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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

Hearing from a lot of folks in and around CBS / Paramount. Thank you! But there's more I'd love your help with. If you work there, might you be able to text me? You can reach me on Signal @ premthakker.35

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No info? That's ok, just boost this so others see it too :)

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 9h

Love that photo

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13h

This is excellent.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14h

Any university that agrees to this outrageous “compact” is a full participant in Trump’s assault on democracy. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 18h

If you need a Nobel Prize laureate to tell you that Trump can’t be trusted and that making deals with him is for suckers, the NY Times has a guy for you. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

“We took the freedom of speech away”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Otto and Elise Hampel were Berliners who, in the early 1940s, used postcards to urge resistance against the Nazi regime.

They were arrested, convicted and beheaded.

(Their story is the basis for "Every Man Dies Alone," a brilliant novel.)

www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It was incredibly moving to hear Prof Nickel and other non-citizen professors testify in court about the ways in which the arrests and deportations of students had affected them and their colleagues. So grateful to them for their integrity and courage. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

You sound surprised

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Of course, it's an even bigger deal that the President is in fact authorizing these murders.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

This is the third amicus brief we've filed in this case!

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

The DC Circuit is set to consider whether Trump violated the First Amendment by expelling the Associated Press from the White House press pool. @knightcolumbia.org's brief, just filed. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

"When faced with actual, explicit, documented government censorship—the kind they’ve been breathlessly warning about for years—they have nothing to say. Because this censorship serves their agenda, targets their enemies, and advances their political goals." www.techdirt.com/2025/10/03/d...

DOJ Demands Removal Of ICEBlock App; Why Are The ‘Free Speech Warriors’ Suddenly So Quiet?

For years now, the MAGA crowd has been absolutely convinced that the Biden administration engaged in the most egregious censorship campaign in American history. They’ve waved around the Murth…

www.techdirt.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

Proposed reply:

Dear Secretary McMahon,

Our offer is this: Nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which we would appreciate if you’d put up personally.

Sincerely,

Universities

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 6d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

This is an accurate, informative headline, unlike the ones atop some of the other news stories on this topic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

There's always going to be disagreement about universities' admissions, hiring, and curricular decisions. But can we all agree that these decisions should be made by universities, not the government? (Apparently not.) Good essay here from Erwin Chemerinsky. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 7d

The "compact" is a threat, with the administration explicitly stating that it plans to disfavor universities that don't sign in areas from foreign student visas, student loans, federal contracts as well as grants, and even tax [501(c)(3)] status.

It's a maximalist plan of 1st Amendment violation.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Never before in our history have such small people been in charge of such big things.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7d

With news that Bari Weiss is going to be the new EIC at CBS News, I wanted to reup this piece I wrote 6 years ago about how she and Bret Stephens helped turn NYT into a moral panic factory www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...

How Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss have taken the NY Times’ campus concern trolling to new heights in just 2 years

www.mediamatters.org

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

A foolish neutrality is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Just noting that a university that signed this compact would be agreeing to gut clinics and institutes like, say, the Knight Institute, whose mandate is to promote free speech and press freedom. What would it even mean for us to be “neutral”?

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent that Judge Young's ruling has spurred journalists to dig into the trial transcripts. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

U.S. used a transnational crime unit to secretly target campus protesters

A Tufts University graduate student was among those targeted after the Trump administration created a “tiger team” to investigate pro-Palestinian activists.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

With contributions from @olatij.bsky.social @genevievelakier.bsky.social @dorfonlaw.bsky.social @jamalgreene.bsky.social @kendraserra.bsky.social @kateruane.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @sbagen.bsky.social & others

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

A series of short posts from leading scholars about the constraints the First Amendment imposes on the government's authority to impose conditions on federal funding. Seems relevant! This is a @knightcolumbia.org series from earlier this year. knightcolumbia.org/research/fed...

Federal Funding and the First Amendment

knightcolumbia.org

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