Notices by M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)

@hannu_ikonen @mmiasma I respectfully disagree. Trump actually isn't responsible for the juror identifications: the media reported on the publicly-available info (including employers, a mistake the judge fixed today), plus physical descriptions; family and friends then figured it out. Nor can Trump be held responsible *legally* for what his followers do, if he hasn't encouraged them to do it (which he hasn't done in this case – yet). And the judge is limited in how quickly he can impose contempt – it has to be an incremental process that protects the defendant's rights. The hearing next week is the correct next step.

There are lots of things in the world to be upset about. Judge Merchan isn't one of them.

@Runyan50 @hannu_ikonen @mmiasma

@aral They're not sending their best people. We should build a wall.

@jonasvautherin @aral Also, although I share the frustration at high CEO salaries, we *do* want valuable, community-improving organizations to have good leadership, and if someone talented will take $3M to run a nonprofit well instead of $30M to enshittifiy yet another commercial venture, that's a good thing. (I don't know enough to opine on whether that's the case here, but the principle is true.)

@aral @mattb @CynAq Maybe I should've written "faaaAAAaar left."

@CynAq @aral @mattb Aren't they also funded by a billionaire?

@mattb @CynAq @aral And this exchange is the perfect metaphor for why the far left is as hypocritical as the far right. Privileged scolds.