David Marx

I'm of the opinion that a lot of "agentic" best practices are actually anti-patterns. I have a lot to say on this, but for the moment, let's focus on "memory". 🧵 TLDR: I made a thing github.com/dmarx/luria

Not that long ago, three major lower-court rulings against the executive branch on three unrelated topics would’ve been a busy *month,* and outlets would’ve rushed to write up such a run of adverse rulings. Now, it doesn’t feel unusual when we get three on the same *day.* It’s all … exhausting.

Judge Reyes definitely going as The Lorax for halloween.

JUST IN: Judge Gleason in Alaska sounds deeply skeptical of DOJ's 11th hour lawsuit there to halt certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. She grants Dems' motion for expedited consideration and notes DOJ waited four months to sue over the ballot. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

I desperately hope someone compiles an abridged volume of choice court opinions from this era.

For the fabulously wealthy, paying taxes is pretty much optional. They can borrow against their vast wealth, which is mostly an untaxed capital gain, without paying taxes. When they die, the capital gain goes to zero. And loopholes exist to bypass the estate tax too.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

🚨BREAKING: We have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining Trump from continuing to unconstitutionally impose themselves upon election administration procedures that the Constitution and federal law assign to the States.

I dont know if it's because they love republicans and want them to win but holy crap is this an embarrassment. the equivalent of reckless disregard in terms of journalism fuck ups. Just the simplest damn googling.

the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

Here's the excerpt I think @kyledcheney.bsky.social meant to append:

I look forward to this evolving (slowly but surely) into a contempt hearing.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

BREAKING: Judge Reyes has issued a preliminary injunction over the golf course and begins with this: "Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

“At a moment when many doubted Lula could reverse the result, a WhatsApp channel called Lula's Army emerged, and rapidly grew to 10.8 million followers. Led by Congressman André Janones, the operation encouraged supporters to share videos, promote hashtags and recruit new voters.” 1/

this is shameful

BREAKING: 174 bipartisan former judges are calling on the 8th Circuit to toss DOJ’s misconduct complaint against the Minnesota judges DOJ wants them investigated & some barred from DHS cases, all for saying ICE violated 210 court orders @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to stand w/ them👇 -TN

This week’s installment of my Stop the Presses newsletter recalls the Republicans’ history of cheating in elections. They’ve often gotten away with it. Let’s make sure cheaters don’t prosper this time.

Some of our work with the UW Election Database and UW Mail Ballot Project, led by Scott Allard www.washington.edu/news/2026/10...

wild shit.

Oh no 😭 One of the last members of the USS Enterprise has left. RIP Walter Marvin Koenig (1936-2026) Star Trek, Babylon 5, Moontrap, The Starlost, The Questor Tapes, Futurama... What a career in sci-fi. I will miss Pavel Chekov. Again 😞

I'm confused: has anyone actually called it for Lula in Brazil, or are people just getting excited because of how prediction markets and pollsters are moving their predictions?

Just to underline the point that the Trump administration is anti-democracy, they are promoting the textbook exemplar for democratic backsliding to lead the UN. Also, good time to point out that the US has not paid its UN dues, and now owes it more than $4 billion. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

The next 10 days will be monumental, with elections in Serbia, Brazil, Israel and the US. This one was a victory for democracy.

“Lula supporters are starting to gather…at the heart of São Paulo, in anticipation of a Lula victory. The mood is upbeat but tense, amid suspicions that there has been a deliberate pro-Bolsonaro campaign to sabotage public transport systems to stop Lula voters reaching polling stations...” 10/25/26

This appeal move is working against DOJ, giving a chance for these arguments to be obliterated. "My name is Gabriel Sanchez," Judge Sanchez says, noting hw many Gabriel Sanchez's there likely are in Los Angeles County.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Doctor Sleep is way better than I expected, totally misjudged this movie.

Hot take: right now is probably the best time in history to get a degree in Philosophy. The world is weird and also increasingly made of ideas.

saw Re-Animator for the first time yesterday. do recommend

Armed federal agents have been knocking on voters’ doors weeks before Election Day, questioning citizenship, registration and prior voting. A federal judge has now stepped in. What does this mean for voter intimidation and who can actually stop you from voting?

This admission alone is an impeachable offense

the "save our sherriff" signs in front of maga houses are goofy af

A beautiful obituary for Noah. @nytimes.com @npr.org www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/b...

"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls from sexual predators are also smearing an actual child rape survivor."👇

Lindsey's bribery (for some daft reason the sex workers got far more attention than this, which is a problem since Darline has his same staff). www.propublica.org/article/nava...

Trump White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers — as Trump allies press the administration to protect lower-ranked officials from prosecution and other legal challenges, according to two sources familiar with the conversations.

The ability of the Trump administration to keep breaking the law depends on telling staffers that they will be pardoned www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

arxiv.org/abs/0911.1383

Glad someone is writing a book about this.

well... this isn't great. LG TVs spyware af.

trump openly admits to election interference.

New @centeronbudget.bsky.social fiscal policy paper. The U.S. has 2 deficits: 1. A fiscal deficit 2. An investment deficit—our failure to adopt policies making folks better off. Fiscal policy should reduce both—not reduce one deficit by growing other. More revenue can do just that.

Instead, policymakers enacted temporary tax cuts under Bush, made them permanent under Obama, enacted temporary tax cuts under Trump 1, and then made them permanent/enacted new temporary tax cuts under Trump 2. If we hadn’t cut taxes, debt would be lower and stable.

The U.S. is the world’s richest large country. We rank high on GDP per person, and typical U.S. HH has the 2nd highest income in world But people w/ low incomes don’t share in that prosperity—their incomes are as low or lower than people in countries less wealthy than us.

A big reason why people w/ low incomes don’t share in our prosperity is that we underinvest in economic security programs like unemployment insurance, paid leave, housing, and other benefits. We spend FAR LESS on these programs than our peers do.

Here we go. First of many challenges to the 2026 election results from Republicans who will refuse to accept the results if they lose.

alternate title: trump tacitly admits to ordering musk to obstruct Ukraine's starlink access.

A legitimate president would answer reporters’ questions instead of demanding they identify what outlet they’re from and then hurling insults at them. But a criminal who ran for president to avoid going to prison would act the way Trump acts.