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ISW: Russia likely to intensify offensives amid closing window of Ukrainian material constraints: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/21/isw-russia-likely.html

Memo to its US staff: TikTok vows legal battle if US' divestment bill becomes a law, saying the bill is "a clear violation" of its users' First Amendment rights (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles…

TikTok Vows Legal Battle as the US Presses for App’s Sale or Ban
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app is signed into law, as one of the world’s most valuable technology businesses tries to fend off an existential crisis in its most important market.

📰 Study reveals how China's local bureaucrats struggle for power through negative media coverage
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-reveals-china-local-bureaucrats-struggle.html

Study reveals how China's local bureaucrats struggle for power through negative media coverage
Recent research on China's factional competition uncovers how local bureaucrats, who are connected to influential national leaders, strategically use the media to criticize members of rival factions, thus harming their promotion prospects and weakening their factions.

Trump lawyers’ head-scratching legal filings just keep coming
Former president Donald #Trump’s legal team, in a Supreme Court filing this week, decided it would be a good idea to cite the past words of Justice Brett M. #Kavanaugh.

In doing so, though, they reinforced just how drastic what they seek is: absol…

Analysis | Trump lawyers’ head-scratching legal filings just keep coming
In a Supreme Court filing this week, Trump’s lawyers really reached in, citing the past words of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. And it’s hardly the only recent example of their puzzling and seemingly desperate arguments.

'Over $10?': New York Family Outraged as Legal Loophole Spares Tow Truck Driver Who Struck 61-Year-Old Motorist with a Deadly Punch In Dispute
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/03/21/lega…

'Over $10?': New York Family Outraged as Legal Loophole Spares Tow Truck Driver Who Struck 61-Year-Old Motorist with a Deadly Punch In Dispute
A Brooklyn tow truck driver accused of punching a man to death during an argument over an illegally parked vehicle was released from jail this week and

📰 Study reveals how China's local bureaucrats struggle for power through negative media coverage
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-reveals-china-local-bureaucrats-struggle.html

Study reveals how China's local bureaucrats struggle for power through negative media coverage
Recent research on China's factional competition uncovers how local bureaucrats, who are connected to influential national leaders, strategically use the media to criticize members of rival factions, thus harming their promotion prospects and weakening their factions.

Japan's FTC says Google blocked Yahoo Japan from accessing targeted ad revenue from mobile searches between 2015 and 2022; Alphabet changed its practices (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Japan Watchdog Says Google Hurt Local Rival’s Ability to Compete
Japanese antitrust regulator said Alphabet Inc.’s Google used tactics that limited Yahoo Japan’s ability to compete in targeted search ads, and it promised to keep monitoring the US firm.

Donald Trump’s new joint #fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his #campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s #legal

Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
Donald Trump and his Republican allies are well behind President Joe Biden and Democrats on fundraising. But an upcoming major fundraiser the former president is hosting in Florida will prioritize his own campaign and the committee paying his legal bills before the Republican National Committee. Experts say that's an unorthodox move because campaigns usually want to first raise money that can be spent on campaign activity. Trump faces four criminal indictments and several civil cases. A copy of…

Students at US universities file legal complaints over fossil fuel investments
Campus organizers at three universities filed legal complaints on Monday arguing that 🔸their schools’ investments in planet-heating fossil fuels are illegal, 🔸the Guardian has learned.
The students from #Columbia University, #Tulane…