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Deborah Pearlstein

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Director, Program on Law & Public Policy, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs. Charles & Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Law & Public Affairs. Still teaching Con law, still aiming to get out of the new social media market.

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    Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped their effort to bring a felony charge against a man who was arrested for throwing a sub sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent carrying out President Donald Trump's crackdown on Washington, D.C., after a grand jury declined to indict him.

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped their effort to bring a felony charge against a man who was arrested for throwing a sub sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent carrying out President Donald Trump's crackdown on Washington, D.C., after a grand jury declined to indict him.

    US downgrades charge against man who threw sandwich at federal agent

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday dropped their effort to bring a felony charge against a man who was arrested for throwing a sub sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent carrying out President Donald Trump's crackdown on Washington, D.C., after a grand jury declined to indict him.
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    Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social

    Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.

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    Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

    Back in 2020, YouTube suspended OAN's channel, demonetized it, and noted it was not an "authoritative" source.

    Now, five years later, the Google-owned platform has inked a deal to put the MAGA propaganda network in millions of living rooms.

    Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...

    Google once declared OAN too toxic for its platform—now Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are breathing new life into the conspiracy network as they negotiate a high-stakes agreement with Rupert Murdoch's ...

    YouTube’s Deal With the Devil

    Google once declared OAN too toxic for its platform—now Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are breathing new life into the conspiracy network as they negotiate a high-stakes agreement with Rupert Murdoch's ...

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    Taniel @taniel.bsky.social

    NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.

    This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.

    This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.

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    Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social

    Sending military into cities w/o reason is a threat to law & security. Gerrymandering is a threat to free elections. Firing fed ofcls is threat to global economy. An EO threatening to prosecute a constitutionally protected act that almost no one does is autocrat's theater. Eye => ball.

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    ProPublica @propublica.org

    Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations.

    “People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”

    Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...

    Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration

    Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...
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