Mark Ramm: Debugging the Future

Pam Bondi Called a Republican “Trump Derangement Syndrome” for Asking About Epstein The Attorney General's 5-hour testimony revealed who this DOJ protects—and who it exposes.

Bondi called Rep. Massie "Trump derangement syndrome" — for asking about Epstein survivors.
He co-authored the transparency law. Asked why survivors weren't warned before their names were released. Her response: attack him.

The Four Thresholds When Law Enforcement Becomes a Paramilitary Force

The Four Thresholds
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Trump Said the Quiet Part Out Loud From “Fentanyl WMD” to “Seize the Oil” in Twelve Hours

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Trump announced the Venezuela invasion as a drug war at 4 AM.

By noon he was talking about oil companies spending "billions."

The pretext lasted 12 hours.

The Cover-Up Is Leaking—Or Is It a Trap? The DOJ just confirmed what I predicted on Friday: they released a document they knew was fake, let it spread for hours, then exposed it. This isn’t incompetence—it’s strategic contamination.

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Strategic Contamination: The DOJ Trap: Mixing Truth with Lies

The DOJ released a letter they'd known was fake since 2020, let it spread for hours, then exposed it.
This isn't incompetence—it's strategic contamination.
When you mix verified evidence (flight logs, $851K overtime, flagging directives) with known fakes, both become suspect.
That's the trap.

EMERGENCY BRIEFING: The Supreme Court Just Greenlit Deportations to War Zones How a 6-3 decision reveals the complete breakdown of constitutional safeguards

I've written a full, rapid-response breakdown of the case and its implications.
Read the full intelligence briefing here:

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The precedent this sets is terrifying. It creates a playbook for authoritarianism:

* Defy any court order you don't like.
* Claim emergency powers.
* Count on a captured SCOTUS majority to bail you out with an unsigned, unexplained order.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent is absolutely blistering. She accuses the government of "flagrantly unlawful conduct" and the majority of a "gross abuse" of power.
Her money quote: The Court apparently finds "violence in farflung locales more palatable than" inconveniencing the executive branch.

The case is D.V.D. v. DHS. The administration was caught repeatedly defying federal court injunctions, deporting people to active conflict zones like South Sudan & Libya, sometimes with less than 24 hours' notice, while their cases were still active.

MERGENCY BRIEFING: The Supreme Court just used its shadow docket to greenlight deportations to war zones.
In a 6-3 unsigned order, the majority rewarded the executive branch for openly defying lower court orders. It's a case of democratic backsliding in plain sight. #SCOTUS #ConLaw

This is because he is now in the pocket of the Saudi government.

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Learnings from two years of using AI tools for software engineering How to think about today’s AI tools, approaches that work well, and concerns about using them for development. Guest post by Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks

I wrote a guest post on The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/two-years-... rounding up 2 years of using AI coding assistants - how they evolved; ways of working; impact I see on speed, quality and team flow; and some thoughts on the future