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@nybooks.comReposted by @telliotter.bsky.social“The innovation of intellectual monopoly capitalism is that capitalists don’t always need to incur the costs of ownership in order to enjoy its benefits. They can boss people around without taking responsibility for them.” —Ben Tarnoff
@dmehro.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialNEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
@telliotter.bsky.socialNew! From the politics team at @wired.com, from DOGE to data centers, we broke down the races we have our eyes on.
@telliotter.bsky.socialIf you're a government work or someone in tech and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82. We can speak anonymously.
@telliotter.bsky.socialFun story: the a shady nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's general counsel and, that has loaned employees to the National Design Studio, appears to have applied for an H1-B visa for a "member of technical staff."
@timmarchman.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialAs we reported earlier this week, the mysterious foundation run by SpaceXAI’s top lawyer that actually employs feds who work for an agency within the office of the president that’s building AI websites has applied for at least one H-1B visa for a “member of the technical staff.”
@susanrinkunas.comReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialNEW: in court-ordered update on the status of a bogus FDA “review” of the abortion drug mifepristone, DOJ says data coming in December with review complete “not later than March 2027.” Footnote says they could restrict access as data comes in 👀
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![Case 6:25-cv-01491-DCJ-DJA Document 278
Filed 10/07/26
9172
Page 1 of 5 PagelD #:
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE DIVISION
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
No. 6:25-cv-01491-DCJ-DJA
Federal Defendants,
and
DANCO LABORATORIES, et al.,
Intervenor Defendants.
FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' STATUS REPORT
On April 7, 2026, this Court denied Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary relief and
granted Federal Defendants' motion to stay proceedings "pending completion of [the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration's] ongoing review of the mifepristone REMS and
issuance of any resulting agency decision." ECF No. 258 at 36. The Court directed FDA to file a report within six months "providing the Court with the status of its review in
terms of process and any updated timeframe for completion of the review." Id.
Accordingly, FDA reports as follows:
FDA is conducting a study to assess the safety of mifepristone, in a
regimen with misoprostol, for the medical termination of intrauterine pregnancy](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreiffxirdndcr24dlnxd5aaiakptfje2lbwcknxicqiwddxxmxfr32y@jpeg)
@telliotter.bsky.socialIf you’re a government employee or tech worker and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
@wired.comReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialThe National Design Studio (NDS) has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
@eliothiggins.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialSo it was the US State Department all along! Maybe Shellenberger should be emailing them about censorship instead of conference participants. #disinfo26 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@leahfeiger.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialElon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time.
amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:
@brbarrett.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialWe’re tracking where and how much Elon Musk is spending on the midterms, updating daily. So far? His America PAC is all in on Texas, and spending way more to tear down Democrats than to boost Republicans. from @dell.bsky.social and @hugolowell.bsky.social
@leahfeiger.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialbig scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social all about a shady nonprofit paying (?!) government employees....the nonprofit was founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI. A lot of DOGE overlap here, give this a read:
@davidgilbert.bsky.socialReposted by @telliotter.bsky.socialThe influence that Elon Musk, his companies and their employees continue to have at the highest levels of the US government is astounding......and @telliotter.bsky.social is the reporter doing more than anyone to uncover it
@telliotter.bsky.socialWe are going to keep looking into this, so if you're a government employee/tech worker/someone who knows what's going on and want to share, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82. We can speak anonymously.
@telliotter.bsky.socialThis isn't the first time we're seeing the IPA system being used as a roundabout way to bring the administration's allies into government. Last month, we found that the same thing was happening at Census with a group of employees from a Trump-aligned think-tank.
@telliotter.bsky.socialMichelsen is the wife of Matt Michelsen, the founder of Gothams LLC, the company that won a $33 million contract for the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility in Florida.
@telliotter.bsky.socialThis stands out because non-citizens are not allowed to hold jobs in government (but they CAN be IPA's). Oh, and a search for the America by Design Foundation on the Department of Homeland Security’s website that tracks H1-B visas returns “Jennifer Michelsen America by Design Foundation.”
@telliotter.bsky.socialThis means we don't really know who is paying these NDS employees, raising all sorts of red flags for the experts who spoke to WIRED. Also, the Foundation appears to have applied for an H1-B visa for at least one person (we don't know who that is).
@telliotter.bsky.socialUnder the IPA, sometimes the government will reimburse the employee's home institution for their salary. We've learned that for one of the employees, the Foundation will be covering his entire salary, and for the other, the government will be reimbursing part of his salary ($13,000+ a month)
