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  1. Interesting article which confirms more than it reveals:
    counteroffensive.news/p/how-ir

    Reminder: U.S. law allows similar authority.
    “Upon proclamation of a national emergency, the President may… suspend or amend rules applicable to wire or radio communications, or close any station.” — 47 U.S.C. §606 (Communications Act of 1934)

    Plan resilience accordingly.

    #InternetShutdowns #DigitalResilience #EmergencyPowers #CivilLiberties #CommsPolicy #Decentralization #Mesh #Reticulum

  2. Interesting article which confirms more than it reveals:
    counteroffensive.news/p/how-ir

    Reminder: U.S. law allows similar authority.
    “Upon proclamation of a national emergency, the President may… suspend or amend rules applicable to wire or radio communications, or close any station.” — 47 U.S.C. §606 (Communications Act of 1934)

    Plan resilience accordingly.

    #InternetShutdowns #DigitalResilience #EmergencyPowers #CivilLiberties #CommsPolicy #Decentralization #Mesh #Reticulum

  3. Interesting article which confirms more than it reveals:
    counteroffensive.news/p/how-ir

    Reminder: U.S. law allows similar authority.
    “Upon proclamation of a national emergency, the President may… suspend or amend rules applicable to wire or radio communications, or close any station.” — 47 U.S.C. §606 (Communications Act of 1934)

    Plan resilience accordingly.

    #InternetShutdowns #DigitalResilience #EmergencyPowers #CivilLiberties #CommsPolicy #Decentralization #Mesh #Reticulum

  4. Interesting article which confirms more than it reveals:
    counteroffensive.news/p/how-ir

    Reminder: U.S. law allows similar authority.
    “Upon proclamation of a national emergency, the President may… suspend or amend rules applicable to wire or radio communications, or close any station.” — 47 U.S.C. §606 (Communications Act of 1934)

    Plan resilience accordingly.

    #InternetShutdowns #DigitalResilience #EmergencyPowers #CivilLiberties #CommsPolicy #Decentralization #Mesh #Reticulum

  5. Australia's new national environmental standards

    "Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.

    “Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155286

    Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155289

    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts

  6. Australia's new national environmental standards

    "Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.

    “Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155286

    Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155289

    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts

  7. Australia's new national environmental standards

    "Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.

    “Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155286

    Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155289

    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts

  8. Australia's new national environmental standards

    "Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.

    “Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155286

    Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155289

    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts

  9. Australia's new national environmental standards

    "Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.

    “Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
    The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155286

    Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1155289

    #EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts

  10. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
    Lawlessness dressed up as law.

    " The ‘dual state’ framework explains how a dictator can exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

    The court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.

    In a dual state, the high “court’s role is in creating affordances within the law that operate as off switches for the law…

    This is precisely why the dual state is so dangerous: It allows the would-be autocrat to consolidate power under the cloak of democracy and norms. "
    >>
    motherjones.com/politics/2025/

    The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dual
    #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #VibeShift #democracy

  11. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
    Lawlessness dressed up as law.

    " The ‘dual state’ framework explains how a dictator can exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

    The court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.

    In a dual state, the high “court’s role is in creating affordances within the law that operate as off switches for the law…

    This is precisely why the dual state is so dangerous: It allows the would-be autocrat to consolidate power under the cloak of democracy and norms. "
    >>
    motherjones.com/politics/2025/

    The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dual
    #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #VibeShift #democracy

  12. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
    Lawlessness dressed up as law.

    " The ‘dual state’ framework explains how a dictator can exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

    The court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.

    In a dual state, the high “court’s role is in creating affordances within the law that operate as off switches for the law…

    This is precisely why the dual state is so dangerous: It allows the would-be autocrat to consolidate power under the cloak of democracy and norms. "
    >>
    motherjones.com/politics/2025/

    The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dual
    #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #VibeShift #democracy

  13. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
    Lawlessness dressed up as law.

    " The ‘dual state’ framework explains how a dictator can exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

    The court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.

    In a dual state, the high “court’s role is in creating affordances within the law that operate as off switches for the law…

    This is precisely why the dual state is so dangerous: It allows the would-be autocrat to consolidate power under the cloak of democracy and norms. "
    >>
    motherjones.com/politics/2025/

    The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dual
    #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #VibeShift #democracy

  14. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
    Lawlessness dressed up as law.

    " The ‘dual state’ framework explains how a dictator can exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

    The court is adjusting the law to make place for arbitrary power.

    In a dual state, the high “court’s role is in creating affordances within the law that operate as off switches for the law…

    This is precisely why the dual state is so dangerous: It allows the would-be autocrat to consolidate power under the cloak of democracy and norms. "
    >>
    motherjones.com/politics/2025/

    The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dual
    #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #VibeShift #democracy

  15. #Trump #Tariffs Questioned by Appeals #Court #Judges voice skepticism that president can use #emergencypowers to replace import schedule #Congress adopted. “It’s just hard for me to see that Congress intended to give the president…a wholesale authority to throw out the tariff schedule that Congress adopted after years of careful work,” said Judge Timothy Dyk. #business #politics #power #economy #finance #financialstability #democracy #constitution #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-tar

  16. Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.

    Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024 #Harris2024