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Oh look Kansas is making headlines again.

TL/DR: There’s a years long history behind that letter re: drivers licenses being revoked for trans folks.

Including litigation (that the attorney general LOST). Which was why he urged the legislature to intro SB 244 and rush it thru in a gut and go.

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

"SLOPPINESS": The Trump administration claimed that a man detained by ICE had a criminal convictions for marijuana possession in 2009.

The judge pointed out that the man was 4 years old at the time.
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Report “finds that ICE and CBP have formally approved contracts for at least a whopping $144 million in weapons, ammunition, and other accessories during Trump’s first year.… concluding that this will ‘build a heavily-armed domestic police force.’”

Happy to share that Developmental Evidence Rules is forthcoming in the California Law Review! What would it mean to take childhood seriously in evidence law? This article takes up that question.

The Misuses of the University - Public Books Have the funds that might have trained the next generation of scholars at the nation’s first research university have been blown on ostentatious new buildings?

Whewww www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-...

In remarkable 9-page order, Judge Provinzino lifts civil contempt order on AUSA in MN after govt finally complies with her order, but says fact that AUSAs lack "basic resources" & "training" can no longer excuse wrongs to detainees. ...
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Ohio Supreme Court Reaffirms Text-First Approach in Decision Confirming Marsy’s Law Includes Police Officers The court held that police officers can be considered “victims” under laws that give crime victims special protections.

NEW from @statecourtreport.org

According to the Ohio Supreme Court, cops are considered “victims” under Marsy’s Law. This permits the city to redact officers’ names & other info from a newspaper’s public records request.

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Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons "It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.

BREAKING: Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons.

"It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.

Bloody hell. I spent 15 years getting a ban on the use of this stuff in Colombia for the drug war. It’s basically Roundup (linked to cancer).
“Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure an adequate US supply of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides”

An Agonizing Road to a Cancer Diagnosis In Prison He fought for years to have his extreme discomfort taken seriously. After invasive procedures and callous care, was it too late?

"After nearly four hours in surgery, I burrowed my way back to consciousness, only to find one of my arms and a leg shackled to the hospital bed," writes Broadway.

Oakwood Feb 21, 1-4pm: 444 Jesse Jewell pkwy, Gainesville Feb 23, 4-6pm: 1720 Peachtree ST NE, Atlanta Social Circle Every Friday @3pm: 110 Court St., Monroe March 8, 2pm: 110 Court St, Monroe

Would you have protested when the Nazis said they were repurposing buildings in Auschwitz to house detainees?

Will you protest humans concentrated into for-profit warehouses without due process and held indefinitely in inhumane conditions?

Georgia, here’s your chance.

Links below 👇

The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.

Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

two giraffes greet a newborn giraffe

ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

Our faculty strive tirelessly to advance human knowledge and enhance public understanding. It is a tremendous honor to be part of this team.

We have excellent leadership from our Dean, Courtney Anderson, and the central administration, who are driving GSU to the next level of research excellence.

ALT:

The 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings are out: I’m delighted that Georgia State comes in at #56 in the United States.

I’m THRILLED we're tied at #21 (with Yale) for spreading new knowledge across the globe!!

My colleagues do cutting-edge work and valuable public engagement.

This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.

When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.

Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.

Alarming new revelations about ICE's use of administrative subpoenas to get information about people the administration wanted to detain and deport because of their protests against government policies. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...

This is a fascinating, if depressing, read.

Read it all please.

Thus, rather than require such adjudications, the Department is changing its regulations to provide the Board more flexibility in reviewing appeals. Instead, for appeals taken from decisions issued after this IF becomes effective, as explained in Section IV.A of this preamble, the default will be summary dismissal unless a majority of current Board members vote to consider the appeal on the merits. And such dismissals will occur quickly—within 15 days of filing the appeal—allowing aliens to seek Federal court review expeditiously, rather than potentially waiting for years for a Board decision that in the vast majority of cases would affirm the underlying Immigration Judge decision.

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

Tracing the Path from Bernie Goetz and Reagan to Today | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Heather Ann Thompson argues that the rebirth of white rage can be traced back to the Reagan Era and the Bernie Goetz shootings of four Black teenagers on a NYC subway in 1984.

On our show today, @historianheather.bsky.social examined the Bernie Goetz subway shooting and the roots of white rage. Her new book is 'Fear and Fury'. www.wnyc.org/story/tracin...

Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.

Failure to Alert Judge to Press Law for Reporter Search Draws Ethical Scrutiny

Failure to Alert Judge to Press Law for Reporter Search Draws Ethical Scrutiny

The Justice Department may have violated a candor rule by not disclosing a 1980 law when seeking a warrant for a Washington Post reporter’s home.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day