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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 10h

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 14h

Worth watching--this should be a no-brainer for any provost who values academic freedom and autonomy, as @mbkplus.bsky.social and I discussed.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 14h

This is a remarkable statistic in light of the media's efforts to link military activity and crime prevention.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 15h

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 16h

As someone who closely followed the debates over executive power during the Bush administration, it's demoralizing that we seemingly learned nothing, with some of the same characters trotting out expansive views of Art. II with little regard for statutes. We need generational change in the academy.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 1d

In which we discuss the Trump administration's higher ed compact as an extension of its use of patronage (which is, in many ways, the opposite of its stated goal of meritocracy). And @profmarkovic.bsky.social plays it coy re his feelings about private equity; see if you can read between the lines!

Live from Watt Hall with Milan & Mike | Soul for Sale?

Milan and Mike analyze the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities and the influence of private equity moguls.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

No lawyer closely associated with the administration will have much of a post-Trump career. It's why they are willing to flout any and all professional norms.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

Opponents of aggressive ICE enforcement are using a Supreme Court-inspired term to describe cases of racial profiling. Today's Starting Point explains.

Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe

The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, in episode 8 of the podcast, @mbkplus.bsky.social and I tackle the Trump administration's proposed compact and connect it to the encroachment of private equity into every aspect of our lives. Give it a listen!
livefromwatthall.transistor.fm/episodes/sou...

Live from Watt Hall with Milan & Mike | Soul for Sale?

Milan and Mike analyze the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities and the influence of private equity moguls.

livefromwatthall.transistor.fm

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, in episode 8 of the podcast, @mbkplus.bsky.social and I tackle the Trump administration's proposed compact and connect it to the encroachment of private equity into every aspect of our lives. Give it a listen!
livefromwatthall.transistor.fm/episodes/sou...

Live from Watt Hall with Milan & Mike | Soul for Sale?

Milan and Mike analyze the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities and the influence of private equity moguls.

livefromwatthall.transistor.fm

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 2d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

I think that's right, but doesn't reliance have to be reasonable? The inapplicability of LOAC to suspected drug traffickers isn't a close call.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

The Gaiser Murder Memo.

Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

This seems pretty egregious even by Trump administration standards. If the lawyer is correct, the agent fired seven shots at the defendant because she was annoying him.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

An unserious opposition.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 4d

What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

I look forward to the eventual release of the "murder memos."

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

CLASSIFIED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPINION AUTHORIZES STRIKES ON SECRET LIST OF CARTELS -CNN

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"Unlike Trump and Hegseth, fascist leaders are fanatically militaristic. And there is nothing fanatical about throwing a military parade, renaming the Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' or purging non-MAGA generals."

We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You

President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and yet, the woke leftist mob continues to deli...

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 2d

I think that she is signaling that she will both rule against the government and entertain posse comitatus claims. Of course, the administration probably won't care.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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