NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

sunday night reading ICYMI

Financial companies know that no one is minding the store as the Consumer Bureau (CFPB) remains largely frozen. Last year, Senate Democrats *abandoned* leverage to restore the CFPB by passing GENIUS Act, a giveaway to Trump’s massive crypto corruption. This year—will they fight for CFPB instead?

Fantastic piece on the evils of deregulation - something unfortunately bolstered by the Democratic Party www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...

One year ago, I sued the Trump admin for illegally blocking millions from affordable student loan repayment options. Today, Trump is still being forced to cancel loans because that lawsuit is working. Fighting back works. It's why I'm running. #DemocracyStartsAtHome #studentloans #studentdebt

The main takeaway from this article is that Sam Alito wouldn't have gotten in to Princeton if they had admitted women lol Hang on, his admission seems like an action... that had some kind of an affirmative role... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...

Might I just say, in my official capacity as a Dishonors Attorney: lol. further, lmao.

I'm glad to learn this term and propose a corollary or subtype where the plot is kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that nobody consulted their lawyer/followed their lawyer's advice.

Very proud that I have Ellen, Alexis, and Alissa (not to mention Rosie lol) as comrades in FUN!

At least we got rid of all those civil servants for government efficiency! (CFPB budget in 2024: $697 million, for a year)

It is a Saturday morning in January. I wake up to discover we have started an illegal war in Venezuela. It is a Saturday morning in February. I wake up to discover we have started an illegal war in Iran. Can't wait to see what March brings (hopefully Nuremberg trials!)

a better world is possible prospect.org/2022/11/30/b...

"Federal workers and unions have proven to be a bulwark defending the rule of law and vital public services during President Trump’s second term. Our union at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a case in point."

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Greg Vasil, chief executive officer of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, said his group’s members... are clear on which fees are legal and he would be surprised if lawyers representing such large landlords are charging dubious fees." Reader, I lol'd. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/m...

had a neighbor do this once. Three-finger neighbor, we called him after that

Would just add here that NH pays legislators an annual salary of $100 (yep, three digits)—if you make public service something only rich idiots can afford to do, you get public policy made for rich idiots!

THAT'S MY UNION

This month marks one year in our fight to save the CFPB. The rumors of the CFPB's complete demise are premature. But to stop Vought from shutting it down for good, Americans must demand Congress restore the bureau’s funding and impeach Vought. thehill.com/opinion/fina...

To be fair, this is also how many of my breakfasts in law school went.

Do not let Brett Kavanaugh's increasingly reactionary politics distract you from the simpler fact that Brett Kavanaugh is a dullard and a shitty writer whose colleagues all (albeit for different reasons) very obviously have nothing but contempt for him

you know what they say, government of the investment portfolios, by the investment portfolios, and for the investment portfolios

there need to be SO MANY prosecutions once we win

www.ft.com/content/f073... would add "narcoterrorist" to this list as well

I regret to inform everyone that I got a parking ticket :( I SINCERELY regret to inform everyone that the city of Brockton has farmed out collecting parking ticket fees to the shadiest private firm possible, we hate privatization of public services

I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”

The conservative legal movement built an infrastucture to seize control of the Supreme Court. It caught liberals flat-footed

It's easy to be concerned about vaccines when you stop being concerned about viruses. You can only stop being concerned about viruses in a world with vaccines.

from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring

the Black Panthers were right

Massholes about to sweep this event until we’ve poured enough money into Boston transit that nobody in the city is allowed to own a car

I don't mean to be dramatic, but if Noah Feldman's law-and-style newsletter ends up getting more readers than Balls & Strikes, I am going to drown myself in the Charles River

do not even ask how much of my organizing over the last year has had the goal of one day bringing this creep to justice

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

"The Left will need to grow accustomed to welcoming their hatred: when they’re mad, it means we’re winning." jacobin.com/2026/01/weav...

I really urge you to not just shake your head at the headline of this but to read each word, to imagine each step these kids took, to sit with the terrible dilemma of the mother, to imagine the principal driving toward Whipple.

That's the intellectual excellence and moral clarity *I* remember from my tangles with the Dartmouth administration! (I started two different title IX investigations and a student accessibility grievance and then got kicked out of campus housing five months before graduation)

And, again, an exactly backwards version of how that civilian/armed professional relationship SHOULD work

One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

lmao I cannot get over how every Serious News Article about this little bitch (thank u @marisakabas.bsky.social) has him looking closer and closer to tears

Ok, sure, but I would argue regular people in Minneapolis have held up their end of the effort and then some. What makes symbolic compliance a big risk right now is that our elected leaders won't take the baton and run with it by prosecuting the entire chain of command (ie, January 6th).

being mature about it www.instagram.com/p/DT_kSSqiQP...

Snow and logistics!

Coates is always worth reading. apple.news/AEP72W5oLQW6...

At apparel manufacturer American Roots in Westbrook, Maine, staff and community volunteers are trying to protect immigrant workers by standing watch as they arrive and leave for the day.

Related: why aren't police held to a *higher* standard for use of force than regular people? Why not just get rid of qualified immunity but *reverse* it— if an agent kills someone, the default assumption is that that agent should be fired and prosecuted?