Scot Peterson
@scotmpeterson.bsky.social
Former attorney (U.S.), now constitutional history, law & religion and politics generally. Oxford D.Phil., Berkeley J.D., U Chicago M.A. 🏳️🌈
This is an unwise effort at trans-Atlanticism. Generally the government should be *ignoring* the Trump regime. Relied on to support some policy positions (even when Musk is involved), Trump cronies simply pollute other policies where UK government credibility matters.
David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’
Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
This is an unwise effort at trans-Atlanticism. Generally the government should be *ignoring* the Trump regime. Relied on to support some policy positions (even when Musk is involved), Trump cronies simply pollute other policies where UK government credibility matters.
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If I'm not mistaken, this means that @jamellebouie.net has won the major public engagement prizes from APSA and AHA within a six-month period! And he more than deserves them both!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
“He reads it. He cites it. And he makes it accessible to a national audience.” Very cool moment @historians.org #AHA26 recognizing @jamellebouie.net’s exceptional engagement w history and historians in his brilliant opinion writing.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If I'm not mistaken, this means that @jamellebouie.net has won the major public engagement prizes from APSA and AHA within a six-month period! And he more than deserves them both!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
No 10: Take Note! @primeministeruk.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
No 10: Take Note! @primeministeruk.bsky.social
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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read."
-- James Baldwin
-- James Baldwin
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read."
-- James Baldwin
-- James Baldwin
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I voted for donald trump for his compassion, mein kampf had some good ideas (I'm jewish btw), and I think michelle obama would be a great president
zoomers doing their part to keep the median voter as incoherent as possible
zoomers doing their part to keep the median voter as incoherent as possible
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I voted for donald trump for his compassion, mein kampf had some good ideas (I'm jewish btw), and I think michelle obama would be a great president
zoomers doing their part to keep the median voter as incoherent as possible
zoomers doing their part to keep the median voter as incoherent as possible
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Democratic-led jurisdictions should join the party by naming municipal dumps, sewage plants, toxic-waste cleanup sites etc after him too.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Wasting no time, the Trump administration begins adding his name to the Kennedy Center building, ignoring the understanding that it would require an act of Congress. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Democratic-led jurisdictions should join the party by naming municipal dumps, sewage plants, toxic-waste cleanup sites etc after him too.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
“It’s time to recognise these companies are acting like political actors. That means it’s time to treat them like political actors, too. We need more transparency… We should also ask more questions about infrastructure dependence.”
George Osborne has a new job in tech, and it doesn’t bode well for Britain | Chris Stokel-Walker
OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction, asks author Chris Stokel-Walker
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“It’s time to recognise these companies are acting like political actors. That means it’s time to treat them like political actors, too. We need more transparency… We should also ask more questions about infrastructure dependence.”
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Bad move Dems.
Bad.
Bad.
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bad move Dems.
Bad.
Bad.
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One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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if you had the political will to do it you could defang the senate just by passing a set of rules that holds that everything passed by the House is deemed as passed by the Senate. (i might add an option for the Senate to take up legislation if supported by 60 senators)
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
if you had the political will to do it you could defang the senate just by passing a set of rules that holds that everything passed by the House is deemed as passed by the Senate. (i might add an option for the Senate to take up legislation if supported by 60 senators)
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Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
Bloomberg: The FIFA of the legal profession.
Really? We’re giving pro bono awards to the Trump deal firms now?
Latham Honored As 'Pro Bono Innovator,' Without Mentioning That '$125 Million Trump Extortion' Thing - Above the Law
The rehabilitation tour is in full swing.
abovethelaw.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Bloomberg: The FIFA of the legal profession.
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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Incredible that Rubio’s major acts as Secretary of State have been (i) sentencing hundreds of thousands of children to death, (ii) betraying Ukraine and Europe to the Russians and (iii) changing a font.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Incredible that Rubio’s major acts as Secretary of State have been (i) sentencing hundreds of thousands of children to death, (ii) betraying Ukraine and Europe to the Russians and (iii) changing a font.
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Thank you Sean Duffy this is exactly what we were missing to make airports more pleasant and enjoyable 😍
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Thank you Sean Duffy this is exactly what we were missing to make airports more pleasant and enjoyable 😍
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We literally found the stupidest people in the country and put them in charge.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We literally found the stupidest people in the country and put them in charge.
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One problem of mainstream legal journalism is treating constitutional subversions as horserace political coverage.
I don't know how to fix it, other than to urge news organizations to ... not do that.
I don't know how to fix it, other than to urge news organizations to ... not do that.
The D.C. Circuit handed President Trump a victory in his effort to keep National Guard troops in D.C. The court paused a lower court order that would have ended the deployment in the coming days.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One problem of mainstream legal journalism is treating constitutional subversions as horserace political coverage.
I don't know how to fix it, other than to urge news organizations to ... not do that.
I don't know how to fix it, other than to urge news organizations to ... not do that.
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This would make a great comedy. World Cup matches are moved from New York and Los Angeles to small-town Texas and the foreign visitors and MAGA locals have all sorts of awkward interactions as they learn to enjoy the games amid madcap hijinks.
Monica Crowley claims Trump is "talking to FIFA" about potentially moving the World Cup out of "blue cities," but no decisions have been made
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This would make a great comedy. World Cup matches are moved from New York and Los Angeles to small-town Texas and the foreign visitors and MAGA locals have all sorts of awkward interactions as they learn to enjoy the games amid madcap hijinks.