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full moon tonight
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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"Resident demand for D.C. is fragile. The District’s resident population has nearly recovered from its decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. International migration has driven population growth in recent years, but this source of growth remains vulnerable to stricter immigration policies..." 1\n
Our new report examines whether the District of Columbia remains a place that residents, workers and employers, businesses, and investors find attractive. The findings suggest that the District faces multiple headwinds. Read the full report here: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
Is the District of Columbia still competitive? - D.C. Policy Center
Is the District of Columbia still competitive? - D.C. Policy Center
www.dcpolicycenter.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.

The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."

Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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The only reason this administration cares about the “threat of censorship”coming from Europe is because tech is literally paying them to take up this fight so they can avoid fines like this.

This is about free speech the way poll taxes are about raising state budgets.
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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"The focus on the second strike and the nuances of the law of armed conflict could end up being a favor to the Trump administration."

Indeed. The "first tap" was just as unlawful, and far more troubling.

@justsecurity.org

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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"It is difficult to find people knowledgeable about the relevant body of law and not working for Mr. Trump who think the United States is really in an armed conflict."
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Not only depraved but deeply corrosive to fundamental norms in the military that took generations to inculcate--especially the once-sacrosanct understanding that targeting civilians is forbidden.
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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It's very important, yet difficult, to separate old despicable shit from new despicable shit. "It's totally fine for gerrymandering to be overly political to disenfranchise a political minority" is relatively old despicable shit.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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I’m pregnant with a dachshund mix

These guys are aggressive burrowers, y’all. i swear he would burrow under my skin if i didn’t stop him
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Video - Ganymede Flyby Sequence III - Nasa’s Juno PJ 34 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mV8KGc
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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please let this be the last act that shit hegseth ever does as murder secretary
SOUTHCOM announces another boat strike.

Notable that the Pentagon carried out this strike on the same day that Adm. Bradley appeared before members of Congress to defend the Sep. 2 strike.
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:

"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."

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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Great story
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Reupping this since it looks like X is ab to get hit with a wave of fines under the Digital Services Act and JD Vance is already tweeting about how not complying with transparency and data access laws in the market you operate in is "censorship".

Get caught up:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/regu...
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three democratic appointees, #SCOTUS puts Texas's new House maps back into effect for (and, presumably, through) the 2026 midterms.

The three Democratic appointees, in an opinion by Justice Kagan, dissent.

I'll post the ruling shortly.
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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⚡️ Exclusive: Finnish president warns Europe that US likely talked with Russia while negotiating with Ukraine.

The discussion reflected growing concern in European capitals over Washington's posture as the latest peace push moves forward.
Exclusive: Finnish president warns Europe that US likely talked with Russia while negotiating with Ukraine
The discussion reflected growing concern in European capitals over Washington's posture as the latest peace push moves forward.
kyivindependent.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Man there is maybe an argument to have someday about the imperial overreach of Coast Guard interdiction operations in the Caribbean, but that argument is so staggeringly overshadowed by the Trump admin's policy of "fuck the laws of the US or the sea, we can murder boats just because."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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"Russian oil: Ghost tankers have increased by 82% since sanctions against Moscow"
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca welcome Francesco Galietti, an Italian political analyst, to discuss how the election of a right-wing populist has and has not changed #Italy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu9X...
Italian Populism with Francesco Galietti
YouTube video by #DogShirtTV
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I love it when it does that.
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This is how you write a headline
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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@shaneharris.bsky.social is a Great American and a model for you all!
Not even making Lawfare podcasts anymore and still a top fan. ❤️ @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM