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 Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Federal Judge Strikes Trump Defamation Lawsuit For Being Too Annoying to Read — Lawsuits rarely get tossed under Rule 8. But then again, lawsuits rarely spend 85 meandering pages talking about things like the plaintiff's “singular brilliance.” — On Friday, September 19 …
2025-09-20 03:40:00 UTC
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We’ve talked a lot about Ryan Walters recently, mostly because he keeps forgetting that the United States Constitution applies to him and his state. Between his attempt to inject Christian theocracy into the public school system while enriching Dear Leader Trump or his fight with his own board members in the wake of some mild […]
2025-09-20 02:39:00 UTC
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NBC News:
Ted Cruz rips FCC chair's Jimmy Kimmel threat as ‘unbelievably dangerous’ — Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned that the FCC could take action against ABC and Disney over the late-night host's remarks about Charlie Kirk's death. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz …
2025-09-20 01:35:01 UTC
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John K. Wilson / Inside Higher Ed:
Censorship Is the Authoritarian's Dream — The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things. — More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history.
2025-09-20 01:20:00 UTC
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots — The panel recommended that people consult a health professional before receiving a Covid vaccine. Left unclear was whether Americans can still walk into pharmacies for shots. — The federal vaccine committee appointed …
2025-09-20 00:35:01 UTC
New York Times
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Associated Press:
Trump says he wants prosecutor who has investigated but not charged Letitia James removed from post — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges resigned Friday under pressure from the Trump administration.
2025-09-20 00:20:01 UTC
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material — A document spells out the latest in a series of escalating restrictions placed on the press corps covering the Pentagon during Trump's second term. — The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday …
2025-09-20 00:10:00 UTC
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identifies As Transgender Woman, Legal Filings Show — WASHINGTON—The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire.
2025-09-20 00:05:02 UTC
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim — The House on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in the Senate …
2025-09-20 00:05:02 UTC
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key data report — The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday postponed the release of a key annual report central to future inflation data. … - There is heightened concern about the future of U.S. statistics, including the politicization and accuracy …
2025-09-19 23:45:01 UTC
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Molly DeVore / Block Club Chicago:
Chicago Starbucks Worker Did Not Write ‘Loser’ On Order Honoring Charlie Kirk, Company Says — NORWOOD PARK — A viral social media video this week claimed that employees at a Norwood Park Starbucks wrote “Loser” on a drink ordered in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
2025-09-19 23:25:23 UTC
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb overuse, according to a White House official familiar with the matter.
2025-09-19 22:39:09 UTC
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It’s been a good while since we’ve had an old-fashioned copyright troll nonsense story around here, and boy do we have a doozy for you today. Regular Techdirt readers know that we’ve covered Paul Levy’s work for years—the man who the Washingtonian once dubbed “the web bully’s worst enemy” has been taking down copyright trolls […]
2025-09-19 21:40:03 UTC
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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Who's paying for the White House ballroom and what's in it for them — Washington — Contribute money to the new White House ballroom President Trump is constructing and, in exchange, donors may be able to choose a Trumpian option: their names etched inside the White House forever.
2025-09-19 21:25:00 UTC
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Weighted vest women are the 2026 swing voters … Matthews' wanted answers to two simple questions: How many women were wearing weighted vests? And what were their politics? So she commissioned a poll of 1,000 women across the U.S., the results of which she shared exclusively with POLITICO.
2025-09-19 21:20:00 UTC
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New York Times:
Fight Erupts Over Fate of U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes — Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York's attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
2025-09-19 19:40:00 UTC
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Senate confirms former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz as U.N. ambassador — Waltz's confirmation also comes just days before world leaders are set to gather for the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York amid multiple major conflicts. — WASHINGTON — The Senate …
2025-09-19 19:35:01 UTC
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In just eight months, Trump has overseen a more bloody, dangerous, and dumb version of what he had accurately called Biden’s 'historically horrible' foreign policy.
2025-09-19 19:30:31 UTC
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Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
Cruz calls out FCC for taking down Jimmy Kimmel — Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Friday admonished Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late night show over comments regarding Charlie Kirk — calling Carr's actions “dangerous as hell” …
2025-09-19 19:15:01 UTC
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Techdirt has long lamented how in the modern era, you don’t really “own” what you buy. That game console, smart lock, or smart refrigerator can quickly become less useful (or completely useless) with a firmware update, bankruptcy, or addition of annoying subscription paywall. The problem is particularly bad when it comes to digital rentals. In […]
2025-09-19 19:10:03 UTC
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The GSF is the latest attempt by activists to deliver much needed humanitarian supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip.
The post Global Sumud Flotilla Sails to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
2025-09-19 18:59:36 UTC
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Comedy hosts including Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert criticize Kimmel's suspension — The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after criticism and threats of action by the Trump-appointed FCC chair has sparked concerns about government intimidation. — Late-night comedy hosts reacted …
2025-09-19 18:55:00 UTC
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
This is how Trump ends democracy — The past week has revealed Trump's policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it? … I mean this literally. The specific threats that Federal Communications Commission head Brendan Carr made against networks …
2025-09-19 18:45:01 UTC
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Against The New York Times — The judge said that the complaint failed to contain a “short and plain statement of the claim.” Mr. Trump has 28 days to refile. — A federal judge in Florida on Friday threw out President Trump's defamation suit …
2025-09-19 18:25:00 UTC
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Children's Hospital Chaplain Jailed by Trump Admin Finally Released — Ayman Soliman, a beloved former children's hospital chaplain in the Cincinnati area, was released on Friday … Just before 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Adam Allen — one of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital chaplains who was fired …
2025-09-19 18:25:00 UTC
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Firing Top Prosecutor for Failing to Invent Fake Crimes by Foes — President Donald Trump is set to fire a top federal prosecutor for committing a serious dereliction of duty, ABC News reports. What exactly is this prosecutor's offense, you ask? Did he fail to follow Justice Department protocol?
2025-09-19 18:15:00 UTC
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Chicago Tribune:
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans — Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadview Friday morning.
2025-09-19 18:00:00 UTC
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It’s fascinating how quickly the tune changes when the shoe’s on the other foot. For years, we’ve been treated to endless screaming about how any effort to identify and counter foreign manipulation on social media was “censorship” and a violation of Americans’ free speech rights. The same crowd that turned researchers into pariahs and shut […]
2025-09-19 17:50:30 UTC
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The Hypergear 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Dock is meticulously engineered to reduce the cable clutter and streamline your daily routine. Featuring 2 dedicated wireless charging surfaces, you can power up your phone and AirPods easily. In addition, you can charge your Apple Watch with the built-in charger mount. Stylish and compact, the dock is perfect for […]
2025-09-19 17:45:30 UTC
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it's doing, skips vote … The second day of a two-day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices—a panel currently made up of federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. …
2025-09-19 17:20:01 UTC
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Michael Macagnone / Roll Call:
Some Republicans turn to social media pressure after Charlie Kirk killing — In the week since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, some Republican members of Congress have struck a different tone on social media content moderation of political speech.
2025-09-19 17:10:01 UTC
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New York Times:
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War — The potential legislation would grant President Trump sweeping power to use military force if he saw a link to “narco-terrorists.” — Draft legislation is circulating at the White House and on Capitol Hill …
2025-09-19 17:10:01 UTC
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Jaroslav Lukiv / BBC:
Nato intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace — Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato, the military alliance has said. — Estonia's foreign ministry in Tallinn condemned the incursion as “brazen”.
2025-09-19 17:05:01 UTC
BBC
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content — A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT.N) over its content. — U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said Trump violated a federal procedural rule requiring …
2025-09-19 17:00:05 UTC
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The Guardian:
Judge strikes down Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times — Judge says US president's complaint that the newspaper is ‘spreading false content’ about him violates federal rule — A US judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump's $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper and some of its individual journalists.
2025-09-19 16:40:00 UTC
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AP-NORC:
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans — Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June. … Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62% to 75%.
2025-09-19 16:30:01 UTC
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This isn’t anything that actually needed to be done. The federal government has plenty of options at its disposal if it thinks someone is providing material support for terrorism. It’s one of things that keeps the FBI loaded up with anti-terrorism dollars, thanks to its ability to radicalize people just so it can arrest them. […]
2025-09-19 16:29:44 UTC
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump asks Supreme Court to halt order letting transgender people choose passport sex markers — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge's order allowing transgender and nonbinary people to choose the sex marker on their passports.
2025-09-19 16:25:00 UTC
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The father of Sayfollah Musallet and the mother of Rachel Corrie tell Prem there’s been no justice for their children who were killed more than two decades apart.
2025-09-19 16:16:42 UTC
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Politico:
House Oversight chair says committee has Epstein files from Treasury — Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Friday his panel had begun receiving materials from the Treasury Department as part of its investigation into the agency's handling of the case against Jeffrey Epstein.
2025-09-19 16:15:00 UTC
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NBC News:
House passes GOP bill to avert a shutdown, but Senate looks likely to reject it — The Republican bill would keep the government from shutting down at the end of this month, buying another seven weeks for the parties to negotiate. — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House …
2025-09-19 16:15:00 UTC
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Politico:
Russian fighter jets breach Estonian airspace near Tallinn — Russian MiG-31s flew into Estonian airspace before Italian jets were scrambled to intercept them. — Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace on Friday in what would appear to be the third attempt by the Kremlin this month to test NATO's eastern border.
2025-09-19 16:10:01 UTC
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The political mood feels like 9/11 again — Cancel culture comes around. And everybody is on their worst behavior. … In 2002, ABC canceled Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect amid pressure from advertisers and the Bush White House. The show had been embroiled in months of controversy …
2025-09-19 16:05:00 UTC
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients — Devon Archer, Trevor Milton and Carlos Watson were convicted in fraud schemes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, they will not be required to pay back victims. — The Securities and Exchange Commission …
2025-09-19 15:40:00 UTC
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House approves stopgap funding bill, putting shutdown ball in the Senate's court … As such, the measure is expected to fail in the Senate later Friday, prolonging the brinksmanship as lawmakers prepare to leave town for a weeklong break ahead of the midnight deadline at month's end.
2025-09-19 15:30:00 UTC
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Rogue Nation on the High Seas — Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries. — Donald Trump is being cagey about how many people he's ordered the U.S. Navy to kill on the high seas. The official toll from American military strikes on two boats suspected of running drugs …
2025-09-19 15:20:00 UTC
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: CRs hit the floor — Congress is barreling toward votes on stopgap funding bills Friday before lawmakers leave for recess. Here's what to watch: IN THE HOUSE — The House will vote this morning on the GOP-led continuing resolution funding the government through Nov. 21.
2025-09-19 14:20:00 UTC
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Politico:
Buttigieg responds to Harris' VP snub: You earn voters' trust on 'what they think you're going to do,' not ‘on categories’ … The divergence comes as their party is grappling with its approach to diversity, as the Trump administration slashes through diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
2025-09-19 14:15:00 UTC
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much ‘bad publicity’ — Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Fox News Thursday afternoon that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be “the last shoe to drop.”
2025-09-19 14:10:02 UTC
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
AOC builds toward a big choice for 2028 — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028, according to people familiar with her operation. … A fellow New Yorker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, is up for re-election in 2028.
2025-09-19 13:40:01 UTC
Axios
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