Chris Sprigman
@cjsprigman.bsky.social
Murray and Kathleen Bring Prof., NYU Law. IP, antitrust, behavioral econ, occasional con law (bad for my health). ssrn.com/author=370802. Partner, lex-lumina.com. https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=37891
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I guess weak leadership talking only about one thing AND working with the enemy isn't very popular.
NEW Economist/YouGov Jan 23-26: Congress
29% of U.S. adult citizens have a favorable view of Democrats in Congress
62% are unfavorable
At the start of Trump's second term, 36% were favorable toward Democrats in Congress; 53% were unfavorable
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
29% of U.S. adult citizens have a favorable view of Democrats in Congress
62% are unfavorable
At the start of Trump's second term, 36% were favorable toward Democrats in Congress; 53% were unfavorable
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
![A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Favorable and unfavorable views of congressional Democrats."
The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following groups in Congress? [Democrats in Congress] (% of U.S. adult citizens)."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ke6f766al4swdugyvmvyipuo/bafkreiguy6rot4gqibzmwsca7hdzscqvprfk7w2x4xamys6lnjlolmj3iy@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I guess weak leadership talking only about one thing AND working with the enemy isn't very popular.
The very last element of my Catholic upbringing I will discard is my belief in hell. Hell's existence is necessary for the universe to make any moral sense whatsoever.
Trump on Renee Good: "I know her parents were big Trump fans. Makes me feel bad anyway, but I mean I guess you could say even worse. They were tremendous Trump people."
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The very last element of my Catholic upbringing I will discard is my belief in hell. Hell's existence is necessary for the universe to make any moral sense whatsoever.
Seven Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem: John Fetterman (Pa.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Andy Kim (N.J.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), and Elissa Slotkin (Mich.). Some of the worst Democrats we have--Kim excepted. They all owe the American people an apology.
Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed and the country is paying the price for her malevolence and incompetence.
She must answer for DHS’s violent and illegal policies and practices.
Which have already claimed too many lives.
She must answer for DHS’s violent and illegal policies and practices.
Which have already claimed too many lives.
Kristi Noem to testify before Senate Judiciary
Chair Chuck Grassley has been working for weeks to schedule a DHS oversight hearing.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Seven Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem: John Fetterman (Pa.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Andy Kim (N.J.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), and Elissa Slotkin (Mich.). Some of the worst Democrats we have--Kim excepted. They all owe the American people an apology.
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These folks should never again be welcome in society.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
These folks should never again be welcome in society.
Conservatives.
White nationalist Nick Fuentes says that Alex Pretti was a "race traitor' and his killing by Border Patrol agents means there is "one less asshole in the world." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Conservatives.
Do you know how hard Democratic voters must be making it for this do-nothing milksop that he now feels that he has to say this?
Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Do you know how hard Democratic voters must be making it for this do-nothing milksop that he now feels that he has to say this?
Watch this.
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Watch this.
As a copyright lawyer, I know my brain is broken because all I can think about when I see this is the idea/expression distinction and its ineffability when applied to musical works.
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
As a copyright lawyer, I know my brain is broken because all I can think about when I see this is the idea/expression distinction and its ineffability when applied to musical works.
Democratic voters should put an end to this reign of Schumerian gutlessness.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Democratic voters should put an end to this reign of Schumerian gutlessness.
Friday I'm headed to Freiburg for a month studying German at the Goethe Institut. I've been looking forward to this for months. It's been my life-long goal to become fluent in a second language. I'm proud that I tested into the B2 class. Not fluent, but making progress!
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Friday I'm headed to Freiburg for a month studying German at the Goethe Institut. I've been looking forward to this for months. It's been my life-long goal to become fluent in a second language. I'm proud that I tested into the B2 class. Not fluent, but making progress!
Worth reading from Eric on our embarrassment of a high court.
“Wearing black robes and sitting in a courtroom doesn’t make lawyers act like judges-a minimal respect for prior law is what distinguishes judges from legislators but our Supreme Court has now shown that it does not place much value, if any, on prior law.” www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/01/the-...
The Term From Hell and the Court that Isn't a Court
For two decades, I have argued that the Supreme Court of the United States is not a real court of law and its justices do not perform their ...
www.dorfonlaw.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Worth reading from Eric on our embarrassment of a high court.
I'm old enough to remember Jake Tapper getting all bent when a small businessperson from Minneapolis he was interviewing used the term "concentration camps" to describe ICE's secret prisons. We're going to learn more about these facilities soon. And we're not going to like what we learn.
This is dystopian… and not just because they’re dressed like a scene from the handmaids tale.
These are mostly children.
This is where Liam Ramos is being held.
They’re screaming “let us out” and protesting the brutal conditions.
These kids are braver than every ICE thug holding them hostages
These are mostly children.
This is where Liam Ramos is being held.
They’re screaming “let us out” and protesting the brutal conditions.
These kids are braver than every ICE thug holding them hostages
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I'm old enough to remember Jake Tapper getting all bent when a small businessperson from Minneapolis he was interviewing used the term "concentration camps" to describe ICE's secret prisons. We're going to learn more about these facilities soon. And we're not going to like what we learn.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
Fuck the standard-bearers of decorum. Fuck them until they worry less about being decorous and more about being effective.
The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Fuck the standard-bearers of decorum. Fuck them until they worry less about being decorous and more about being effective.
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"Restrain, reform and restrict ICE" is the most typical, loser-ass shit aimed at the imaginary centrist voter.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"Restrain, reform and restrict ICE" is the most typical, loser-ass shit aimed at the imaginary centrist voter.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
Schumer has to go before he does more damage.
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The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
This may be The Onion's masterpiece.
“What they don’t want you to know is that George Soros and his far-left billionaire friends hired Alex Pretti to act as a dependable, beloved pillar of his community for decades,” said President Donald Trump
Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no one would realistically devote their life to serving others without being funded by nefarious actors, President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Democrats had secretly paid...
theonion.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 AM
This may be The Onion's masterpiece.
From this day until he is led into a prison cell, this POS should never have a peaceful moment in public.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
From this day until he is led into a prison cell, this POS should never have a peaceful moment in public.
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Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
Deleted TikTok, which under Larry Ellison’s control is now rather obviously pushing right-wing content.
January 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Deleted TikTok, which under Larry Ellison’s control is now rather obviously pushing right-wing content.
I used to be something close to a first amendment absolutist. But now I’m not sure that we wouldn’t all be better off in both the short run and the long run if the government shut down Fox News. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Most Fox News Reporting on Minneapolis Shooting Supports Official Version
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I used to be something close to a first amendment absolutist. But now I’m not sure that we wouldn’t all be better off in both the short run and the long run if the government shut down Fox News. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
I do not typically take my cues from David Frum, but this is exactly right. I am in no mood for kumbaya and likely never will be, b/c I know that if the country descends into violence, almost all of Trump's followers will happily put to the stake whoever stands in Trump's way.
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I do not typically take my cues from David Frum, but this is exactly right. I am in no mood for kumbaya and likely never will be, b/c I know that if the country descends into violence, almost all of Trump's followers will happily put to the stake whoever stands in Trump's way.
People making excuses for ICE's execution of Alex Pretti would have been making excuses for the Nazis. That's the level of moral blindness that is required not to acknowledge what's right in front of our faces.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
People making excuses for ICE's execution of Alex Pretti would have been making excuses for the Nazis. That's the level of moral blindness that is required not to acknowledge what's right in front of our faces.