Ilya Shapiro quitting for being reinstated after investigation for tweeting that KBJ was a lesser black woman was the academic free speech Outrage of the Decade for some people who had absolutely nothing to say about Emily Suski being un-hired as dean for signing a Scotus amicus brief. Weird!

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

So the women’s team only inspires the next generation of girls to play hockey but the men’s team inspires all Americans, got it got it got it.

An American hospital ship but dispatched to Galveston, where Texas has the highest U.S. rate of uninsured children at 13.4%

Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

Your now-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress are okay with all of this...

I, more than most, get that sports is actually a way to get some non-college grads to care about the institution. But I think we have to start thinking deeply about what a university is, given that accreditation is months away from fully breaking

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

I get asked about tariff refunds a lot (I can't imagine why!). I am NOT an expert on that subject. But here's a brief note in which I refer those interested to excellent @lawfaremedia.org article by @joshuaclaybourn.bsky.social: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Collected from the American people.

PRACTICAL EQUALITY, published on this day in 2019. Listen along as I read from the Introduction, which takes us back to the chaos of President Trump’s first-term Muslim Ban. bit.ly/3QNfybq

I will be testifying at this panel also, along with @beidelson.bsky.social and Eugene Volokh. it should be interesting bc panelists are very far apart: Did the fed gov do too little to repress antisemitic student speech on campus after Oct 2023? or did it instead flagrantly violate 1A rights?

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

THE UNBOXING IS UPON US

These tiny memoirs--just 100 words--carry a punch. Impressive. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/l...

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates. First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/

Am I going to be the only one to suggest that firing a public school teacher for speaking out on a matter of public concern raises profound First Amendment issues, and we should pause before cheering on such actions when that power can be weaponized against progressive teachers in red places? 1/3

Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.

This recognition is a reminder that some of the most consequential civil rights victories often begin in local communities, with ordinary people who asked only to be treated equally.   During Black History Month, we honor that courage and recommit to protecting equal justice under the law. (3/3)

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

Anyone remember Gary Hart? How far we have fallen. [This is a sub-skeet to every story about the current administration.] "[T]he real story was bigger than just one affair—it was about Hart’s fundamental character, and whether a man like him should be president." www.history.com/articles/gar...

A US Marshal who is part of Trump's surge of feds in DC shot and killed someone in DC yesterday evening and there is barely any coverage and not a single post on here yet about it? wtop.com/dc/2026/02/u...

Please watch the whole video from our Saint Paul Olympian. It’s one of the most direct and eloquent statements about the situation that I’ve heard from anyone. Proud to be a Minnesotan, proud to be represented by Rich Ruohonen.

Read @arneduncan.bsky.social @ambpressman.bsky.social "When institutional self-preservation replaces moral leadership, universities abandon their core mission. This is a striking abdication of responsibility..from leaders entrusted with educating the next generation of citizens." wapo.st/4qomlXe

Worth a read. wapo.st/4qomlXe

Worth a read. wapo.st/4qomlXe

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps

Everyone should watch it!! Has been on repeat for me and is simply remarkable. Bonaly skates here with that rare quality where I forget sometimes while I'm watching, that's she's on ice. youtu.be/UAR45i02Ub8?...

How long before sports betting commercials are banned or limited? Anyone want to bet?

A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black. A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black. A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

On International Peace Day, the local elementary school marched through the neighborhood and gave out pictures and signs they had made. I got “be kind and no beyen in pepolis fase” A good message for today’s world.

Please consider a paid subscription so I can continue doing this work full time. 🙏🙏 gillianbrockell.ghost.io

“This is how men behave.” And therein lies the problem.

"Jonathan Friedman with @penamerica.bsky.social, said that posting syllabuses so the public has a better grasp of what occurs in college classrooms may sound innocuous. But “publishing syllabi when it is coupled with this McCarthyist environment is really dangerous." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

OPINION: "A pioneer in investigative journalism, [Ida B. Wells] developed data collection and interview techniques, single-handedly waging a nationwide anti-lynching campaign. Historians say she was the most famous Black woman in the U.S. during her lifetime," Richard Campbell writes.

These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

wow

The hearing will begin soon. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UagE...

This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen. It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).

Doesn’t look like ICE is drawing back.

@kenwhite.bsky.social "When the American Civil Liberties Union fought successfully for the rights of Nazis to march at Skokie, it did not convene a public meeting to ask the Nazis to explain why the Jews were so bad, and it did not portray the Nazis as heroic warriors for free expression."

Gift Article - New: bipartisan group of DHS general counsels call out use of administrative warrants www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports. Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...