Bogosity Podcast for 17 August 2025

News of the Bogus:

• 0:43 – Carey Courtright v. Epic Games https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mowd.175918/gov.uscourts.mowd.175918.204.0.pdf
• 6:53 – Warrantless use of license plate reader cameras is unconstitutional https://reason.com/2025/08/14/warrantless-use-of-license-plate-reader-cameras-is-unconstitutional/
• 12:05 – Gavin Newsom’s Retaliatory Redistricting Plan Is Good, Actually https://newrepublic.com/article/198094/gavin-newsom-right-gerrymandering-trump
  • California Constitution Article XXI: Redistricting of Senate, Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization Districts https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&division=&title=&part=&chapter=&article=XXI
  • Gavin Newsom’s Gerrymandering Scheme Just Hit a Snag https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/14/gavin-newsoms-gerrymandering-scheme-just-hit-a-real-snag-n4942692

21:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Guardian

• ‘Hyperbolic and false’: Trump’s portrayal of crime in Washington DC has little to do with facts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime-los-angeles
• DC police commander suspended, accused of changing crime statistics https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander-suspended-crime-statistics/3959566/

26:53 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The UK

• UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

This Week’s Quote: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” —Isaac Asimov

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