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Kate Jackson

@katejackson.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Law at a regional midwest public law school. Political theory, corps & admin. 🧶👽👾🧙🏽‍♀️🦅🎮 My views are my own and reposts are not endorsements. SSRN author page https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3568227

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 4d

What song is your go-to for shaking your Inner Monologue of Everything is Horrible?

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Pink Floyd - Fearless (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Pink Floyd

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 6d

…might it be… populist corporate governance?

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

I knit these

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

How horrifying. My ❤️ to her and solidarity.

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

This is the boomerang effect landing, I believe

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

The fact that hegseth, despite the security risks, called in every flag officer to hear — in person — that this result is now official military policy…

My insides are melting.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

I can only say, at the very least, what a waste of talent. What a way to spit in the face of people who wanted to serve. What a dumbass tradeoff for the military.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

I’m probably the dummy of the group - most of us transferred to Ivies and went on to have successful careers despite it all. We were all at the very top of our class.

Hegseth would likely say this was an ideal result. Why punish men for “earnest mistakes” for the sake of weak, feminine soldiers.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t talk about this publicly, but hegseth drives me out of my silence.

I attended West Point from 1998-2000. I left, along with about 5 other young women, as a direct result of the military’s then-shameful (non) policies addressing sex harassment and assault.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

What’s a little sex harassment here and there so long as your high n tight is the highest and tightest

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 7d

Law professors: why is this still a debate

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

Or Black men, who are much more likely to get painful pseudofolliculitis barbae

Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

Does this mean he’s gonna give up his fun socks?

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says "no more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression."

Hegseth says 'no more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression'

Hegseth said the Pentagon would crack down on "grooming standards." "No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression," he vowed. "We’re going to

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

Beard? Out. 10 seconds too long on your 2 mile? Out. War crime? Meh you’re good.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

“No beards” is one way to make your force whiter

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8d

We're deporting people to Iran now. Iran. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

It seems the boomerang in the boomerang effect of our foreign policy is coming closer and closer to our shoreline.

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 8d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

Just spitballing here, but gathering all your top flag officers + POTUS in the same location on the same day and making it public seems…. Like you forgot 9-11 happened.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8d

Score one for rationalized bureaucracy with legal oversight

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

i am reminded of when matt stoller lost his mind over this column, and saw it as evidence of my “pro-corporate” bias. he literally could not grasp the idea that the smallness of a business does not necessarily alter its relationship to production or to the workers it employs

Opinion | The Small-Business Tyrant Has a Favorite Political Party (Published 2024)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 8d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 8d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

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