Less than 1: PM Edition, August 24

This evening on Less than 1: an ex-Meta scientist says the company's wellbeing team was partly aimed at shielding it from lawsuits, a judge demands an FBI informant appear in court over recanted testimony, and Gov. Newsom signs an immigration-worker privacy bill that sets up a First Amendment fight. Also: the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration's plan to restrict mail-in voting to proceed for now, and Anthony Fauci's lawyers set up a legal defense fund as investigations into him multiply.

Stories mentioned in this episode:

Ex-Meta scientist says wellbeing team partly aimed to shield company from lawsuits
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/393910-ex-meta-scientist-says-wellbeing-team-partly-aimed-to-shield-company-from-lawsuits

Judge demands FBI informant appear in court over recanted testimony
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/393911-judge-demands-fbi-informant-appear-in-court-over-recanted-testimony

Newsom signs immigration-worker privacy bill, setting up First Amendment fight
https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/393912-newsom-signs-immigration-worker-privacy-bill-setting-up-first-amendment-fight

(NYT) Supreme Court allows Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting, for now
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballots.html

(Reuters) Fauci's lawyers set up legal defense fund as US probes multiply
https://www.reuters.com/world/faucis-lawyers-set-up-legal-defense-fund-us-probes-multiply-2026-08-21/