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@_ohcoco_ @TonyStark I'm hoping other states band together and reject any curricula from Texas or Florida. They may be the biggest states, but they're not the majority.

Klasfeld on #DOJ smacking #Trump’s lawyers down for their #legal BS:

#JackSmith's team:

"…quotes John Lauro's media tour over the weekend, on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. The defendant's proposed order would lead to the public dissemination of discovery material. Indeed, that is the defendant's stated goal; the defendant seeks to use the discovery material to litigate this case in the media." themessenger.com/politics/trum

And, as predicted, Zoom has updated its terms of service to explain precisely that it’s not doing the thing people interpreted its ToS to say it was doing because Zoom wrote the ToS poorly—using our audio, video, and chat for ML training without permission—and didn’t consult with stakeholders, etc., etc. theverge.com/2023/8/7/23822907

It’s not the lawyers. It’s the executives who should understand that lawyers are writing a licensing statement that the execs need to read with user-anxiety eyeballs.

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NEW: Mississippi election officials have made 161 voting precinct changes ahead of tomorrow's primaries, our investigation finds.

They moved 92 to precincts, closed 41 and opened 28 new ones. But not all the changes are reflected in the state's system.
mississippifreepress.org/35295

Rare constitutional challenge signing statement from Biden: laying down a marker, claiming that Congress cannot intrude into diplomatic negotiations with Taiwan over exec branch objections as a constitutional matter. (I think USTR has been letting lawmakers participate tho.)

Per NYT: "U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations"
Big deal! No way the Chinese could disrupt American Military Operations more than Tommy Tuberville and his GOP supporters already do. #Tuberville #NationalSecurityThreat

Zoom ordered no more work from home for its employees because someone in legal read the new Zoom ToS and was shocked by what Zoom can now do with the content of Zoom calls.

2/ Weissmann:

#Cannon clearly shows her ignorance (bias? both?); obstruction crimes that were investig are charges that cd've been brought in FLA or in DC, thus cd be investig in either district + there was conduct alleged to have occurred outside FLA.

Why Cannon latest order is so off base: 1512 (i) permits obstruction case to be brought where the crime, OR intended effect on investing, occurred. & grand jury may investig if simply a good faith basis for either in grand jury's district

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Judge CANNON comes out swinging at special counsel this morning, striking two of prosecutors' sealed filings and demanding an explanation of "the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate" the docs case storage.courtlistener.com/reca

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