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Daniel Ellsberg dies at 92. He leaked the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Vietnam War history, in 1971.
The former Defense Department official hoped giving newspapers the 7,000-page document would end the conflict. wapo.st/460SQSi
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“Twitter’s self-reported data shows that, under Musk, the company has complied with hundreds more government orders for censorship or surveillance — especially in countries such as Turkey and India.”
Surprise! restofworld.org/2023/elon-mu…
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give em the ol razzle dazzle
ALT gray and white cat in a small pink litter box with its leg sticking out off the side. Looks like its doing a Fosse dance move.
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Tenth Circuit Reminds Cops It’s Unconstitutional To Pull People Over To Flirt With Them techdirt.com/2023/01/12/tent…
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A common switcharoo starts with 'democracy is good' and ends up with 'you don't get to do that, unless The People say you can.'
I say: No. The People can be wrong. It is good that their power is severely limited, and that we don't need their permission. Privacy is normal.
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My deepest disagreement with @ReidBlackman is this: I don't think everything should be decided by democratic institutions or public debate. Some things are rightly private. It is good that people can shield them if they wish, without the permission of any political body.
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Whenever Section 230 is trending, I know it’s because someone doesn’t understand how it works. Checks out every time.
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How's he doing it?
Biden is employing a post-9/11 law that allows for debt cancelation "in connection with a war or other military operation or national emergency."
Which emergency? "[T]he present COVID-19 pandemic," per a Dept of Ed memo issued yesterday.
h/t @kathrynw5.
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Name a vocation that has no duty to do its job properly; no duty to serve its customers; and effectively no employer liability or personal liability because taxpayers almost always pick up the tab for its torts. Plus a magic get-out-of-responsibility-free card from the judiciary.
world's most expensive hall monitors. what a farce.
Display of oversized liquids, gels and aerosols that travelers had in their carry-on bags at the @SyracuseAirport @TSA Checkpoint in a 3-day span. The limit for liquids through a checkpoint is 3.4 oz.
If these chickenhawk cowards had any honor at all, their next press conference would just be a line of cops committing ritual seppuku.
"Of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision"
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw says with "the benefit of hindsight" police should have immediately entered the classroom to deal with gunman at Uvalde school
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