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For years, I've begun each day of Constitutional Law with "Con Law in the News." It has been a semester like no other. Trump's transformation of the US into a racist and lawless authoritarian regime has provided a cornucopia of material for my class. I'll almost miss him if he ever leaves office. 👇
Teaching Constitutional Law During the Second (and Hopefully Final) Trump Administration
For many years now, I have started just about every day of my first-semester-first-year Constitutional Law class with 5-10 minutes of "Con L...
www.dorfonlaw.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For years, I've begun each day of Constitutional Law with "Con Law in the News." It has been a semester like no other. Trump's transformation of the US into a racist and lawless authoritarian regime has provided a cornucopia of material for my class. I'll almost miss him if he ever leaves office. 👇
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Unlike the Starshield emissions, Starlink S-band emissions appear to be weaker. But at times there are huge signals like this pass of Starlink 11079 [58708, 2024-002D]. The dark vertical lines indicate the signal was strong enough to overload my preamp front end. 🧵⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Unlike the Starshield emissions, Starlink S-band emissions appear to be weaker. But at times there are huge signals like this pass of Starlink 11079 [58708, 2024-002D]. The dark vertical lines indicate the signal was strong enough to overload my preamp front end. 🧵⬇️
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An anti-discrimination rule that forecloses magazines that write about James Baldwin and Prince but not magazines that write about William F Buckley and Taylor Swift. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
NEWS: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes
DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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Cartoon by Clay Jones | Claytoonz
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Drugs and Fruit Baskets.
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This administration is full of crack and kumquats.
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Drugs and Fruit Baskets.
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This administration is full of crack and kumquats.
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Cartoon by Clay Jones | Claytoonz
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Drugs and Fruit Baskets.
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This administration is full of crack and kumquats.
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Drugs and Fruit Baskets.
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This administration is full of crack and kumquats.
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Other members are anti-vaxxers and Covid contrarians that came up with RFK Jr.
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.’s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories
Dr. Kirk Milhoan compared vaccination efforts during the pandemic to the Holocaust and called mRNA technology “the biggest threat to humanity.”
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Other members are anti-vaxxers and Covid contrarians that came up with RFK Jr.
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
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While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Excerpt from ruling:
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning,
this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jech7rem6vijss4euf4fijao/bafkreidy2tm2mkrt4kkxcnhlmc6uess22cabrg7b5juyauqoolvoqd7teu@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
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Tech boss Dell gives $6.25 billion to Trump’s trust funds for kids.
So-called "Trump accounts" for children born after January 1, 2025 were part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill", which included new funding for the migrant deportation drive, while gutting health and welfare support
u.afp.com/ShHy
So-called "Trump accounts" for children born after January 1, 2025 were part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill", which included new funding for the migrant deportation drive, while gutting health and welfare support
u.afp.com/ShHy
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Tech boss Dell gives $6.25 billion to Trump’s trust funds for kids.
So-called "Trump accounts" for children born after January 1, 2025 were part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill", which included new funding for the migrant deportation drive, while gutting health and welfare support
u.afp.com/ShHy
So-called "Trump accounts" for children born after January 1, 2025 were part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill", which included new funding for the migrant deportation drive, while gutting health and welfare support
u.afp.com/ShHy
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NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
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NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled.
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
"Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."
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NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NEW: A newly enacted NY state law requires retailers to reveal whether it used "surveillance pricing" to decide how much you pay for goods. Target, for example, shows the alert on a pop-up when you try to buy eggs online. @regret.bsky.social—@wired.com's new investigative data reporter!—reports:
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“I desired. He desired me desiring. He desired to desire my desiring. It was turtles all the way down, except the turtles were boners.” 🐢 😆
I needed to start the month with a laugh. #McSweeneys #humor #satire #Nuzzi #AmericanCanto
I needed to start the month with a laugh. #McSweeneys #humor #satire #Nuzzi #AmericanCanto
“Our union represented the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and the eternal, unending nature of time. Sometimes I didn’t know where the worm ended, and our love began.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“I desired. He desired me desiring. He desired to desire my desiring. It was turtles all the way down, except the turtles were boners.” 🐢 😆
I needed to start the month with a laugh. #McSweeneys #humor #satire #Nuzzi #AmericanCanto
I needed to start the month with a laugh. #McSweeneys #humor #satire #Nuzzi #AmericanCanto
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Not much longer than a Scaramucci.
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Not much longer than a Scaramucci.
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Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour
Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour
American Bitcoin Corp’s shares fell from $2.39 to $1.90 after closing in what some are calling ‘crypto winter’
Shares in Eric Trump’s crypto mining business lost more than half their value in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday.
The nosedive of American Bitcoin Corp, which triggered repeated trading halts, followed the steep decline of many cryptocurrencies and crypto-linked companies into what some observers are calling the onset of a “crypto winter”. Bitcoin’s value has fallen sharply since the start of October and erased a year of large gains. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour
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North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
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This is a five-alarm fire:
The NIH is abandoning the transparency of deciding grantees based on peer-review scores ("paylines") in favor of a more opaque process in which those scores are just one factor.
This gives the gov't room to punish specific disfavored institutions, researchers, or topics.
The NIH is abandoning the transparency of deciding grantees based on peer-review scores ("paylines") in favor of a more opaque process in which those scores are just one factor.
This gives the gov't room to punish specific disfavored institutions, researchers, or topics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is a five-alarm fire:
The NIH is abandoning the transparency of deciding grantees based on peer-review scores ("paylines") in favor of a more opaque process in which those scores are just one factor.
This gives the gov't room to punish specific disfavored institutions, researchers, or topics.
The NIH is abandoning the transparency of deciding grantees based on peer-review scores ("paylines") in favor of a more opaque process in which those scores are just one factor.
This gives the gov't room to punish specific disfavored institutions, researchers, or topics.
horrible result.
CU-Anschutz agrees to pay $10 million in lawsuit over COVID vaccine mandate, group says
CU-Anschutz agrees to pay $10 million in lawsuit over COVID vaccine mandate, group says
The University of Colorado Anschutz has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit over religious exemptions to its COVID vaccine mandate.
coloradosun.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
horrible result.
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RICK PAZDUR is now planning to resign at the end of the year — three weeks after taking the job as FDA's top drug regulator.
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
RICK PAZDUR is now planning to resign at the end of the year — three weeks after taking the job as FDA's top drug regulator.
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency.
Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social.
(And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)
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Free title for Trump bio: The Liar, The Bitch, and The War Crimes
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Free title for Trump bio: The Liar, The Bitch, and The War Crimes
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“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE arrests at San Diego green card interviews include military spouses
These kinds of arrests began Nov. 12, multiple immigration attorneys say, many adding they had never seen anything like this before.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest. We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we’ve never done anything.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...