To be fair, the justices are not technically wrong that the standard here, which the district court reviewed, was that if the gerrymandering was for partisan reasons, it's legal. It's only illegal if it was for race. But that allows the justices to just out & out say "THIS IS FOR PARTISAN REASONS!" RE:
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“Yes, yes, we can see all your ‘facts’ and all the adorable little ‘evidence,’ but you failed to consider that none of that matters if we...
Suddenly remembering that time I mocked Elon for claiming he was "exactly aligned" with the DSA back in early 2022. [www.techdirt.com/2022/05/10/w...](
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This is going to set of a chain reaction of stupid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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This is going to set of a chain reaction of stupid. RE:
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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 &...
The guy who makes people do stupid crazy stuff on video for money is opening a financial services firm? And people will give him money? The same guy who put his name on a hamburger joint and then whined when they made shitty burgers? Who would trust this guy? [www.theverge.com/2023/8/7/238...](
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The lawsuit alleges that MrBeast breached his contract.
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oh that’s good. not enough of every aspect of our lives were financialized quite yet
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MrBeast’s burger company is suing him for $100 million
The lawsuit alleges that MrBeast breached his contract.
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When you attack our nation's Capitol you say? How interesting. RE:
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Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you ...
Finally had a chance to write up the CJEU's Russmedia ruling which appears to make it literally *impossible* to run a website in the EU that allows any user content. I just don't see how compliance is possible. At all. Hat tip to @Daphne Keller for calling it to my attention. RE:
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EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally The Court of Justice of the EU—likely witho...
I wrote about a piece Grim edited that had massive, major factual errors in it (and which kicked off the idiocy about there being a "censorship industrial complex") and his response was to mock me and insist the only fact check that was needed was for my article exposing the problems of his. RE:
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Grim called me “insane” for saying Democrats shouldn’t recruit candidates with Nazi tattoos and now that I see who he takes seriously, that t...
And that's why Amy keeps voting for Trump's nominees. RE:
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Affordability isn't a con job. It's the American people's top priority. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
What the fuck....? RE:
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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 fa...
Watching [@laurengoode.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](
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 ) event. Su absolutely does not want to answer her questions about competition, and she's tapdancing around the political questions. Lauren keeps pressing, which is great to see.