Thomas M. Keck
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Mostly free speech and democratic backsliding. Also Syracuse politics and Baltimore sports.
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My kingdom for a chief justice who doesnât inspire grateful backslapping from convicted felons
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Iâve read a lot of takes on the shutdown cave, but this one is really important
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âDO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHTâ
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Lydia Polgreen
7 days ago
Great
@mashagessen.bsky.social
on the true purpose of Trump's cruel passport gender marker rules: exerting social control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isnât About ID. Itâs About Social Control.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/opinion/supreme-court-trump-passports-gender.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.OkmK.DhP6H4QakfqG&smid=url-share
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Laura Gamboa
7 days ago
You know who else refused to swear in democratically elected members of congress? Nicolas Maduro (2015) Just sayingâŚ
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ffs
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8 days ago
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This whole thread
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Please tell me this was a rogue headline writer trolling Douthat
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8 days ago
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Amanda Litman
9 days ago
Hereâs a fun fact: More than 1000 people have signed up at
runforwhat.net
to run for office since last night. đđđ
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Vibe
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Janelle MonĂĄe - Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie
Listen to Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie
https://tidal.com/browse/track/154120098?u
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17th century pamphleteer whoâs been scrolling Bluesky for 400 years with the ancestors: Finally!
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9 days ago
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Good grief, I just remembered weâve got SCOTUS arguments this morning
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CNY peeps,
@taniel.bsky.social
is shouting us out
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9 days ago
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AAUP
10 days ago
University of Virginia AAUP calls to immediately rescind the standstill agreement with Trump admin! It poses these threats to academic freedom: âDivergence from Existing Civil Rights Law âUnconstitutional Coercion âConflict with Virginia Law âLack of Due Process âPreventing Legal Challenges
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https://aaup-uva.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AAUP-Statement-on-DOJ-Agreement-11012025.pdf
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Sebastian Karcher
10 days ago
Earth shaking is confirmed by local media (gift link):
www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...
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Zohran opens with quote from Eugene Debs! I was just teaching Debsâ Canton speech this morning. I hope some of my students are watching
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If these results hold, this will be _wild_ earth-shaking result for local politics here in Central New York
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10 days ago
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Looks like weâre finally getting our first Black mayor in Syracuse
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Whoa yay!
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10 days ago
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So sorry to hear this
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11 days ago
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Just donated! CNY peeps, please spread the word
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11 days ago
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Iâll be there
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13 days ago
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Federal appellate courts kneecapping federal district courtsâ efforts to rein in executive lawlessness, exhibit one million
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Yes though it feels like Kantor has never heard of good cop, bad cop
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14 days ago
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3 of the Timesâ 12 warning signs are about free speech or free speech adjacent. Guardrails for dissent, independent media, and universities havenât fully collapsed, but theyâre wavering for sure
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14 days ago
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Federal District Judges are, on the whole, slow to anger. But the Trump administration's flagrant lawlessness has woken them the eff up and I'm here for it
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17 days ago
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Horrifying
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19 days ago
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
21 days ago
Glad this is still on the DOJ's webpage:
www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
Please download it while it's still available.
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https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf
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Steve Vladeck
22 days ago
#SCOTUS
denies a stay of execution to Alabama death-row prisoner Anthony Boyd, over *quite* a dissent from the three Democratic appointees, written by Justice Sotomayor, about the problems with nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Wait Pepi subbed on in the 85th minute today and got a goal and an assist!?!
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Actual lol
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24 days ago
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Working on a guest lecture for tomorrow. Anyone got a handy list of issues on which U.S. District Courts have ruled against the Trump administration so far this year?
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National protest numbers from Indivisble: April Hands Off: 3 million at 1,300 events. June No Kings: 5 million at 2,100 events. October No Kings: 7 million people at 2,700 events. There were also the May Day and John Lewis events in May and July, but those were on weeknights and hence smaller
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I love these photos from Saturday so much
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9th Circuit panel joins SCOTUSâs war against FDCs
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Compelling case from Chris Hayes that Demsâ problem is not messaging but eyeballs: Not what they say, but how many people see/hear it
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
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Opinion | Chris Hayes: The Democratsâ Main Problem Isnât Their Message
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Letâs go Rehoboth!
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27 days ago
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Silky
27 days ago
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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27 days ago
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Avengers assemble!
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lol
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Whoa
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lol
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27 days ago
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Syracuse
#NoKings
was beautiful
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Iâm ready
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Iâll be there
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Trump admin will very likely get some takers on the compactâpublic unis in red states & maybe Vandy and WashU. Then there will be some tough questions for the higher ed associations about helpful ways to respondâhow best to shame the schools that take the deal without harming the scholars therein?
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Admirably clear statement from politically diverse set of scholars that Trump's compact for higher education violates fundamental principles of institutional autonomy that are core components of academic freedom
www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
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