Tim Miller

Our friends over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes, flagged this for me yesterday. Anna Bauer wrote this article about just their efforts to even try to find who was the supposed administrator of Doge and what the legal rationale was for it.

Our friends over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes, flagged this for me yesterday. Anna Bauer wrote this article about just their efforts to even try to find who was the supposed administrator of Doge and what the legal rationale was for it.

Our friends over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes, flagged this for me yesterday. Anna Bauer wrote this article about just their efforts to even try to find who was the supposed administrator of Doge and what the legal rationale was for it.

I'll put the link in the show notes for people because it's like a dark comedy because of the seriousness of the matter, but this caper to find this ridiculous kind of person that's the ostensible leader of Doge while Elon is running roughshod over the government.

I'll put the link in the show notes for people because it's like a dark comedy because of the seriousness of the matter, but this caper to find this ridiculous kind of person that's the ostensible leader of Doge while Elon is running roughshod over the government.

I'll put the link in the show notes for people because it's like a dark comedy because of the seriousness of the matter, but this caper to find this ridiculous kind of person that's the ostensible leader of Doge while Elon is running roughshod over the government.

And to your point, like, when I was listening to your response, it's like, on the one hand, yeah, we have to figure out, you know, if we get through this, how to put in protections that prevent this from happening in the future. But it's kind of like... In this case, those protections kind of existed. It's just nobody's enforcing the laws.

And to your point, like, when I was listening to your response, it's like, on the one hand, yeah, we have to figure out, you know, if we get through this, how to put in protections that prevent this from happening in the future. But it's kind of like... In this case, those protections kind of existed. It's just nobody's enforcing the laws.

And to your point, like, when I was listening to your response, it's like, on the one hand, yeah, we have to figure out, you know, if we get through this, how to put in protections that prevent this from happening in the future. But it's kind of like... In this case, those protections kind of existed. It's just nobody's enforcing the laws.

And we're seeing this across a number of verticals, particularly around Trump's corruption. In some of the cases, Trump has been like the Kool-Aid man breaking through the wall and just not following any of the norms, things that were not laws, like going all the way back to, I'm not going to release my tax returns or whatever.

And we're seeing this across a number of verticals, particularly around Trump's corruption. In some of the cases, Trump has been like the Kool-Aid man breaking through the wall and just not following any of the norms, things that were not laws, like going all the way back to, I'm not going to release my tax returns or whatever.

And we're seeing this across a number of verticals, particularly around Trump's corruption. In some of the cases, Trump has been like the Kool-Aid man breaking through the wall and just not following any of the norms, things that were not laws, like going all the way back to, I'm not going to release my tax returns or whatever.

But this time around, they're just acting straight illegally across a lot of areas. And, you know, the judiciary in some ways is limiting them, which has been good. They've lost, I think, like 94% of their cases last month. But there are other areas where there isn't like a clear way to challenge it in the courts. And you're seeing this across, I think, corruption and Doge in particular.

But this time around, they're just acting straight illegally across a lot of areas. And, you know, the judiciary in some ways is limiting them, which has been good. They've lost, I think, like 94% of their cases last month. But there are other areas where there isn't like a clear way to challenge it in the courts. And you're seeing this across, I think, corruption and Doge in particular.

But this time around, they're just acting straight illegally across a lot of areas. And, you know, the judiciary in some ways is limiting them, which has been good. They've lost, I think, like 94% of their cases last month. But there are other areas where there isn't like a clear way to challenge it in the courts. And you're seeing this across, I think, corruption and Doge in particular.

One more news item that I wanted to flag just because- know this is the thing that boils my blood the most and uh and i just want to keep updated with the story but it relates to to what your point about elon and usaid just about like the dehumanization of people around the globe and in this case i'm referring to the venezuelans we sent to el salvador there's a pro publica story out this morning

One more news item that I wanted to flag just because- know this is the thing that boils my blood the most and uh and i just want to keep updated with the story but it relates to to what your point about elon and usaid just about like the dehumanization of people around the globe and in this case i'm referring to the venezuelans we sent to el salvador there's a pro publica story out this morning

One more news item that I wanted to flag just because- know this is the thing that boils my blood the most and uh and i just want to keep updated with the story but it relates to to what your point about elon and usaid just about like the dehumanization of people around the globe and in this case i'm referring to the venezuelans we sent to el salvador there's a pro publica story out this morning

They obtained DHS data that shows that the U.S. knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans that they disappeared to that prison in El Salvador were convicted of crimes. Only six of the 238 were convicted of violent crimes.

They obtained DHS data that shows that the U.S. knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans that they disappeared to that prison in El Salvador were convicted of crimes. Only six of the 238 were convicted of violent crimes.