(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve

This isn’t the first time Miller has used the term “plenary authority” with respect to the Presidency. He did so already in March, but that time he was referring to the president’s authority in foreign policy. What’s new here is now to say this absolute power also applies domestically.

It’s also important to flood social media with this jury nullification toolkit so that potential jurors (You?) read it before they become actual jurors.

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We'd be interested in talking about forming a consortium to fundraise for this, and to contribute our progress so far on ebook sales. I wrote about the dangers recently here:

www.cjr.org/analysis/the...

fwiw, if Hive wanted to train its genAI models on images posted to Bluesky it could just point it at the firehose, everything on here is public. There is literally no reason to sneak in and pretend to be doing moderation if that's the goal

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

witnessed by Christopher Lee

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

A think at some point we determined that Salvador Dalí could have watched the first season of Ninja Turtles

actually now I'm wondering if this IS related, like is the fact that a studio is willing to hire Jared Leto in exchange for a wad of cash, if not casual, at least indicative that they otherwise do not give a shit about their movie

no but you don't forget a name like Brianna Chickenfry

I think something we have to do more of is talk about how kickass a lot of American cities are because right now some people think they’re run by Sharia Law nudists and most of us never thought to counter that argument because it’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Oh THAT'S what I know his name from

And I just want to reiterate this ( from a thread deep in replies). I started doing this work before any of these tools existed. The number of my contemporaries in the field who have died by suicide is NOT A SMALL NUMBER. The work is incredibly traumatizing.

This was one of the risks of the shutdown, that Trump would basically just ignore the law and keep paying for shit he decides he wants to fund. Really dunno what you can do with a president who just voids the constitution and a SCOTUS that blesses it.

You think you're making a good solid mid-tier picture and then Jared Leto appears with a wad of cash like a harbinger of doom.

It's not really clear that Leto causes the movies to bomb or he just has incredibly bad instincts for which movies will crash and burn.

he is a Chief, though

Eric Brakey @Eric8rekey I was detained by Border Patrol and Customs for 90 minutes coming back from a @RoyalCa ribbean cruise today in Florida. After they rifled through all my belongings, read my personal joumal, and confiscated rny phone and computer, I had to explain to them that the aFreeStateNH is a non-violent, peaceful libertarian movernent that builds community, culture and political change. We were invited to New Hampshire in the early 2000s bythe Govemor of the state. We reject violence as a path to creating change. In detail, I had to explain the nature of the Defend the Guard rnovernent and assure them that I was not part of a violent extremist group seeking to raise a militia for insurrection against the government. At one point during my detention, I asked for clarification on what rights I had here as a US. citizen and was told that they did not næd a warrant for anything in my possession, including all my elæ•tronic devices. They eventually let me gu Truth be told, I am shaken up and in shock right now. Rate "oposed CMnmu nity 11:59 AM 5, Views

Reminder: Never travel out of the country with your main cell phone (or without backing it up and then doing a factory reset) or laptop.

CBP agents are effectively Redcoats and they WILL delight in reminding you that they owe you no rights.

Yeah look, it's a slick move, using WIC, because who hates WIC? But the precedent is:

1. The president can just unilaterally levy tariffs and
2. Use those dollars to fund ANYTHING, circumventing Congress.

Functionally, it is an autocracy.

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

for a long time my feeling for a lot of this stuff has been that it doesn't have *zero* uses, like obviously a lot of people find it useful for ChatGPT to edit their emails or write birthday cards, lots of people use it BUT would they pay ten dollars for it? My instinct is...no.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area. Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

and yes yes, we all know gavin is an amoral shitheel, but despair when despair is appropriate—you’ll get another chance to despair, i promise.

he should sign. if he fucks off into the hills, the bills & their protections become law.

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

a major problem I think when the entire thesis of your product is, "what if you could quickly, easily, and cheaply make something for no obvious reason?" If you didn't have any of those things, your potential userbase would be much smaller!

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...