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Rebecca Tushnet is an American legal scholar. She serves as the Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law at Harvard Law School. Her scholarship focuses on copyright, trademark, First Amendment, and false advertising. .. more

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 1h
“You can’t indiscriminately take people off our streets—American citizens off our streets. You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You’re not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them... That is against our United States Constitution.” —Minneapolis Mayor Frey

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 4h
Right of publicity question of the day, Fed edition
jamesrball.com James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5h
“Please note that buying this will not in any direct way support Jerome Powell, but if we sell a decent number we’ll donate the profits to the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, to slightly reduce the chance this happens again.”
alphaville.ft.com FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 5h
Keep Alphaville free* by investing in our Free** Jay Powell merch.

* without cost
** not under the control of another

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5h
“Please note that buying this will not in any direct way support Jerome Powell, but if we sell a decent number we’ll donate the profits to the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, to slightly reduce the chance this happens again.”
alphaville.ft.com FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 5h
Keep Alphaville free* by investing in our Free** Jay Powell merch.

* without cost
** not under the control of another

as.ft.com/r/82db28aa-3...
Get your ‘Free Jay Powell’ T-shirts here
[FREE TO READ] Street Fed
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 8h
I’m kinda laughing to myself about how to email collaborators about this. “Hey can we push this deadline back again? My region is being occupied by violent federal forces, and I’m only a *naturalized* citizen, and it’s been impacting my sleep and executive function for some reason.”

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 9h
The Supreme Court sets aside lower court decisions upholding convictions for bribery related to the FIFA scandal because the Trump administration decided to dismiss those criminal cases "in the interests of justice." The FIFA prosecution ends in a whimper. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITIONS 25-390 ) FULL PLAY GROUP, S.A. V. UNITED STATES, ET AL. ) 25-396 ) LOPEZ, HERNAN V. UNITED STATES, ET AL. The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated, and the cases are remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for further consideration in light of the pending motion to dismiss the indictment.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h
“'We have to define the stakes of this fight. If this current crop of ICE agents is the lowest number of ICE agents we’re going to have for the next five years, the next crop, with no real government oversight, will be chillingly worse...'"

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
ICE Becomes Central to 2026
Democrats debate how best to push back against the rogue agency and its leaders.
open.substack.com

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 22h
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis

The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway

They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 23h
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 1d
This is one of those things where I tolerate multiple arguments though I agree that no amount of training will solve the problem of what they're being encouraged to do by leadership. It's still also a problem that policies are set based on flattering T and assuming that aggressiveness is enough

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 1d
Such an excellent opportunity for a Maenad Self-Defense Force
kateross.bsky.social Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d
Ladies you “Zumba-ed” too hard!
Screenshot from Zuckerberg data mining website Image of lady in pink hat faces armed fed agents Text overlay: OPINION DELUDED WINE MOMS ARE COMMITTING DEADLY CRIMES, NOT SIMPLY 'PROTESTING' NEWS Fox News * • Follow 27m• STOP THE MADNESS: "What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede ICE agents is not civil disobedience. It isn't even protest. It's just crime," writes David Marcus. SR7 FOX NEWS channel You and 10.9K others 3.7K comments 1.1K shares Haha Comment Share

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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 1d
It's that time of year!

Tulane Law School invites applications for its Forrester Fellowship position, which is designed for promising scholars who plan to apply for tenure-track law school positions. The Forrester Fellow is full-time faculty in the law school and... 1/4

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d
Ladies you “Zumba-ed” too hard!
Screenshot from Zuckerberg data mining website Image of lady in pink hat faces armed fed agents Text overlay: OPINION DELUDED WINE MOMS ARE COMMITTING DEADLY CRIMES, NOT SIMPLY 'PROTESTING' NEWS Fox News * • Follow 27m• STOP THE MADNESS: "What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede ICE agents is not civil disobedience. It isn't even protest. It's just crime," writes David Marcus. SR7 FOX NEWS channel You and 10.9K others 3.7K comments 1.1K shares Haha Comment Share

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Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 1d
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
Ashley St Clair: dark woke cause the other option is bootlicking feds + pedophiles + nerds JunLper: you’ve previously engaged in blatant transphobia, how do you feel about trans people in the wake of noticing how the far right truly is? Ashley St Clair: I feel immense guilt for my role. And even more guilt that things I have said in the past may have caused my son’s sister more pain. Idrk how to make amends for many of these things but I have been trying incredibly hard privately to learn + advocate for those within the trans community that I’ve hurt. I also haven’t said much on this bc I have gone back and forth over whether my voice would be helpful on the issue since it will be framed as disingenuous or just turning bc I’m “scorned.” Even this reply will become right wing hysteria but yeah I am sorry. Let me know how I can help

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 1d
If you need some hope today — and don’t we all? — read @adambonica.bsky.social . As a bonus, you’ll also find an agenda and a source of resolve to make it happen.

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
open.substack.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d
"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next.
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
Universities Need a New Defense
The authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work.
www.chronicle.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d
The Smithsonian is erasing history. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait
A Trump official previously complained about a caption beside his National Portrait Gallery photo mentioning his impeachments and the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
www.washingtonpost.com

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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 1d
By A&M's Martin Peterson....
Opinion | Texas A&M told me not to teach these Plato excerpts. Here's what he wrote.
Martin Peterson: The Greek philosopher explicitly urged his students to seek the truth — even when it was uncomfortable or controversial. Universities should do the same.
www.ms.now

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
The video also allegedly shows the CBP agent saying “Do something, bitch” before shots were fired. In private Signal chats, the CBP agent boasted to other officers: “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” If he felt comfortable enough communicating that to fellow employees, it speaks to an irredeemable organizational culture.

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 2d
Incredible crossover, would watch

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stoopcat @stoopcat.bsky.social · 2d
Rep Craig said she brought a copy of the 12/17 ruling & they refused to look at it!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d
"Now is the time for opposition to these drastic vaccine changes. No one should have to go through an experience like mine—not when there is a safe, simple shot that can prevent it. I hope our country can step back before too much irreversible damage is done."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
My Life Shows the Horror of RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Guidelines
The Trump administration just yanked the recommendation for a vaccine that can spare people from what I went through.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.

@zeteo.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d
Sorry, did i say "almost certainly using LLM's" to evaluate the syllabi and readings of disciplines they don't actually understand? I meant literally exactly that:

Cf, the @texastribune.org's article "Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender"

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 2d
them: gender and race studies is nonsense!
also them: we carefully designed our policies to target women and people of color (3/3 teaching loads for "non-stem" faculty UNLESS they're in the new "civics/western greatness" schools, using student evals as the primary metric of teaching effectiveness)

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Colin Fry @colinfry.bsky.social · 2d
US vetoes most Ethiopian athletes for the World Crosscountry Championships in Florida by denying their visas. Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak.

I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡
U.S. denies entry to 14 Ethiopian athletes ahead of World XC Championships - Canadian Running Magazine
According to a report from LetsRun.com, only four of the 18 Ethiopian U20 athletes had their U.S. visa applications accepted
runningmagazine.ca

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 3d
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"They made me feel really old,” he says. “They were like, ‘What is a wolf and why is it on parade?’ And I was like, ‘I hate both of you.’ And I was like, ‘Feist? 1,2,3,4?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, we watched that on Sesame Street.’ And I was like, ‘Again, I’d like to push you down a flight of stairs. Your youth enrages me.’”

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 3d
“Musk Potentially Liable in Presidential Election Bounty Suit” electionlawblog.org?p=153775
"Musk Potentially Liable in Presidential Election Bounty Suit" #ELB
Bloomberg Law: Elon Musk has failed to escape a claim asserting he’s potentially personally liable for not paying voters who signed, or referred others to sign, petitions pledging their support for sp...
electionlawblog.org

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 3d
"Total control of the App Store was Apple’s main argument against antitrust enforcement: The company insisted that its monopolistic control of what users could install on their phones was essential to create a walled garden where it could protect children from unsafe content.

Ha! Ha ha ha!!"
lopatto.bsky.social Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 3d
I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com