Section 230 Helps Malware Vendor Avoid Liability for Blocking…

I'd rather post cat photos, but this blog post is about PUPs [photo by Anik Shrestha, We rarely see cases like this any more, so I think it's worth blogging this April ruling even though it just showed up in Westlaw. PC Drivers makes software designed to speed up users' computers, an industry niche that's known to be filled with sketchy vendors.

New EPA chief Andrew Wheeler has a fondness for right-wing media and climate-denier blogs

Scott Pruitt, ousted administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , had cozy relationships with right-wing media outlets and combative relationships with the mainstream press. Andrew Wheeler, who's stepped in as acting administrator, has also shown a fondness for right-wing media and signs of disdain toward some mainstream media.

Yiannopoulos Has No Regrets He Called For Gunning Down Reporters

Following the mass shooting at The Capital Gazette newspaper office yesterday where journalists were gunned down, Milo Yiannopoulos went on Facebook to blame journalists for whipping up hysteria about killing journalists. Two days prior Milo had texted this to New York Observer reporter Davis Richardson, "I can't wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight.

Sean Hannity Defends Joy Reid: ‘She Should Not Be Fired’

Unlike many in conservative media, Sean Hannity refuses to call for MSNBC host Joy Reid to be fired over a series of controversial blog posts. In a statement posted on his website Friday, the Fox News host referred to the news cycle domination of "comments made by TV personalities" before naming Reid and stating that she "has now apologized for her previous blogs and commentary."

Shooting Protesters in Cold Blood: How Israel became a Typical Middle Eastern Dictatorship

The Israeli army snipers who were ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinian protesters last Friday at the Gaza border, killing 17 outright and wounding hundreds of others, were acting according to the contemporary script of Middle Eastern dictators. The Israeli army initially admitted in a tweet that the tactic was premeditated and preceise, but then deleted the tweet, as the Israeli peace group B'tselem pointed out: Thanks to @btselem for capturing this deleted tweet, revealing the pride the IDF feels about the casualties they inflicted on unarmed protesters yesterday.

Colo. River Tea Party hosting candidate meet-and-greet

U.S. Senate candidate Kelli Ward, state Rep. Darin Mitchell and other candidates are expected to attend a meet-and-greet the Colorado River Tea Party is hosting Saturday, along with a presentation by filmmaker and blogger Trevor Loudon. Newly appointed District 13 legislators and candidates Rep. Tim Dunn, R-Yuma, and Sen. Sine Kerr, R-Buckeye, are also on the list for the event as of Wednesday evening.

Internal Emails Show FBI Agents Were Shocked and Shaken After Trump Fired Comey

A trove of internal FBI emails released over the weekend shows the dramatic impact President Trump's firing of then director James Comey had on the bureau's workforce last May. The messages portray agents deeply shocked and saddened by the news, and they contradict Trump's description of a bureau "in tatters." The blog Lawfare, run by Brookings Institution government studies Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes, filed four Freedom of Information Act requests for the documents back in June.

Trump’s federal judicial nominee in Alabama has never tried a case in his life

President Donald Trump's nominee for a lifetime appointment to a federal judgeship in Alabama has never tried a case in his life and has only been practicing law for three years, said The Washington Post on Sunday . Brett Talley, 36, is an attorney and aspiring horror author whose nomination to the federal bench was approved this week by the Republican-dominated Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee.

Oopsie

What is a pundit? What are they for? Okay, what am I for? Back in the early blogging days a bunch of cranky stupid pundits were mad that bloggers were "advocates" or "activists" while they were... I guess I never figured out what they thought they were. They certainly didn't express opinions about things in hopes of influencing politics and policy! Or something.

SheintheCLE.com gives women a vibrant, virtual voice in Greater Cleveland

When Amy Martin told her friend Shibani Faehnle that she had bought but never done anything with the domain name SheintheCLE.com , Faehnle replied that not only were they going to launch an online community for women, they were going to launch it right now. Two years later, SheintheCLE has published 400-some blogs from more than 125 women throughout Greater Cleveland, on topics ranging from infertility to goat yoga to climbing the corporate ladder to surviving rape.