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Marissa Jackson Sow

@marissaesque.bsky.social

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Sharp-tongued polyglot shitposting about politics, culture, current events, and law prof stuff. Curator of the Law & Liberation Lab. My pronouns are Not / The One and I’m only here so I don’t get fined. 🫶🏾

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 17

🌟TOMORROW!🌟 Register here to help us celebrate luminaries Patricia Williams and Mehrsa Baradaran: www.aals.org/sections/web...

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 16

Whomever this is has already blocked me. I count it an honor.

And DAMN. 🤯

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 16

Agree. Completely agree.

J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · Apr 16

The story of Trump is not the story of a dictator savant, it's the story of a society whose elite power centers are all rotted from within and collapse at the slightest push. Very hard to know right now if there are any load-bearing walls left.

Micah @rincewind.run · Apr 16

conversely, the second you give in to him on anything, he senses weakness and keeps demanding more and more

the only viable response to Trump is to loudly and fully stand up to him from the start - whatever consequences he is able to impose will pale in comparison to giving in

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 15

Oh.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 15

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally

The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Apr 15

Martin O'Malley just mentioned state attorneys general filing state kidnapping charges. Just imagine the collective cheer in this country if state troopers pulled over, arrested and cuffed a van full of masked ICE fascists.

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wow, wtf 🤬 (it’s not okay, and I’m so sorry, Anthony).

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 14

Constitutional crisis.

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 13

Not very abolitionist of me, I know. God’s not done with me yet. 😭

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 13

Every morning I pray for the US to ratify the Rome Statute so we can start throwing these demoniacs behind the bars they’ve built for others. 😤

funkyartlady.bsky.social @funkyartlady.bsky.social · Apr 13

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 10

Manipulation Day, amirite?

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 9

Please capitalize the B in Black. Thank you.

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 9

That was quick.

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Gosh, Sameer, thank you!

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hey you! Omg thank you, and it’s great to see you here.

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you, friend 🫶🏾

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Building on the astute analyses by @karenattiah.bsky.social and @adamserwer.bsky.social in my debut post for the @lpeblog.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s assault on Black federal workers today, which calls upon us to consider that peonage may be the point:

lpeproject.org/blog/racial-...

Racial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal Workers

By purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of…

lpeproject.org

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you, friend. 😘

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Allison Tait @athenais.bsky.social · Apr 8

Never ever miss a chance to read @marissaesque.bsky.social and here’s a great one about racial capitalism in the present moment.

Racial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal Workers

By purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of…

lpeproject.org

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · Apr 8

Today, @marissaesque.bsky.social argues that Trump's assault on federal workers is part of a broader effort to demolish the the bargaining power of Black workers.

Racial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal Workers

By purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of…

lpeproject.org

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great piece in @lpeblog.bsky.social by @marissaesque.bsky.social on racism behind the administration's attack on federal workers.

"Federal government jobs have long been responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Black American middle class."

Check it out!

lpeproject.org/blog/racial-...

Racial Capitalism and the Assault on Federal Workers

By purging African Americans from the federal workforce, the Trump administration does not merely aim to undermine racial integration; rather, it seeks to bring about the economic immiseration of…

lpeproject.org

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Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thank you so much! ☺️🥰

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 7

It’s giving 1929.

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 4

Screaming.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Apr 4

A real sign at the American Bar Association spring meeting in DC (h/t @balancecraft.bsky.social)

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 4

Oh.

Marissa Jackson Sow @marissaesque.bsky.social · Apr 4

Yes, yes, and yes!