We’ve been hearing the stories for months: Maui residents were being pushed out by landlords looking to make more money by renting their homes to gov't aid programs to house wildfire survivors. Here’s what @civilbeat and ProPublica found. civilbeat.org/2024/08/maui-w…

In a new friend-of-the-court brief, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press urged a federal appeals court to reverse a decision that would allow parties to “purchase permanent secrecy” of court records. rcfp.org/briefs-comment…

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival. Here are some of the historic performances that took place that day. A thread 🧵 1. Santana performing "Soul Sacrifice".

Really looking forward to cheering for the system rankings again 8 years from now after the Red Sox don't re-sign any of them.

Running this platform as a political battering ram is now a matter of record. Happy to be quoted in this excellent Financial Times piece. Just to reiterate though, this happened because it was allowed to happen in a system where those in control (the companies) consistently denied it would

Interesting to know that The Lever was denied a media credential by the DNC, but Charlie Kirk was granted one.

Where would we be if Obama leaned on Joe Lieberman harder for the public option? #SenatorFromCigna #DNC2024

Are we repealing Glass-Steagall and expanding the carceral state again?

My latest for .IAPP, I spoke with folks at the .ICO - Information Commissioner's Office about the release of their new Privacy Notice Generator to help SME's with their notification requirements. iapp.org/news/a/uk-ico-…

Glad the VP acknowledged Palestinian suffering. But Gaza's devastation is not due to a natural disaster. It is due to a US ally dropping US bombs indiscriminately on civilians and routinely obstructing US-provided aid, all in violation of US law. Passive voice elides all that.

Unbelievably regressive, but no surprise.

“We’ll work out the bugs using women’s soccer” is the quiet part here

Did we really have a weeklong food fight about a policy on unrealized capital gains that only affects around 10,000 Americans with over $100 million in net worth? What was the rationale for the 99.997% of people in the country without that much cash to care?

That's roughly $1,841 per person. By comparison, a bus ticket to New York costs about $215, while a flight costs about $350. It would have WAY cheaper to just give migrants money for tickets. Abbott's effort not only made it a political stunt, it lined a contractor's pocket.

Is #NFL inching closer to welcoming Gulf investors? Sam Wendel reports al-monitor.com/originals/2024…

Dial down the center! C-A-L-L A-T-T! It’s free for you and cheap for them!

One of Kamala's debate prep advisers is also working on behalf of Google in the antitrust lawsuit brought forward by the Biden Department of Justice. prospect.org/justice/2024-0…

Is this populism

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket propublica.org/article/judge-…

It will be a remarkable accomplishment! But can some analytics nerd tell me how many times Ohtani would’ve been thrown out if MLB didn’t expand the base size? 3-4 inches is a lot on a bang-bang play. Side rant: Who asked for the bigger bases? Rickey Henderson didn’t need them