Wow.

"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”

- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano

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Monday 12:30 ET: The chilling effects of the Trump administration's policies (and jawboning) are widespread - how are they being challenged in court, and what is the state of 1A doctrine on chilling effects? An expert panel will discuss, including current cases AAUP v. Rubio and UAW v. State Dept:

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

A new Bellingcat investigation geolocates the site of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Darfur. More than eighty bodies were found beside destroyed vehicles along an earthen berm built around the city.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Acknowledging "undue delay," Eleventh Circuit effectively orders Judge Cannon to rule on motions to release Jack Smith's Vol 2 report (on the classified documents case) within 60 days.

Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue

Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech

“The truth is, the Knight Institute is doing just fine. It’s our democracy that I’m more worried about,” @jameeljaffer.bsky.social tells @insidehighered.com's @jessicablake.bsky.social. He shares more about our work taking on the Trump administration below ⬇️. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

@knightcolumbia.org's policy director @nadinefj.bsky.social will join @aspendigital.bsky.social's Cyber Summit on 11/18 in DC for a main stage discussion on the misuse of commercial #spyware, including recent legal developments and policy challenges. Don't miss it. Register: www.aspendigital.org

“While the government can revoke visas for many reasons, the First Amendment forbids it from doing so based on viewpoint,” says @carriedecell.bsky.social. Read the full story by @jgedeon.bsky.social & @tomphillips.bsky.social in @theguardian.com below.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We're asking the 11th Circuit to compel Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on a motion @knightcolumbia.org filed over 6 months ago seeking the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report about Trump’s mishandling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago. knightcolumbia.org/documents/uj...

Judge Young: "The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history or jurisprudence." An extraordinary, historic victory for democratic freedom. knightcolumbia.org/content/in-l...

and big props to @knightcolumbia.org and @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @georgewang.bsky.social and everyone else at KFIA who worked on this vitally important case

An enormous congrats to @knightcolumbia.org, @aaup.org, Sher Tremonte LLP, and Zimmer, Citron, & Clarke for their incredible work on this case.