#lawfare — Public Fediverse posts

The #SupremeCourt overwhelmingly rejected Pres. Trump's attempt to have the Postal Service interfere with votes that will be cast by mail in November's election. The two most corrupt members of the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, disagreed with the majority: the "U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request from the Trump administration to reinstate new mail voting restrictions from the U.S. Postal Service."
#justice copy: @renewedresistance #VotingRights #lawfare #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lawfare/117247718832322085

‘Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee gives her informed analysis of whether we should get rid of the President’s Daily Brief.

Senior Editor Mike Feinberg has strong feelings about who is the bad guy in the Bourne movies. [and dives into Kung Fu Panda CCP propaganda]

Senior Editor Molly Roberts cooks up a theory on whether we should move concerns about Trump’s plans for Greenland up from the back burner.”

Bonus: Fall 2026 Limited Edition Fried Oreo flavor cookie.

#Lawfare #RationalSecurity

A quotation from John Lescroart

The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies.

John Lescroart (b. 1948) American novelist
A Plague of Secrets, Part 1 (2009)

More about this quote: wist.info/lescroart-john/85629…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #JohnLescroart #lescroart #fascism #injustice #law #lawenforcement #lawfare #totalitarianism #tyranny

Lawfare: The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It. “Last week, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…. At Lawfare, we have restored the vast bulk of what was deleted. We have also started to preemptively archive a raft of material that […]

"Born to the manor" seems to rub people the wrong way but without people putting a lifetime into developing values around honorable, ethical service then all that remains of democracy is oligarchy and tribalism; all that remains of law is witch trials; all that remains of scientific inquiry is corporate flacks.

#ProfessionalEthics #RuleOfLaw #ScientificInquiry #InstitutionalIntegrity #AntiCorruption #EthicalService #DemocraticNorms #EliteCapture #PublicTrust #InstitutionalIntegrity #Oligarchy #DemocraticNorms #Expertise #InstitutionalFailure #ClimateScience #Lawfare

#Georgia Judge Rejects #GOP #Lawfare Trying to Block #ATL #ElectionOfficials From Accepting #AbsenteeBallots Delivered By Voters In Person.

A #FultonCounty judge overruled a
Republican National Lawyers Association member's claims of malfeasance as it has long been the practice for Georgia #election offices to accept mail in ballots over the counter.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-judge-republican-lawsuit-hand-returned-mail-ballots-fulton-county/ #ICYMI #VotingRights

...se ha financiado la ayuda mínima (viajes, abogado, procurador ...) al #LAWFARE contra #Cubainformación : https://www.goteo.org/project/por-un-articulo-que-denuncia-el-bloqueo-de-eeuu-a-

Ocho años de acusaciones sin pruebas contra Podemos: ni facturas falsas ni financiación ilegal ni sobresueldos https://www.eldiario.es/politica/ocho-anos-acusaciones-pruebas-facturas-falsas-financiacion-ilegal-sobresueldos_1_10770052.html Elena Herrera, Alberto Pozas #Financiacióndepartidos #JuanCarlosMonedero #Corrupciónpolítica #Financiaciónilegal #TribunalSupremo #UnidasPodemos #PabloIglesias #ManosLimpias #IreneMontero #casoNeurona #IoneBelarra #Corrupción #Venezuela #Podemos #Lawfare