Five— five!!— grafs until the NYT suggests to readers it might not be lawful. Complete and total abidication of their responsibility to readers to inform and not parrot propaganda.

To sum up the judge's ruling: - The Trump administration's freezing of Harvard funds on or after 4/14 is arbitrary and capricious, and is set aside. It also violated the First Amendment. - The administration is also forbidden from implementing any freeze or termination of Harvard federal funding

I’m in this documentary on the history of smog, airing tonight on PBS: American Experience at 9 pm. And streaming here www.pbs.org/wgbh/america... check it out!

In the NIH funding case, Justice Gorsuch (joined by Justice Kavanaugh) claimed that this was the third time in recent weeks that lower courts had "defied" a #SCOTUS ruling. As today's "One First" explains, that claim is not only nonsense; it's enabling a dangerous anti-court narrative on the right:

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!" Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

Senate Approps proposes a $400 million increase to the NIH budget, pushing back on the by $18 billion (40%) decrease proposed in the President's budget. Watch this space.

This Mystics team is going to be monstrous in a couple seasons. Leonsis needs to find a way to break this ridiculous agreement with the city and get them to a real stadium.

The last 24 hours have been hard to believe. The outpouring of love & support has made me tear up again and again. My heart can barely contain it all. I thank everyone who has fought alongside us and helped make this moment possible. You are making a better future possible.

Mahmood is a social science god, what are you talking about

Judge Young’s written order released today, finding the Trump administration’s terminations of NIH grants illegal, null and void, along with validating the partial list of 16 AG state’s list of terminated grants. (This still omits the APHA /ACLU grant list- they proposed to keep under seal).

Vote Gabby Williams for All-Star!

I worry this thinking just amounts to fatalism. We have to use all of liberal democracy’s levers, and the legal system on this score is working a lot better than I expected.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

NEW: Harvard is the fifth largest employer in Massachusetts - Trump's retaliatory funding freeze against Harvard is an attack on our state and our economy. Today, I'm filing a brief urging the courts to stand against this unlawful action and protect academic freedom.

the nytimes doesn't get LA and never will

These Valkyries announces got to start pronouncing Vanloo right!

LOL they keep pronouncing Vanloo wrong #WNBA Come on Ion

Life as the kid of an accountant.

My #WNBA predictions (first two final): 1. Liberty 2. Storm 3. Aces 4. Lynx 5. Mercury 6. Fever 7. Dream 8. Wings

I'm a serious Leuchtenberg stan. We should all live so long urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

My thoughts on the passing of my favorite undergraduate professor, Herbert Gans, and two links in the comments. He was the greatest American social scientist of his generation, in my view.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

Indeed, this is *exactly* what's wrong with last night's #SCOTUS ruling, as I wrote about in this morning's newsletter: www.stevevladeck.com/p/141-abrego... Everyone saw this coming. And yet the Court did what it did anyway.

Always a treat to be in the adlaw reading room! And in such good company!!

Publication day for HEALTH CARE CIVIL RIGHTS: How Discrimination Law Fails Patients from @ucpress.bsky.social! 118 in depth interviews, analysis of 1500 health insurance plan documents and dozens of legal cases, 8 years of research to explain why our laws fail us when we need them most.

Listen to the crowd as Paige Bueckers cuts down the net in Tampa 🔊 #WFinalFour

UConn’s Geno Auriemma ripped into the NCAA’s two regional format tonight following his team’s win against UCLA. No Cap Space’s full clip: youtu.be/9IV1g-XwjWk?...

Could I please ask the press to stop reporting Trump’s rather arbitrary numbers of the tariffs other countries impose as though this were real? The WTO has a tariff database. You can look up the real numbers there.

hardly the biggest issue but a 32% tariff on taiwan will immediately kill the bicycle industry

Yes--Germany invented the modern university. In the 1930s its universities were the best in the world until the Nazis destroyed them. German universities have never recovered their preeminence. We risk repeating this history here in the US.

Folks, doomerism is its own form of preening. A bid for a perverse form of cynical anti-clout. If that’s what works for you, whatever gets you through the night. But recognize it for what it is.

We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.

UConn-Arkansas state 13-2. I love winners.

My two contrarian NCAAW bracket picks: Kentucky over USC and TCU over Notre Dame!

BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. This is a critical victory for trans rights.

Absolutely HUGE news coming from Chiney Ogwumike and Allison Galer of Disrupt the Game. Both are developing a fictional comedy series about the world of pro women's basketball and the #WNBA. There have been so many docs made lately about this sport, but NOW at last a scripted series is on the way.

every time I wake up in the middle of the night I regret looking at my phone because something insane has happened, exhibit 293973829

Four best books I've read for making sense of the current moment.

Every part of this story is enraging and insane

One columnist, a professional pundit, is living in a paranoid delusion. The other, a sociologist, is living in America.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Steve Vladeck: “We’ve never seen such a wholesale attempt on the part of a president [to] hollow out the executive branch [and] install loyalists in all of the relevant positions of government.” Watch or listen to the whole thing: conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...

I'll say it. MAYHEM is the second-best #LadyGaga album other than FAME MONSTER!

If you called your senator today--you helped with this. You strengthened their backbones. If this holds, call again with a thank you--and let them know you have their backs. Make sure they keep fighting. ☎️ reps.fyi

I'm sure the committee will still find a way to disrespect @uconnwbb.bsky.social anyhow: www.cbssports.com/womens-colle...

These are the 5 accounts I've found most helpful distilling the legal issues in public health funding disruption (and providing well-sourced news on disruption in NIH). Click the "People" tab. If you have any more I should add, let me know. bsky.app/profile/merl...