Kathleen Clark
@kathleenclark.bsky.social
Attorney - Professor - Views are my own, not my employer. she/her
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Recalling that the position of NSC legal adviser—currently vacant—was created in response to Iran-Contra.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Recalling that the position of NSC legal adviser—currently vacant—was created in response to Iran-Contra.
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
“The moral and pedagogical implications of inaction are grave. …
Summers is a towering figure. …
But Harvard must hold its faculty to basic moral and behavioral standards, however great their accolades.”
Summers is a towering figure. …
But Harvard must hold its faculty to basic moral and behavioral standards, however great their accolades.”
"Women at Harvard deserve educators who respect them."
"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“The moral and pedagogical implications of inaction are grave. …
Summers is a towering figure. …
But Harvard must hold its faculty to basic moral and behavioral standards, however great their accolades.”
Summers is a towering figure. …
But Harvard must hold its faculty to basic moral and behavioral standards, however great their accolades.”
A classic non-denial denial:
Left:
ProPublica reports that WH aide Paul Ingrassia sent to DHS a written “**request** to return the electronics to the Tates.”
Right:
Ingrassia’s lawyer says: “‘Mr. Ingrassia never **ordered** that the Tate Brothers' devices be returned
to them.’”
Left:
ProPublica reports that WH aide Paul Ingrassia sent to DHS a written “**request** to return the electronics to the Tates.”
Right:
Ingrassia’s lawyer says: “‘Mr. Ingrassia never **ordered** that the Tate Brothers' devices be returned
to them.’”
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A classic non-denial denial:
Left:
ProPublica reports that WH aide Paul Ingrassia sent to DHS a written “**request** to return the electronics to the Tates.”
Right:
Ingrassia’s lawyer says: “‘Mr. Ingrassia never **ordered** that the Tate Brothers' devices be returned
to them.’”
Left:
ProPublica reports that WH aide Paul Ingrassia sent to DHS a written “**request** to return the electronics to the Tates.”
Right:
Ingrassia’s lawyer says: “‘Mr. Ingrassia never **ordered** that the Tate Brothers' devices be returned
to them.’”
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every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
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It’s no wonder that Summers repeatedly sought Epstein’s counsel about how to obtain sex from the mentee.
Summers, like Epstein, is a sexual predator.
Summers wanted to improve his sexual predation skills, so he sought advice from an expert — Epstein.
Summers, like Epstein, is a sexual predator.
Summers wanted to improve his sexual predation skills, so he sought advice from an expert — Epstein.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It’s no wonder that Summers repeatedly sought Epstein’s counsel about how to obtain sex from the mentee.
Summers, like Epstein, is a sexual predator.
Summers wanted to improve his sexual predation skills, so he sought advice from an expert — Epstein.
Summers, like Epstein, is a sexual predator.
Summers wanted to improve his sexual predation skills, so he sought advice from an expert — Epstein.
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One of your most moving pieces, Chris. With all that’s going on in the world, it’s easy to glide past DHS’ offensive reference to E. B. White’s book. I’m glad you took the time to dig into why it’s important not to overlook. Thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers apparently needs remedial moral education.
Based on his statements today, he doesn’t understand the nature of his wrong.
He invokes the language of emotion—causing pain, repairing relationships—as if marital infidelity were …
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
Based on his statements today, he doesn’t understand the nature of his wrong.
He invokes the language of emotion—causing pain, repairing relationships—as if marital infidelity were …
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
!["I am deeply ashamed of my actions harm
and recognize the pain [harm] they [I] have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein," Summers said. "While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreieaqwdz6ijssoddo7vsjkotiainm5rasp2mapdfxionhj3kgsfz5e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers apparently needs remedial moral education.
Based on his statements today, he doesn’t understand the nature of his wrong.
He invokes the language of emotion—causing pain, repairing relationships—as if marital infidelity were …
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
Based on his statements today, he doesn’t understand the nature of his wrong.
He invokes the language of emotion—causing pain, repairing relationships—as if marital infidelity were …
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
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It was on Friday — not today — when Trump told a woman reporter:
'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’
people.com/donald-trump...
'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’
people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It was on Friday — not today — when Trump told a woman reporter:
'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’
people.com/donald-trump...
'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’
people.com/donald-trump...
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From two years ago: "The third part of Mr. Trump’s authoritarian blueprint is to create a legal framework that would allow him to use govt resources to protect himself, attack his political enemies & force through his policy goals w/o congressional approval."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
What I wrote in the New York Times about Trump's authoritarian plans
The stakes are high, and so are the odds
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From two years ago: "The third part of Mr. Trump’s authoritarian blueprint is to create a legal framework that would allow him to use govt resources to protect himself, attack his political enemies & force through his policy goals w/o congressional approval."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-i-wro...
Lawrence Summers: “I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.”
Has he also taken “full responsibility” for:
- using a racial slur to refer to a mentee?
- pressuring this mentee to have sex with him?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Has he also taken “full responsibility” for:
- using a racial slur to refer to a mentee?
- pressuring this mentee to have sex with him?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Lawrence Summers: “I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.”
Has he also taken “full responsibility” for:
- using a racial slur to refer to a mentee?
- pressuring this mentee to have sex with him?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Has he also taken “full responsibility” for:
- using a racial slur to refer to a mentee?
- pressuring this mentee to have sex with him?
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Kathleen Clark
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
Important reporting by @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social,
but its subheadline and this post mischaracterize what Lawrence Summers was seeking from his mentee.
It wasn’t a “romantic” relationship.
It was a sexual one.
“the probability of
‘my **getting horizontal**
w [racial slur]’”
but its subheadline and this post mischaracterize what Lawrence Summers was seeking from his mentee.
It wasn’t a “romantic” relationship.
It was a sexual one.
“the probability of
‘my **getting horizontal**
w [racial slur]’”
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The Harvard Crimson
As Summers Sought
Clandestine
Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His 'Wing Man'
When former Harvard President
Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a sexual
[romantic]
relationship with a woman ho described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
BY DHRUV T. PATEL AND CAM N. SRIVASTAVA 11 hours ago
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Important reporting by @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social,
but its subheadline and this post mischaracterize what Lawrence Summers was seeking from his mentee.
It wasn’t a “romantic” relationship.
It was a sexual one.
“the probability of
‘my **getting horizontal**
w [racial slur]’”
but its subheadline and this post mischaracterize what Lawrence Summers was seeking from his mentee.
It wasn’t a “romantic” relationship.
It was a sexual one.
“the probability of
‘my **getting horizontal**
w [racial slur]’”
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock
When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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He hates it when people abide by the Constitution.
Another one bites the dust.
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
He hates it when people abide by the Constitution.
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Good day to think of the victims of the Bush administration’s Iraq War and the consequences of failing to hold people accountable for its torture program.
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Good day to think of the victims of the Bush administration’s Iraq War and the consequences of failing to hold people accountable for its torture program.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Good day to think of the victims of the Bush administration’s Iraq War and the consequences of failing to hold people accountable for its torture program.
Another one bites the dust.
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Another one bites the dust.
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.
www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...
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Insane. Inexcusable. Illegal.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Insane. Inexcusable. Illegal.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
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The facts alleged in this civil complaint are damning.
Any ethics advisor would have told Tidmarsh to recuse from matters involving these companies because of his history with them and his financial ties to their owner.
Did he ignore their advice, or …
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Any ethics advisor would have told Tidmarsh to recuse from matters involving these companies because of his history with them and his financial ties to their owner.
Did he ignore their advice, or …
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Case 1:25-cv-03593
Document 1
Filed 11/02/25
Page 15 of 32
Dr. Tidmarsh assumes leadership of FDA's CDER and immediately sets out to harm Mr.
Tang's business interests and extort and solicit a bribe from Mr. Tang
53. On July 21, 2025, Dr. Tidmarsh was appointed Director of FDA's CDER, which is
responsible for reviewing, approving, and regulating most prescription and over-the-counter drugs marketed in the U.S., and, where necessary, removing or otherwise restricting the marketing of
such drugs.
54. On July 31, 2025, Dr. Tidmarsh's personal lawyer, Joseph Galda, emailed Mr. Tang
about Dr. Tidmarsh's services agreement with American Laboratories (referred to as ALI). After
explaining that Dr. Tidmarsh was legally required to divest himself of any interest in American Laboratories, Mr. Galda's email stated: "[Dr. Tidmarsh's) services having been completed, he has
assigned the right to receive payments (to] Virello Group, LLC, which is a limited liability company managed by me for the benefit of each of his three sons." Mr. Galda then asked that
future payments under Dr. Tidmarsh's services agreement be sent to him. The following day, Dr.
Tidmarsh emailed Mr. Tang to confirm the instructions in Mr. Galda's July 31, 2025 email.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The facts alleged in this civil complaint are damning.
Any ethics advisor would have told Tidmarsh to recuse from matters involving these companies because of his history with them and his financial ties to their owner.
Did he ignore their advice, or …
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Any ethics advisor would have told Tidmarsh to recuse from matters involving these companies because of his history with them and his financial ties to their owner.
Did he ignore their advice, or …
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The kind of ethical clusterf@&k was inevitable in the current, pervasively corrupt, administration.
When the President takes nearly a billion in crypto payoffs & orders criminal prosecutions as personal vendettas, his appointees will also wield government power for vengeance & personal gain.
When the President takes nearly a billion in crypto payoffs & orders criminal prosecutions as personal vendettas, his appointees will also wield government power for vengeance & personal gain.
FDA Official Steps Down, Sued by Drugmaker
George Tidmarsh, who resigned Sunday, is accused in a lawsuit of seeking a bribe and defaming a drug.
www.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The kind of ethical clusterf@&k was inevitable in the current, pervasively corrupt, administration.
When the President takes nearly a billion in crypto payoffs & orders criminal prosecutions as personal vendettas, his appointees will also wield government power for vengeance & personal gain.
When the President takes nearly a billion in crypto payoffs & orders criminal prosecutions as personal vendettas, his appointees will also wield government power for vengeance & personal gain.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...