Josh King
@joshuamking.bsky.social
Tech startup & digital media lawyer. Former General Counsel @ RealSelf, Avvo & CellularOne. First Amendment stuff, legal foibles, travel, desert life. www.joshkinglaw.com
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Brendan Carr's biggest accomplishment in life is to make a mockery of the First Amendment he pretended to support to win the praise of a dictator who barely knows he exists.
February 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Brendan Carr's biggest accomplishment in life is to make a mockery of the First Amendment he pretended to support to win the praise of a dictator who barely knows he exists.
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I remember the conservatives who used to object to discarding time-honored and perfectly serviceable names for things. I miss them.
February 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I remember the conservatives who used to object to discarding time-honored and perfectly serviceable names for things. I miss them.
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What happens to federal preemption when Congress doesn't enforce its laws?
The banks would much rather have the CFPB than California and New York and anyone else come after them with different, potentially conflicting laws. Federal agencies are a way of making regulation MORE efficient, not less.
The banks would much rather have the CFPB than California and New York and anyone else come after them with different, potentially conflicting laws. Federal agencies are a way of making regulation MORE efficient, not less.
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What happens to federal preemption when Congress doesn't enforce its laws?
The banks would much rather have the CFPB than California and New York and anyone else come after them with different, potentially conflicting laws. Federal agencies are a way of making regulation MORE efficient, not less.
The banks would much rather have the CFPB than California and New York and anyone else come after them with different, potentially conflicting laws. Federal agencies are a way of making regulation MORE efficient, not less.
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"It’s true that the case for liberal democracy is complicated. But the case against fascism and communism is simple." So it was, so it is.
A Time for Saying No
Dreaming of a bright future is tomorrow’s task. Now is a time for opposition.
www.thebulwark.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"It’s true that the case for liberal democracy is complicated. But the case against fascism and communism is simple." So it was, so it is.
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Restricting the liberty to report that police are conducting a raid at a certain location imperils First Amendment rights. Courts should closely scrutinize claims that immigration raids make some kind of exception. Also, could FCC chief Brendan Carr please stop posing as a free speech defender?
The FCC has opened an investigation into a radio station's news coverage of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
www.kqed.org/news/1202597...
February 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Restricting the liberty to report that police are conducting a raid at a certain location imperils First Amendment rights. Courts should closely scrutinize claims that immigration raids make some kind of exception. Also, could FCC chief Brendan Carr please stop posing as a free speech defender?
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Yet they published a bunch of stories about Musk claiming that mild comments from the admin about "hey maybe don't share stuff that will get people killed by Covid" was an obvious "First Amendment violation"
That’s a profound, direct attack on the free press from the White House, and I haven’t heard a single newspaper publisher say boo about it.
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Yet they published a bunch of stories about Musk claiming that mild comments from the admin about "hey maybe don't share stuff that will get people killed by Covid" was an obvious "First Amendment violation"
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"This... idea that powerful nations deserve to be able to conquer weaker ones unopposed, and that regular people defending their homes and families are worthy of contempt — was an utterly shameful display, and largely failed to convince the American people." MAGA went along, though [Noah Smith]
What's going to happen to Ukraine now?
The most likely scenario is some form of Finlandization.
www.noahpinion.blog
February 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"This... idea that powerful nations deserve to be able to conquer weaker ones unopposed, and that regular people defending their homes and families are worthy of contempt — was an utterly shameful display, and largely failed to convince the American people." MAGA went along, though [Noah Smith]
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It's getting a little North Korean around here.
February 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It's getting a little North Korean around here.
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they are currently being forced, by their voters, to learn the lesson that resisting Trump and his morally vacant aristocratic den of looters, scam artists and zealots might be a thing that is good politics
This certainly hasn’t been the strategy for numerous other Trump nominees where Dems agreed unanimously to vote sooner, and plenty have split off to vote for a number of his picks. But that wasn’t the case with Vought.
February 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
they are currently being forced, by their voters, to learn the lesson that resisting Trump and his morally vacant aristocratic den of looters, scam artists and zealots might be a thing that is good politics
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so mcdonald's is bringing back Uncle O'Grimacey with this year's shamrock shakes, and you need to know his history
February 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
so mcdonald's is bringing back Uncle O'Grimacey with this year's shamrock shakes, and you need to know his history
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During an era of failing traditional media, TechDirt is absolutely killing it covering, explaining, contextualizing what is happening. Not a surprise if you’ve read them for a while.
If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
www.techdirt.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
During an era of failing traditional media, TechDirt is absolutely killing it covering, explaining, contextualizing what is happening. Not a surprise if you’ve read them for a while.
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Toddlers For Rottweilers has renamed itself to Toddlers For Please Please Cujo Put Kyle Down He’s Already Dead
Arab Americans for Trump has changed its name to Arab Americans for Peace following Trump’s comments that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip
Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president's Gaza 'Riviera' comments
The group Arab Americans for Trump is renaming itself Arab Americans for Peace after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.
apnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Toddlers For Rottweilers has renamed itself to Toddlers For Please Please Cujo Put Kyle Down He’s Already Dead
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So the "free speech absolutists" are now claiming that putting your picture on the cover of a magazine with the headline "the cruel kids table" is "false light defamation."
These guys simply crumple into mush at even the slightest hint that maybe, just maybe, some people don't like them.
These guys simply crumple into mush at even the slightest hint that maybe, just maybe, some people don't like them.
February 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So the "free speech absolutists" are now claiming that putting your picture on the cover of a magazine with the headline "the cruel kids table" is "false light defamation."
These guys simply crumple into mush at even the slightest hint that maybe, just maybe, some people don't like them.
These guys simply crumple into mush at even the slightest hint that maybe, just maybe, some people don't like them.
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"'Free speech for me but not for thee' is a pithy saying that has long summed up an all-too-prevalent attitude toward speech across the political spectrum. There may be no more perfect embodiment of this maxim than Donald Trump." ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Is No Warrior for Free Speech
And his executive order on free speech isn’t what it claims to be.
www.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"'Free speech for me but not for thee' is a pithy saying that has long summed up an all-too-prevalent attitude toward speech across the political spectrum. There may be no more perfect embodiment of this maxim than Donald Trump." ICYMI @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Waving foreign flags and shutting down the freeway — never skip the “will this make us look worse” zoom before the protest
Anti-Trump demonstrators in Los Angeles have taken over the 101 freeway to protest ICE deportation raids.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Waving foreign flags and shutting down the freeway — never skip the “will this make us look worse” zoom before the protest
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My heart goes out to the legacy media company 1st Amendment lawyers right now. Sometimes you spend decades lawyering hard to help a client hold principled lines, and then one day your client decides it’s more expedient to give up. 1/
www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...
CBS staff alarmed by reports of settlement talks with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ Harris interview | CNN Business
Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying to settle a legally dubious lawsuit lodged by President Donald Trump last fa...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My heart goes out to the legacy media company 1st Amendment lawyers right now. Sometimes you spend decades lawyering hard to help a client hold principled lines, and then one day your client decides it’s more expedient to give up. 1/
www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...
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It remains astounding that the President of the United States does not understand what a trade deficit actually means and thinks it means that something unfair is happening
Trump defends his controversial new tariffs: “Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!). But we will make America great again, and it will all be worth the price that must be paid.”
February 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It remains astounding that the President of the United States does not understand what a trade deficit actually means and thinks it means that something unfair is happening
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Inflation.
In 2017, Kuwait paid only $60,000 to bribe Trump. www.reuters.com/article/us-u... Today it cost Meta $25 million. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
In 2017, Kuwait paid only $60,000 to bribe Trump. www.reuters.com/article/us-u... Today it cost Meta $25 million. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Kuwait could pay up to $60,000 for party at Trump Hotel in Washington
The Kuwaiti government could pay up to $60,000 (£48,180) to President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington for a party on Saturday that will be an early test of Trump's promise to turn over profits from such events to the U.S. Treasury.
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Inflation.
In 2017, Kuwait paid only $60,000 to bribe Trump. www.reuters.com/article/us-u... Today it cost Meta $25 million. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
In 2017, Kuwait paid only $60,000 to bribe Trump. www.reuters.com/article/us-u... Today it cost Meta $25 million. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
What a fucking putz Zuck has turned out to be. Just pathetic.
Meta has agreed to pay Trump $25 million in damages to settle a lawsuit alleging that removing Trump from the platform was illegal. Message was that the money needed to be paid before Meta could be "in the tent." Never got around to filing an amended complaint. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | Trump Signs Agreement Calling for Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Suit
The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What a fucking putz Zuck has turned out to be. Just pathetic.
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The Democrats' loss of ground on trans issues "has been an entirely self-administered failure, the result of a surrender to soi-disant 'trans advocates' from the faculty lounge and other dens of leftism—few of whom are themselves transgender."
We All Lose in Trump’s War Against Trans Americans
His cynical executive orders targeting trans people will harm important American institutions by taking away talent, energy, and the plain competence our country needs.
www.thebulwark.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Democrats' loss of ground on trans issues "has been an entirely self-administered failure, the result of a surrender to soi-disant 'trans advocates' from the faculty lounge and other dens of leftism—few of whom are themselves transgender."
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This is maddening. Look I know it’s frustrating voters didn’t seem to care about Trump running on constitutional violations, autocracy, and humanitarian disasters but at some point it’s your job to bang on until they see why they ought to care.
NEW —> Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues
As Trump floods the zone in his first week in office, Democrats are departing from their "resistance" strategy in his first term and zeroing in on issues that cost them the last election.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is maddening. Look I know it’s frustrating voters didn’t seem to care about Trump running on constitutional violations, autocracy, and humanitarian disasters but at some point it’s your job to bang on until they see why they ought to care.
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Mel Gibson is completely right here; Trump being back in power is exactly like the physically violent and emotionally crippled father, who you hate and grow up to hate and disrespect even more, showing back up, beating his family members because of his pathological insecurities.
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Mel Gibson: I’m glad Trump is here. It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Mel Gibson is completely right here; Trump being back in power is exactly like the physically violent and emotionally crippled father, who you hate and grow up to hate and disrespect even more, showing back up, beating his family members because of his pathological insecurities.
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This should be all the reason you need to root for Washington over Philadelphia tomorrow. sports.yahoo.com/commanders-s...
Commanders' success reportedly not sitting well with former owner Daniel Snyder: 'He f***ing hates it'
Snyder owned the franchise for 24 years until he completed a 2023 sale to Josh Harris for $6.05 billion.
sports.yahoo.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This should be all the reason you need to root for Washington over Philadelphia tomorrow. sports.yahoo.com/commanders-s...
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One of my fav trump talking points from the first term was that the media was so Bad because like 99 percent of the stories were negative, he’d say (or some number like that), and I know they’ll never think of it this way but huh yea seems like you should do less bad shit then
January 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
One of my fav trump talking points from the first term was that the media was so Bad because like 99 percent of the stories were negative, he’d say (or some number like that), and I know they’ll never think of it this way but huh yea seems like you should do less bad shit then
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This is a real US government website 🤦🏻♀️
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is a real US government website 🤦🏻♀️