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Chris Sprigman

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Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust. ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. lex-lumina.com. All posts by my research assistant, Chad. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 2h

Just override them legislatively and strip courts’ jurisdiction to review. Like I said: existing law and institutions have failed to protect, so they no longer bind.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 3h

What’s needed is a special tribunal and new laws fit for purpose. Continuity with existing law is not a priority. Existing law has failed. The priority is swift severe punishment. If we fail at that, we will never rid our ourselves of fascism.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 3h

Nor should retribution be limited to prosecution under existing law and through existing legal channels. Both have proved entirely inadequate to protect protecting our rights.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 3h

When the GOP loses power--and they will--I do not want to hear Democrats asking us to sing kumbaya. I want retribution. From Donald Trump on down to these masked thugs.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 4h

It's a long and deeply researched interview, and Remnick's extremely well-thought-through questions reveal a lot about Mamdani's character and ideas. I think you will find the exchange surprising and heartening. /end

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 4h

I have many friends in NYC who have questions, and some fear, about what appears to be the likelihood that NYC voters will elect Zohran Mamdani as our next mayor. I ask those friends to watch this linterview of Mamdani by the New Yorker's David Remnick. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbq7...

Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump | The New Yorker Interview

YouTube video by The New Yorker

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe? I think polling on the issue means that you're taking it seriously. In any event, if Biden had released masked thugs onto the streets maybe that discussion would have happened even earlier.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 21h

Depends on when you think the relevant break point was. By November of 2021, there was polling on Biden's age, and mainstream media outlets were reporting the results of that poll. By the summer of 2022, the NY Times was polling on it and writing repeated articles about age-related concerns.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 21h

How much more nonsense garbage has to come out of this dotard's mouth before the mainstream press will start asking whether the President of the United States has some form of dementia?

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 21h

Trump Praises Pro Golfer as ‘Somebody That Saves Lives’ in Bizarre Digression

President Donald Trump embarked on a puzzling digression at the White House on Friday, declaring that a pro golfer in attendance is "somebody that saves lives." The post Trump Praises Pro Golfer as ‘Somebody That Saves Lives’ in Bizarre Digression first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 21h

Irrelevant. Fuck off.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 22h

Democrats should be promising that, when this administration loses power, they will be launching investigations into Kavanaugh (did he lie to Congress in his confirmation hearings?) and Thomas (did he fail to disclose gifts?). There's likely more judicial corruption to investigate. But start there.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 23h

If only!

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 23h

Yep. Graham Platner. Watch this. www.youtube.com/shorts/ODDCd...

Democrat Graham Platner gives PERFECT response to MAGA crowd member

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 23h

Doomers get blocked. They do no one any good whatsoever.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 23h

Janet Mills, who is about to announce a run for Susan Collins' Maine Senate seat, is 78 years old. Chuck Schumer is pushing her candidacy. Those two facts tell you that this is probably a very bad idea.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know exactly what you mean, but your doomerism I think we can all do without.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

Some. Not all. And don't think that I like them. But I don't think all of them are ready for the jack-boots.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. But I still expect that subset isn't going to be enough to keep the thugs in power.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

(Of course, public sympathy should not be available only for normies. But that's basically the country we live in.)

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

People see masked ICE thugs physically abusing and arresting normies, and they do not like it. Consequences are going to follow. It's just a matter of time.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

On Chad's behalf, go fuck yourself.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

100% correct. A comprehensive failure of our Democratic Party elites.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense. She's not sane, nor is she an ally of any sort, but her bucking of Trumpian orthodoxy may be a sign of a grifter shift in the MAGA world.

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I can't believe it either, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense | Opinion

President Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

Stav, of course, and sending my best.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1d

We, meaning people who are subject to encroaching autocracy--I.e., Americans. Even in a case of no viable alternatives, some actions are not acceptable. And no, I don't think anyone submitting a nomination can be assured that the effect is minimal. Any legitimation of the illegitimate is harmful.