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(2/2) Why not just publish daily shows at, say, 8pm ET? Right now, they're filmed hours before... So shows would be more relevant, more likely to draw people in prime demos, who could watch whatever their bedtimes?

Is it $? Logistics? (Not a media reporter -- please forgive my ignorance!)

Question!! (1/2): Why haven’t streamers aggressively gone after the late night market? (For all political persuasions!)
Whenever I have watched a late show it’s always been the next day on YouTube, because I’m old now and should be asleep by the “live” airing...

Trump Readies Tax, Criminal Crackdowns on Liberal Groups After Kirk Killing The Trump administration is making plans for how to go after left-wing groups it says are fomenting political violence following the killing of Charlie Kirk, while nonprofits prepare to defend themsel...

A deeper look at how the Trump administration is targeting liberal groups, with @caitlinreilly.bsky.social and @simonefoxman.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia

Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia - interesting read, highlighting dual standards of social conduct that apply to expats, something that's overwhelmingly clear when you travel across the Gulf region www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...

DOJ Memo Questions Laws for Race- and Gender-Based Scholarships A memo from the US Department of Justice ramps up the pressure on government contractors, universities, nonprofits and other entities doing business with the government to pare back any scholarship pr...

The Department of Justice takes an expansive view of what constitutes DEI under new guidance... Among their targets:
- Scholarships only open to people of a certain race (maybe also: gender, religion, etc.)
- Diverse slates
- Diversity statements
More:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Can Zohran Mamdani Give New York City Families Free Child Care? New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary this week has brought his unapologetically ambitious plan one giant step closer to fruition: for the city to become t...

ICYMI from me: Can Zohran Mamdani Give New York City Families Free Child Care?
- I look into the growing 2-K + beyond movement in NYC and the potential costs after the stunning primary result
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

(Not that I ever thought social media was unbiased! Just am surprised at how one-sided the echo chamber seems when the polling suggests a much more split electorate.)

Given all the numbers in this thread, I've been a bit surprised to see just *how* stilted my social media feeds are (mine seem extremely pro-Mamdani).

Maybe results will differ from this polling. But if they're anything close... then it's a good reminder to be dubious of social media.

How Home Depot Parking Lots Turned Into Deportation Hotspots Undocumented day laborers have been gathering at the fringes of America’s biggest home-improvement retailer for decades. Federal agents are turning up there, too.

How Home Depot Parking Lots Turned Into Deportation Hotspots
Undocumented laborers have long gathered at fringes of US's No.1 home-improvement retailer. Federal agents are turning up there, too
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com @emilyflitter.bsky.social @simonefoxman.bsky.social

How Home Depot Parking Lots Turned Into Deportation Hotspots Undocumented day laborers have been gathering at the fringes of America’s biggest home-improvement retailer for decades. Federal agents are turning up there, too.

NEW: In the 30-year history of organizing for day laborers’ rights which began in LA, Home Depot has played a key role. Here’s how the retailer interacts with organizers & the laborers themselves, who often wait for work near its stores. W/ @simonefoxman.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Great big take on the potential "death spiral" facing US mass transit - with an ominous warning for the 2026 World Cup
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ Anna Bower Sunday, April 27, 2025, 4:05 PM Share On: f X in & G B A new court filing reveals the most compelling evidence yet that the government has been spinning a fiction about DOGE in federal court.

NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.”

But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...

After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her...

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.

Zuckerberg-funded school for low-income families in Silicon Valley to shut down A Zuckerberg-funded tuition-free school serving low-income families in Silicon Valley is closing at the end of the 2025–26 school year.

Two Zuckerberg-financed schools designed for low-income students -- in East Palo Alto and East Bay -- are shutting down.

East Palo Alto's Enrollment: 443 students, most Latino.

The reason: Zuckerberg's charity won't say.

Free link ⤵️

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A

A short🧵: The Trump executive order "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" sets out to eliminate liability under federal civil rights laws for disparate impact. It includes a lot of bluster, but its key operative provisions instruct DOJ to begin the process of rescinding regulations.

Re: MTA v. Duffy, No. 25 Civ. 1413 (S.D.N.Y.) Dear Erin: We write with respect to the above-referenced litigation brought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA") against the U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT"), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA"), and Executive Director of the FHWA, Gloria Shepherd, to provide you with information concerning (1) the litigation risk that DOT faces in defending the Secretary's February 19, 2025 decision to terminate the New York City Central Business District Tolling Program ("CBDTP") agreement, and (2) a process for terminating the CBDTP agreement outside of the current litigation for DOT to consider. As discussed below, there is considerable litigation risk in defending the Secretary's February 19, 2025 decision against plaintiffs' claims under the Administrative Procedure Act, that the decision was contrary to law, pretextual rocedurally arbitrary and capricious, and violated due process. For the reasons outlined below, it is unlikely that Judge Liman or further courts of review will accept the argument that the CBDTP was not a statutorily authorized "value pricing" pilot under the Value Prising Pilot Program (" ar FHWA may, however, be able to properly terminate the CBDTP value pricing pilot pursuant to established Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") regulations concerning the termination of cooperative agreements. Termination of the CBDTP agreement pursuant to these OMB regulations would still allow FHWA to end the CBDTP for the Secretary's stated reasons, but would do so as a matter of changed agency priorities rather than arguing the CBDTP was not statutorily authorized in the first instance. Importantly, DOT can seek termination of the agreement pursuant to the OMB regulations in addition to, and not in place of, defending the rationale laid out in the Secretary's letter. Case 1:25-cv-01413-LJL Document 65 Filed 04/23/25 Page 2 of 11 Page 2

So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

mitch mcconnell on trump’s tariffs, speaking like a republican no longer seeking reelection

“they are a tax on everyday working americans. preserving the long-term prosperity of american industry and workers requires working with our allies, not against them.”

ADL appears to pivot somewhat on campus antisemitism crackdown, weighing in critically on arrests of college students:
ejewishphilanthropy.com/we-must-figh...

Big Law’s Big Lawyer to Fight Trump Is a Conservative Superstar He is, by most accounts, a LeBron James of lawyers – a master who’s handled more Supreme Court cases than just about anyone else in recent history.

Big Law’s Big Lawyer to Fight Trump Is a Conservative Superstar

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @gregstohr.bsky.social David Voreacos, Ava Benny-Morrison @emilyflitter.bsky.social David Gillen @simonefoxman.bsky.social Meghan Tribe.

Inside Big Law’s Tussle to Take on Trump Simone Foxman is a reporter for Bloomberg News’ Equality team. She covers topics ranging from women in the work place to race and equity initiatives. You can subscribe here, and share feedback here.

ICYMI: Big Law has been in uproar as firms consider how to respond to executive orders. We found out more about what's happening behind the scenes - & why many top firms have been hesitant to join a legal effort combatting the orders

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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Wilmer Hale, also subject to an EO yesterday, is also suing...

Final Consumer Sentiment data from UMich just released. No bueno.
- *2/3* of consumers expect unemployment to rise in year ahead. Highest reading since 2009
-long-term inflation expectations hit a *32-yr high*
-Expectations index plunged 18%, and has now lost more than *30%* since November 2024

Jenner & Block Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

A judge dismissed a lawsuit against a Citigroup fee waiver program for minority-owned banks, saying that the plaintiffs -- customers of Chase and BofA who paid higher fees at Citi ATMs -- lacked standing to sue.

(my story from July here: bloomberg.com/news/article... )

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Bessent Resists DOGE Cuts That Put Low-Income Lending Program Under Fire President Donald Trump’s aggressive government cost-cutting agenda is forcing his Treasury chief to balance support for that mission with efforts to protect a crucial financial lifeline for millions o...

New from me, @emilyflitter.bsky.social and @theamarareport.bsky.social - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is walking a tightrope as he tries to keep a popular community-lending initiative, the CDFI Fund, alive even after it was targeted by a Trump EO: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

Canadian citizen says she was on a routine visa application visit to San Diego when she ended up in ICE detention for 2 weeks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bessent Resists DOGE Cuts That Put Low-Income Lending Program Under Fire President Donald Trump’s aggressive government cost-cutting agenda is forcing his Treasury chief to balance support for that mission with efforts to protect a crucial financial lifeline for millions o...

Bessent Resists DOGE Cuts That Put Low-Income Lending Program Under Fire
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com @emilyflitter.bsky.social @simonefoxman.bsky.social @theamarareport.bsky.social

New @nbcnews.com poll indicates why DEI is becoming such a salient political issue...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...