Sam Bagenstos
@sbagen.bsky.social
Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
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mass murder. straight up www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
mass murder. straight up www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
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“The worst outbreaks of measles and whooping cough (or pertussis) in many years are festering around the country, and not only is the federal government AWOL, but Kennedy is expending great effort to make these outbreaks worse, and add more diseases.”
measles and whooping cough are running riot around the country, and RFK has stacked the CDC and the national vaccine oversight panel with anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists: prospect.org/2025/12/15/k...
The Kennedy Center of Contagious Diseases - The American Prospect
Measles and whooping cough are spreading around the country. The man in charge of American public health is making everything worse.
prospect.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“The worst outbreaks of measles and whooping cough (or pertussis) in many years are festering around the country, and not only is the federal government AWOL, but Kennedy is expending great effort to make these outbreaks worse, and add more diseases.”
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One of several reasons we are moving forward with impeachment instead of continued toothless calls for resignation: we are just at the tip of the iceberg in terms of harm caused by this man.
Sign you name to endorse the articles and pester your reps here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
Sign you name to endorse the articles and pester your reps here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One of several reasons we are moving forward with impeachment instead of continued toothless calls for resignation: we are just at the tip of the iceberg in terms of harm caused by this man.
Sign you name to endorse the articles and pester your reps here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
Sign you name to endorse the articles and pester your reps here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mifepristone is safe, the well-funded effort to persuade people otherwise is as antithetical to the factual record as “climate change is a hoax” — and if Brennan feels willing or obliged to bend the knee to her new corporate management, this seems like a telling sign of that.
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Florida has sued Planned Parenthood for saying, accurately (as I wrote in the linked post) that mifepristone has a proven and public record of safe use — but as multiple medical associations affirm, it just _does_. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Florida has sued Planned Parenthood for saying, accurately (as I wrote in the linked post) that mifepristone has a proven and public record of safe use — but as multiple medical associations affirm, it just _does_. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
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what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
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This is why, even though we are seeing 16+ point swings for Dems, we need to organize now and everyday to overcome the impediments this regime will certainly put in place.
"This administration is... actually weaponizing the power of the federal government to try to cut off access to the ballot.”
Scoop: New Justice Department voting rights chief had prior job suspension for ties to election deniers
California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group's intel to bring charges. Now, he's apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ.
www.motherjones.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is why, even though we are seeing 16+ point swings for Dems, we need to organize now and everyday to overcome the impediments this regime will certainly put in place.
Because of Drake Maye, I now have to root for the Patriots. I don't like it, but there it is. Any Tar Heel fan has to root for any member of the Maye family.
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Because of Drake Maye, I now have to root for the Patriots. I don't like it, but there it is. Any Tar Heel fan has to root for any member of the Maye family.
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Any GC will prioritize certain types of charges and Congress has provided that some allegations have a higher priority (§§ 10(l), (m)). But charges are up in part because GC Abruzzo had aggressive theories of how to use the law which people used to revitalize a dead statute. That is a good thing!
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Any GC will prioritize certain types of charges and Congress has provided that some allegations have a higher priority (§§ 10(l), (m)). But charges are up in part because GC Abruzzo had aggressive theories of how to use the law which people used to revitalize a dead statute. That is a good thing!
A really good analysis of why the vaccine injury compensation program is important to public health and how RFK Jr. and his minions are trying to undermine it (with some explicit Kennedy family drama thrown in). www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
The Law That Saved America’s Vaccines—And That Secretary Kennedy Is Trying To Destroy | Health Affairs Forefront
The American system for developing, delivering, and ensuring the safety of vaccines is a landmark public health achievement. Reforms should strengthen this achievement—faster adjudication, clearer sci...
www.healthaffairs.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A really good analysis of why the vaccine injury compensation program is important to public health and how RFK Jr. and his minions are trying to undermine it (with some explicit Kennedy family drama thrown in). www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
This is a great piece on Trump's near-destruction of the National Labor Relations Board. (And I'm betting they don't let the Acting GC go on-the-record about anything after his performance here. Kudos to @msainato.bsky.social for a very effective interview.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is a great piece on Trump's near-destruction of the National Labor Relations Board. (And I'm betting they don't let the Acting GC go on-the-record about anything after his performance here. Kudos to @msainato.bsky.social for a very effective interview.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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11 people in Australia were killed today by gunmen while they celebrated the first night of Chanukah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Targeted because they were Jews.
As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.
As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
11 people in Australia were killed today by gunmen while they celebrated the first night of Chanukah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Targeted because they were Jews.
As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.
As Jewish families around the world, we place our menorahs in our windows. Our message to the world: Light will outlive the darkness.
So horrible.
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So horrible.
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Every worker deserves a voice on the job. Attacks like these against TSA workers and other federal employees are union busting, plain and simple. We stand with TSA workers & their union, AFGE. aflcio.org/press/releas...
AFL-CIO Slams Trump Admin for Another Illegal Union-Busting Attack on TSA Workers Just Before the Holidays | AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s announcement that it will cancel Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers’ union c...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Every worker deserves a voice on the job. Attacks like these against TSA workers and other federal employees are union busting, plain and simple. We stand with TSA workers & their union, AFGE. aflcio.org/press/releas...
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
If you saw me in my car a few minutes ago rocking out to Song 2 by Blur, you should know this: Je ne regrette rien.
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you saw me in my car a few minutes ago rocking out to Song 2 by Blur, you should know this: Je ne regrette rien.
This piece by @alexkirshner.com is pretty darn persuasive: slate.com/culture/2025...
The Michigan Football Story Is Getting Worse By the Second. There’s Only One Solution.
For decades, the school has backed a culture of misconduct from powerful people. Now it needs to hold them accountable—no matter who they are.
slate.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This piece by @alexkirshner.com is pretty darn persuasive: slate.com/culture/2025...
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Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.
Quite so: "The way to combat a corrupt deal is to repudiate it — loudly, constantly and on a bipartisan basis .... Anything less by the leaders of either party will only harden and justify Americans’ deteriorating faith in government and the justice system." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
Opinion | The Pardon That Represents the New Era of Corruption
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Quite so: "The way to combat a corrupt deal is to repudiate it — loudly, constantly and on a bipartisan basis .... Anything less by the leaders of either party will only harden and justify Americans’ deteriorating faith in government and the justice system." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...