Elon Musk’s Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service

Mother Jones: As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service. In February, members of Musk’s private security detail were deputized by the Marshals Service, the enforcement and security arm of the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Jenner And WilmerHale Go For Blood In Fight Over Biglaw Executive Orders

Follow up to Trump Using Another Executive Order to Take Revenge on Law Firms – Above the Law – Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are still fighting the good fight against the respective Trumpian Executive Orders the firms are facing. Both notched early court victories, earning temporary restraining orders against the enforcement of key provisions …

Subjects: Censorship, Government Documents, Legal Research

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

The New Republic: “…Surveying this Boschian hellscape, many good people will despair. Yes, Trump is much more dangerous than he was during his first term (which was harrowing enough). He’s more giddily reckless about impounding funds, shutting down agencies, disobeying court orders, and using the government to punish political enemies. But if you allow yourself …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Defense, Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Legal Research

Which types of people aren’t big fans of “impartial” news? People who don’t have power

NiemanLab: “A new study finds that the poor, those with less education, young people, and women are less likely to prefer “impartial” news sources over those that align with their own views. Who actually wants impartial news? Your first thought might be: everybody! After all, if news is meant to be a reflection of reality, …

Subjects: Legal Research

PubMed Central’s Updated Full-Text Search Preview Now Available

NLM: As previously announced, NLM’s NCBI is modernizing the PubMed Central (PMC) website. The next step is to update the PMC search functionality and user experience. Before we transition to an updated search later this year, we have a beta version available for you to preview and test! Try PMC Beta Search and share your …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Libraries, Medicine, Search Engines

Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days

The Crucial Years – Hands off…the future. So many ways to wreck an economy, and Trump is trying them all…”Mark Gongloff and Elaine He at Bloomberg produced a remarkable timeline [no paywall] the other day showing in enormous detail how the Trump administration had, in a matter of weeks, undone twenty years worth of efforts …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents

Artificial Intelligence and Aggregate Litigation

Wilf-Townsend, Daniel, Artificial Intelligence and Aggregate Litigation (March 01, 2025). 103 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5163640 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5163640 – The era of AI litigation has begun, and it is already clear that the class action will have a distinctive role to play. AI-powered tools are often valuable because they …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Major publishers call on the US government to ‘Stop AI Theft’

The Verge – “Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to protect content from AI. The campaign, called Support Responsible AI, is run by the News/Media Alliance trade association and consists of …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records

404 Media – “The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year. The problem is, magnetic tapes are regarded by storage and archivist professionals as being a stable, reliable, and safe medium for long-term data …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

How to avoid CC’ing the Atlantic editor-in-chief in your messages

MacWorld – Autocompleting addresses and address suggestions are powerful shortcuts that can easily bite you. You are likely not planning a military action in another country, but the accidental inclusion of unintended invitees to a group text, email, or other discussion could still prove a problem—from embarrassment to losing friends, causing a family rift, or …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

This New Setting Hides Your Recent Safari Searches on iPhone

Lifehacker: “If your iPhone is running iOS 18.4, you might have noticed some significant new features, like AI-powered Priority Notifications and seven brand-new emojis. However, one change in particular might be a bit controversial: Safari’s Search feature now shows a list of your most recent searches every time you search for something new. Useful? Maybe. …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy