Spotted at Brian Leiter's blog.
Recent Bluessky Posts- The pain is the price of leverage alas. But it's not a good look for senators to say they allowed a shutdown of all these other valuable things because they insisted on funding ICE killers. January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I believe that these funds don't evaporate; of course Congress can always rescind unexpended previous appropriations. ICE $ are bundled with many other agencies' including FEMA so if there's a standoff those agencies will go into shutdown mode unless Congress breaks up the bill and passes the rest. January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Tiananmen Square tank man, but with hundreds of people instead of just one. January 25, 2026 Mike Masnick
- If only more people got this. Just stopping additional funds is not enough. January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Beyond satire. I suppose the next move is an FBI investigation ... of Alex Pretti. Apparently he had some parking tickets in his history! January 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I really don’t know anything about FCC regulations but is this “censorship” allowed under their rules? With regards to the content of the ad, I don’t necessarily think that image portrayed is “contraversial”, but rather an image dictating that our children will some day have to obtain jobs is rather a positive image. However, the creators of the ad obviously are trying to depict it as negative by somehow claiming that the US will resort to Child Labor to pay off its deficit. Child Labor is condemned in the US and will never happen regardless of deficit issues; however, an economy where people have jobs is a good thing. Maybe I’m crazy but working hard regardless of what your doing is a virtue that too many children are not taught these days. That statement is not saying that children should work but rather should be taught that when they have the ability to work as adults they should work hard. However, today’s society pretty much tells everyone that if your job is not linked to a college degree that it is somehow not worthy, every job is worthy and every job has honor because of what a person puts into that job. Too often people fail to see honor in the little things…but rather look at money as a way of obtaining it.
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