natsume-ryu.bsky.social
@natsume-ryu.bsky.social
Reposted
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted
DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris in 2024.

Among cancellations with election data available, 92.9% and 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% and 92.4% of total dollar amounts.
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reposted
AG Bondi claims that a judge sided with a Venezuelan terrorist group over the American people in a recent decision. That isn’t true.

But Mary McCord (@icapgeorgetown.bsky.social) argues that Bondi’s false assertion does reveal the Trump administration’s political strategy for defying court orders.
Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Strategy for Defying Court Orders
The Trump administration is banking on Americans giving it a pass on violating District Chief Judge Judge Boasberg's court order.
www.justsecurity.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dellinger v. Bessent (D.D.C.)
Case No. 1:25-cv-00385-ABJ
The independent agency who's job it was to find corruption in the government was put in legal stasis so that the executive could continue to do illegal things for a long enough time for it not to matter.
March 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted
Relentless documentation is one way journalists can contribute and work against "flooding the zone."
It can be hard to keep straight all of the alarming instances of politicization/weaponization of the Justice Department since January 20th.

I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette.

We also link to all the publicly available documents.

Read the 25+ entries here:

#Democracy
Timeline: Politicization and Weaponization of Justice Department in Second Trump Administration
A detailed timeline of apparent efforts to politicize and weaponize the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.
www.justsecurity.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted
In a Must Read.

Former senior Navy personnel lawyer in the Pentagon analyzes the significant legal and policy issues raised by the major shakeup at the Department of Defense.

The latest by @marknevitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/108284/how-t...
How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military
This unprecedented purge of the nation’s top brass suggests that Trump may attempt to fill these roles with officers he perceives as loyal.
www.justsecurity.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted
Updates to existing cases

- American Federation of Gov’t Employees v Ezell (federal employee buyouts)

Judge dissolved TRO, denied further relief

- Dellinger v Bessent (firing Special Counsel)

D.C. Circuit dismissed appeal. District court issued TRO requiring Dellinger continue in his position
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposted
Three new cases filed last night added to Litigation Tracker.

1. Perez Parra v. Castro: On migrant transfers to Guantanamo (followed quickly by Temporary Restraining Order)

2. National Treasury Union v. Vought: To preserve CFPB

3. National Treasury Union v. Vought: Employee records and privacy
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted
Today's news roundup:
-USAID staff placed on leave effective Friday, ordered home from overseas posts
-First US military flight carrying migrants lands in Guantanamo
-Four new lawsuits launched against Trump administration
-US allies rebuke Trump's Gaza remarks👇
www.justsecurity.org/107441/early...
Early Edition: January 5, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reposted
Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.
January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I forgot to share on here I was at Anime Frontier last weekend!
December 14, 2024 at 12:49 AM