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Eric Goldman
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
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Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: [email protected]

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Eric Goldman is a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also co-directs the law school's High Tech Law Institute and co-supervises the law school's Privacy Law Certificate. .. more

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 3h
This is a preview of the content rules we can expect when Trump's cronies take over TikTok. TikTok will only allow content that shows the Trump administration in a flattering light 📉
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Eric Goldman, Henry Jones

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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Reposted by Eric Goldman, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 9h
is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 10h
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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 12h
If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.
@atrupar.com Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..." @atrupar.com Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 12h
@flohmann.bsky.social on Prop. 50: "for those who hate this partisan gerrymandering race to the bottom, I hear you, but a principled stand in California won’t restore fairness in the face of gerrymandering everywhere else"

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Nov. 2025 Prop 50
Fred’s November 2025 SF Proposition Explainer and Slate Card There’s only one thing on the November 2025 ballot for SF voters: Prop 50. So this time I’m going to keep it short and sweet (unlike last ...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 13h
Sun rays on the Mendocino Coast

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Cantus Cove
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 13h
"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext"

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job
At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.
www.chronicle.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h
The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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Reposted by John Horgan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Eric Goldman , and 5 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d
Sun dropping behind the fog at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve on the Mendocino Coast

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Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
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Reposted by Eric Goldman, Rebecca Tushnet, Aviel Roshwald

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d
BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia
State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d
"Bondi has emerged as perhaps the most openly political & partisan attorney general in modern American history....she carefully structures her appearances & rhetoric to track the priorities of the White House with no concern for notions of DOJ independence"

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What I Learned By Watching Every Pam Bondi Speech
The Trump loyalist is a new kind of attorney general.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
"Veggie burgers, seitan schnitzel & tofu sausage don't confuse consumers, only rightwing politicians"

“A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef. Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers & stop this hotdog populism” #Censorship

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‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods
Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
See if you can figure out who is the NBA player in this photo of a neighborhood pickup game 🏀

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
Today, I guided a conversation about mandatory online age authentication for the Intellectual Property Section of California Lawyers Association. My slides

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
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Silicon Valley officials begrudgingly back Prop. 50 - San José Spotlight
Governor Gavin Newsom’s bid to out-gerrymander Texas won’t affect Santa Clara County as much as other parts of the state – and some Silicon Valley leaders are swallowing their distaste while towing th...
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Reposted by Eric Goldman, Iikka Korhonen, R. M. Wilson

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
From @sivav.bsky.social :

The education "compact" is "like an invitation to borrow money from the mob, with substantial control & future penalties assured... Any university leader who signs on to this compact would...do deep & permanent harm to the US & the world"

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
Babylon 5, season 5, episode 7.

Dr. Franklin: "You helped hide the truth about what happened by revising your history...cutting parts you didn't like. As far as I'm concerned, that makes you an accomplice after the fact."
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d
Here’s video of the incident
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 3d
U.S. Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino said...“no rights have been violated today” <== that is not a credible statement

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d
Here’s video of the incident
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