Tootfinder

Can we please, in the name of humanity, stop this motherfucker?
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251028-israeli-planes-strike-gaza-city-after-netanyahu-orders-powerful-attacks

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'

Trump Says He Is Canceling All Biden Executive Orders Signed With Autopen (Alyssa Lukpat/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-says-he-is-canceling-all-biden-executive-orders-signed-with-autopen-00d59515
http://www.memeorandum.com/251128/p53#a251128p53

How do NFL coaches take their coffee? We're glad you asked https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6668240/2025/09/28/nfl-coaches-coffee-orders/

Billboards telling troops to obey only lawful orders go up near Florida military base | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/troops-billboard-campaign-florida-orders-b2890691.html

Russia orders 450 Kalibr 3M-14S cruise missiles, including 56 with nuclear warheads: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/24/russia-orders-kalibr-ms-cruise.html

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says
“all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,”
and troops have no right to question him.
Leavitt’s comments came as Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth weighs court martialing former astronaut, retired Naval officer, and now-Democratic
Senator Mark Kelly
for his role in a video that the right is claiming to be “seditious.”
Unfortunately for the White House’s arguments,
there have been illegal…

White House Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal
The Trump administration is twisting U.S. military code to take revenge against Democrats who reminded troops to follow the law.

Completely crazy, to let your military sign NDA's. For the military involved, they can be prosecuted for following illegal orders.
"U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump's expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion"

CISA releases warning about Windows Server Update Service bug, orders agencies to patch https://therecord.media/wsus-vulnerability-cisa-late-friday-warning

EU member states backed a revised proposal to combat online child sexual abuse, despite opposition from Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.
The plan allows companies to voluntarily scan encrypted messages as part of risk-mitigation duties, replacing earlier mandatory detection orders. Germany’s shift secured a qualified majority.
The Council will now negotiate final wording with the European Parliament, which previously rejected the scanning.

Billboard campaign urging troops to disobey orders from Trump administration launches in Tampa (Andy Paden/WTSP)
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/billboard-campaign-urging-troops-to-disobey-orders-from-trump-administration-launches-in-tampa/67-3e67456f-fd56-426a-8ec4-4070c3b09aed
http://www.memeorandum.com/251226/p25#a251226p25

Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision "fundamentally flawed" (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/s…

Wait...
DC deployment of National Guard was ruled unlawful:
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-dc-deployment-c1c2b13a7102632632267bf1262506ff
So what were they doing there before they were shot:

Federal judge orders end to National Guard deployment in DC
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded Thursday that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however. District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to chall…

Judge Orders Border Patrol Chief to Meet Daily After Chicago Tear Gas Incidents | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-ice-border-patrol/2025/10/28/id/1232188/

A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday
ordered federal immigration officers to stop making arrests in Colorado without a warrant,
unless the detainee posed a flight risk.
The ruling by Judge R. Brooke Jackson could be put on hold once the administration appeals,
just as earlier rulings in Los Angeles and Illinois limiting immigration agents’ powers were quickly blocked by higher courts.

Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
The ruling that immigration agents are acting illegally is the latest to rebuke the Trump administration’s tactics, but earlier orders have been blocked on appeal.

https://finimize.com/content/ransomware-snarls-muji-and-loft-online-orders-in-japan
Ransomware Snarls Muji And Loft Online Orders In Japan

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

This is the video that has Trump and Hegseth in such a tizzy. Because they know full well they are planning illegal orders.
#uspol

Netanyahu orders "powerful" strikes in Gaza as ceasefire breaks down (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/28/israel-break-ceasefire-hamas-bodies-rafah
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p99#a251028p99

Judge orders #Dept of Edu to restore $1 Billion in #school funding for #MentalHealth grants that they've refused to honor in #DJT exec branch effor…

What a nonsense: nationalise it (jointly with France)!
"Eurostar is also the only company currently offering cross-Channel rail services between London and Paris, but others want to set up rival services."
Eurostar orders first double-decker trains - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6n…

Eurostar orders first double-decker trains
They would be the first two-level high-speed trains to run through the Channel Tunnel.

Ofcom rules that the BBC's failure to disclose that a Gaza documentary was narrated by the son of a minister in the Hamas-run government was a "serious breach" (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/…

Ofcom orders BBC to air on TV finding that Gaza film broke broadcasting rules
Ofcom has accused the BBC of “a serious breach” of the broadcasting Code with its Gaza documentary for its Hamas links.

Thailand bans World iris scans, orders company to delete data https://therecord.media/thailand-world-iris-scans-ban

The Trump administration orders review of 233,000 Biden-era refugees
This unprecedented move will reopen cases of thousands who sought U.S. protection
Critics call the review unnecessary and cruel
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm

Trump administration orders review of Biden-era refugees, memo shows (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-review-biden-era-refugees-memo-shows-2025-11-24/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251124/p104#a251124p104

President Trump signs an EO establishing the "Genesis Mission" to boost AI research and shorten discovery timelines "from years to days or even hours" (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-ai-genesis-mission-doe-chris-wright<…

Trump orders wide-ranging "Genesis Mission" to boost AI research
It seeks to encourage government data sharing with industry, academia and other scientific institutions.

Hey everyone,
@…’s mom needs your help:
“My mother has been suffering from chronic diabetes, and some time ago, one of her toes had to be amputated. During the war, her condition has worsened, and she now relies on a walker to move. 💔
Today, she fell inside our tent, and her foot got injured again – it’s swollen and bruised badly…

Help Bara'a and her elderly parents in Gaza
My name is Bara'a El-Mughraby. Me and my older brother are the sole breadwinners for my family of five in Al-Shati refugee camp in North Gaza. Me, my elderly parents, my sister and my brother. For months, we have endured the unimaginable and did everything we can to survive, but now our situation worsened a lot and has become a matter of life or death. The constant bombardment and the recent evacuation orders from the IDF mean we have to leave our home—but we don't have the capabilities nor t…

Metric Linear Orders and O-Minimality
Aaron Anderson, Diego Bejarano
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11857 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.11857

Metric Linear Orders and O-Minimality
In continuous logic, there are plenty of examples of interesting stable metric structures. However, on the other side of the SOP line, there are only a few metric structures where order is relevant, and orders often appear in different ways. We now present a unified approach to linear and cyclic orders in continuous logic. We axiomatize theories of metric linear and cyclic orders, and in the ultrametric case, find generic completions, analogous to the complete theory DLO. We then characterize w…

Federal Judge Orders Education Dept To Reinstate $1 Billion In Mental Health Grants Across 16 Blue States - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/federal-judge-orders-education-dept-to-reinstate-1-billion-in-mental-health-grants-across-16-blue-states/

What the actual fuck? #BikeNYC

Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview | Pete Hegseth | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/hegseth-unlawful-orders-trump-fox-interview

FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fbi-investigate-democrats-warned-military-unlawful-orders/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p68#a251125p68

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI: "States have been the only effective line of defense against AI harms."
On the topic of states rights, Donald Trump doesn’t exactly follow the party line. During his first term, he couched himself in populist, small-government rhetoric — even as he attacked individual states that dared to defend migrants and legalize marijuana.

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI
Donald Trump recently signed an executive order allowing his administration to attack states that try to regulate artificial intelligence.

Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/indiana-university-school-paper

Kelly to Hegseth: Pentagon investigation over 'illegal orders' video won't 'intimidate me' (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5620668-kelly-hegseth-pentagon-investigation-illegal-orders-video/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p34#a251125p34

Spreadsheets!!!
Filled in my #dasher tracking sheet today and added a chart!
This one shows most of the stores I've got orders from since I started tracking that more closely in March. (there is a 'long tail' of <5 orders on the right that is not included in the picture.)
No big surprises for me in here. McDs and Dairy Queen are the 'bread and butter' locations. Other good performers pop up as the number of orders declines including NoodleBox, Boston Pizza, and Walmart.
Little Valley and Panago are good ones on the less frequent side.
7-11 is frequent, but pay is terrible.
“Walmart SFS" is their package delivery vs. grocery. It's an anomaly. It does not allow tips, and the orders are generally 5-10 packages at a time per offer which is why it has the most orders, but the very little cash.
I'm also always considering these numbers geographically... as in, where is the best place to stage myself for the most pay. There is a 'north' and 'south' side of town and It's not a clear choice.
#PortAlberni #DasherLife #DoorDash #Uber #GigWork #Charts #Data #Spreadsheet #AppleNumbers

Days after starting his second term, Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that targeted DEI programs and policies for elimination, decrying them as illegal and immoral.
Museums across the country scrambled to react
— and in many cases, comply.
Within days, Washington’s National Gallery of Art announced it would close its office of belonging and inclusion
and remove the words “diversity, equity, access and inclusion” from its list of values on its website. …

This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’
The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.

Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/11/latvia-orders-over-russian-citizens.html

In a desperate attempt to deflect attention from the Epstein files, Trump has ordered the release of the Earhart flies, hoping people aren't smart enough to tell the difference between two last names ending in "E."
https://avbrief.com/trump-orders-earha

Fascist Paramilitary (ERO) Invade and Deploy Chemical Weapons in Community Despite Restraining Orders [Chicago]
Source: #politics

Confirming he wants to kill members of Congress and plans to give the military more illegal orders.
Source links:
https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/33937
http…

In his EO, Trump orders US AG Pam Bondi to create an "AI Litigation Task Force" that meets regularly with David Sacks to challenge "inconsistent" state AI laws (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/trump-orders-c

Trump orders creation of litigation task force to challenge state AI laws
On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a single regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence in the US...

A Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay a ~$3.2M fine to four major Japanese publishers for its role in hosting servers for manga piracy sites (The Japan Times)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/crime-legal/cloudflare-manga-piracy/

Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Four major publishing firms accused Cloudflare of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.

These goofs want to use "drones that would fly up to 150 feet and eventually deliver some of the orders that today are transported by the company’s drivers."
We have a technology that efficiently delivers goods to homes in an urban neighborhood. It's called bicycles. https://

DoorDash wants to test drones in the Mission. Some are pushing back. 
DoorDash plans to launch a drone testing site on Folsom Street, but the Teamsters Union Local No. 665 is pushing back. 

I’ve been really interested in both aspects of this post:
1. ICE right-wing fringe groups conspicuously steered clear of protests yesterday in a way that suggests that orders went out (whose?) and/or (I’m guessing “and”) that there’s a sense from those people that they don’t have public support and don’t have free license to instigate violence.
2. Police went out of their way to put on a friendly face. I’ve been getting vibes that some local police resent ICE — “this is OUR turf, beating up Black and brown people was OUR job” — and, contrary to what we and the regime might expect, ICE isn’t always getting free support by default from that quarter.
Caveats: No solid conclusions here, just reading vibes. And even if it is actually true for now, all of this can shift on a dime. Still, sure is notable. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/post/3m3krd3w4s22k

I really don't like linking to #X. But here's the video from the upright Democrats (Don't give up), in which they remind the military of their oath and call on them to resist unlawful orders.
These are the people who are threatened with the death penalty by Darth #Trump.
Trump is dangerous becau…

Which Word Orders Facilitate Length Generalization in LMs? An Investigation with GCG-Based Artificial Languages
Nadine El-Naggar, Tatsuki Kuribayashi, Ted Briscoe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12722

Which Word Orders Facilitate Length Generalization in LMs? An Investigation with GCG-Based Artificial Languages
Whether language models (LMs) have inductive biases that favor typologically frequent grammatical properties over rare, implausible ones has been investigated, typically using artificial languages (ALs) (White and Cotterell, 2021; Kuribayashi et al., 2024). In this paper, we extend these works from two perspectives. First, we extend their context-free AL formalization by adopting Generalized Categorial Grammar (GCG) (Wood, 2014), which allows ALs to cover attested but previously overlooked cons…

Graphene and thin graphite films for ultrafast optical Kerr gating at 1 GHz repetition rate under focused illumination
Amr Farrag, Assegid M. Flatae, Mario Agio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17713 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.17713 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.17713
arXiv:2511.17713v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The ability to address sub-picosecond events of weak optical signals is essential for progress in quantum science, nonlinear optics, and ultrafast spectroscopy. While up-conversion and optical Kerr gating (OKG) offer femtosecond resolution, they are generally limited to ensemble measurements, making ultrafast detection in nano-optics challenging. OKG, with its broadband response and high throughput without phase-matching, is especially promising when used at high repetition rates under focused illumination.
Here, we demonstrate an ultrafast detection scheme using the third-order nonlinearity of graphene and thin graphite films, operating at 1 GHz with sub-nanojoule pulses and achieving 141 fs temporal resolution. Their exceptionally large nonlinear refractive index, orders of magnitude higher than conventional Kerr media, enhances detection efficiency at smaller thicknesses, enables sub-picosecond response, and supports broadband operation. Their atomic-scale thickness minimizes dispersion and simplifies integration with microscopy platforms, optical fibers, and nanophotonic circuits, making them a compact, practical material platform for nano-optical and on-chip ultrafast Kerr gating.
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Trump orders US carrier strike group to Caribbean (Paul McLeary/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/trump-orders-us-carrier-strike-group-to-caribbean-00621968
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p81#a251024p81

Check out today's packed Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA was hit by a cyberattack,
--Coupang's founder failed to show at parliamentary hearing,
--Vast majority of parked domains foist scams and malware,
--FTC orders Nomad to pay victims after hackers stole cryptocurrency,
--noyb alleges data exposure by TikTok, Grindr and AppFlyer,
--Hackers exploit critica…

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA was hit by a cyberattack
Coupang's founder didn't show at parliamentary hearing, Majority of parked domains foist scams and malware, FTC orders Nomad to pay victims after hackers stole cryptocurrency, noyb alleges data exposure by TikTok, Grindr and AppFlyer, Hackers exploit critical flaws in Fortinet products, much more

A Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

A Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/Vv4HP

“We lead by love. This is community. We send no orders, there’s no orders out here, just people defending each other. And we don’t need a f*cking gun to do it. We don’t need body armor to do it. We don’t need to beat up protestors, we don’t need to beat up fake news to do it. We show up, put our f*cking bodies on the line because we don’t f*ck with n*zis. Maybe one day, maybe one day, you can say the same. Community will welcome you back…”
🧵 1/2

Court orders detention of Zelensky's fugitive associate in Ukraine's biggest corruption case: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/court-orders-detention-of-zelenskys.html

Only one day left in a very news-heavy work week, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial cybersecurity news you should know, including
--Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium,
--DC US Attorney launches investigation into crypto scams,
--APT exploited Citrix Bleed2 flaws in Cisco ISE,
--CISA orders patching of Cisco ASA and Firepower devices,
--Extremist group 764 member faces charges related to online child exploitatio…

Operation Endgame dismantled Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium
DC US Attorney launches investigation into crypto scams, APT exploited Citrix Bleed2 flaws in Cisco ISE, CISA orders patching of Cisco ASA and Firepower devices, Extremist group 764 member faces charges related to online child exploitation, Musk fumbles X security key switchover, much more

As Donald Trump and his administration have rolled back rights, cut social safety net programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and ignored or failed to comply with court orders,
new demographics are being activated to join a broader coalition of people fighting for education, racial justice, gun control, science, the environment, immigration and the LGBTQ community.
From local grassroots efforts to nationwide groups, today’s organizers are breaking down barriers and creati…

Trump orders nuclear tests after lambasting Russia over nuclear-powered missile: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/trump-orders-nuclear-tests-after.html

Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders (Mike Brest/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3892669/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p62#a251120p62

Japanese retailer Askul halts online orders, shipments after ransomware attack https://therecord.media/askul-japan-retailer-cyberattack-disruption

A US judge orders Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, and Adam Mosseri to testify in the "first bellwether trial" over child social media safety, set for January (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/meta-instagram-snap-social-media-chi…

Zuckerberg, Mosseri and Spiegel ordered to testify in child social media safety trial
Mark Zuckerberg will need to testify at the first trial over the adverse effects of social media on younger users, a Los Angeles judge ruled Monday.

Pentagon investigates Sen. Mark Kelly for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders' (Scott Neuman/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/24/nx-s1-5619314/pentagon-mark-kelly-trump-hegseth-military
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p70#a251125p70

“I would suggest the intent is to ensure that any individual person who’s acting under color of law or as an agent of the state has as much leeway to act out their personal bigotry as they want, without any concern about consequences”
DHS Orders Airlines To Disregard "X" Passport Markers - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/10/dhs-orders-airlines-to-disregard-x-passport-markers/

Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/04/asahi-paper-fax-orders/

Asahi ships beer using paper and fax after ransomware attack
Asahi said it had identified evidence indicating a potential information leak, but was still verifying its nature and scope.

Marine Colonel Who Resigned Because Of Trump Says Personnel Should Question 'Illegal Orders'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-kruman-marine-colonel-trump-pete-hegseth_n_68f15eeee4b061265b2c3530

Marine Colonel Who Resigned Because Of Trump Says Personnel Should Question 'Illegal Orders'
Doug Krugman couldn't swear to "follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution,” he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

Zelensky orders Ukraine to begin export of controlled arms next month: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/28/zelensky-orders-ukraine-to-begin.html

FBI seeks interviews with Democratic lawmakers who urged US troops to defy illegal orders (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fbi-congress-80c1a1ffbbaa3a12e63745356f2377f3
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p95#a251125p95

Austria’s high court orders Meta to change its personalized ad practices https://therecord.media/austria-court-meta-ruling

Ukraine has a coastline of ~1,729 miles (~2,782km), and a very small navy. Russia blockaded them and end up with a bunch of their ships becoming coral reefs, and largely withdrawing from the Black Sea.
Venezuela has a coastline of 1,700 miles (~2,800km), and a very small navy. The US is gonna blockade them and…

Trump orders blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes. The bu…

Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
The decision laid bare some of the country’s divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader’s prison to celebrate as his supporters prepared a religious act in his favor.
In a dramatic and unexpected twist in the final stage of a long and divisive criminal trial, feder…

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro over claims he was planning to escape before starting his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. Bolsonaro, who has been under house arrest, was taken to the federal police headquarters in Brasilia on Saturday after his ankle monitor was reportedly violated. Justice Alexandre de Moraes cited a video by Bolsonaro's son urging supporters to protest, which he said showed intent to create chaos. Bolsonar…

Shipments of AI servers from Taiwan to the US are set to double in 2025 vs. 2024, as Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron ramp up production to meet demand (Hideaki Ryugen/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/taiwan-s-top-a…

Taiwan's top AI server makers boost output to meet US demand
Foxconn, Quanta and Wistron vie for orders from Nvidia and other tech giants

Trump Admin Orders National Parks To Check Gift Shops For DEI Items | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/12/trump-admin-orders-national-parks-check

'Chilling': FBI shocks with visits to homes of innocent protesters under Trump's orders (David Edwards/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/fbi-protest/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p148#a251023p148

Hegseth Warned Trump Against "Illegal Orders" In 2016 - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/hegseth-warned-trump-against-illegal-orders-in-2016/

Instacart reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $939M, above est., orders up 14% YoY to 83.4M, above 82.9M est., GTV up 10% to $9.1B, and plans a $1.5B share buyback (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews
-- a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.

Parks leadership generally evaluate individual employees annually on a five-point scale,
with a three rating given to those who are successful in achieving their go…

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
Lower performance ratings could be used as a factor in layoff decisions and will demoralize staff, advocates say.

Judge orders Trump admin to offer relief to men deported under Alien Enemies Act (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/alien-enemies-act-james-boasberg-ruling-00704244
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p120#a251222p120

The following “Dear Joe” email exchange is a hypothetical email colloquy
between an expert in military law and a fictional service member seeking advice on how to deal with the current situation.
The content is based on publicly reported facts, the Manual for Courts-Martial, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the authors’ opinions.
Military law establishes a strong presumption that military orders are lawful and must be obeyed.
We do not counsel any military mem…

Dear JAG: What Do I Do if I Get Unlawful Orders to Blow Up Civilian Boats
Orders are presumed to be lawful, but that presumption is rebuttable rather than conclusive.

Contempt proceedings set to be revived for Trump officials accused of defying orders - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/james-boasberg-2674311447/

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts (Edward Wong/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-administration-ambassadors-posts.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p135#a251222p135

Source: OpenAI expects to spend 20% to 30% less on AI chips co-developed with Broadcom than on chips from Nvidia, which is notoriously backlogged on GPU orders (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

NEWS: Dan Richman
— key figure in now-dismissed Comey case
— wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated,
orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
https://

Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices. Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant. Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.

Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/court-orders-doj-to-return-data-seized-from-comey-friend-00689956
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p2#a251213p2

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown

Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll,
as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday.
Most other government workers will not be paid.
https://www.…

Trump orders Defense Dept. to issue military paychecks during shutdown
Trump said that the Pentagon would repurpose money to make payroll, as military service members were poised to miss paychecks on Wednesday. Most other government workers will not be paid.

The Trump administration orders enhanced vetting of H-1B applicants and their families for past work in "censorship", including fact-checking and online safety (Humeyra Pamuk/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm

The Trump administration is providing the names of all air travelers to immigration officials,
substantially expanding its use of data sharing to expel people under deportation orders.
Under the previously undisclosed program, the Transportation Security Administration provides a list multiple times a week to Immigration and Customs Enforcement of travelers who will be coming through airports.
ICE can then match the list against its own database of people subject to deporta…

T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention (WTOP News)
https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/12/judge-orders-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-be-immediately-released-from-immigration-detention-2/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p97#a251211p97

Judge orders Abrego Garcia's immediate release from ICE custody (Zach Schonfeld/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5644176-judge-orders-abrego-garcias-immediate-release-from-ice-custody/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p76#a251211p76

Portland mayor orders removal of police tape despite federal demand for perimeter at ICE facility, report says (Alex Nitzberg/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/portland-mayor-orders-removal-police-tape-despite-federal-demand-perimeter-ice-facility-report-says
http://www.memeorandum.com/251011/p29#a251011p29

Mark Kelly thought he was merely stating the obvious.
Earlier this month, the Arizona senator joined five other congressional Democrats to film a message addressed to members of the military.
“You can refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders,” they said.
An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders.
“But not this guy,” he added.
“We b…

Trump’s War on Military Justice
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.

Navy delivers report to Hegseth on potential punishment for Sen. Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' video (Zachary Cohen/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/navy-report-kelly-illegal-orders-video
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p108#a251211p108

Trump's Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition (Faiza Patel/Brennan Center for Justice)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trumps-orders-targeting-antifascism-aim-criminalize-opposition
http://www.memeorandum.com/251010/p108#a251010p108

A federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve conditions at an immigration detention facility
after detainees sued,
alleging they were held in “inhumane” conditions.
The temporary order,
which applies to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview,
a suburb west of Chicago,
will remain in effect for 14 days.
It requires officials to provide detainees with clean bedding and adequate sleeping space,

Judge Orders ICE to Fix 15 Issues at Chicago Facility Deemed ‘Inhumane’
The order, which applies to the U.S. ICE facility in Broadview, a suburb west of Chicago, will remain in effect for 14 days.

Judge orders Education Department to halt 'partisan' employee email messages (Juan Perez Jr/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/judge-orders-education-department-to-halt-partisan-employee-email-messages-00643270
http://www.memeorandum.com/251107/p68#a251107p68

Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes. (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/military-unlawful-orders-pam-bondi.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p13#a251208p13

Hegseth in 2016 repeatedly warned of Trump issuing unlawful military orders (Andrew Kaczynski/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/08/politics/hegseth-trump-warned-unlawful-orders-kfile
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p39#a251208p39

Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday (Aria Bendix/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-deliver-full-snap-benefits-rcna242446
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p140#a251106p140

Judge orders Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury records in Florida to be released publicly (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-orders-jeffrey-epstein-related-grand-jury-transcripts-florida-re-rcna247624
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p86#a251205p86

In 2016 video, Hegseth says US troops 'won't follow unlawful orders' from the president (Andrew Kaczynski/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/02/us/hegseth-illegal-orders-video-democrats-kfile-invs
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p105#a251202p105

No wonder Trump is outraged by warnings about illegal orders (Max Boot/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/01/pete-hegseth-military-orders-boat-mark-kelly/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p91#a251201p91