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Law Prof at UC Davis Law; co-host of the 99pi Breakdown of the Constitution https://99percentinvisible.org/book-club/ Non-practicing optimist.

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Was the two pencils one doll to prepare us for this or

06.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*beats drum for twenty years*

06.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œrn” doing a lot of work here

06.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Army unit’s moves trigger speculation as U.S. plots next steps in Iran war The abrupt cancelation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.

SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.

wapo.st/4uiXxTO

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 329 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 54
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Trump’s β€œWarflation” Has Just Begun If he were trying to increase prices on purpose, would he be doing anything differently?

Get ready for some "warflation": higher prices for oil, gas, food (lots of fertilizer passes through Hormuz), goods made with petrochemicals (umbrellas, shampoo, toys, etc.), and pretty much anything that needs to be transported anywhere.
Affordability! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

06.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 20
The US also has intelligence suggesting that China may be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts and missile components, three people familiar with the matter said, though Beijing has stayed out of the war up until now. China relies heavily on Iranian oil and has reportedly been pressuring Tehran ⁠to allow safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

The US also has intelligence suggesting that China may be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts and missile components, three people familiar with the matter said, though Beijing has stayed out of the war up until now. China relies heavily on Iranian oil and has reportedly been pressuring Tehran ⁠to allow safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

uh china is preparing to do what now edition.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...

06.03.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 31

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER DIRECTING TARIFF REFUNDS -COURT FILING

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 728 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 285
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 8467 πŸ” 3368 πŸ’¬ 700 πŸ“Œ 434
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OpenAI Practices Law Without A License, Insurer Alleges - Law360 OpenAI is practicing law without a license, according to an insurer's lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court that alleges artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT provided faulty legal advice to a woman seeking disability benefits that led to a breached settlement and a flurry of frivolous court filings.

OpenAI is practicing law without a license, according to an insurer's lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court that alleges ChatGPT provided faulty legal advice to a woman seeking disability benefits that led to a breached settlement and a flurry of frivolous court filings.

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful In what appears to be a first in the country, legislation headed to the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) would prohibit public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capit...

Virginia lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 15
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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating β€” even indirectly β€” in the war.

06.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 676 πŸ” 347 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 133
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β€˜Price to pay for Berkeley’: Jeffrey Epstein paid law student’s tuition in exchange for β€˜assistants’ Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

!”Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

www.dailycal.org/news/nationa...

06.03.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Price to pay for Berkeley’: Jeffrey Epstein paid law student’s tuition in exchange for β€˜assistants’ Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

!”Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

www.dailycal.org/news/nationa...

06.03.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A proposed law working its way through New York's legislature would bar artificial intelligence chatbots from impersonating lawyers and other licensed professionals in the state, opening up AI platforms to lawsuits by ​users reut.rs/40doISe

06.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

BREAKING:

The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.

They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.

DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

06.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 5357 πŸ” 2396 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 212
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Trump to Rubio: "Your next one is gonna be Cuba. He's waiting but he says, 'Let's get this one finished first.' We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen."

05.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1811 πŸ” 699 πŸ’¬ 450 πŸ“Œ 541

FOLKSβ€”-

05.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The House just defeated the Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution on Iran.

Crosses, reportedly, were-
R's voting yes: Massie, Davidson (R-OH)
D's voting no: Golden, Landsman, Cuellar, Vargas

05.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 512 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 178

NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

05.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 12349 πŸ” 1577 πŸ’¬ 515 πŸ“Œ 887

Blowing this up now should do additional wonders for US economic growth. 🀑

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 443 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4
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There it is: Noem out, Mullin in

05.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2552 πŸ” 856 πŸ’¬ 749 πŸ“Œ 964

ISRAELI MEDIA: U.S. AND ISRAEL CONSIDER REDUCING ATTACK FREQUENCY AMID DECLINING WEAPON STOCKS TO SUSTAIN LONGER MILITARY OPERATIONS

05.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 231 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 28

You know what it's like teach Con Law in 2026? Here's our current assignment:

Dames & Moore v. Regan (executive authority to negotiate deal over 1979 Iran hostage crisis)
War Powers Resolution
Trump v. United States
Trump v. Hawaii
Trump v. Vance
Trump v. Mazars

sigh.

05.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

2) Iran is 4x the size of Iraq with 2x the population. Much of the land is very mountainous. There are practical reasons why the U.S. has never seriously considered a land invasion or occupation of Iran.

05.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

what are we doing here

05.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

September.

05.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI hit with lawsuit claiming ChatGPT acted as an unlicensed lawyer ChatGPT maker OpenAI has been accused in a new lawsuit of practicing law without a U.S. license and helping a former disability claimant breach a settlement and flood a federal court docket with merit...

OpenAI hit with lawsuit claiming ChatGPT acted as an unlicensed lawyer www.reuters.com/legal/legali...

05.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 12

Azerbaijan just closed airspace "in the south of the country" per Bloomberg macro squawk. Losing that link would have a massive impact on Europe-Asia (incl the Indian subcontinent and ANZ) air travel.

05.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 481 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 14
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From FT comments

05.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 4309 πŸ” 1490 πŸ’¬ 193 πŸ“Œ 106