Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
Law, current events, and/or humor. Lapsed litigator. Tiresome empiricist. Not terminally online, but asymptotically approaching it. BLUESKY user #: 1,492,816. He/him. My recent writing can be found here:
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Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
· Feb 19
How Trump “Won”
The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority
substack.com
Every time I read this, I learn new things from this thought-provoking, data-based analysis of voters' behavior in the 2024 election as compared to the 2020 election.
I urge everyone to read it.
Thanks to @mikepod.bsky.social for writing it and sharing it.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I urge everyone to read it.
Thanks to @mikepod.bsky.social for writing it and sharing it.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
I oppose using "double-tap" for the murders committed in the Caribbean. "Double tap" sanitizes/trivializes what is happening at the behest of Trump and his sycophantic/homicidal goons.
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I oppose using "double-tap" for the murders committed in the Caribbean. "Double tap" sanitizes/trivializes what is happening at the behest of Trump and his sycophantic/homicidal goons.
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As your holiday shopping kicks into high gear, reminder that we're still boycotting Target until they fulfill their commitments to the Black business community. www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As your holiday shopping kicks into high gear, reminder that we're still boycotting Target until they fulfill their commitments to the Black business community. www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
An excellent column by @atrupar.com. I question only his closing observation that Rs have been bad for the country for the past 25 years. I'd argue that they've been bad for the country since the first Reagan administration - 45 years of non-stop trickle-down BS.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
An excellent column by @atrupar.com. I question only his closing observation that Rs have been bad for the country for the past 25 years. I'd argue that they've been bad for the country since the first Reagan administration - 45 years of non-stop trickle-down BS.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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If you’re rich enough, all “affordability” concerns are a “scam”.
Sarah Matthews: "Americans are concerned about the rising costs of everything…Trump can't wrap his head around that because this is a man who is a billionaire. He's never had to imagine a world in which he can't afford something."
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you’re rich enough, all “affordability” concerns are a “scam”.
Hey, AG Bondi, here's another "seditious" statement for you, this time by Pete Hegseth.
youtube.com/shorts/cZCTs...
youtube.com/shorts/cZCTs...
Hegseth in 2016: The military won't follow illegal orders
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey, AG Bondi, here's another "seditious" statement for you, this time by Pete Hegseth.
youtube.com/shorts/cZCTs...
youtube.com/shorts/cZCTs...
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
During the hilarious/terrifying Trump I administration, I wrote a lot about how it was incompetent, corrupt, and chaotic. Trump II has surpassed Trump I on all three scales and added "cruel" and "murderous" to the Trump I trifecta.
Trump II is, as George Will recently wrote, a "moral slum."
Trump II is, as George Will recently wrote, a "moral slum."
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
During the hilarious/terrifying Trump I administration, I wrote a lot about how it was incompetent, corrupt, and chaotic. Trump II has surpassed Trump I on all three scales and added "cruel" and "murderous" to the Trump I trifecta.
Trump II is, as George Will recently wrote, a "moral slum."
Trump II is, as George Will recently wrote, a "moral slum."
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I drove drunk and ran over several kids but I can’t tell you how many because of the fog of war
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I drove drunk and ran over several kids but I can’t tell you how many because of the fog of war
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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Whiskey haze … fog of war … what’s the difference?
Today Secretary Hegseth lectured the press about the "fog of war." But that ain't nothing to the fog--moral as well as intellectual--of being Pete. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...
www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...
Why Blowhard Pentagon Pete Just Put Himself in the Crosshairs
White House efforts to defend Pete Hegseth have stirred up a hornet’s nest of real life warriors.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Whiskey haze … fog of war … what’s the difference?
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If Hegseth was the "target engagement authority" for the Sep. 2 strike, even if he left the video watching room before the second strike, wouldn't they still have gotten an ok from him before the strike? Or were his orders to kill all of them so clear there was no need? Either way, isn't it on him?
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If Hegseth was the "target engagement authority" for the Sep. 2 strike, even if he left the video watching room before the second strike, wouldn't they still have gotten an ok from him before the strike? Or were his orders to kill all of them so clear there was no need? Either way, isn't it on him?
Tom Stoppard wrote great plays and successfully doctored film scripts, in addition to writing "Shakespeare in Love," which won him an Oscar.
I think "Arcadia" is one of the most amazing plays I've ever seen, on both intellectual and emotional levels.
RIP, Sir Tom.
I think "Arcadia" is one of the most amazing plays I've ever seen, on both intellectual and emotional levels.
RIP, Sir Tom.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tom Stoppard wrote great plays and successfully doctored film scripts, in addition to writing "Shakespeare in Love," which won him an Oscar.
I think "Arcadia" is one of the most amazing plays I've ever seen, on both intellectual and emotional levels.
RIP, Sir Tom.
I think "Arcadia" is one of the most amazing plays I've ever seen, on both intellectual and emotional levels.
RIP, Sir Tom.
Another discharge petition in 3...2...1...
Top Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) introduced a resolution opposing a presidential commutation or pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein who is now serving time in prison for sex trafficking.
A top House Democrat pushes to oppose Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) introduced a symbolic measure to put House members on the record opposing a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Another discharge petition in 3...2...1...
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It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
Push Back Against Trump’s Press Abuse
It’s long past time for the Fourth Estate to challenge the president’s unhinged hostility and unbridled misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
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Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.” #FDR 1936
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.” #FDR 1936
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
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Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
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If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
In her Substack, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminded us that today's the 112th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In her Substack, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminded us that today's the 112th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
I'm sure she can make up for her social losses by engaging positively and supportively with her transgender friends and - wait (taps ear-bud), what's that? Oh. Never mind.
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I'm sure she can make up for her social losses by engaging positively and supportively with her transgender friends and - wait (taps ear-bud), what's that? Oh. Never mind.
Hi, Dave! Long time no talk. Speaking as one of the semites on here (albeit the purely secular flavored variety), we work with what we have to do what we can.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hi, Dave! Long time no talk. Speaking as one of the semites on here (albeit the purely secular flavored variety), we work with what we have to do what we can.
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God this is so utterly despicable. Trump is “he was no angel”- ing a journalist who was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw by agents of an authoritarian regime.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
God this is so utterly despicable. Trump is “he was no angel”- ing a journalist who was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw by agents of an authoritarian regime.