@wendyndavis.bsky.social
Journalist covering law and technology
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Following a disgusting, Islamophobic rant by CM Vickie Paladino that included her calling for “the expulsion of Muslims” en masse, we issue a call for the Council’s Committee on Standards & Ethics to investigate and fast track the process for censure by the full Council
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Following a disgusting, Islamophobic rant by CM Vickie Paladino that included her calling for “the expulsion of Muslims” en masse, we issue a call for the Council’s Committee on Standards & Ethics to investigate and fast track the process for censure by the full Council
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Please welcome @forward.com's incoming editor-in-chief, @alykatzz.bsky.social!
Alyssa Katz Named Next Editor-in-Chief of the Forward
Alyssa Katz has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, the nation’s most influential and widely-read Jewish publication. The appointment was announced today by Forward Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishm...
forward.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please welcome @forward.com's incoming editor-in-chief, @alykatzz.bsky.social!
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“Being an immigrant now is terror layered on exhaustion.”
"White people, we need you!
Don't just care, Act, Speak, Protect us so immigrants don’t have to do this alone."
"White people, we need you!
Don't just care, Act, Speak, Protect us so immigrants don’t have to do this alone."
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“Being an immigrant now is terror layered on exhaustion.”
"White people, we need you!
Don't just care, Act, Speak, Protect us so immigrants don’t have to do this alone."
"White people, we need you!
Don't just care, Act, Speak, Protect us so immigrants don’t have to do this alone."
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
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I hope a human didn’t write this sentence, but I lament that any humans had to read it:
“In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products.”
“In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products.”
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I hope a human didn’t write this sentence, but I lament that any humans had to read it:
“In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products.”
“In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products.”
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Stephen Miller: "If Somalia keeps failing, if these societies all over the world continue to fail, you have to ask yourself if you bring those societies into our country & then give them unlimited free welfare, what do we think is going to happen? You're going to replicate the conditions they left"
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Groups petition FTC to restart click-to-cancel rulemaking. The 8th Circ. struck down former regs, ruling FTC hadn't conducted detailed economic analysis of potential impact.
www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Groups petition FTC to restart click-to-cancel rulemaking. The 8th Circ. struck down former regs, ruling FTC hadn't conducted detailed economic analysis of potential impact.
www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
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It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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Never believe Trumpists when they say they oppose DEI because they want "meritocracy". They hate meritocracy. What they want is a system where a person's station is determined by their identity.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Never believe Trumpists when they say they oppose DEI because they want "meritocracy". They hate meritocracy. What they want is a system where a person's station is determined by their identity.
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This so idiotic I can barely bring myself to engage with it, but: People engaged in, e.g., fact-checking, aren't engaged in "censorship"--they're engaged in an activity the First Amendment was *designed to protect*. If you don't understand this, you shouldn't be in government or anywhere near it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This so idiotic I can barely bring myself to engage with it, but: People engaged in, e.g., fact-checking, aren't engaged in "censorship"--they're engaged in an activity the First Amendment was *designed to protect*. If you don't understand this, you shouldn't be in government or anywhere near it.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
9th Circuit rejects Dream Big Media's request to revive antitrust suit against Google.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
9th Circuit rejects Dream Big Media's request to revive antitrust suit against Google.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/me...
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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The tsunami of mandatory online age authentication laws will eventually reach every state, won't be restricted only to accessing online "pornography," and will expand to require mandatory identity authentication and other means to help governments surveil and control their citizens 📉📉
America: rugged, independent, free.
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The tsunami of mandatory online age authentication laws will eventually reach every state, won't be restricted only to accessing online "pornography," and will expand to require mandatory identity authentication and other means to help governments surveil and control their citizens 📉📉
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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saw someone refer to this as a “dog whistle.” my friends i’m sorry but we’re way past that. this is just a whistle
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
saw someone refer to this as a “dog whistle.” my friends i’m sorry but we’re way past that. this is just a whistle
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Why did it take nearly two dozen attacks killing 83, before GOP-led committees became "outraged?" I was outraged after the first!
Why did it take hearing that Hegseth gave the order to "kill everybody" when he has been killing since Sept 2?
We deserve better leaders.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Why did it take hearing that Hegseth gave the order to "kill everybody" when he has been killing since Sept 2?
We deserve better leaders.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean.
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Why did it take nearly two dozen attacks killing 83, before GOP-led committees became "outraged?" I was outraged after the first!
Why did it take hearing that Hegseth gave the order to "kill everybody" when he has been killing since Sept 2?
We deserve better leaders.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Why did it take hearing that Hegseth gave the order to "kill everybody" when he has been killing since Sept 2?
We deserve better leaders.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Some SCOTUS judges expressed concern this morning that clearing Cox of liability for piracy by users would make DMCA safe harbors for ISPs meaningless.
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
Cox Presses SCOTUS To Throw Out Piracy Verdict
Broadband provider Cox Communications warns that a copyright infringement verdict against it will lead to "mass evictions" from the internet.
www.mediapost.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Some SCOTUS judges expressed concern this morning that clearing Cox of liability for piracy by users would make DMCA safe harbors for ISPs meaningless.
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...
prior: www.mediapost.com/publications...