrepublic.com
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
Judges appointed by presidents of both parties are signing the same briefs against Trump's election orders That should tell you how far outside the lines this is @democracydefendersfund.org & partners have taken the big tent approach from day one, & it is working @theguardian.com👇 -TN
Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’
Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’
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At one Wisconsin private school, we found that: • The board chair also helps manage school operations. • His accounting firm has an $87K contract with the school. Both of these things would be prohibited at a public school.
At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
propublica.org
It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last mo.Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?
More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.
Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.
"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
cbsnews.com
PLAYING DJ KHALED'S "ALL I DO IS WIN" ALLL DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. Y'all better talk nice to me now.
Drake Gets Hyped at Basketball Game
ALT: Drake Gets Hyped at Basketball Game
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My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror
What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.
karenattiah.substack.com
VICTORY: Karen Attiah wins her case against Bezos' Washington Post An arbitrator has now ruled that no fortune is big enough to buy the 1st Amendment. She is REINSTATED @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to rep her w/ @wbng.org in this landmark fight
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
nytimes.com
Uefa says they have reason to believe that Trump, Joshua Kushner and Infantino hatched a corrupt scheme involving the privatization of Fifa, and they are suing for damages and the ouster of Infantino. They have issued an anti-spoliation letter today demanding preservation of documents..
the wnba alienating their core audience for the sake of people who wouldn’t watch a wnba game to save their child’s life is a bold gambit, to be sure
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
Uncle Fuzzzy 🦆@unclefuzzzy.bsky.social · 6mo agoFunny, that’s what we thought about pocket calculators in 1974
Five months ago, on Feb. 26, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz was and open international waterway, as it had been for decades. Five months later, thanks to Trump's war, the Strait is closed, we've lost 18 service members and spent ~$100b, and the U.S. is neither as liked nor as trusted nor as feared.
Infantino tries to get Trump to leave. “Nah I’m okay standing right here.”
$125 MILLION dollars of taxpayer money for phony pretext material to destroy American elections
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew from 404 Media: ICE plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for data to investigate what it calls 'voters fraud'. News comes day after Trump laying the groundwork to undermine the midterms. ICE says Thomson Reuters can continuously track millions of people. www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-t...
This alone should be a decade-defining political scandal resulting in prison sentences.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4mo agoInvestment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.
Loved ones and a congresswoman described Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as a hardworking 52-year-old father of three U.S. citizens with no criminal convictions.
'He did not deserve to die': Family of man killed by ICE speaks out
Loved ones and a congresswoman described Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as a hardworking 52-year-old father of three U.S. citizens with no criminal convictions.
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