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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

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we're growing basil, chives, and green onions. :) not much, but its been some years since ive last done it and this feels like an amount i can manage for now

DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris in 2024.

Among cancellations with election data available, 92.9% and 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% and 92.4% of total dollar amounts.

Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Strategy for Defying Court Orders The Trump administration is banking on Americans giving it a pass on violating District Chief Judge Judge Boasberg's court order.

AG Bondi claims that a judge sided with a Venezuelan terrorist group over the American people in a recent decision. That isn’t true.

But Mary McCord (@icapgeorgetown.bsky.social) argues that Bondi’s false assertion does reveal the Trump administration’s political strategy for defying court orders.

Dellinger v. Bessent (D.D.C.)
Case No. 1:25-cv-00385-ABJ
The independent agency who's job it was to find corruption in the government was put in legal stasis so that the executive could continue to do illegal things for a long enough time for it not to matter.

Relentless documentation is one way journalists can contribute and work against "flooding the zone."

How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military This unprecedented purge of the nation’s top brass suggests that Trump may attempt to fill these roles with officers he perceives as loyal.

In a Must Read.

Former senior Navy personnel lawyer in the Pentagon analyzes the significant legal and policy issues raised by the major shakeup at the Department of Defense.

The latest by @marknevitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/108284/how-t...

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Updates to existing cases

- American Federation of Gov’t Employees v Ezell (federal employee buyouts)

Judge dissolved TRO, denied further relief

- Dellinger v Bessent (firing Special Counsel)

D.C. Circuit dismissed appeal. District court issued TRO requiring Dellinger continue in his position

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Three new cases filed last night added to Litigation Tracker.

1. Perez Parra v. Castro: On migrant transfers to Guantanamo (followed quickly by Temporary Restraining Order)

2. National Treasury Union v. Vought: To preserve CFPB

3. National Treasury Union v. Vought: Employee records and privacy

Early Edition: January 5, 2025 A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.

Today's news roundup:
-USAID staff placed on leave effective Friday, ordered home from overseas posts
-First US military flight carrying migrants lands in Guantanamo
-Four new lawsuits launched against Trump administration
-US allies rebuke Trump's Gaza remarks👇
www.justsecurity.org/107441/early...

Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.

I will let you know if I hear anything. Best wishes, reach out if you need anything else.

Are you still down in Austin? Is there assistance I can provide?

You okay bro?

Wow! that's impressive.

Cosplay of an Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Ranger w/ Galvanic Rifle

I forgot to share on here I was at Anime Frontier last weekend!