Timothy A Wiseman

Opinion | Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is a grim joke Hussein Ibish: Rather than serving any of the millions of homeless people of Gaza, this “board” is another of Trump’s monuments to himself.

Trump's Board of Peace appears to be a distraction at best and an outright sham at worst.

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Ludovic Mbock has been in US more than half his life, having graduated from a MD high school in 2006. It's unclear when/how he emigrated from Cameroon, but it's hard to imagine he was flaunting immigration violations while competing in Street Fighter tourneys for 12+ years across the US. End ICE.

For you and me, its nothing. For many of the unhoused or some elderly persons, it can be a surprisingly high bar. Also, while the requirement to show reasonable ID *might* make sense, most proposals for ID requirements get very specific with ID requirements that many people don't have.

I know this is supposed to be a joke only because of the account it came from. I know people that have tried to make arguments along these lines unironically.

The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet

For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called "censorship industrial complex." We were told, repeatedly and at high volume,…

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Trump officials have blocked Minnesota law enforcement from accessing materials to investigate the death of Alex Pretti.

They also refused to cooperate with Minnesota officials to investigate Renee Good’s death.

What don’t they want the public to know?

You are correct.

Now, we need a strong leader from the opposition party to actively work on doing something about it. Since the opposition party is in the minority by definition, we might give that person a title like "Senate Minority Leader" when they started opposing things like this.

I have a new post at Techdirt that is both a look back at just about everything I've written about Section 230 since its 20th birthday, and a crash course in how it works and why we need it.

This week Section 230 turned 30, and you'll see a bunch of posts on Techdirt today and the rest of the week about the importance of Section 230, but my first contribution this week is how the arguments against 230 are so contradictory that it should give everyone pause to consider why.

Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon.

While cautious, appropriate use of #AI and #LLMs can sometimes assist in research and speed up workflow, they still hallucinate / confabulate and still provide incorrect information at times. Double-checking is vital when accuracy matters.

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Trump tries to show off his math skills, but flunks arithmetic The president doesn’t use numbers and statistics like an adult; he uses numbers and statistics that he thinks sound good and make him feel better.

Trump seems to have extreme difficulty with math.

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No one should be opposed to this.

The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically It'll convince people that free speech is a sham

Learned Hand said: “liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.”

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#freespeech

This is not normal. Silencing reporters and punishing free speech is cowardly behavior from those afraid of the truth.

People on the right side of history will not be silenced.

Speculation that the FBI special agent in charge in Atlanta was fired when he raised questions about the planned raid on the Fulton County elections center are confirmed.

The First Amendment is a foundational promise to every American: Each of us has the freedom to speak, to report, and to hold those in power accountable without fear of retribution or retaliation.

“The government’s arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon because the evidence for these vindictive and unconstitutional charges was insufficient, and Lemon has every right to document news and inform the public. Instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. “These arrests, under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting, are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists. The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. Fort’s arrest is meant to instill the same fear in local independent journalists as big names like Lemon. “The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment."

"News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend [independent journalists Don] Lemon’s and [Georgia] Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”

Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.

Don Lemon, 3 others arrested over Minnesota church protest The former CNN anchor said he was there as a journalist, not an activist.

Based upon currently available information, this arrest seems to be unjustified and immoral.

But it also just seems strategically unwise for the administration. This will likely draw more attention to Don Lemon and his reporting.

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#freedonlemon #streisandeffect

I've been there. Good luck. Coffee helps.

Screenshot of TruthSocial post by President Trump complaining that Mayor Frey won't enforce federal immigration law, and calling it a "very serious violation of the Law."

In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.

The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:

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Yes, the Courts should in fact step in. But it seems that Congress could also be doing a lot here, Senator...

Immigrants often don't open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers It has become common knowledge in immigrant communities across the U.S. to not open the door for federal immigration agents unless they show a warrant signed by a judge.

The idea of #ICE ignoring the Fourth Amendment and forcing their way into people's homes is unamerican and generally horrifying.

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JD Vance comes up with a new metaphor for the Trump-led economy: The Titanic I don’t want to spoil the story for the vice president, but that ship’s problem wasn’t the direction it was heading.

I have no faith in the ability of Trump or Vance to improve the economy or to use appropriate metaphors.

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Well, this is horrifying.

Opinion | Stephen Miller's viral 'Star Trek' post is 'beyond parody' The diversity on display in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" that has conservatives riled up has always been at the heart of the sci-fi franchise.

Star Trek has always been woke, and that is part of its greatness.

As for Starfleet Academy, it isn't perfect but it has potential and I personally like it.

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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.

I mean, it seems that suspension under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment is also an option. But yes, if Trump is left as President, it is calamity for the United States and there are adequate grounds for impeachment and removal.

The connection between things Trump says and the truth often seems tenuous at best.

This is good news for once. Keep going.