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Trump Settles With Isaac Hayes’ Estate Over Use Of Music During The Campaign
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
One of the unfortunate knock on effects of being generally insufferable is that many people don’t want to be associated with you in any way. And when you’re both insufferable and happen to be the most divisive American political figure in modern history, all …
Feb 28, 2026, 3:39 AM
Whistleblower: ICE Has Slashed Its Training Program And Its Boss Is Lying To Congress About It
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ICE can’t keep up with the baseline set by resident ghoul/White House advisor Stephen Miller. Miller has demanded 3,000 arrests per day, which he presented as the minimum he would be satisfied with. To reach this goal, tons of talent from other federal law en…
Feb 27, 2026, 8:51 PM
Verizon Continues To Make Phone Unlocking Annoying (With The Trump FCC’s Help)
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Earlier this year we noted how the Trump FCC, at the direct request of wireless phone giants, destroyed popular phone unlocking rules making it easier and cheaper to switch wireless carriers. The rules, applied via spectrum acquisition and merger conditions a…
Feb 27, 2026, 7:02 PM
With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Netflix has retreated from its protracted bidding war with Larry Ellison for control of Warner Brothers, giving the Trump ally likely control of Warner, CNN, and HBO. In a statement, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said that Paramount’s latest of…
Feb 27, 2026, 1:23 PM
2 Months Into 2026 We Are Over Half 2025’s Total Count Of Measles Cases
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Measles. Yes, yes, I know you’re sick of hearing about it. For that, though, you must lay the blame at the feet of Donald Trump, RFK Jr., and this entire administration of clown-tools that isn’t bothering to do anything about what has become the worst continu…
Feb 27, 2026, 4:02 AM
DOJ’s Losing Streak Continues Because Federal Officers Just Can’t Stop Lying
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
I’ll take my joy where I can. And this iteration of the Trump DOJ continues to provide bright bursts of schadenfreude-tinted sunshine. Any competent DOJ can close cases. Any barely competent prosecutor can push a case past a grand jury. Any sufficiently slipp…
Feb 26, 2026, 8:54 PM
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool To Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
Jen Fifield and Zach Despart, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. When county clerk Brianna Lennon got an email in November saying a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 people on the county’s voter roll as potential nonc…
Feb 26, 2026, 6:55 PM
Trump FCC Demands ‘Pro-America’ Media Programming All Summer Long
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Most of Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr’s time lately has been split between destroying all consumer protection oversight and threatening media companies with fake investigations if they’re not appropriately deferential to our mad idiot king. The latter has tende…
Feb 26, 2026, 1:26 PM
Administration Says DHS Can Demand Social Media Info From Legal Immigrants And US Citizens
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Well, we always knew it would come to this. In a blow to the First Amendment and privacy, the Trump administration last week approved a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plan to collect social media handles from people applying to change their…
Feb 25, 2026, 8:12 PM
Hyper Coverage Of AOC’s ‘Um’ Non-Scandal Highlights How The U.S. Press Is Eager To Be Gamed By Bad Actors
Karl Bode, Techdirt
I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich, white, male, Conservative owners has resulted in a lazy U.S. press that reflects the interests of o…
Feb 25, 2026, 1:28 PM
Trump Administration Makes The Conscious Choice To Make America Less Prepared For The Next Pandemic
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Way back in the ancient days of the year 2020, the world went through this pandemic thing called COVID-19. For those of you not old enough to remember such ancient history, it was a fairly significant health issue that caused a few disruptions throughout the …
Feb 25, 2026, 4:00 AM
Immigrants Will Make America Great Again Faster Than Natural-Born Citizens
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
There’s not a single conservative left in the GOP. The ideals that were formerly considered “conservative” — small government, fiscal responsibility, etc. — have been replaced by white Christian nationalism, water-carrying for would-be autocrats, and immense …
Feb 24, 2026, 11:06 PM
James Cameron Complains About Netflix/Warner Bros Merger, Doesn’t Acknowledge A Paramount Deal Would Be Much Worse
Karl Bode, Techdirt
We’ve explained in detail how Larry Ellison is trying to scuttle Netflix’s planned merger with Warner Brothers because he wants to buy CNN and HBO, and, as he’s doing with CBS (and now TikTok) turn them into a safe space for right wing zealots, autocrats, and…
Feb 24, 2026, 9:02 PM
ICE Promised A MN Supreme Court Justice It Would Stop Raiding Courthouses. It Immediately Broke That Promise.
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Checks and balances. That’s the mantra. That’s what makes America great. That’s the system we deployed to prevent being just another iteration of the British empire. It was never perfect, but it seemed to get the job done most of the time. The gentleman’s agr…
Feb 24, 2026, 6:58 PM
Trump Demands Firing Of Netflix Board Member For Suggesting U.S. Corporations Might Someday Be Held Accountable
Karl Bode, Techdirt
We’ve noted repeatedly how Trump wants to scuttle Netflix’s proposed merger with Warner Brothers because his friend and key donor, billionaire Larry Ellison wants to buy Warner Brothers (and CNN) instead. In fact the two have already purportedly met to discus…
Feb 24, 2026, 1:29 PM
MAHA People Are Mad At RFK Jr. And For Good Reason As He Reverses Stance On Glyphosate
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
One of the more perplexing questions in all of the coverage I’ve done on RFK Jr. has been whether or not Kennedy is some misguided true believer or if this is all some grift for power, influence, and/or money. While most people who watch how RFK Jr. has opera…
Feb 24, 2026, 4:00 AM
Yes, Section 230 Should Apply Equally To Algorithmic Recommendations
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
If you’ve spent any time in my Section 230 myth-debunking guide, you know that most bad takes on the law come from people who haven’t read it. But lately I keep running into a different kind of bad take—one that often comes from people who have read the law, …
Feb 23, 2026, 8:59 PM
The Media Still Can’t Figure Out That Trump Says Things That Aren’t True
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Debates on how the media should be covering what Donald Trump says have been going on for over a decade now. A few months ago, we wrote about the regularity with which the mainstream media “sanewashes” his more ridiculous statements, taking the incoherent ram…
Feb 23, 2026, 5:35 PM
Who Knew? Mindless And Corrupt Deregulation Apparently Kills People
Karl Bode, Techdirt
You might recall that a central pillar of the Trump administration during the last election season was that a second Trump term would “take aim at big tech,” protect the little guy, rein in corporate power, and even “continue the legacy of antitrust enforcers…
Feb 23, 2026, 1:33 PM
Court Orders Slavery Exhibit At George Washington’s House Restored After Trump Admin Pulled It Down
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
The Trump administration’s project for erasing the parts of American history they find inconvenient continues unabated. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hit the occasional roadblock. In January, the administration removed portions of an exhibit at the former …
Feb 21, 2026, 3:39 AM
Open Letter To Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas
Mario Trujillo, Techdirt
We are calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lawless administrative subpoenas for user data. In the past year, DHS has consistently targeted people engaged in…
Feb 20, 2026, 11:47 PM
Trump Fires Court-Appointed US Attorney Hours After It Replaces His Illegally-Appointed Former Campaign Lawyer
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s all well and good that we have a system of laws and rules in place. For the most part, the bumpers on the bowling lane help keep a lot of stuff on the field of play (to mix metaphors), even if powerful politicians would rather have the rules apply to eve…
Feb 20, 2026, 9:45 PM
Trump Says He’s Just Going To Make Some Shit Up To Justify Nationalizing The Election Process
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump couldn’t accept the fact that he lost the 2020 election. So he stood idly by (if you believe his narrative) or urged on (if you believe your own eyes and ears) his supporters to raid the Capitol building to seize the election from the electorate. If tha…
Feb 20, 2026, 6:49 PM
Newsmax Didn’t Like Its NewsGuard Rating, So The FTC Attacked NewsGuard, And Now NewsGuard Is Suing
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
We’ve written a few times now about how the GOP’s “free speech warriors” have been waging an absolutely absurd campaign against NewsGuard, a company whose entire business model is… expressing opinions about the reliability of news sources. You know, speech. T…
Feb 20, 2026, 5:25 PM
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