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California's Rob Bonta and a 13-state group challenge the appointment of current and recent Nexstar personnel to Tegna's board, after a preliminary injunction (State of California)
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases

Attorney General Bonta to Court: Nexstar/Tegna Violating Court Order to Stop Merging
Files motion for clarification and other compliance relief SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 13 attorneys general, filed a motion for clarification in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, raising concerns about actions by Tegna Inc. (Tegna) and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nexstar) that are in apparent violation of the court’s hold-separate order.

Former interim U.S. Attorney
Roger Rogoff has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche,
arguing his firing was unconstitutional
after federal judges appointed him to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western Washington.
Rogoff was sworn in last week
⚠️but served less than an hour before Trump announced on social media that he had been fired.
“I was disappointed, but unsurprised that President Trump removed me fr…

I updated “Don’t Disable Form Controls” with a suggestion on what to do with submit buttons:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/02/dont-disable-form-controls.html#SubmitInstead
And no, making them read-only is not it, so don’t:

Don’t Disable Form Controls
Just another usability and accessibility pro telling authors not to do the thing they continue to do. It’s Ok to Disable Buttons There are plenty of cases where you want to disable a button until a user takes a conscious action to enable it, such as when launching nuclear missiles.…

Former acting U.S. attorney found dead inside federal building in San Diego
Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz federal building in San Diego on Wednesday,
shortly after being reported missing.
There were no signs of foul play involved, authorities said.
Evidence at the scene suggests Haden died by hanging himself,
according to a source familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to speak publi…

Former acting U.S. attorney found dead inside federal building in San Diego
Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego on Wednesday.

San Francisco sues Trump Media & Technology, claiming its Truth API service violates California's Unfair Competition Law by creating an insider trading market (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.

San Francisco Sues to Stop Early Access to Trump’s Truth Social Posts
The city attorney argued that the service, available for up to $100,000 a month, could allow wealthy traders to manipulate the market, while leaving out everyday investors.

ZeroHeight readers should be aware AudioEye is a litigious company that sues detractors:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html
They should also know its overlay never worked, a signal its services are p…

#AudioEye Has Dropped Its Suit Against Me
AudioEye has dropped its lawsuit against me as part of a settlement agreement. The specific legal details are at the end of this post. Index for this post: Joint Statement Impact, Abridged SLAPP Everybody Lost Legal Details Wrap-up Related CAO Hire: 8 February 2024 Talk References (Added 7 July 2024)…

ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors,
leaving kids waiting in shelters for months
https://www.texastribune.org/20…

ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.

Texas Democrats ask for investigation into Ken Paxton voter registration
The complaint comes after The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Texas attorney general repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he no longer lives.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/16/de…

Texas Democrats ask for investigation into Ken Paxton voter registration
The complaint comes after The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found the Texas attorney general repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live.

I appreciate folks pinging me that my site is down.
The host took it down and, assuming I’m reading these dashboard messages correctly, it was in response to more than a million bot requests.
I have no idea when they will restore it. And I have a lot of IRL stuff this morning, so I’m just gonna leave it be.
In the meantime, the most recent Wayback archive is 18 July:

Adrian Roselli — Consultant, Writer, Speaker
alt: It’s me, but I’m made of polymers. I stand 4 inches tall, my joints are hinged, my face is a rictus of dull PVC. I am restrained against a cardboard wall by a transparent bubble of plastic holding me fast alongside divots bearing the tools of my trade —…

The Justice Department appears to have hired a convicted election hacker to monitor elections.
Democracy Docket reported that David Michael Levin appears to have joined the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
A Florida attorney, Levin in 2016 was charged with three felonies for hacking a Florida state elections website as well as a county elections website.
The hacking had no impact on the vote counting or outcome,
but Levin pleaded guilty to the crimes.
Levin argued he…

Why Is the DOJ Working With a Man Convicted of Hacking Election Sites?
David Michael Levin appears to be involved in a Justice Department election-monitoring operation.