Trump has golfed on about one out of every four days during his second term in office. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...

A family Scattergories game led to the revelation that yes, durian is a pizza topping.

We're seeking candidates for the position of Technology and Work Program Director to oversee, develop, and conduct research, policy analysis, and training related to rapid technological change in the workplace. Learn more & spread the word! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/job-opening-...

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No better feeling that organizing with your coworkers and WINNING 😌✌️ 🎈CONGRATULATIONS to Annapolis Harbour baristas in Maryland who won their union election tonight! They're joining over 10,000 of us who are demanding better from Starbucks! ✊

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

If you're wondering how bad things were at Pixar for women, the answer is pretty horrifyingly bad.

Inspired by ProPublica’s new database, I created a visualization of the nearly 400 LLCs that make up Trump’s business empire. That and more in this week’s newsletter. Read! Free! www.howtoreadthisch.art/where-trumps...

The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...

That’s just maddening. @matthewtbodie.bsky.social and I wrote a book critiquing the law-and-econ arguments for the core features of shareholder primacy, and did so taking the standard precepts of economics and social choice theory as given.

These are NOT meaningful redlines. For example it only prohibits autonomous weapons “ in any case where law, regulation, or Department policy requires human control.” But the relevant safeguard against autonomous weapons is a DOD directive that Hegseth can change at will! openai.com/index/our-ag...

In which a bleary-eyed @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and I stay up late recording an emergency @scalinglaws.bsky.social episode trying to figure out what's going on between the Pentagon and Anthropic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Well I guess it’s “Trump Buddies”

FT exclusive: Tens of thousands of internal emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files paint for the first time a vivid picture of how Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for the serial sexual abuser ft.trib.al/4obT91p

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Nor'easter breaks snowfall record set during Blizzard of '78 | Click on the image to read the full story

When a lawsuit was filed challenging Minnesota’s ban on captive audience meetings, we got to work defending this pro-worker law. The Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit and today, the Supreme Court left that dismissal in place. This is a great day for Minnesota workers.

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“.. The government told federal courts, in writing, across multiple cases and stipulations, that refunds would be available, automatic and assured. It made those representations to defeat petitions for emergency relief. Courts believed it.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go...

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

Man this quote is like a Rorschach test for progressives

I’m torn between expressing the justifiable outrage that *this* is what drives the WSJ to say “This is ugly even by Mr. Trump’s standards” and, on the other hand,

I wrote about how unregulated finance is now just, well, finance for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social the center of gravity in finance has completely shifted & our mental models & policymaking approaches need to catch up www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fin...

Just to keep it straight ... It's Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security who's allegedly having a barely concealed affair with her married aide who tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot for not turning their luxury jet around mid-flight to go back and get her blankie ...

One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration. They are flip sides of the same coin. Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.

@nicholasbednar.bsky.social’s article, “Presidential Control of the Civil Service” challenges the view that federal civil service is beyond presidential control, highlighting the president’s authority over federal employees since before the Pendleton Act. @ssrn.bsky.social: z.umn.edu/b2rm

Congratulations to @sbagen.bsky.social on being awarded the President’s Award for Public Impact! Learn more about this honor: https://myumi.ch/W6my1

Today, Emmanuel Mauleón reflects on the situation in Minnesota, what it tells us about the law, and how the legal community should respond. lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

@matthewtbodie.bsky.social was interviewed by @nytimes.com about the decision of the NLRB to end its investigation into unfair labor charges leveled against SpaceX. Eight employees had filed charges with the NLRB accusing SpaceX of firing them for their criticism of CEO Elon Musk. z.umn.edu/b2jv

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle. It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.

This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.

First shot: sugarcane The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times Still used to make rum of course!

You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling. In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Things have not improved. The government won't comply with court orders. Agents are behaving more aggressively. Schools are offering remote learning into April. The tapering of national media coverage has emboldened DHS. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

An excellent deep dive into one such instance by U Amsterdam Prof Ashley Mears

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

The hometown newspaper that I read as a teenager through Watergate and Vietnam and made me crave the life of a reporter is now being butchered by a billionaire who had $75 million to bribe and flatter a president and his wife but nothing to save journalism, an bulwark of the republic itself. Got it.

Old: “Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up...Then get your asses back in gear. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country.” New: “Go on home…Nothing’s riding on this.” RIP WaPo youtu.be/bMVz5C38yi0

Baby Bao ate his very first shrimp and absolutely crushed it. 🦐 Watching him figure it out is even cuter! 💙 📹: Animal care staff Katie

In the last 48 hours, Musk's reactions to the Epstein release show exactly why he bought Twitter. He's used the platform to call coverage of his emails with Epstein as "lies," elevated his fans who have defended him, and gotten positive reinforcement from his AI chatbot.

We, the employees of the NLRB, are calling on members of Congress to reject the Senate’s proposed funding deal unless it includes meaningful reforms for ICE and CBP’s operations. Our Union has never endorsed a government shutdown before. But we believe we have no other choice.

For a week, right-wing media have baselessly smeared Alex Pretti as a "domestic terrorist" and "race traitor" who tried to "commit a mass murder" of DHS agents New from me and @isabellasherk.bsky.social for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...

KKR's bill came due at S&S, I see. Oof.

A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.

Best read (if at all) after refreshing one's recollection about the rants in his interview with Isaac Chotiner www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated. After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.