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  1. Judge Rules #Trump Admin’s #Blacklisting of #Anthropic Was Illegal

    Judge Rita Lin of the US District Court in the Northern District of California wrote in her 59-pg ruling that the government had unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic “for constitutionally protected expressive activities” after the #AI company spoke out about how its #technology should be used.

    #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #tech #business #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
    nytimes.com/2026/08/27/technol

  2. Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #CIA, deputy Secretary of #State, served 32 years in the #UnitedStates #ForeignService & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #Peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’

    “You all deserved better.”

    #GiftArticle #Trump #RevengePolitics #retribution #CivilServants #PublicService #MassLayoffs #labor #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment
    theatlantic.com/magazine/archi

  3. Trump Asked About #IRS Inquiry of FBI Ofcls, Ex-Aide Says Under Oath

    John F. Kelly, who served as Trump’s second White House chief of staff, said in a sworn statement that #Trump had discussed having the Internal Revenue Service & other federal agencies investigate two #FBI ofcls involved in the investigation into his campaign’s ties to #Russia.

    #WeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
    nytimes.com/2023/07/07/us/poli