S. Grisham
@segmentis.bsky.social
Book publishing person who went to law school by mistake. I was in New Mexico, now back in New York State. Fond of books, cats, books on cats, and cats on books.
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· Aug 28
Pam Fessler: "Guide to Help Citizens Protect the Vote" #ELB
The following is a guest post from Pam Fessler: The Elections Group has produced a new pocket guide designed to give voters practical tips on how they can help ensure that their vote counts. The goa...
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BREAKING WaPo:
Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:55 AM
BREAKING WaPo:
Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
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At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term.
According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees.
ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website.
What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees.
ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website.
What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
theintercept.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term.
According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees.
ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website.
What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees.
ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website.
What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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Remember when Judge Cannon blocked release of Vol. II of Jack Smith’s report? The part about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case? Now there’s an encouraging update & you’ll want to know all about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-vo...
Finally. Volume II.
Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report should be public. Donald Trump wants to keep that from happening.
joycevance.substack.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Remember when Judge Cannon blocked release of Vol. II of Jack Smith’s report? The part about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case? Now there’s an encouraging update & you’ll want to know all about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-vo...
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Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot. Salah Sarsour was arrested and jailed.
The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you.
We must all speak out and demand accountability.
The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you.
We must all speak out and demand accountability.
‘She was pure love’: Renee Good’s partner makes first public comments as family sues U.S. government, ICE officer over her killing
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Good, 37, in the driver’s seat of her SUV during a Jan. 7 en
www.nbcnews.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot. Salah Sarsour was arrested and jailed.
The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you.
We must all speak out and demand accountability.
The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you.
We must all speak out and demand accountability.
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Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
October 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
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Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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My new JOD piece arguing against the “cure polarization” approach to saving democracy.
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
October 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
My new JOD piece arguing against the “cure polarization” approach to saving democracy.
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I still can't get over how this dude looks like he's trying to sell me ketamine in a gas station restroom
Meet the mega-donor Pete Hegseth just named as the leader of his new automated war initiative, along with mega-donor Elon Musk and Newt Gingruch. Donald Trump Jr. invests in his company. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I still can't get over how this dude looks like he's trying to sell me ketamine in a gas station restroom
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🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
www.democracydocket.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
www.documentcloud.org
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
October 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
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Well, this is dumb. I guess they're mad that Americans were angry that ICE officers killed a woman, so they decided to completely invent their own version of events for a low-budget movie that nobody is going to watch?
![The film’s first minutes will likely get the most attention. As Pawn Shop opens, two ICE agents in Minneapolis arrest the Latino man, later revealed to be an MS-13 boss. Dimwitted liberal activists film and scuffle with the agents as they try to take their suspect away.
Then the film’s Renée Good stand-in enters, slamming her Subaru into the ICE van. Described with the subtlety of a brick as “MELANIE (40), a fat blue-hair,” the woman, blasting NPR, revs up again and fatally hits ICE agent “Juan” with her car. Then his ICE partner, “Mike,” shoots her in a justifiable killing.
Melanie reacts to the drawn gun with panic...
She MASHES on the gas as she throws the car into reverse, accidentally SLAMMING Juan out of the way. He goes flying into the gutter, bleeding...
And as the car reverses, Mike FIRES TWICE through the
windshield...
The first shot takes the [sic] Melanie in the neck, below her covid
mask. The second in the head, above her covid mask.
Blood SPLATTERS on her PASSENGER’s (40s, female, overweight)
forehead and matching covid mask.
From there, the ICE agent drags his suspect into the pawn shop, with an Antifa mob hot on their heels. The stage is now set for a siege, during which numerous Molotov cocktails will be thrown and shotgun shells will fly. Rest assured that no liberal piety will survive.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifp67g3antzvppvkvxtx4dxnrp4e6e5mgbswclazjecoxiwagdmm4)
October 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Well, this is dumb. I guess they're mad that Americans were angry that ICE officers killed a woman, so they decided to completely invent their own version of events for a low-budget movie that nobody is going to watch?
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Merck discontinued an important antibiotic from the U.S. market earlier this month, underscoring concerns about the commitment large pharmaceutical companies are willing to make to a field that is crucial to public health. https://bit.ly/3V8vCsJ
Merck discontinues a crucial antibiotic despite concerns over superbug resistance
Merck discontinued Recarbio, an important antibiotic in the U.S., despite concerns over resistance to superbugs.
www.statnews.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Merck discontinued an important antibiotic from the U.S. market earlier this month, underscoring concerns about the commitment large pharmaceutical companies are willing to make to a field that is crucial to public health. https://bit.ly/3V8vCsJ
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Video essayist and YouTuber Jacob Geller removed from MinnMax following sexual assault allegations
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October 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Video essayist and YouTuber Jacob Geller removed from MinnMax following sexual assault allegations
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The Privacy Center at Georgetown Law and Tech Policy Press are launching "The Edge Dialogues" on Oct. 22, featuring special guest Dr. Alondra Nelson. No "AI governance" buzzwords. Just urgent conversations about power, labor, war, justice, privacy, art, community and human consciousness. Join us!
Save the Date: The Edge Dialogues · Zoom · Luma
This is not your normal tech policy conversation.
The Privacy Center at Georgetown Law and Tech Policy Press are launching "The Edge Dialogues" on October…
luma.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Privacy Center at Georgetown Law and Tech Policy Press are launching "The Edge Dialogues" on Oct. 22, featuring special guest Dr. Alondra Nelson. No "AI governance" buzzwords. Just urgent conversations about power, labor, war, justice, privacy, art, community and human consciousness. Join us!
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History in the making: Before launching military strikes abroad, Trump consulted ... a megadonor’s AI chatbot.
Of course, Trump didn’t need AI; he needed the patience to sit through a foreign policy meeting without falling asleep.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Of course, Trump didn’t need AI; he needed the patience to sit through a foreign policy meeting without falling asleep.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump reportedly sought input from Musk’s AI chatbot on military strikes
This was almost certainly the first time in U.S. history that a president consulted an AI chatbot about a provocative foreign policy gambit.
www.ms.now
October 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
History in the making: Before launching military strikes abroad, Trump consulted ... a megadonor’s AI chatbot.
Of course, Trump didn’t need AI; he needed the patience to sit through a foreign policy meeting without falling asleep.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Of course, Trump didn’t need AI; he needed the patience to sit through a foreign policy meeting without falling asleep.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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NEW: Christa Pike, the woman who survived a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee, is in critical condition, her lawyers say.
Christa Pike is in critical condition after a failed execution in Tennessee, her lawyers say
At least seven needles were used to administer the lethal injection into Pike’s arm over the course of an hour, one of her lawyers, who witnessed the failed execution attempt, said.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
NEW: Christa Pike, the woman who survived a lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee, is in critical condition, her lawyers say.
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EU sanctions on Russian money-transfer service Golden Crown sharply disrupted cross-border payments. August transfers from Russia to Kazakhstan fell nearly 12-fold, and those to Georgia hit an over-20-year low, regulator data show. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Money transfers between Russia and Kazakhstan fall nearly 12-fold after EU sanctions on Zolotaya Korona payment service — Meduza
Money transfers between Russia and at least two former Soviet republics — Kazakhstan and Georgia — fell sharply after the EU imposed sanctions on the operator of the Zolotaya Korona payment system…
meduza.io
October 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
EU sanctions on Russian money-transfer service Golden Crown sharply disrupted cross-border payments. August transfers from Russia to Kazakhstan fell nearly 12-fold, and those to Georgia hit an over-20-year low, regulator data show. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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For more than 60 years, Head Start has provided free preschool and other services to low-income children.
Now the Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the program works.
theconversation.com/why-trumps-p...
Now the Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the program works.
theconversation.com/why-trumps-p...
Why Trump’s plan to cut Head Start regulations could undermine services for the country’s poorest families
There is research showing that there are numerous benefits for a low-income child to attend a Head Start program, though these effects are less clear as the child ages.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
For more than 60 years, Head Start has provided free preschool and other services to low-income children.
Now the Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the program works.
theconversation.com/why-trumps-p...
Now the Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the program works.
theconversation.com/why-trumps-p...
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Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchis...
Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise The Missouri gerrymandering fight felt...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchis...
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
U.S. District Judge April Perry: "My sole focus at this point is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me."
Background on what she's talking about here: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end
October 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I don’t go high when they go low. I get LOUD. Because the soul and humanity of this country are at stake. /end
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Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3
October 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Wanting lower property insurance and healthcare for everyday families isn't un-American; it’s what working people deserve. They can take their tech-bro cash and their weird, intrusive agenda somewhere else, because I'm not going any damn place. /3
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I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"
October 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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ICE abducted Salah Sarsour for speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Now Trump is trying to deport him after nearly 30 years in America.
This is an attack on free speech and another attempt to silence Palestinian human rights advocacy.
Free Salah Sarsour. Abolish ICE.
This is an attack on free speech and another attempt to silence Palestinian human rights advocacy.
Free Salah Sarsour. Abolish ICE.
US immigration judge allows cold war-era law to deport Wisconsin mosque’s president
When one track failed, Trump administration rushed immigration case of Palestine rights advocate Salah Sarsour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
ICE abducted Salah Sarsour for speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Now Trump is trying to deport him after nearly 30 years in America.
This is an attack on free speech and another attempt to silence Palestinian human rights advocacy.
Free Salah Sarsour. Abolish ICE.
This is an attack on free speech and another attempt to silence Palestinian human rights advocacy.
Free Salah Sarsour. Abolish ICE.