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Mark McKenna
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UCLA Law Prof., Of Counsel, Lex Lumina PLLC
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Thrilled that @gshans.bsky.social is joining us at UCLA!
Delighted to be joining the UCLA Law faculty in January 2027 as Vice Dean for Clinics & Experiential Education and Clinical Professor of Law. law.ucla.edu/news/gautam-...
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This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.
New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff
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“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the U.S. interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” Mr. Riddle said in a brief interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
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Important point. Just because no one is surprised that Trump is actively working to undermine democracy doesn’t make it any less outrageous, or any less scandalous that he’s abetted by the Republican Party.
That it'll fail because they lack sufficient consolidation and centralized control does not make it trivial that the president of the United States is trying to steal elections and produce an illegitimate sham Congress. It is open rebellion against the Constitution and morally tantamount to treason.
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More than 4 million people already use EFF’s free tracker-blocking extension to stop companies from spying on them online. Safari users can now install Privacy Badger and join them in the fight against online tracking. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Jesus Christ. Trump's Pentagon is putting the pain ray on the southern border. This was a weapon yanked from Iraq ... for being too inhumane. www.laserwars.net/p/military-h...
It’s almost like they don’t even care if the list is remotely accurate.
Ouch. LA County files response to DOJ in court. LA County ran a sample of the DOJ list of so-called noncitizens registered to vote. 42.9% of sampled voters were canceled 71.2% of sampled individuals have never voted 25.8% of sampled voters record a place of birth in U.S.A.
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I did not think I was still capable of being shocked. This is one of those hypotheticals we use to illustrate the absurdity of a given position. Surely this must be against the law — that this is against the law is part of what makes the law, law.
My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
Big win for privacy and for the rule of law. “The effectiveness of any law and such government safeguards ultimately depends on the fidelity of those entrusted to observe and enforce them, and even the most rigorous procedures cannot secure compliance by those willing to disregard them."
Updating with a link to the EFF press release, which includes a copy of the opinion www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I'm not sure how much more blatant it can get that these guys are looting the federal government and then pointing over there and saying "look what THOSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH!!!" bsky.app/profile/atru...
Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)
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NYT: A mysterious Russian satellite moved threateningly close to a U.S. satellite that provides imagery to the Ukrainian military. Although the Russian craft is now backing off, analysts are left wondering: Was Russia planning to attack the U.S. satellite? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/s...
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Hi. Some of us predicted this very thing might happen. www.techdirt.com/2025/05/27/w...
Because four of the Justices have book contracts with a party's corporate parent, the Supreme Court LACKS A QUORUM to hear BMG v. Vetter, and one of the worst copyright decisions in recent memory is affirmed by default. It's just one bad look after another. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
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US Government Pre-Dawn Raid to Arrest Purported Non-Citizen Registering to Vote is Meant to Obscure the Small Number of Noncitizen Voters that DOJ His Found in California electionlawblog.org/2026/us-gove...
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Totally correct. This change will cause serious, permanent damage to the service academies. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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All of his promises are bullshit, but this one is just Mad Libs I mean ... the Department of War? ... will be investing in a pharmaceutical company? ... that will build a facility in Kentucky?
Trump: "If the Republicans win, the Department of War will be investing $100 million in the pharmaceutical company Anthea to revitalize a gigantic drug manufacturing facility in Winchester, Kentucky"
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Wait. So Kid Rock went to Fox News, appeared on two different shows (apparently changing hats between shows) and used the same ridiculously offensive line both times? I literally saw this post and the next one right after another in my feed (see next post for other one): bsky.app/profile/atru...
Kid Rock on Fox & Friends: "It appears that El-Sayed is assimilated ... and I would like to make the point that there have been other people who have assimilated to this country. The Fort Hood shooter. Those extremists that became pilots and crashed into our World Trade Center."
Republican Party now in favor of measles parties.
Minnesota Republican state Sen. Bill Lieske: "Back in the day when the measles vaccine didn't exist, measles was a joke! ... yes, there are increases cases. How many of those are actually resulting in deaths? Are they just going home with the sniffles? Back in the day, people had measles parties."
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Apparently Meta shoved a provision in its business account TOS saying that continued use of the platforms gives Meta license to scrape your site. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...
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US intelligence officials had to postpone a much-anticipated classified briefing for election officials about foreign threats because the video call was plagued by technical difficulties, according to six people familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4hM2PD4
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Exclusive: A list reveals all the major donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.
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Less than two weeks before the election, the leftist president of Brazil and independent watchdog groups accuse Meta and its social media platforms of giving his right-wing rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, favorable treatment.