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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 5h

this is perhaps the fundamental problem with the careerists who lead the democratic party.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 5h

people often confuse ‘getting things done’ or ‘passing a law’ with ‘being an opposition party’.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 5h

people often confuse ‘getting things done’ or ‘passing a law’ with ‘being an opposition party’.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

sure but you gotta start somewhere.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

thanks but i was freedom of expression!

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

i’m not a hill or politics person but these people act as if they have no power. act like you do. but don’t keep your mouths shut and your wallets open to this craziness.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

the long term implications will be a disaster even apart from the lawlessness. talk about costs - americans will pay in every way.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

dems on the hill need to find a mechanism now to stop trump’s wild and lawless use of force. his threats to greenland and europe (and yes beyond) have to end now, and silence/inaction are not options.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 19h

definitely.

Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social · 19h

Kashmir is tough because there have been so many very long outages exceeding 140 hours, for sure. Tigray and English-speaking Cameroon are other examples of very long shutdowns.

One difference is that this one is impacting a country of 90 million people.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 19h

not that it’s a competition. the shutdown in iran is horrible esp in current context.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 19h

how long was the kashmir black out, doug? 2019 maybe?

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 20h

Important work documenting the ways in which the administration continues to terminate grants and awards across a broad portfolio of science and health programs...

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 20h

We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs...

If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22h

Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.

He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.

Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 20h

Setting aside the reversal of policy and the possibly deliberate scare message, reporters need to adjust their threat models and get their operational security nailed down. The stakes are extremely high. Gift link from the marketing people. wapo.st/4pFh6lw

FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home

The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.

wapo.st

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20h

Doubt has become a weapon in Iran as AI manipulation—and the very suspicion of it—serves those who have the most to hide, Mahsa Alimardani argues:

How Doubt Became a Weapon in Iran

AI manipulation, and the very suspicion of it, serves those who have the most to hide.

bit.ly

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1d

X could face a ban under the EU's Digital Services Act and UK's Online Safety Act over the Grok scandal, but legal proportionality tests, free expression limits, and practical enforcement hurdles make it unlikely, writes Owen Bennett.

Why Europe Could Block X Over Grok Scandal But Probably Won’t | TechPolicy.Press

X could be blocked under the EU Digital Services Act and UK Online Safety Act, but proportionality and technical hurdles make it unlikely, writes Owen Bennett.

buff.ly

Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful - from someone who has been a witness. "During the interregnum between the last gasps of a democracy and the emergence of a dictatorship, the nation is gaslighted. ... These lies mollify those being frog-marched into their own enslavement." open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

The Machinery of Terror

The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late.

open.substack.com

Rebecca Ingber @becingber.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ just published a redacted version of the OLC memo justifying the Administration’s campaign/attacks in Venezuela and capture of Maduro:

www.justice.gov

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

💯 absolutely this. we have a government, if not a society, of impunity for the powerful. whatever happens after this, we need justice & rule of law at the center.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

And again, the <ultimate> reason we're here is that we've always been here & no one has ever gone to jail for treason, dating back to Iran-Contra & really all the way to Appomattox.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.

Riana @riana.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: I have an op-ed in the @nytimes.com about the Grok scandal and the need for a legal safe harbor for AI red-teaming for CSAM. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

Opinion | There’s One Easy Solution to the A.I. Porn Problem

www.nytimes.com

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

And again, the <ultimate> reason we're here is that we've always been here & no one has ever gone to jail for treason, dating back to Iran-Contra & really all the way to Appomattox.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

please don't come into my replies & advocate for violence. much of what we need now is for powerful elites to demonstrate the same courage as the huge number of people who are showing up to protect their neighbors, to promise accountability, & to pull every single lawful lever they can to end this

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

please don't come into my replies & advocate for violence. much of what we need now is for powerful elites to demonstrate the same courage as the huge number of people who are showing up to protect their neighbors, to promise accountability, & to pull every single lawful lever they can to end this

Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 1d

Grok: here's that image of naked Renee Nicole Good with frosting you asked for. Oh and those virtual images of kids being molested

🇬🇧: Pardon the intrusion, but that might just possibly be illegal

🇺🇸: WHY ARE YOU CENSORING CONSERVATIVES?!? WE WILL DEFEND FREE SPEECH. NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE! 🤯💣☢️

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

a blizzard of lies, day after day after day

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

very well said

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 1d

As Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers go to the White House to meet Rubio and Vance, Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen was clear:

“If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the EU”

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1d

this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

believe me, i hear you

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

the logic of occupation is that logic doesn't matter. rights don't matter. only the power of the occupier, its perceived interests, matter. it is the antithesis of democracy.

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