" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty. "... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news." via @columjournreview.bsky.social

at least EIGHT flights within three years…

Over the past eight weeks, the dismissal rate of the Trump DOJ's criminal complaints in D.C. has risen to 21% — compared to 0.5% over the past decade. Some errors came after senior officials made public statements that strayed from the allegations in sworn court filings, violating department rules.

📣 The Science Friday team has spoken: Here’s a roundup of our favorite stories of 2025, from death metal to duck stamps, and that time we put kids in touch with astronauts on the International Space Station: buff.ly/96pM7H1

Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school in Virginia. Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee’s at the U.S. Capitol. https://wapo.st/3N4yDpy

Save the date! Jan 15. 1 hour webinar covering 2 years of empirical research on how to message about reparations!

BREAKING: Democrats have flipped a conservative state House seat in Georgia in yet another upset. It's a 14-point overperformance *and* the 25th legislative flip of the year for Dems. Republicans? Zero. Read our complete writeup here -->

This is a great take on the use of AI at universities. And when you add in the value of the academic output that was stolen to build the product, the price tag gets even higher. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-po...

Democracy for sale is no democracy at all. This is about buying influence. apnews.com/article/mich...

Mark Warner, the top Dem on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he reviewed the DOD IG's Signalgate report and Pete Hegseth either needs to be fired or resign.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

"The IRS’s unlawful conduct has created a substantial likelihood that Plaintiffs and their members will suffer irreparable harm." Phew! Big win today for @democracyforward.org and the many people working to make the Internal Revenue Service follow the law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The time to share the algorithm, with a tax paid in corporate stock by AI firms, is NOW. “Despite soaring revenue and record AI investments, companies continue to slash jobs. Technology firms have announced more than 141,000 job cuts so far this year” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.' people.com/donald-trump...

The paper didn’t keep this part of my quote, but I see this as further evidence that Trump’s @treasurydept.bsky.social expects inflation to keep going up all the way through 2026 www.independent.co.uk/us/money/irs...

Taxing extreme wealth isn’t a break from American tradition—it’s a return to it. In a new op-ed, @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social and @bearerfriend.bsky.social trace warnings from early American thinkers who saw concentrated wealth as a direct threat to government and political freedom.

Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

Apropos of... everything: Thomas Paine, the guy whose "Common Sense" convinced Americans not to have a king, also called for a wealth tax to prevent "corruption at elections". His proposed top marginal rate? 100%! www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

A 100% tax rate on billionaire wealth would be no break from American tradition. Thomas Paine and many others in his generation saw extreme wealth concentrations as an “intrinsic danger” to democracy. @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social @bearerfriend.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

you think your ideas are radical, but Thomas Paine beat you to them in the 1790s. ht @torff.bsky.social

A good idea whose time has come www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Once again, Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushing U.S. Treasury to do right by student loan borrowers. She's won this fight before. www.businessinsider.com/student-loan...

There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.

Donald Trump said ICE raids haven't gone far enough. Kristi Noem said no citizens have been detained in these raids. But we know the truth. Because we have story after heartbreaking story that proves otherwise. Listen to these brave Americans in their own words.

We’re gaining momentum in the race to tax AI! Just got more coverage of my proposal with @polcz.bsky.social for AI firms to remit equity to the public. If you’d rather read the 7 paragraph version of our argument than the 50 page one, check this out: taxprofblog.aals.org/2025/10/31/s...

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

Everyone who knows me knows I have a favorite blog: Tax Prof Blog! It briefly disappeared but is now reincarnated via AALS and is again generously lifting up the work of our tax prof community, myself included. I wouldn’t be a tax prof today without them! taxprofblog.aals.org/2025/10/27/b...

Day 2 of @penncareylaw.bsky.social symposium on multiracial democracy. I asked the room: “what is the role of a law professor in a burning house?” And I got lots of good answers! Post yours? Ps Here I am with GW Law colleague Prof Tania Valdez who had brilliant comments. Friends give me strength!

We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we’re gonna win. #NoKings

How people perceive their colleagues who produce workslop.

After many years in the making, a draft of our article "Sharing the Algorithm" is now available for download. Forthcoming in @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Journal of Tax Law, Prof Sarah Polcz & I argue the public should co-own generative artificial intelligence papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Vanderbilt and University of Arizona also reject compact. Courage is contagious. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

I am hearing from some sources that Gen Z is v into a new single called ‘Taxes’. Can anyone confirm? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phh3...

Somehow I missed this piece from Kate Andrias the other day, but she absolutely nails it. "Our Constitution is not dying. It is waiting — waiting for us to claim it."

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed today due to the government shutdown, with their websites urging visitors to check back for updates on when they'll reopen.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

WATCH: Tonight on public television across the nation, the premiere of the new documentary “Becoming Thurgood.” It’s so good. Check your PBS and public television schedules. It is part of #HBCUWeek on PBS.

Contributor: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That's now probable cause.

“Sir, this is a Denny’s.”

NEW: The anti-Trump protest happening right now on the streets of Washington DC is HUGE! It looks like tens of thousands have joined. This is the view from 16th Street - people stretching as far as the eye can see 👏

Views from jog this morning before class. If you get the chance to teach at Deep Springs College, take it!

Yes. Please!

A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture. More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

DC statehood obviously needs to be a standard Democratic campaign promise until it happens.

CAVALLO: “.. Tariffs are already driving up prices — especially for furniture and household goods.” www.pricinglab.org/files/Tracki...

Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.