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Court Temporarily Freezes Trump’s $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund To Figure Out WTF Is Going On
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
It’s been less than two weeks since the Justice Department created the obviously illegal and unconstitutional $1.776 billion slush fund to pay off MAGA loyalists and January 6th insurrectionists. There are a variety of lawsuits looking to put a stop to it, an…
May 29, 2026, 6:15 PM
Trump FCC Proposes Vile New Trans Panic TV Warnings
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Last month the FCC quietly issued a public notice saying the Brendan Carr run agency was demanding that the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or …
May 29, 2026, 12:22 PM
Violent Crime In The US Is At Record Lows, But The DOJ Is Eliminating The Funding That Helped Reduce Crime
Andrea Hagan, Techdirt
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The United States is experiencing one of the steepest declines in violent crime in modern history, including a murder rate at its lowest point in mo…
May 28, 2026, 10:07 PM
35 Former Federal Judges Call Trump’s Self-Settlement A Fraud On The Court
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Thirty-five (thirty-five!) former federal judges are asking a current federal judge to reopen the case where Donald Trump sued his own IRS, and then “settled” the case on terms extremely favorable to himself, his family, and his MAGA loyalists. Law schools ar…
May 28, 2026, 5:58 PM
Trump Points Middle Finger At The American Dream, Tells Green Card Applicants To GTFO
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Poll everyone you can. Even the most MAGA never dreamed up this scenario. There’s no single-issue voter whose kink is “surely the people wanting green cards can get that done in their own countries.” Nope, this is Trump’s kink. This is a blatant attempt to ju…
May 28, 2026, 4:30 PM
‘Trump Mobile’ Has Struggled To Ship Any Phones, But Has Already Leaked Subscriber Data
Karl Bode, Techdirt
The Trump Organization still hasn’t shipped their promised Trump phone to most customers who laid down a $100 deposit a year ago. But rubes patriots who signed up did get something else instead: their private data leaked to the public. According to Techcrunch…
May 28, 2026, 12:27 PM
Out Of Control RFK Jr. Fires Leaders Of Preventative Services Task Force
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Alright, this is getting dire. In addition to all of the anti-vaxxer bullshit that has infected HHS thanks to RFK Jr.’s appointment to run the department, we have also made the point recently that an equally big problem is the talent drain occurring at HHS as…
May 28, 2026, 3:07 AM
Lying, Cheating Administration Has Its Ass Handed To It By Judge Overseeing BS Charges Against ICE Protesters
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
There are many (negative) things this Trump administration is known for. It’s a long list and I would encourage everyone to add as many negative things to that list. His DOJ is specifically known for vengeful prosecutions of those who dare to oppose the guy w…
May 27, 2026, 4:38 PM
Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC
Karl Bode, Techdirt
As we’ve previously noted, Brendan Carr recently launched a series of phony inquiries into ABC because Jimmy Kimmel made fun of the president’s wife. Carr can’t just come out and say that, so he’s launched a series of fake (and legally laughable) “investigati…
May 27, 2026, 12:31 PM
Can’t Do Anything Right: RFK’s ACIP Charter Changes Yanked For Not Following Procedure
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
I’m starting to wonder if RFK Jr. can do anything right at all. After the courts put an injunction on Kennedy’s overhaul of the CDC’s ACIP panel on vaccines, as well as pretty much all of their recommendations since it was rebuilt on a foundation of anti-vaxx…
May 27, 2026, 2:57 AM
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Says Gov’t Engaged In Vindictive Prosecution
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s one thing to accuse the government of engaging in vindictive prosecutions. It’s quite another thing to prove it. The deck is stacked against those making these claims. These allegations rarely succeed. The government gets the benefit of the doubt and has…
May 26, 2026, 8:03 PM
‘The Worst Leak I’ve Witnessed’: A CISA Contractor Left AWS GovCloud Credentials Sitting In A Public GitHub Repo
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was one of the few genuinely good things Donald Trump was talked into doing during his first term. It was an agency within the Department of Homeland Security that was focused on coordination between t…
May 26, 2026, 6:06 PM
Super Meth Isn’t The Hero We Want, But It’s The Hero We Deserve
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Our war on drugs began with a simple man with a simple plan. That plan was this: give the government more powers at the expense of civil rights, all under the “leadership” of soon-to-be-deposed president Richard Nixon and known drug enthusiast, Elvis Presley.…
May 26, 2026, 4:36 PM
NPR Flubs Its Recovery From Brutal Republican Funding Attacks
Karl Bode, Techdirt
NPR is imposing a new round of buyouts and layoffs as it tries to survive the brutal Trump GOP attacks on public broadcasting. According to NPR, it’s being forced to trim $8 million of its $300-million annual budget because of the illegal (for whatever that w…
May 26, 2026, 12:30 PM
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad pushing back on some of our criticism about John Oliver’s AI chatbot segment and his call for regulation: Isn’t the logical conclusion of this argument that we shouldn’t have government regulati…
May 24, 2026, 7:00 PM
The FDA Takes Its Turn Burying Studies Showing The Safety Of COVID, Shingles Vaccines
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
The fuckery that is going on across HHS and vaccine programs is just plain incredible. As the Trump administration continues to provide whatever cover it can so that RFK Jr. can wreck shop on the health of Americans, the damage Kennedy is doing to our inocula…
May 23, 2026, 2:39 AM
Ken Paxton Wanted To Crack Down On Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.
Zach Despart and Misty Harris, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical companies tied to Tylenol in state court, repeating claims made a month earlier by Health and Hum…
May 22, 2026, 10:55 PM
Journalists Identify Murder Victims Of Trump’s Boat Strike Program
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s hard to believe we once were shocked to hear a government figure proudly declare that we kill people based on metadata. What’s happening now is even more disturbing. We’re killing people simply because they happen to be in boats spotted exiting certain s…
May 22, 2026, 5:59 PM
Amazon Gets Into The AI Podcast Slop Business
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Late last year we wrote about a new startup that was flooding the internet with AI-generated podcast slop. Featuring fake hosts having fake discussions, the startup proudly stated it was creating about 3,000 new AI-generated podcasts every single week. The ow…
May 22, 2026, 12:32 PM
Post Loss Clarity: Bill Cassidy Rediscovers His Spine As A Lame Duck Senator
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Just a few days ago, I wrote a post about how Bill Cassidy had been primaried out of returning as a senator for Louisiana and how all of this bootlicking of the Trump administration obviously didn’t do the job he hoped it would do. As a result, he has been le…
May 22, 2026, 3:02 AM
10,000 Court Decisions Can’t Be Wrong, Even If Trump Thinks Otherwise
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s absolutely amazing how wrong this administration has been when it comes to immigration enforcement. That some people still think the Supreme Court is in the best position to resolve this is insane. This isn’t a circuit split in need of mending. This is p…
May 21, 2026, 4:33 PM
Trump FCC Using False Claims Of Immigrant Fraud To Drive Up Costs Of Broadband For Everyone
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Back in February the Trump FCC announced it was launching new “reforms” of a major bipartisan FCC program that helps poor people afford broadband. Dubbed Lifeline, the program provides a modest $9.25 stipend to help low-income Americans afford either broadban…
May 21, 2026, 12:30 PM
New Acting FDA Commissioner: Some Florida Lawyer That Shoots Animals With Don Jr.
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
I assume at one point America was a serious big boy country, but we are certainly not that any longer. You can get examples of the unserious nature of our government in spades, of course, but I’m just going to keep hammering on what is going on at HHS and its…
May 21, 2026, 2:53 AM
Border Patrol Chief Dips Out After Bragging About His Sex Tourism To His Underlings
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
I’m not here to kink shame or suggest sex work isn’t work. I’m not here to claim that every sex worker is a victim of sex trafficking. I’m not even here to suggest that government officials shouldn’t be allowed to exchange money for goods and sexual services.…
May 20, 2026, 10:38 PM
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