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I summarize here how DOD interprets the limits of federal troop authority in LA (as best as possible given the volumes on text on this topic), from restrictions on surveillance, interrogation, and other cop-like behavior, to exceptions for "extraordinary" emergencies and "private capacity" conduct.

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On the pod this week—People are turning to chatbots to figure out what is really going on with the protests in LA. It's not going well: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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If you haven’t been following it, CBP’s social media posts have been some of the most unhinged, aggressive, and un-American content I’ve ever seen posted to an official USG account. No sense that they answer to the American people. It’s what an invading army posts. www.instagram.com/reel/DK2GVid...

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DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”

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We've updated and republished our guide to surveillance-resistant protest, first published in the summer of 2020. Paywall is down for this. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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“What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?” Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. “It looks like an additional monthly user.”

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👀: “Two Israeli officials claimed to Axios that Trump and his aides were only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public — and didn't express opposition in private. ‘We had a clear U.S. green light,’ one claimed.”

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I've watched this multiple times. No idea what Tim Scott was going for here.

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Taylor Swift being at the NHL finals is kinda blowing my mind ngl

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DHS Secretary Noem had no idea who US Senator Alex Padilla was at the same press conference she said she was there to "liberate" Los Angeles from its "burdensome" Democratic leaders

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Chris Murphy on the Senate floor says "at some point" a GOP member is going to need to come down and address the detainment of Sen. Padilla and that this has "crossed a line." Ds and Rs can still disagree on tax and immigration policy, he says, but Republicans need to speak up

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A DHS official told me Noem & security had no idea who Senator Padilla was. Now, the FBI is running with the statement that the senator "did not identify himself and was not wearing his senate security pin" — but he very much did identify himself, loudly, on video...

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BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled. From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:

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And Noem just keeps talking the whole time, pretending like nothing unusual is occurring

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Mike Summers, president & CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, says Trump's resolution signing today marks "car freedom day," and that it's not "anti-electric vehicle"

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What are the odds Kash Patel is at the Stanley Cup finals tonight?

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Once again putting up the sign from one of my Trump campaign sources over the summer: “If we start telling you all these polls are bullshit, that’s when you know we’re in trouble.”

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Some 725,000 people tuned into the mayoral debate last week, co-hosted by @politico.com, @nbcnewyork.com and @telemundo47.com. That's huge interest - 942,000 people voted in the 2021 primary.

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Lutnick on China (CNBC): "It's off the table... This issue, we are confident, is off the table. Because the two leaders made it so."

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Big :eyes: emoji that Cuomo is going there =>

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It is really important to use and cross-check multiple reliable sources during fast-moving events during which some stories are just that: planted fiction. AI often spreads disinformation. Some news outlets are spreading it, too, whether on purpose or not. #medialiteracy

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Per my @wired.com colleague @davidgilbert.bsky.social's reporting, we are not gonna Chat GPT or Grok our way outta this one: www.wired.com/story/grok-c...

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Stephen Miller with a bit of a tell, in case you didn’t know he grew up in Santa Monica (he brings it up a lot)

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Wow, an actual line brawl in a Stanley Cup final. Did not think I’d be alive to see that

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Much less being so thoroughly dominant as to demoralize the rest of the league. It ain’t right, but the Florida Panthers (now) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (for the past ~10 years) have been setting the standard. Also! V interesting discourse in Canadian sports media about the tax environment..

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Interesting detail in this WSJ story. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...

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Guys I think I may have found the solution to city hall’s woes: What if Eric Adams just starts working for FIFA? Perfect fit, imo. First stop can always be Istanbul if you’re on the FIFA Council

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I’ve been seeing more and more of this rhetoric pop up, and these guys usually treat me like a poindexter when I ask about it, but: This is a pretty clear offshoot of the American alt-right being increasingly in conversation with Europe. I’ll explain 1/

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Remarkable piece from my fmr colleague @eshugs.bsky.social on the Chan Zuckerberg initiative — helluva one-two punch with the lede. Then it only gets more interesting from there. Was this a sudden abandonment of the foundation’s principles, or part of its DNA? sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/c...

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White House has called a lid for the day

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Really interesting NYT op-ed that zooms in on the Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas — which the state govt ultimately ditched — and how the employment verification process could repeat itself at the federal level: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

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Who said it: Anne Frank or someone in America this year?

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And good luck getting a constellation of county sheriffs to fill the breach (for the uninitiated: deputizing county sheriffs for mass arrests has been a consistent theme in the MAGAverse)

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