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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'
The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore.Andy Chalk (PC Gamer)
Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training
Penguin Random House has adjusted its copyright page to explicitly warn anyone against using its books to train AI models.Emma Roth (The Verge)
#FEMA Told Victims of New Mexico’s Largest #Wildfire It Can’t Pay for Emotional Harm. A #Judge Will Likely Rule It Must.
Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims sued the agency because it will compensate them only for losses that come with a price tag. Victims say the law allows them to be paid for the stress of fleeing the blaze and the toll of losing their possessions.
#News #NewMexico #Law #Government #USForestService
Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire Victims May Be Compensated for Emotional Harm
Victims of New Mexico’s largest wildfire sued FEMA because it will compensate them only for losses that come with a price tag. Victims say the law allows them to be paid for the stress of fleeing the blaze and the toll of losing their possessions.ProPublica
JD #Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated #Tax and #Election Laws, Experts Say
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#Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the #Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in #political campaigns.
#News #Politics #USPolitics #Election2024 #JDVance #ChristianRight #FarRight #Law #Trump #Nonprofit
Vance Event With Ziklag, Courage Tour May Have Violated Tax, Election Laws
Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.ProPublica
More important than the novelty of Milley’s statement is the reality that he’s right.
News of the general’s 2023 assessment broke last Friday. That afternoon, & as if to prove the point, #Trump dove even deeper into the rhetorical abyss, telling his followers that he would deploy an 18th-century #law to “liberate” the country from #immigrants once & for all. “I make you this vow: November 5th, 2024 will be LIBERATION DAY in America,” Trump wrote on X.
How #Israel’s Army Uses #Palestinians as #HumanShields in #Gaza
Israeli soldiers & Palestinian fmr detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside #Hamas tunnels.
#WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #law #RulesOfWar #war #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-human-shields.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://theconversation.com/eviction-filings-can-destabilize-tenants-lives-even-when-they-win-their-case-237386
#law #housing #landlords #homelessness
Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case
A new housing study suggests that eviction records are not merely a reflection of renters’ instability − they are also a cause of it.The Conversation
#KamalaHarris’ Camp Sounds the Alarm After #Trump Says #Military Should ‘Handle’ #Democrats
#Harris’ campaign has sent a warning to Americans after Trump suggested the US military should be used on #citizens who disagreed w/him in an interview on Sunday, calling #liberals “the enemy from within” & claiming they posed more of a threat than migrants [& even #China, #NorthKorea & #Russia].
#law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks-the-military-should-handle-citizens-who-disagree-with-him
More than 250 cases of domestic violence: Dismissed.
At least 70 cases of child neglect or abuse: Dismissed.
More than 270 DUI cases: Dismissed.
Only 3 criminal defendants in #Anchorage misdemeanor cases have gone to trial since May. Here’s why.
#News #Alaska #Crime #Law #DomesticViolence #ChildAbuse #Police #CriminalJustice
Why Are Hundreds of Criminal Cases Being Dismissed in Anchorage?
Hundreds of people charged with domestic violence, DUIs or other crimes had their cases dismissed because of a shortage of prosecutors.ProPublica
If you heard about a well-funded right-wing group w/a detailed plan to achieve conservative policy goals, you’d likely think of #Project2025. The #HeritageFoundation–backed coalition has crafted an agenda for a 2nd #Trump term that encompasses some truly unsettling policy ideas, & the amount of negative attention it’s gotten from Democrats, celebrities, & even Trump himself has led its leaders to retreat from the spotlight.
#law #extremism #Republicans #Evangelicals #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
Ban #Abortion. End #GayMarriage. Outlaw #BirthControl.
A powerful #Christian #conservative #legal group is quietly reshaping America through the courts. Here’s what it’s after.
#law #radicalization #extremism #NewApostolicReformation #Republicans #Evangelicals #SevenMountainMandate #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/abortion-supreme-court-alliance-defending-freedom-agenda.html
America Has Quietly Been Changing Before Our Eyes. They’re Behind Much of It. They’re Just Getting Started.
They were integral to the overturning of Roe v. Wade—and they're not stopping there.Susan Rinkunas (Slate)
The thing is, there’s a lesser-known organization that’s already been working for decades to reshape America into a #Christian nation—& will keep doing so, regardless of who wins the presidential #election in November. It keeps racking up wins at #SCOTUS: It’s the #AllianceDefendingFreedom, & it may be the country’s most sinister advocacy group that people have never heard of.
#law #radicalization #extremism #NewApostolicReformation #Republicans #Evangelicals #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
Would Some Attorney, Law Professor or Judge please explain:
WHY HAS DOJ NOT ARRESTED OR OTHERWISE CHARGED DONALD J TRUMP WITH VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW
18 U.S. Code § 2383
There are copious audio and video recordings, witnesses, text and social media messages and mountains of other evidence linking Donald J Trump to a direct and provable violation of this Federal Law! leading up to and on January 6th 2021.
It provides fines and incarceration for up to 10 years and prohibits such person from ever holding any office under the United States!
Joe, Merrick ... what have you ignored for nearly 4 years that would have prevented this F***ING MESS?
#politics #uspolitics #law #doj #uspresident #biden #garland #lawrencetribe #judges #criminal #insurrection #congress #AssistantAttorneyGeneral #jacksmith
A majority of the justices seemed skeptical during oral argument on Tues of the position taken by gun owners, parts makers & #2A groups: that the govt exceeded its authority in 2022 when it imposed new rules for the weapons.
#law #GunControl #guns #GunViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/
Citing omelets and chili, justices seem likely to uphold ghost gun rules
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem skeptical the government overstepped in requiring serial numbers, sales records and background checks for ghost guns.Justin Jouvenal (The Washington Post)
City Hall Official Charged With #WitnessTampering in Adams Inquiry
Mohamed Bahi, who worked in Mayor #EricAdams’ office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities.
#law #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyregion/mohamed-bahi-arrested-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
On Sept 27, The Washington Post published a report about direct messages #JDVance sent during the final year of #Trump’s presidency to an acquaintance over social media…. Among other remarks, #Vance said in the messages that Trump had “thoroughly failed to deliver” on his economic agenda in the White House & predicted he would probably lose the election to Joe Biden.
#Deloitte declined to address questions about how it has handled the situation & whether Gallagher has been subject to any internal discipline.
“This individual shared private personal messages on his own volition without the knowledge of Deloitte, which is a non-partisan firm,” the company said in a stmnt. “Deloitte is deeply committed to supporting our government & commercial clients & we have a long track record of doing so across parties & administrations.”
…#Deloitte has a PAC that in recent elections has distributed its spending across candidates in both parties. So far in the 2024 cycle, it has given approximately $1.3M to #Republicans and $1.2M to #Democrats, the company said.
#Trump Jr., through a spox, responded to questions for this report w/a written statement calling a Post reporter a “scumbag” [classy] & asserting that there was nothing inappropriate about the social media posts targeting Deloitte’s contracts.
Over the following 11 months, the pair corresponded intermittently, mostly about politics & current events. In one early exchange, #JDVance asked Gallagher what he did for a living; Gallagher replied that he was a consultant who worked with investment managers. Otherwise Gallagher did not discuss his professional life in the messages, & at no point in the exchanges that were shared…Post did he identify #Deloitte as his employer or discuss his clients.
…#Deloitte probably would have a strong #legal case against efforts to revoke its federal #contracts because of Gallagher’s action, said Jessica Tillipman, associate dean for #government procurement #law studies at the George Washington Law School. Under govt procurement rules, only certain kinds of misconduct — such as fraud or tax evasion — can lead to a firm being barred from federal contracts, she said.
#Trump allies threaten #Deloitte contracts after employee shares #JDVance chats
#Republicans backing Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm that is one of the federal #government’s largest business partners, with the loss of billions of dollars in contracts because an employee shared messages from 2020 in which JD Vance criticized the Trump’s record.
#ethics #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/07/vance-messages-deloitte-retaliation/
Trump allies threaten Deloitte contracts after employee shares Vance chats
Republicans are targeting $3 billion in federal contracts because a consultant disclosed exchanges unconnected to his work to a reporter.Peter Jamison (The Washington Post)
#Georgia Supreme Court Restores State’s 6-Week #AbortionBan
The ban will resume while the court considers an #appeal to a decision that had briefly allowed greater access to #abortions in the state.
The Court on Mon reinstated a state #law that prohibits abortions beyond 6 weeks of pregnancy….The #abortion law, called the Living Infants Fairness & Equality Act, or the LIFE Act, was set to take effect again at 5PM Mon.
#law #ReproductiveRights #AbortionIsHealthcare
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/us/georgia-supreme-court-abortion-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Election Skeptics Are Running Some County Election Boards in #Georgia. A New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude Decisive Votes.
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An examination of a new election rule in Georgia suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.
#News #President #Vote #Election2024 #Voting #Government #Law #Politics
A Georgia Election Rule Could Have Decisive Impact on 2024 Outcome
An examination of the new rule suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.ProPublica
Donald #Trump suggests ‘one rough hour’ of policing will end #theft
Who would have thought that science fiction like in “The Purge” would become reality so quickly?
-> https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/158015-the-purge
#usa #future #crime #police #politics #election #vote #president #government #whitehouse #problem #ethics #justice #law
Donald Trump suggests 'one rough hour' of policing will end theft
Donald Trump has suggested that “one rough hour” of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his thematic campaign support for more aggressive policing measures.MEG KINNARD (AP News)
This is why the LEGAL #Haitian #immigrants in #Springfield, #Ohio were granted #TPS [temporary protected status].
Haitian gang #massacre leaves ≥70 dead, #UN says
Armed men belonging to the Gran Grif gang killed at least 70 people as they passed through a Haitian town w/automatic rifles shooting at #residents, a spox for the #UnitedNations' #HumanRights Office said on Friday.
#FuckTrump #immigration #law #Haiti #terrorism #geopolitics #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/un-horrified-least-70-killed-haiti-gang-massacre-2024-10-04/
AI writing police reports can allow officers to avoid responsibility for said reports
One concern of AI is the ability to abdicate (maybe even say, 'obfuscate') responsibility
Do something bad in report?
Solution for any unethical behavior?
"blame the AI machine" 🤖
Maybe some even see this as a benefit. More immunity.
w/Love to see all pitch emails / inner discussion
#policing #News #AI #artificialintelligence #Law #Qualifiedimmunity #ethics #activism #police
https://www.kqed.org/news/12007520/how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-reports-police-write
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Reports Police Write
East Palo Alto is among a handful of California departments that have started to use or test the AI-powered software developed by Axon, an industry leader in body cameras and tasers.Sukey Lewis (KQED)
Presidential immunity has limits, according to special counsel Jack Smith's new filing. Smith argues Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were taken as a candidate, not as president, and therefore not immune from prosecution.
More from a constitutional law scholar who says Congress has a unique role in shaping the balance of powers at this moment in history:
Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election
In a landmark 2024 case, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution when they exercise their core constitutional powers. So who decides what actions are not immune?The Conversation
#Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week #Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care
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Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #PlannedParenthood #WomensHealth #Law #Government #Politics #KamalaHarris #Doctors #Hospital
#law #USpol #StudentLoanForgiveness #StudentLoans #students #education #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Biden #StudentLoanForgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit
A federal judge will allow a temporary #RestrainingOrder that prevented President Joe Biden from discharging #StudentLoanDebt for more than 25M Americans to expire Thurs, clearing the way for the admin to move forward w/the plan.
#law #USpol #debt #students #education #loans #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/10/03/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-restraining-order-expires/
Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit
A federal judge declined to extend a temporary restraining order halting the regulation, clearing the way for the Biden administration to move forward with the plan.Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (The Washington Post)
The ruling, issued late Wed by US Dist Judge J. Randal Hall in #Georgia, stems from a lawsuit filed in Sept by 7 #Republican-led states to stop the #Biden admin’s new #StudentLoanForgiveness rule. The
states — #Missouri, #Georgia, #Alabama, #Arkansas, #Florida, #NorthDakota & #Ohio — claim that the admin is exceeding its authority & illegally preparing to forgive #loans before the rule is even in effect.
#JackSmith filing p.142 (cont.)
“Upon receiving a phone call alerting him that #Pence had been taken to a secure location, P15 [Nicholas Luna, WH aide] rushed to the dining room to inform the defendant in hopes that the defendant would take action to ensure Pence's safety. Instead, after PI5 delivered the news, the defendant looked at him & said only, "#SoWhat?".
#Trump #criminal #law #ElectionInterference #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #TrumpCoup
Using this info, here is #JackSmith’s evidence of #Trump’s #Michigan #ElectionInterference specifically detailing the #FakeElectors #conspiracy (see screenshots).
The players:
P37: Mike Shirkey
P38: Lee Chatfield
P39: Ronna McDaniel
CC1: Rudy Giuliani
P21: Mark Meadows
CC2: John Eastman
P41: Scott Gragson (?)
P42: Molly Michael (?)
P5: Mike Roman
#law #criminal #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #TrumpCoup #Chutkan
Identifying almost all 77+ redacted players listed in Smith's motion is a trivial exercise, w/ the help of AI. (linked article gives credit to the people who assembled formats.)
Pics: #JackSmith #Indictment Cast of #Redacted Characters (Informed Guesses)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/2/2274391/-First-draft-identifying-all-the-redacted-players-based-on-public-records-and-Gemini-Pro
#law #criminal #ElectionInterference #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #FakeElectors #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #Chutkan
Identifying almost all 77+ redacted players listed in Smith's motion is a trivial exercise (with AI)
Looking at the recently unsealed motion filed by Jack Smith in DC District Court (caution PDF), it is easy to identify individuals, like Steve Bannon, whose names are redacted in the document based on the context.Daily Kos
#SoWhat?
#JackSmith filing p.142:
“At that point, the defendant's only hope to disrupt the certification proceeding & retain power was through his angry supporters. The defendant further revealed the private nature of his desperate conduct as a candidate, rather than a President, in an exchange (that the Govt does not plan to use at trial) he had w/aide P15 [Nicholas Luna] shortly after the 2:24PM Tweet.
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#Trump #criminal #law #ElectionInterference #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #TrumpCoup
#JackSmith’s Big New #Jan6 Brief Is a Major #Indictment of #SCOTUS
It’s rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger & wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version of #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s brief reciting in detail the #evidence against #Trump for attempting to subvert the #2020election.
#criminal #law #insurrection #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/trump-election-interference-trial-jack-smith-brief-supreme-court-failure.html
Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.Richard L. Hasen (Slate)
Here it is folks, #JackSmith’s 165-pg filing against #Trump unsealed by Judge #Chutkan.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.252.0.pdf
#law #criminal #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #FakeElectors #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Trump intentionally lied to the public, state election ofcls, & his own VP in an effort to cling to #power after losing the #election, while privately describing some of the claims of election fraud as "#crazy," prosecutors alleged in the 165-pg filing.
#law #criminal #ElectionInterference #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #FakeElectors #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #Chutkan #JackSmith
