Favorites August 12th 2022

San Francisco, November 2021

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Prediction markets not really buying the "actually, the FBI allegedly finding extremely sensitive national security documents at Mar-a-Lago is good for Trump!" narrative. electionbettingodds.com/GOPPrimary2024…

The warrant was unsealed today, three statutes from the Espionage Act, involving doing things you're not supposed to with classified info. Of them, 18 USC 1519 is apparently the most interesting. "Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations" it's usually used to prosecute obstruction. With regards to applicability, another of the statutes applies to people who are in legal posession of classified docs.

Hayes Brown @HayesBrown

Wow. In February I wrote about how the Presidential Records Act doesn't have an enforcement mechanism...but 18 U.S.C. § 2071 is right there. And conviction means being "disqualified from holding any office under the United States." And here we are!! msnbc.com/opinion/nation…

emptywheel @emptywheel

Boom. The former President is under investigation for 793. (And obstruction). https://t.co/WXQCVObQK8

I had not realized this was a problem with the Presidential Records Act. Trumps claims about this behavior being standard, are of course, nonsense. What a wild sequence of events. Speaking of non-normal behavior, Trump's release of the *unredacted* warrant is not going to please DoJ folks.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Americans, most of you have now lived through: * The second-worst pandemic of modern American history, AND the third-worst * The second-worst economic downturn since 1900 * The largest protests in American history * The deadliest-ever attack on American soil

As bad as these were, it feels like there's still bullets we've just barely dodged, or that are still pending.

Threads

• Useful thread summarizing the most recent version of California Assembly Bill 2097 which reduces parking requirements near transit. TL;DR, it's had significant changes, but it's still a great bill.