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J. Micheal Luttig: "The Constitution prevailed. Those in charge of it failed."

J. Michael Luttig speaks with Harry Litman about the U.S. Constitution and recent Supreme Court rulings on immunity and insurrection.

Harry Litman interviews J. Michael Luttig on the vibrancy and the vulnerability of the Constitution at Tribfest 2024. J. Michael Luttig is former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Harry Litman is the host of the “Talking Feds” Podcast and a senior legal columnist at Los Angeles Times. Texas Tribune Festival, Austin Texas. (Photo by Clair…

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Hacking and tracking fingers, automobiles, with Daito Manabe and Kaoru Sugano

Yamamoto, Daito Manabe, and Kauru Sugano discuss the use of open models for creative collaboration during South by Southwest Interactive 2013. At Omni Hotel in downtown Austin, Texas. There was a point in time when I understood this. Now it remains as a mysterious poem. Poem Note Daito Manabe Daito Manabe and MIKKO Manabe artist Genome data Github MAD fan fiction videos, about 600…

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Darden Smith at Austin Forum, where music and tech flood the Austin zone with...

Darden Smith at the Austin Forum on Austin Music: Music and Tech — the Perfect Storm. (Texas State Theatre). The perfect storm: high costs and low revenue Darden Smith kicked off the Austin Forum playing some righteous tunes, strumming his beat-up guitar, embracing us in his Sweet Lovin’ Arms. Austin at its finest. Smith said Sweet Lovin’ Arms, released in 1993, paid the rent for three years.…

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Can the Center Hold?

Hurrah! It’s the fabulous Julie Mason, Texan bred, once a proud journalist at the Houston Chronicle, now working with POTUS, and with Sirius XM Radio. Line up: Kay Bailey Hutchison, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, John H. Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire and White House chief of staff, U.S. Sen Evan Bayh. The crisis in Washington: no leadership, adrift…

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Larry Lessig's 2016 presidential run

Larry Lessig, professor of law at the Harvard School of Law and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, co-founder of Creative Commons, and (briefly), a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Lessig was interviewed by Karen Tumulty, a correspondent for The Washington Post. For context (from Wiki): Larry Lessig described his candidacy as a referendum on campaign finance reform and…

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Liar, Liar: looking up-data for your dirty, dirty, lies

Liar, Liars, steroids are fire According to Noah Zandan, clarity of language and in your writing indicate truthiness. When you tell the truth, you use simpler sentences. What does this say about smart people? Do complicated sentences hide the lies? Lance Armstrong said many words, very rapidly, and ultimately he was found to have taken many, many steroids. All of his inspiration words plastered…

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Deep thinking with Nathan Martin, of Recode, Deeplocal

Nathan Martin, once a punk hacker dude and now CEO of ad agency Deeplocal, thinks we should be nice to each other.  From the Deeplocal website. I thought I’d seen complex workflow charts working with engineering graduate students, but this kludge takes the prize. DEEPLOCAL Nathan Martin, owner of Deeplocal Recode Recode.com was based on Priceline and was a punk trick. Copy subbar codes;…

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"IT'S JUST SICK." Roland Gutierrez, determined to stop Texas GOP brutality and corruption

Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez (D – San Antonio). Gutierrez represents state Senate District 19, which covers parts of San Antonio and the Texas-Mexico border. After 19 children and two teachers were killed in a Uvalde school shooting, Gutierrez fought to pursue new gun restrictions. He previously served in the Texas House of Representatives. Gutierrez is a candidate for the 2024 U.S.…

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Love, war, and politics: Carville never holds back

James Carville, political strategist and author, talks to Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, sharing his thoughts and feelings about the future of the Democratic Party at the Texas Tribune Festival 2023. James Carville is beloved in Austin This interview can be heard in full at the Honesty Podcast. What follows are a few snippets from James Carville, shared with a most…

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Texas Tribune Festival 2023: Recorded Panels and Interviews

Imagine Barbie’s surprise…. Recordings of live events for Tribest 2023 Most Texas Tribune Festival panel events are recorded but only a few are posted on YouTube. Here’s a handy collection from the Tribune’s channel. One on One with Chris Sununu. New Hampshire governor, Chris Sununu, talks with Evan Smith, co-founder and senior adviser of The Texas Tribune, about the GOP and the 2024…

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Jen Easterly and Bobby Chesney talk cybersecurity at Texas Tribune Festival 2023

Jen Easterly, Director of The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) discusses cybersecurity with Bobby Chesney Dean of the University of Texas Law School at the Texas Tribune Festival 2023 CISA Jen Easterly & Dean Bobby Chesney It’s the first day of the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin and at the Omni Trademark Ballroom it’s a full-court press for CISA Jen Easterly and UT…

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Guy Whatley on the Holbrook Organ at Arts on Alexander. Weckmann, Buxtehude, Bach, Praetorius, Pachelbel, Bohm.

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Judgment.

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On trial https://www.instagram.com/p/ChyqExJMK_GRsZMWKDPtr4MouENUs-Uo6QJyPo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Inquisition.

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Pirate Ship. Cabo. (at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)

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Horses. Cabo. (at Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S.)