Eric Saul Haiman
@haimaneric.bsky.social
Lawyer, Humanities Scholar, Left-Lib politics. Studied political theory UC Santa Cruz, law, jurispudence & social policy UC Berkeley. Ongoing research in philosophy & history, & forms & theory of the State.
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🚨The end of these relief funds---in conjunction with the instability and attacks on public education by the Trump administration---threaten to reverse the progress that has been made in recent years.
U.S. investment in public education is at risk: Vouchers, state budget austerity, and federal attacks on the Department of Education threaten children’s futures
Weak public K–12 education spending in the U.S. and the rising trend of Republican attacks on public schools threaten our children’s futures. The last decade has seen a flurry of high-quality studies ...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨The end of these relief funds---in conjunction with the instability and attacks on public education by the Trump administration---threaten to reverse the progress that has been made in recent years.
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As the shutdown continues, RIFs targeting more than 1,400 Treasury employees include IRS staff who help ensure large businesses pay what they owe. These cuts threaten taxpayers, civil servants, and the agency’s ability to prepare for the next filing season. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Reductions in Force; Shutdown Will Hurt Honest Taxpayers, Civil Servants as IRS Prepares for Next Filing Season
November 03, 2025: Last month, the Trump Administration issued reduction in force (RIF) notices to over 1,400 Treasury employees, including IRS employees who ensure large businesses pay the taxes they...
www.cbpp.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
As the shutdown continues, RIFs targeting more than 1,400 Treasury employees include IRS staff who help ensure large businesses pay what they owe. These cuts threaten taxpayers, civil servants, and the agency’s ability to prepare for the next filing season. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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Since 1938, workers have counted on overtime pay when working over 40 hrs/week. But Project 2025 proposes allowing to skirt the rules. States need to act now to defend/protect workers’ right to overtime pay. @dskamper.bsky.social and @jensherer.bsky.social describe how ↴
Overtime pay: State solutions to the U.S. worker rights crisis
What does current federal law say about overtime pay? The overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provide protections to most hourly workers and many low-salaried workers, guarantee...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Since 1938, workers have counted on overtime pay when working over 40 hrs/week. But Project 2025 proposes allowing to skirt the rules. States need to act now to defend/protect workers’ right to overtime pay. @dskamper.bsky.social and @jensherer.bsky.social describe how ↴
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The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
#Constitution Bivens (1971) let people sue federal agents for violating constitutional rights, but the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Egbert v. Boule has made such lawsuits nearly impossible—federal agents are now almost completely immune from civil liability. TRUMP'S PARAMILITARY TROOPS INCLUDED.
August 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#Constitution Bivens (1971) let people sue federal agents for violating constitutional rights, but the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Egbert v. Boule has made such lawsuits nearly impossible—federal agents are now almost completely immune from civil liability. TRUMP'S PARAMILITARY TROOPS INCLUDED.
Bivens (1971) let people sue federal agents for violating constitutional rights, but the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Egbert v. Boule has made such lawsuits nearly impossible—federal agents are now almost completely immune from civil liability. TRUMP'S PARAMILITARY TROOPS INCLUDED.
August 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bivens (1971) let people sue federal agents for violating constitutional rights, but the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Egbert v. Boule has made such lawsuits nearly impossible—federal agents are now almost completely immune from civil liability. TRUMP'S PARAMILITARY TROOPS INCLUDED.
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Inside Syria's death factory: Assad's regime carried out industrial-scale torture and executions that killed tens of thousands over more than a decade. "The worst atrocity of the 21st century" in terms of government involvement. @jmalsin.bsky.social Hamza Bonduk www.wsj.com/world/middle...
A Syrian Death Factory Gives Up Its Secrets
Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’
www.wsj.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Inside Syria's death factory: Assad's regime carried out industrial-scale torture and executions that killed tens of thousands over more than a decade. "The worst atrocity of the 21st century" in terms of government involvement. @jmalsin.bsky.social Hamza Bonduk www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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The FBI, which normally uses a polygraph on suspected crooks and terrorists, is now turning the lie detector machine on its own people. Among the questions? Have you ever said anything negative about Kash Patel, reports Adam Goldman www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The FBI, which normally uses a polygraph on suspected crooks and terrorists, is now turning the lie detector machine on its own people. Among the questions? Have you ever said anything negative about Kash Patel, reports Adam Goldman www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
This an important step in protecting the 14th amendment's birth-right citizensip from Retrumplican assault. We'll see if SCOTUS is willing to revert to the kind of thinking that led to the Dred Scott decision that blacks were categorically not citizens, overturned by the 14th's grant of citizenship.
July 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This an important step in protecting the 14th amendment's birth-right citizensip from Retrumplican assault. We'll see if SCOTUS is willing to revert to the kind of thinking that led to the Dred Scott decision that blacks were categorically not citizens, overturned by the 14th's grant of citizenship.
#americangestapo
THIS IS SCARY AS HELL. THIS NOT OK. RETRUMPLICANS HAVE GOT TO GO!! ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE FIGHT BACK FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE. My Jewish father's family came from Slovokia and most of us were wiped out in the holocaust. You don't want to experience real fascism!!!
abc7.com/post/federal...
THIS IS SCARY AS HELL. THIS NOT OK. RETRUMPLICANS HAVE GOT TO GO!! ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE FIGHT BACK FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE. My Jewish father's family came from Slovokia and most of us were wiped out in the holocaust. You don't want to experience real fascism!!!
abc7.com/post/federal...
Federal agents blast door off, shatter window during raid in Huntington Park
Federal agents blew off a door during a raid at a Huntington Park residence Friday morning while a woman and her two young children were inside.
abc7.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#americangestapo
THIS IS SCARY AS HELL. THIS NOT OK. RETRUMPLICANS HAVE GOT TO GO!! ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE FIGHT BACK FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE. My Jewish father's family came from Slovokia and most of us were wiped out in the holocaust. You don't want to experience real fascism!!!
abc7.com/post/federal...
THIS IS SCARY AS HELL. THIS NOT OK. RETRUMPLICANS HAVE GOT TO GO!! ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE FIGHT BACK FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE. My Jewish father's family came from Slovokia and most of us were wiped out in the holocaust. You don't want to experience real fascism!!!
abc7.com/post/federal...
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I’ll Be Glad When You Dead…
Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.
From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.
Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.
From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I’ll Be Glad When You Dead…
Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.
From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.
Buck Woods tells German-speaking Nazis what he thinks of them while performing in France. Somehow feels relevant these days.
From REUNION IN FRANCE, starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne, released on Christmas, 1942.
#RightsinDanger
One of our best scholars of Congress shows how what he calls "Trump's Hellscape" is even worse than most of us think, even people like us on bluesky who are paying attention. Thanks Norm.
The American people are driven by fairness and decency open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
One of our best scholars of Congress shows how what he calls "Trump's Hellscape" is even worse than most of us think, even people like us on bluesky who are paying attention. Thanks Norm.
The American people are driven by fairness and decency open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The American people are driven by fairness and decency
Everyone who has a heart and conscience needs to rail against indecency if we are to retain any semblance of our American ideals.
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#RightsinDanger
One of our best scholars of Congress shows how what he calls "Trump's Hellscape" is even worse than most of us think, even people like us on bluesky who are paying attention. Thanks Norm.
The American people are driven by fairness and decency open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
One of our best scholars of Congress shows how what he calls "Trump's Hellscape" is even worse than most of us think, even people like us on bluesky who are paying attention. Thanks Norm.
The American people are driven by fairness and decency open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
#HealthPolicy
Childhood vaccine program on the chopping block. Trump is at best an accessory to manslaughter and in this case CHILDSLAUGHTER. TRUMP = PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR KIDS
Trump’s anti-health secretary strikes again open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Childhood vaccine program on the chopping block. Trump is at best an accessory to manslaughter and in this case CHILDSLAUGHTER. TRUMP = PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR KIDS
Trump’s anti-health secretary strikes again open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump’s anti-health secretary strikes again
Kennedy's latest move imperils children in America and around the world.
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#HealthPolicy
Childhood vaccine program on the chopping block. Trump is at best an accessory to manslaughter and in this case CHILDSLAUGHTER. TRUMP = PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR KIDS
Trump’s anti-health secretary strikes again open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Childhood vaccine program on the chopping block. Trump is at best an accessory to manslaughter and in this case CHILDSLAUGHTER. TRUMP = PREVENTABLE DEATHS FOR KIDS
Trump’s anti-health secretary strikes again open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
How metaphors catalyze and crystallize anti-immigrant sentiment and policy
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
How metaphors catalyze and crystallize anti-immigrant sentiment and policy
To shift the dialogue, we can open a conversational 'side door' into a topic that Americans typically enter through well-worn partisan arguments.
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
How metaphors catalyze and crystallize anti-immigrant sentiment and policy
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open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
This is important to all Americans, as eventually we transition to health care coverage for all, like every other "affluent" country and that must be a down payment on global justice, whatever that will mean. You Thought Medicare Was Safe? Think Again. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
You Thought Medicare Was Safe? Think Again.
Sequestration threatens more than $530 billion in cuts to the program over nine years. The results will be catastrophic.
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is important to all Americans, as eventually we transition to health care coverage for all, like every other "affluent" country and that must be a down payment on global justice, whatever that will mean. You Thought Medicare Was Safe? Think Again. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Reminder: The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next 10 years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
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So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
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The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next ten years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
The uninsured in the U.S. dropped by about 40% since the passage of the ACA; projected effects of legislation would raise uninsured 60%, nearly wiping out all the gains since the ACA was implemented
timothymcbride.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reminder: The "Big Bill" (H.R.1) would raise the uninsured by nearly 60% in the next 10 years, wiping out most of the gains since the ACA
So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
timothymcbride.substack.com/p/the-big-bi...
So Big Bill is designed to repeal most of the main accomplishments of Obamacare without repealing Obamacare directly
timothymcbride.substack.com/p/the-big-bi...
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His attack on Powell suggests that the report is weak, BLS is honest, & POTUS is scared.
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No-one knows what anything means anymore, but...
Trump called for the resignation of Fed Chair Jay Powell around the time you might expect his staff to have shown him a preview of tomorrow's jobs numbers.
It would be illegal and unethical to even hint at such confidential info, but... y'know...
Trump called for the resignation of Fed Chair Jay Powell around the time you might expect his staff to have shown him a preview of tomorrow's jobs numbers.
It would be illegal and unethical to even hint at such confidential info, but... y'know...
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
His attack on Powell suggests that the report is weak, BLS is honest, & POTUS is scared.
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Among other things "We do not know, for instance, just how much data Musk’s gang of pimple-faced coders stole while they were ransacking federal department"
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning
His “departure” from the government is anything but.
newrepublic.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Among other things "We do not know, for instance, just how much data Musk’s gang of pimple-faced coders stole while they were ransacking federal department"
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
newrepublic.com/article/1959...