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This week in 2020, we wrote about how the TikTok “deal” was a grift from the start, while the blowback from China started to arrive, though TikTok and the DOJ were still fighting it out in court (and a judge issued a preliminary injunction against the WeChat ban). The authors of Section 230 did some serious mythbusting in response to comments submitted to the FCC (and we followed...
I recently wrote about the Oklahoma state legislature’s plan to build a memorial plaza and statue to honor Charlie Kirk, while mandating signage signifying him as a “civil rights leader.” That post was labeled as a “Part 1” and this post was intended to be “Part 2” for reasons we’ll get into. We’ll have to scrap the numbering convention, however, because it was going to be about state...
A federal judge ruled on Sept. 2, 2025, that the Trump administration broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June in response to protests over immigration raids.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said that National Guard troops in Los Angeles had received improper training on the legal scope of their authority under federal law. He ruled that the...
Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week-long shorter term streaming subscriptions that provided an affordable way to watch live television.
These mini-subscriptions, starting at around $5, have already proven to be pretty popular. But, of course...
Apparently, it’s no longer acceptable to speak ill of the dead. Not that it bothers the dead. But it certainly seems to bother a bunch of people who are still alive and who have nothing better to do with their time but snitch on anyone who doesn’t treat Charlie Kirk like an American hero who died to protect our freedoms.
In other words, it’s the same old shit from the people who think free speech...
Trump has officially given up on any semblance of attempting actual governance and moved to pure man-baby-without-a-nap tantrum mode. His latest “countering domestic terrorism and organized political violence” memorandum is basically him screaming “EVERYONE WHO DOESN’T LIKE ME IS A TERRORIST!” in official government letterhead.
The document has zero legal authority and can’t actually do anything...
The Learn to Code with React Bundle has 9 courses to help you learn more about React, Redux, and JavaScript. Used by the likes of Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, and Imgur, React is an efficient and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Meanwhile, Redux is a predictable state container that helps you manage the data your pages display. Together, these two tools play a key part...
For decades, major U.S. wireless providers have collected sensitive customer movement and location data (often down to the meter), then sold it to a long list of random dipshits — usually without bothering to clearly inform customers or get their consent. Five years ago, this resulted in folks like stalkers and people pretending to be law enforcement abusing said data.
Though this behavior had...
While members of Congress waste time grandstanding about “censorship” and politicians threaten to jail tech executives for their moderation choices, actual trust...
I have not written at all about Charlie Kirk in the wake of his disgusting murder, so allow me a bit of throat clearing. When I learned of his murder, my reaction was to be both depressed and a bit sick to my stomach. I’m under no illusions about who Kirk was, what he stood for, and my deep opposition to the positions for which he advocated. I’m equally not in any way fooled by the posthumous...