Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

Electronic Frontier Alliance members in the @TRUSTCoalition fought for an ordinance for public oversight over San Diego police surveillance and won. This year, the San Diego City Council reversed course, without even having implemented the ordinance.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/san-diego-city-council-breaks-trust

I just watched the film The Zone of Interest.

Much of my family vanished into those camps during the early 1940s. Over the years I have been contacted by others with my last name who are looking for traces of ones with our name who vanished.

My grandmother always badgered every German with the question "You knew, what did you do about it?"

The film faces that question squarely and answers "yes, they knew, and they did nothing."

The film was subtle - the sounds of background gunfire and screaming were barely noticeable at the start but increased slowly as the film progressed. And I missed the significance of the FLIR reverse video scenes of the girl with the potatoes.

If the trump era has taught us anything it is that here in the USA there are many among us who would readily and happily assume the role of the Hoss family as they live their pleasant lives on the bodies of others of us who they do not consider human.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_of_Interest_(film)

The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”

But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.

Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

What did corporations do with the money saved?

They didn’t invest it or raise wages.

They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.

Nothing trickled down to workers.

I've given up chasing my dreams. I told them to go on ahead without me, and maybe I can try to catch up later.

Women did not gain the right to vote by voting.

By making the Supreme Court's crowning of King President seem like just another step in a long trend, The Times thus normalizes and diminishes the profound insurrection in the decision.
Immunity Ruling Escalates Long Rise of Presidential Power https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/immunity-president-supreme-court.html?pvid=b0gCGmUGqJpQJHDGakjQ-HfI&smid=tw-share

Mass shooters 'do not just snap': How to spot violent people — according to the FBI https://www.rawstory.com/mass-shooters-do-not-just-snap-how-to-spot-violent-people-according-to-the-fbi/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Corporate sponsors of Pride events also contribute to politicians with anti-LGBTQ leanings https://www.rawstory.com/corporate-sponsors-of-pride-events-also-contribute-to-politicians-with-anti-lgbtq-leanings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

It occurs to me that the Supreme Idiots have actually created a Presidency more powerful than the British King at the time of the founding.

Charles I got executed for official acts for which the U.S. President is now immune.

That there is a Democrat president, but it is the Republicans who are celebrating this (remarkable) Supreme Court decision, tells you how safe Republicans feel from abuse of this immunity.

And how unsafe others should feel if and when the Republicans get the presidency.

I had some medical tests today, but I hadn't studied for them.

I did another round of updates to the Big Ass Data Broker Opt Out List! ✅🍑, thanks to pull requests and emails from volunteers. 🧵

Here's where to find it:
https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List

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The President of the United States addresses the worst Supreme Court decision in the Union's history, and the New York Times makes it about their petty grudge.

Site blocking means the right to choose what websites you visit would be taken away from you and given to giant media companies and ISPs. And the very shape of the internet would have to be changed to allow it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects

Are you telling me that I've been eating elderberry gummies by the truckloads when all I needed to do was run for President to boost my immunity?

#Satire

I’m not remotely surprised by the Trump SCOTUS ruling and honestly I’m more focused right now on France going fascist.

First decision is Corner Post

Not on my radar, but if it is on yours: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf

The statute of limitations decision makes it easier to challenge agency regulations

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #lawFedi #LawProf