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"Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise|"
#Australia #Environment

Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise
Labor’s long-awaited environmental reforms do represent progress. But ambition levels have been dialled back and much depends on the detail.

International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela (Just Security)
https://www.justsecurity.org/127981/international-law-venezuela-maduro/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p56#a260104p56

California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year,
including a  controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle
and a new right to return a used vehicle within three days.

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

Oops
North Dakota Law Included Fake Critical Minerals Using Lawyers' Last Names - Slashdot
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/05/0027243/north-dakota-law-included-fake-critical-minerals-using-lawyers-last-names

Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence https://openbuddhism.org/library/videos/2022/elodie-emery-wandrille-lanos-present-buddhism-the-unspeakable-truth/

‘Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence’
In a brief video in English, the French filmmakers Élodie Emery and Wandrille Lanos introduce their documentary ‘Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence’ (Arte, 2022). It can be watched here.

Make no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

I began posting this around year 2000.... It still seems quite valid.
The First Law of the Internet
Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way that is privately beneficial without being publicly detrimental.
The burden of demonstrating public detriment shall be on those who wish to prevent the private use.
Such a demonstration shall require clear and convincing evidence of public detriment.
The public detriment must be of such deg…

Pure fiction.
This senior adviser to potus can’t even see that Oregon’s 6,695 sworn police officers are less numerous than the FBI’s ~13,700 special agents.
Stephen Miller shouldn’t be trusted to advise on a coffee order, let alone government policy. He is out of touch with reality.
Sources in comment.
#USpol

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Meer over Clare's Law wat aangehaald werd
Clare's Law - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare's_Law
First implemented in England and Wales in 2014, the policy structure has since been adopted or proposed in various forms elsewhere in the United Kingdom as well as in Australia and Canada.

"Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain"
#Nigeria #Wildlife #Environment

Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain
The Nigerian Parliament recently passed sweeping legislation to protect endangered wildlife from illegal trafficking. Once the president signs it into law, offenders could face fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,300) and up to 10 years in prison for trafficking elephant ivory, pangolin scales, and other products from threatened species. The bill, hailed as […]

Yay! Colorado officially recognizes that mental health IS physical health! Our bodies DO include our brains.
Next, we need to legislate financial support for medical problems with ears, eyes and teeth. Hell, throw in food, water and housing--NOW we're getting civilized. https://newsbeep.org/@us/1158286950032

United States News Beep (@us@newsbeep.org)
Attached: 1 image New Colorado law requires insurers to cover mental health like physical illness Advocates said the law ensures that Coloradans can access the care they are paying for without facing a… #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #Health #MentalHealth https://www.newsbeep.com/us/384528/

"If it was anybody else, we'd arrest him tomorrow" basically summarizes the state of this country over my entire adult life. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3m4rgw6c3x22n

Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social)
Wow. “If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,”Justice Department aide said of Trump. “A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Dept official didn’t have authorization to see them.” No rule of law without equality under the law. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/trump-arrest-classified-documents-probe-maralago-rcna241155

law_firm: Lazega law firm network
Multiplex network with 3 edge types representing relationships (coworkers, friendship, advice) between partners and associates of a corporate law firm. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 71 nodes and 2571 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://net…

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115832160716635427
Regrettable.
Understandable, given Maduro's support to the Russian invasion. But regrettable.
You don't defend internacional law by violating international law. Ever.

France: US "Violated Principles Of International Law" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/france-us-violated-principles-of-international-law/

Big Law's Big Choice (Paul Rosenzweig/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/big-law-big-choice-trump-settlements-dc-bar-ethics-opinion
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p42#a251104p42

On the intimate contacts between Putin's 'peace negotiator' Dmitriev and Trump's son-in-law Kushner, since the day after Trump was elected in 2016. Known since the Mueller report.
Goals: joint investments and self-enrichment.
htt…

Al sinds 2016 bouwt de Russische onderhandelaar Kirill Dmitriev aan goede relaties met Trump
Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Poetins onderhandelaar, bouwt al vanaf dag één van Donald Trumps eerste presidentschap aan een persoonlijke relatie met diens getrouwen. Jared Kushner, Trumps schoonzoon, lijkt de belangrijkste. Steeds is de vraag: wat valt er economisch te halen?

https://www.techmeme.com/251104/p19#a251104p19
The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published.

European law enforcement arrests nine suspects involved in an alleged crypto fraud ring that stole €600M+ via fake investment platforms promising high returns
By Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer. View the full context on Techmeme.

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law
are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans
-- Jeff Tiedrich
https://bsky.app/profile/jefftiedrich.bsky.social/post/3m2fkedvkl22s

Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich.bsky.social)
the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

BUSINESS LAW MULTIVERSE 2022
https://orgpad.com/o/BEeNqRLUZEUbbyEwObhO25

So if it's that easy to go in and yoink a dipshit leader of another country, law be damned, can we do Netanyahu next?
Or would someone like to do Trump? We wouldn't mind, really.
#uspol #gaza

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Judas Priest:
🎵 Breaking the Law
#JudasPriest
https://djaf.bandcamp.com/track/judas-priest-breaking-the-law-redrum
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RaA6kIcvomt77qlIgGhCT

The New York Times, AP, RCFP, and other media organizations back an effort to block a new Texas law requiring app stores to verify users' ages (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/411151/new-yor…

New York Times, AP, Others Ask Court To Block Texas Law Restricting App Downloads
"The Act renders wide swaths of speech at the very heart of the First Amendment's protection presumptively off limits to minors when accessed through apps -- a critical channel of distribution for news organizations," news organizations argue in a proposed friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday with U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman in Austin.

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

"Block VPN users from Wisconsin" means blocking all VPNs, becuase … VPN.
"Websites subject to this proposed law are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all #VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet, and the unintended consequences of …

Appeals court shoots down Huntington Beach voter ID law | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/appeals-court-shoots-down-huntington-beach-voter-id-law/

Under Trump, the Law Is Just a Speed Bump (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/under-trump-the-law-is-just-a-speed-bump-drug-boat-strikes-war-powers-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/251103/p45#a251103p45

WTF does kidnapping a foreign leader on his own soil have to do with US Law Enforcement?
"This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement"
Trump says US forces have captured Nicolas Maduro
Here's text from a Truth Social post:
"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Cou…

Donald Trump says US forces have 'captured' Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro
US President Donald Trump says the US has "captured" Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who earlier declared a national emergency and hit out at US "military aggression" after attacks in the capital, Caracas.

I hadn’t thought of this. Makes me worried for the game company’s future.
https://kotaku.com/sims-4-ea-saudi-arabia-acquisition-gay-relationships-2000640899

This is a nice gesture (and a horrid photograph) but I do wonder whether either of the Dells have read the law that created those "trump accounts".
I did read the law.
It is like most R-party "accounts" - a scam (largely benefiting crypto bros.)
It is one of the most badly drafted pieces of legislation that I have seen. It is full of ambiguities that will lead to future disputes over who gets what.
It is a law so poorly crafted that it will make t…

Dell CEO pledges $6 billion to ‘Trump accounts’ for American children
The executive and his wife said the donation will seed investment accounts for 25 million children under 10, building off a program launched in Trump’s tax law.

Venezuela, a thread 🧵:
It is simultaneously true that the US has never cared about international law *and* that the current action is egregiously bad, even for us. The first point is self-obviously true - not only from the general POV (Iraq and Afghanistan are perhaps my generation's most obvious examples) but from LatAm's POV as well (look up the list of coups and covert operations in North and South America over the last 70 years).
1/?

I came across an insult in Spanish, calling someone "the bloke who holds the basin for the brothel clients to wash their genitals". That's this man.
Starmer won't be drawn on whether US strikes on Venezuela broke international law - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4qgv

Keir Starmer says UK 'not involved in any way' in US strike on Venezuela
The PM has not spoken to US President Donald Trump about the US seizure of President Nicolas Maduro.

Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback [from the UN]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan

EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/eu-backs-another-one-year-delay-for-eudr-antideforestation-law/

EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law
The European Union has voted to postpone implementing a key antideforestation law for the second year in a row, citing technical concerns. Critics of the move warn that a delay and other proposed changes will further weaken the law. On Nov. 26, the European Parliament voted 402 to 250 in favor of an amendment that […]

Looking at EU official statements, Greenland’s accession/invasion by US seems inevitable and we’ll be watching closely.
I’m deeply disappointed by the EU’s leadership on this.
🔗 https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/03/k…

Greedy McBreaks-the-law
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: no waterboarding please and thank you.
#satire #potus45

Weren't these humanitarian activists captured by Israelis on the high seas, in clear contravention of international law? That's #Piracy !
https://www.theguardian.c…

Support for using picolibc as the primary C library with GCC landed today. Thanks much to Jeffrey Law and Andrew Pinski for their help improving the changes and getting them merged. https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=72274d0a421…

a little opsec:
• pay in cash
• take the bus
• leave your cellphone behind
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115663007332170740

Mikie Sherrill should attack the NJ Affordable Housing Law. It destroys the environment and believe me, it’s not affordable unless you want studio apartments you can’t afford. Total scam to let developer win big.

International law is what the US wipes its ass with.

"Ernsthaft?! Alexander Dobrindt, dessen Partei ständig nach "Law and Order" ruft, tut nichts gegen die Gefahr durch Böllern in der Silvesternacht?"
https://bsky.app/profile/campact.de/post/3mbh2hr33kk2t

Campact e.V. (@campact.de)
Ernsthaft?! Alexander Dobrindt, dessen Partei ständig nach "Law and Order" ruft, tut nichts gegen die Gefahr durch Böllern in der Silvesternacht? (1/6)

“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.”
Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March
and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Will Hegseth Go? Defense Secretary Faces Anger from Congress over Boat Strikes, Signal Chat
“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.” Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Legal experts say th…

Somehow I don’t see this going so well. I understand the desire to charge to fund local content… but it will be interesting to see if the global streaming platforms agree to this.. or just decide to leave Australia. 🤔
https://deadline.com/2025/11/australia-…

Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law: “A Landmark Day For Screen Storytelling”
Australia's streaming quotas have become law, with Netflix and others now required to spend on original local content.

If the Democratic Party takes Congress in 2026, the first thing they should do is end the Senate filibuster. It’s a rule that if it ever did serve a purpose, it now prevents any opportunity for Congress to challenge a POTUS that does not respect the rule of law. It’s not in the constitution.
#USpol #SenateFilibuster

European law enforcement arrests nine suspects involved in an alleged crypto fraud ring that stole €600M via fake investment platforms promising high returns (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

EU urges respect for international law after US capture of Maduro (Jones Hayden/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-kallas-urges-respect-international-law-after-us-capture-maduro/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p21#a260103p21

Books, movies, music, and works of art published in 1930, including William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, and sound recordings from 1925 enter the US public domain (Duke University School of Law)
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/

Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[2] On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1925.

European leaders' statements:
"Well yes, Maduro was a dictator" (which makes them sound gullible, as if that was the reason, while Trump himself already talks about the oil), followed by
"International law should be respected" (which sounds hollow when not mentioning the evident breach).

FBI Seeks 'Seditious Conspiracy' Probe of Democratic Lawmakers (Ben Penn/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-seeks-seditious-conspiracy-probe-of-democratic-lawmakers
http://www.memeorandum.com/251203/p145#a251203p145

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states,
warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to a local police precinct

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Trump's son-in-law almost certainly just broke the law: analyst - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/jared-kushner-2674367194/

New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock via @…

Flock Logins Exposed In Malware Infections, Senator Asks FTC to Investigate the Company
Lawmakers say AI-camera company Flock is violating federal law by not enforcing multi-factor authentication. 404 Media previously found Flock credentials included in infostealer infections.

FBI Conducts Whiplash Firings, Rehirings Linked to Trump Probe (Ben Penn/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-conducts-whiplash-firings-rehirings-linked-to-trump-probe
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p145#a251104p145

"CSKA, its owner, managing director, and even the banks it dealt with were all explicitly named in #sanctions lists.
West Ham defended itself by citing “force majeure”. The club argued that it was impossible to make the payments without violating British law.
But #FIFA insisted: a…

How the EU responds to the illegal invasion of another country and the kidnapping of its president by the United States will determine-
Ah.
Continuing to kiss fascist ass it is then.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/03/kaj…

Kaja Kallas says Maduro 'lacks legitimacy' and calls for restraint
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, stated that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “lacks legitimacy. “ She urged for restraint and respect for international law regarding Venezuela’s situation. Kallas mentioned discussions with U. S. officials and emphasized the EU’s monitoring of the situation, advocating for a peaceful transition and adherence to the principles of international […]

European leaders emerged divided and torn as they tried to welcome the ejection of Venezuela’s authoritarian president,
-- but still uphold the principles of international law that did not appear to allow Trump to capture Nicolšs Maduro,
let alone declare that the US will run Venezuela and control its oil industry.
Europe tried to focus on the principle of a democratic transition, pointing out that the continent had not recognised Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuel…

AI legal software startup Harvey raised $160M led by a16z at an $8B valuation, up from $3B after raising $300M in February, taking its funding in 2025 to $760M (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/dealbook/harvey-legal…

Harvey, a Maker of A.I. Legal Software, Raises $160 Million
The start-up is now valued at about $8 billion as it pushes to add new customers, including those outside law firms.

Spain 'strongly condemns' violation of international law in Venezuela, PM says (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/spain-strongly-condemns-violation-international-law-venezuela-pm-says-2026-01-04/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p8#a260104p8

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Gab Ferreira:
🎵 Law of Nature
#GabFerreira
https://open.spotify.com/track/53224tFqkyerl1ZQA3l8FB

New Jersey lawmaker wants to make UPS and FedEx porch package theft a federal crime | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/porch-pirate-law-federal-crime-b2877450.html

Example 1: the EU's Kaja Kallas: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/03/kaja-kallas-says-maduro-lacks-legitimacy-and-calls-for-restraint/

Kaja Kallas says Maduro 'lacks legitimacy' and calls for restraint
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, stated that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “lacks legitimacy. “ She urged for restraint and respect for international law regarding Venezuela’s situation. Kallas mentioned discussions with U. S. officials and emphasized the EU’s monitoring of the situation, advocating for a peaceful transition and adherence to the principles of international […]

Trump says US must restore law and order to Venezuela before elections -- opposition leader could only win with his support (Caitlin Doornbos/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/trump-says-us-must-restore-law-and-order-to-venezuela-before-elections-opposition-leader-could-only-win-with-his-support/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p54#a260104p54

By-the-way, it is time for us to review that aspect of international law that is known as the "head of state doctrine".
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2279&context=ilj

The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington.
Agents arrested Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, on explosive charges.
Calls to relatives of Cole listed in public records were not immediately returned.
The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, …

5 years later, authorities arrest a suspect in Washington pipe bomb case. Here's what to know
The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington, D.C. The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, and the Capitol riot by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters

Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions (Aaron Parnas/MeidasTouch News)
https://meidasnews.com/news/department-of-justice-violates-epstein-files-law-by-failing-to-inform-congress-of-reasons-behind-redactions
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p61#a260104p61

Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering "AI-native legal services" (Norm Ai)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/n<…

“Nixon tried to keep his criminality secret,
and the Bush administration tried to keep the torture secret,
and that secrecy acknowledged the norm that these things were wrong,”
Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith said.
“Trump, as he often does when he is breaking law or norms,
is acting publicly and without shame or unease.
This is a very successful way to destroy the efficacy of law and norms.”

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

In a pretrial ruling, a UK judge finds a review in The Observer was defamatory for calling Andy Ngo an alt-right agitator; the outlet's parent weighs next steps (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/guardian-pre-trial-libel-…

Guardian faces trial after influencer sues over 'alt-right agitator' label
Guardian News and Media is considering next steps after a finding it was defamatory to describe Andy Ngo as an "'alt-right' agitator".

Ooh, I feel more US sanctions on the UN coming up. https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-WOBuTLhPRXugyid_r6rXUg:a:3199692-/0

US strikes on alleged drug boats violate law, UN human rights chief says
The UN's human rights chief has condemned US military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific, saying the lethal attacks violate international law and amount to "extrajudicial killing". Volker Türk said on Friday that more than 60 people have reportedly been killed …

Australia passes a law requiring global streamers with 1M Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local outlay or 7.5% of revenue on Australian originals (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/australia-streaming-quotas-sworn-into-law-…

Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law: “A Landmark Day For Screen Storytelling”
Australia's streaming quotas have become law, with Netflix and others now required to spend on original local content.

'Ludicrous': Law expert obliterates Trump admin's claims on shipwreck killings - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-strike-2674368142/

The peril of a White House that flaunts indifference to the law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html?searchResultPosition=2

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

Australia passes its streaming content quotas law, which establishes local content spending requirements for global streamers with 1M Australian subscribers (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/australia-streaming-quotas-sworn-into-law-12…

Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law: “A Landmark Day For Screen Storytelling”
Australia's streaming quotas have become law, with Netflix and others now required to spend on original local content.

SEC filing: Meta says it is no longer facing a CFPB investigation over advertising for financial services on its platforms (Evan Weinberger/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/meta-escapes-cfpb-probe-into-financial-se…

Meta Escapes CFPB Probe Into Financial Services Advertising
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. said it is no longer facing potential penalties from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over advertising for financial services on its platforms.

"International law is fake and gay"
An Unapologetic American Chauvinist Speaks – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/01/04/an-unapologetic-american-chauvinist-speaks/

Flock Surveillance
refers to the camera and data systems developed by Flock Safety,
-- a private technology company that provides automated license plate recognition  and
vehicle-tracking networks to
police departments, homeowners’ associations, and private businesses across the U.S.
🔥This system enables mass tracking of drivers and data sharing across police and private networks
without sufficient oversight,
raising serious concerns about privacy, …

What is FLOCK surveillance w/ EFF's Sarah Hamid; Oakland Police Commission w/ Ricardo Garcia Acosta and Omar Farmer | KPFA
Flock Surveillance refers to the camera and data systems developed by Flock Safety, a private technology company that provides automated license plate recognition  and vehicle-tracking networks to police departments, homeowners’ associations, and private businesses across the U.S. This system enables mass tracking of drivers and data sharing across police and private networks without sufficient oversight, … Continued

NY Moves to Toss Musk's X Suit Over Hate Speech Law | Thomson/Reuters
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/musk-x-hate-speech/2025/11/03/id/1233068/

Trump is framing this as a law enforcement operation so he doesn’t need congressional authorization.
He’s not defending our country. He’s defending his grip on power with endless wars.
“American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonlin…

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)

Padilla, Mullin Bill Strengthening Cybersecurity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Signed Into Law -
https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2025/12/03/988-suicide-crisis-lifeline/73333

"Mainers reject voter ID, absentee ballot restrictions as Question 1 fails" - Election Law Blog
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=152907

MERCENARIES is a video and poster campaign to counter ICE recruitment.
The distribution model for this campaign is both decentralized and autonomous.
They ask, "Please help us circulate these everywhere that people are at risk."
https://crimethinc.com/zines/8-things-

8 Things You Can Do to Stop ICE
8 Things You Can Do to Stop ICE Know Your Rights—Educate Your Community Learn your rights in interactions with ICE and law enforcement. Trump officials have complained that people knowing their r...

Breaking: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be used in 2026 (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)
https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-allows-new-texas-map
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p139#a251204p139

2025 MAINE 2 - TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ON DANGEROUS WEAPONS POSSESSION
GENERAL
BALLOT MEASURE
estimates
73% of votes counted
Yes. wins.
AP race call at
6:55 p.m. on. Nov. 4, 2025.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/r

Maine Question 2 results 2025
Live Maine question 2 election results over adding a potential ‘red flag’ law in the state.

Judge burns Russ Vought with his own words, sees right through DOJ effort to 'starve' Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 'with the stroke of pen' | Law & Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-burns-russ-vought-with-his-own-words-sees-right-through-doj-effort-to-starve-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-with-the-stroke-of-pen/

The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)
https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-kilmar-abrego-garcia-sanctions
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p55#a260102p55

Rright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.

Trump Starts Underwater In Initial Venezuela Poll, US Oil Industry Not Rushing To Return, Chaos Reigns This Morning
This week Democrats must remind the world that we are still fighting for freedom, democracy, and rule of law here and everywhere.....

“This is illegal. The occupation is illegal.” The International Court of Justice agrees, as has the United Nations, according to numerous resolutions passed starting in 1967. And yet now the Security Council has effectively given Israel’s occupation of Gaza the force of international law."
Opinion | In Gaza and the West Bank, Human Rights Work Changes Course - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/NnUaf#selection-993.114-993.404

FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use (Ben Penn/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p54#a251101p54

"The attorney general is the people’s attorney, not the president’s attorney,”
as former Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy put it in 2017.
But Trump and Bondi clearly agree that she’s there to work for him,
to protect him, to spare him from the very law enforcement that she is responsible for.
It hearkens back to the medieval model of attorney general as legal representative to the king. 
This is the rotten core of Trump
-- beneath all the makeup and slurre…

We Must Reclaim a Government That Belongs to All of Us
From the White House rubble to the bottomless pit of Epstein, we are in the midst of a nationwide struggle over whose government this really is.

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn't apply to cartel strikes (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/01/trump-venezuela-war-drugs-law/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p42#a251101p42

PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS DEPUTY CHAIR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE TO END TRUMP'S ILLEGAL WAR ON VENEZUELA
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
released the following statement after news that Trump launched airstrikes inside Venezuela and captured its head of state:
"Trump's invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.
He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture …

A federal judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration initiative that would have kept immigrant children in custody after their 18th birthdays, preventing their transfer to adult detention centers that advocates said were planned for this weekend.
Under federal law, unaccompanied minors are housed in facilities overseen by the office of refugee resettlement,
which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services, not Ice.
On Saturday, US district judge Rud…

A judge has ruled that, for now,
asylum seekers are not required to pay an annual fee for each year their application is pending.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP.)
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, which became law on July 4, 2025,
instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system,
including asylum seekers.
The legislation requires that they pay a $100 filing fee and an Annual A…

Judge Rules Asylum Seekers Do Not Have to Pay Annual Fee, For Now
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill instituted a new fee system for people in the immigration system, including asylum seekers.

Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that 👉 prohibits anyone based in China and "other adversarial countries" from accessing the Pentagon’s cloud computing systems.
The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense policy law,
was enacted in response to a ProPublica investigation this year that exposed how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service the
Defense Department’s computer systems for nearly a decade
— a practice that left s…

Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work
The measure, which emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation, bars Microsoft engineers in China and other adversarial countries from servicing sensitive Pentagon cloud computing systems.

The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.
#Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for <…