Hope Michelson
@hopecm.bsky.social
Development Economist. Ag econ.
Professor UIUC ACE
Co-editor, Food Policy
Professor UIUC ACE
Co-editor, Food Policy
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Javonte Green wiping his sweat on the ball again between free throws. Gross and hilarious!
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Javonte Green wiping his sweat on the ball again between free throws. Gross and hilarious!
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The Chicago Bulls win after a really tough 2OT loss just last night. They move to 7-6 and snap their 5 game losing streak.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The Chicago Bulls win after a really tough 2OT loss just last night. They move to 7-6 and snap their 5 game losing streak.
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Nikola Vucevic gives the Bulls a 4-point lead with 30-some seconds left in the game.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Nikola Vucevic gives the Bulls a 4-point lead with 30-some seconds left in the game.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Bulls beat the Sixers in a game where Chicago held the lead for 3.2 total seconds.
6-1, first place in the East.
6-1, first place in the East.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Bulls beat the Sixers in a game where Chicago held the lead for 3.2 total seconds.
6-1, first place in the East.
6-1, first place in the East.
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LaVine and DeRozan visit with their former teammates
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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The key to D66's success tonight: winning voters from two camps - the left and the center.
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The key to D66's success tonight: winning voters from two camps - the left and the center.
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owning the paint.
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
owning the paint.
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
well said expatriarch.substack.com/p/usaid-is-u...
USAID Is Unlikely to Be Replaced With Something Better Any Time Soon, So Stop Pretending
Why Rajiv Shah is wrong, wrong, wrong, and kind of insulting
expatriarch.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
well said expatriarch.substack.com/p/usaid-is-u...
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No Kings-Chicago, IL
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No Kings-Chicago, IL
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Multiple man-made food crises are ongoing globally.
Famine is currently occurring in Gaza and Sudan. South Sudan is at risk of famine.
Areas of Yemen, Haiti and Mali are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC level 5).
Famine is currently occurring in Gaza and Sudan. South Sudan is at risk of famine.
Areas of Yemen, Haiti and Mali are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC level 5).
Food and Nutrition Crises Burgeon in Face of Conflict, Funding Cuts: GRFC Mid-Year Update Released | Food Security Portal
Hunger and food crisis have reached catastrophic levels in multiple places around the world, according to the Global Report on Food Crises Mid-Year Update. Famine has been confirmed in the Gaza Strip ...
www.foodsecurityportal.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Multiple man-made food crises are ongoing globally.
Famine is currently occurring in Gaza and Sudan. South Sudan is at risk of famine.
Areas of Yemen, Haiti and Mali are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC level 5).
Famine is currently occurring in Gaza and Sudan. South Sudan is at risk of famine.
Areas of Yemen, Haiti and Mali are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC level 5).
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Stanford Doerr School is hiring at assistant prof level in Global Environmental Policy. Search is broadly scoped and aimed at anyone in quantitative social sciences or related fields, including econ, polisci, env policy, or data science as applied to env policy. Plz share, RT!
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Global Environmental Policy)
tinyurl.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Stanford Doerr School is hiring at assistant prof level in Global Environmental Policy. Search is broadly scoped and aimed at anyone in quantitative social sciences or related fields, including econ, polisci, env policy, or data science as applied to env policy. Plz share, RT!
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
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UIUC is hiring this year!! Two positions in American Political Institutions and Political Behavior!
Applications due 6:00pm (CST) on September 16, 2025 through jobs.illinois.edu.
Our department is lovely and friendly and brilliant--happy to chat about our department and the positions!
Applications due 6:00pm (CST) on September 16, 2025 through jobs.illinois.edu.
Our department is lovely and friendly and brilliant--happy to chat about our department and the positions!
August 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
UIUC is hiring this year!! Two positions in American Political Institutions and Political Behavior!
Applications due 6:00pm (CST) on September 16, 2025 through jobs.illinois.edu.
Our department is lovely and friendly and brilliant--happy to chat about our department and the positions!
Applications due 6:00pm (CST) on September 16, 2025 through jobs.illinois.edu.
Our department is lovely and friendly and brilliant--happy to chat about our department and the positions!
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New paper in @nature.com! With @kiseokmicro.bsky.social , Siqi Liu, Kyle Crocker, Jojo Wang, Mikhail Tikhonov & Madhav Mani — a massive dataset and simple model reveal a few conserved regimes that capture how soil microbiome metabolism responds to perturbations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
New paper in @nature.com! With @kiseokmicro.bsky.social , Siqi Liu, Kyle Crocker, Jojo Wang, Mikhail Tikhonov & Madhav Mani — a massive dataset and simple model reveal a few conserved regimes that capture how soil microbiome metabolism responds to perturbations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PSA: UIUC is hiring in economics at the assistant level, looking for "expertise in Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Industrial Organization". illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor- Economics
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
PSA: UIUC is hiring in economics at the assistant level, looking for "expertise in Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Industrial Organization". illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength
Research cuts aren’t about shrinking government, they’re about killing science
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
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Musk said USAID was wasteful. A new review published int he Lancet estimated it saved more than 90 million lives over 20 years, and that shutting it will cause 14 million unnecessary deaths over the next five years.
Open access link to my paper on USAID
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Open access link to my paper on USAID
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Musk said USAID was wasteful. A new review published int he Lancet estimated it saved more than 90 million lives over 20 years, and that shutting it will cause 14 million unnecessary deaths over the next five years.
Open access link to my paper on USAID
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Open access link to my paper on USAID
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Announcing the #ASSA2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Leah Boustan of Yale University. She will be speaking on her work related to migration, assimilation, and economic opportunity.
July 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Announcing the #ASSA2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Leah Boustan of Yale University. She will be speaking on her work related to migration, assimilation, and economic opportunity.
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Good news! #USAID FEWS NET is back up fews.net
The continuous monitoring of acute food insecurity is critical if we are to understand the stability of food systems in our ever more turbulent world. Increasingly frequent conflict, climate, and price shocks make FEWS NET more important than ever
The continuous monitoring of acute food insecurity is critical if we are to understand the stability of food systems in our ever more turbulent world. Increasingly frequent conflict, climate, and price shocks make FEWS NET more important than ever
June 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Isaiah Hartenstein explaining that Alex Caruso had to teach them how to open champagne bottles and that's why the celebration was so brief, why Tim Reynolds asked if he really didn't know he said: "No, when I won in Lithuania they just drank hard tequila"
June 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Isaiah Hartenstein explaining that Alex Caruso had to teach them how to open champagne bottles and that's why the celebration was so brief, why Tim Reynolds asked if he really didn't know he said: "No, when I won in Lithuania they just drank hard tequila"