Professor Pedro A. Malavet
@profmalavet.bsky.social
Law professor at the UF Levin College of Law, now retired (for identification purposes only; the views expressed here are strictly my own).
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If you voted for abortion bans, mass deportations, the betrayal of our alliance, intelligence and security assets, suppression of books and ideas, by a christo-fascist white-nationalist, misogynist, transphobic government, because milk is too expensive, you are a fucking moron.
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Worth remembering: Read a Book.
Your education cannot be social media. If you're not reading, you're not learning. Podcasts can be educational when they have scholars, authors, etc who actually have expertise on a topic. Reading is essential. When Kendrick said "turn the TV off" it was more than a metaphor.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Worth remembering: Read a Book.
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5 years on from contracting COVID, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects. @news.rte.ie
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Long Covid turned my life upside down, says scientist
Five years on from contracting Covid, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects and now faces a cut in financial support.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
5 years on from contracting COVID, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects. @news.rte.ie
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
We are being governed by dangerous morons.
more idiocracy in US government, daily
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are being governed by dangerous morons.
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more idiocracy in US government, daily
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
more idiocracy in US government, daily
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tl;dr Anne: ✌️
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
tl;dr Anne: ✌️
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Airports had warned it would take days for flights to return to normal ahead of Thanksgiving 2025.
Trump Admin Issues Flights Update After Shutdown as Thanksgiving Looms
www.newsweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Airports had warned it would take days for flights to return to normal ahead of Thanksgiving 2025.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out.
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out.
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In case anyone needs an explanation:
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In case anyone needs an explanation:
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
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Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Pretty large turnout at todays Veterans Day protest and vigil organized by local veterans at the ICE facility in Portland, OR
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Pretty large turnout at todays Veterans Day protest and vigil organized by local veterans at the ICE facility in Portland, OR
OMG
New Bureau of Labor Statistics just dropped
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
OMG
Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I am covering Melendez-Diaz, Bullcoming and Williams in evidence this week and the next.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
Dissenting from the court's majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner's reversal "calls into doubt the foundation of the trial."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I am covering Melendez-Diaz, Bullcoming and Williams in evidence this week and the next.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
Absolutely disgusting. The cruelty is the point.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Absolutely disgusting. The cruelty is the point.
This is not from the Onion?!
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is not from the Onion?!
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Brad Lander: The nightmare I saw at Manhattan's ICE detention facility
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
The nightmare I saw at Manhattan's ICE detention facility
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Brad Lander: The nightmare I saw at Manhattan's ICE detention facility
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
I'm New York City's comptroller — I've seen the injustices of Trump's immigration crackdown up close.
This is incredibly dangerous. I cannot believe that Drumpf and his lackeys intend to let this go on during the holiday travel season.
A surge in callouts among air traffic controllers "is straining staffing levels" at multiple airports across the US — including in the NYC area where 80% of controllers are absent.
The FAA said half of the 30 busiest facilities were experiencing staffing shortages, "leading to widespread impacts."
The FAA said half of the 30 busiest facilities were experiencing staffing shortages, "leading to widespread impacts."
80% of NYC-area air traffic controllers absent amid 'surge' in callouts: FAA
Staffing shortages snarled flights at a slew of major airports on Friday.
abcnews.go.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is incredibly dangerous. I cannot believe that Drumpf and his lackeys intend to let this go on during the holiday travel season.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
How. Very. Unsurprising.
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How. Very. Unsurprising.
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The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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