Jonathan Feingold
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law professor, CRT,
#RaceClass
Podcast, critical legal collective
https://www.raceclasspodcast.com/
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We urge university leaders to respond confidently, with law and moral principle on your side, and not to sacrifice essential and legally defensible DEI initiatives that help universities fulfill their most basic mission to pursue truth and knowledge for the common good.
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OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box
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over 1 year ago
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Mother Jones
about 11 hours ago
Scott Pelley said, hours before an episode of 60 Minutes on the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti was set to air, Bari Weiss sent an email asking for changes to the episode: "Can we make the protesters look more violent?"
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"Can we make the protesters look more violent?"
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley blows the whistle on Bari Weiss' CBS News.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/can-we-make-the-protesters-look-more-violent/
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Mother Jones
about 10 hours ago
Jared Kushner has brought a mind-boggling array of ethical conflicts to his role as a diplomat. His financial entanglements span the globe, touching on the hotspots where he is supposed to be negotiating on America’s behalf.
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How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-fund-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-israel-middle-east-deals-nepotism-iran-war-gaza-peace-deal-diplomat-steve-witkoff-donald-ivanka-trump/
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Radley Balko
about 15 hours ago
Our ongoing national embarrassment . . .
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TPM
about 12 hours ago
It was already burbling up in various venues toward the end of last week, but it officially got underway over the weekend: the long-expected 2026 midterm election disinfo bonanza.
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Republicans Soft Launch Their 2026 Election Disinfo Campaign With California Freakout
Big Lie 2026 Gets Underway It was already burbling up in various...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/republicans-soft-launch-their-2026-election-disinfo-campaign-with-california-freakout
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Jonathan Cohn
about 17 hours ago
Seth Moulton is rebranding himself as a progressive in his campaign against Ed Markey. But his actual record says otherwise.
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Marisa Kabas
about 16 hours ago
reminder that the last time trump was at madison square garden was for a literal nazi rally
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Trump’s Madison Square Garden Event Was a Full Nazi Rally
Donald Trump’s rally was rife with Nazi and Nazi-adjacent language and imagery.
https://newrepublic.com/post/187591/donald-trump-embraces-nazi-madison-square-garden
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“We were hoping that the university would act on the the evidence provided by the Student Senate report about Hillel’s complicity in genocide. They are investigating us instead,” said Ryder Glickman, who is chair of The New School Student Senate and helped produce the report.
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The New School investigates student leaders who voted to strip Hillel of funding over genocide complicity
Student senators say they faced backlash from university administration following attacks by pro-Israel groups
https://therealnews.com/the-new-school-investigates-student-leaders-who-voted-to-strip-hillel-of-funding-over-genocide-complicity?mc_cid=a239bbdb63&mc_eid=2c7cba9a0c
about 12 hours ago
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Don Moynihan
about 13 hours ago
At least 1.5 of 3 branches of the federal government led by election deniers
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TPM
about 15 hours ago
The Thirteenth Amendment prohibits slavery, except “as a punishment for crime.” But people in immigration detention haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing.
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The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-delaney-hall-strike-is-exposing-a-massive-thirteenth-amendment-crisis
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Human Rights Index 💙
1 day ago
The media now started calling Beirut's southern suburbs a "Hezbollah stronghold." Dahiyeh is a densely populated part of a capital city. Striking entire civilian neighborhoods is not counterterrorism. It's a war crime.
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Taniel
3 days ago
A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been suspended because she designed an art therapy assignment included a mention a hypothetical woman who is "deeply affected by the violence against Palestinian civilians."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We call it the P-word’: Chicago professor suspended after assignment mentions Palestinians
School of the Art Institute of Chicago professor put under investigation after a student complained about a case study
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/professor-suspended-assignment-mentions-palestinians
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Basic question for law schools and law profs is how do we teach the new anti-canon cases? “Congressional maps that diminish the Black vote are now acceptable, according to the court, so long as state lawmakers say they are drawing them on the basis of partisan advantage and not on race.”
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Opinion | A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.DN86.ouDv1iAQqzc6&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Frank Strong
4 days ago
This is Texas State Rep Hillary Hickland last night in response to my post yesterday about Lonesome Dove being removed from schools due to Senate Bill 13. Texans are sick of this anti-book nonsense. Today’s a great day to donate to her opponent:
www.ameliafortexas.com
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David Roberts
4 days ago
Once again,
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
is the only one I hear talking about this key dynamic: the more corrupt the GOP & its lackeys on the court get, the more they have to lose if the elections go the wrong way & the more they'll be willing to do to prevent it.
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John Roberts, Roger Taney, And The Unbearable Weight Of Desperation
A horror story.
https://www.offmessage.net/p/john-roberts-roger-taney-trump-corruption-desperation-election-theft-texas?publication_id=1172514&post_id=200662229&isFreemail=false&r=bzxnl&triedRedirect=true
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Abdul El-Sayed
4 days ago
Thank you, Mackinac Dems! I’m fighting to unlock the system for people who have been locked out by both establishments.
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Don Moynihan
4 days ago
This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
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One could map this across many aspects of SCOTUS decisions perverting civil rights law: including creation of religious right to discriminate against lgbtq people.
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Adam Serwer
4 days ago
With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate
Alabama gambled on the Court’s partisanship, and won.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alabama-racial-discrimination-voting/687448/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PXx3PqdVJDy2VNT4oMQvd0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Jordan - Unproblematic Graham Platner
4 days ago
It really speaks to her stupidity that she couldn’t “frog in a boiling pot” CBS News into a gradual and more subtle right-wing organization. But that would take skill and strategy developed by not having smoke blown up your ass about being a special and talented journalist for your entire life
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Sherrilyn Ifill
4 days ago
Who you say you are, what you say you believe, your identity as a citizen of this country, are all on the table. “Are you prepared to stand and watch as Black political representation is erased? Do you not yet understand that this is also your fight if you have any hope of living in a democracy?”
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BigLaw is a big problem. But helps explain why many of the heavyweights in the legal profession seem cool w broader democratic decay. "More BigLaw partners are advancing to top-tier earnings of $40 million or higher, which includes base pay bonuses of up to 40%, according to industry observers."
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More top partners are earning over $40M, including bonuses
More BigLaw partners are advancing to top-tier earnings of $40 million or higher, which includes base pay bonuses of up to 40%, according to industry observers.
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/more-top-partners-earn-over-40m-including-bonuses?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&promo=mk25ann&RefId=marketing&utm_id=1217070&sfmc_id=77257068
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Katie Lane to the District of Montana, despite the judicial nominee receiving a “not qualified” rating from the ABA.
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Senate confirms Trump judicial pick who was rated ‘not qualified’ by ABA
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Katie Lane to the District of Montana, despite the judicial nominee receiving a “not qualified” rating from the ABA.
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/senate-confirms-trump-judicial-pick-who-was-rated-not-qualified-by-aba?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&promo=mk25ann&RefId=marketing&utm_id=1217070&sfmc_id=77257068#google_vignette
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
5 days ago
folks, some of you may recall I was hoping to hit a smooth 6,000 books sold by the two year anniversary of publishing The Originalism Trap well today's the day so I just checked my author account and 6,111 🥹 thank you my friends 🥰 onward
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Marisa Kabas
5 days ago
WOW. The New Jersey AG has charged an Essex County Prosecutor’s Office sergeant for allegedly stealing a photojournalist’s camera equipment while the journo was at a hospital being treated for injuries she suffered outside Delaney Hall. The bag had an air tag and was tracked to the cop's house.
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Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Sergeant Allegedly Steals Injured Journalist’s Camera Bag and Equipment During Delaney Hall Protest, Charged with Theft - New Jersey Office of Attorney General
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of a criminal charge against an Essex County Prosecutor's Office sergeant, stemming from his alleged theft of a photojournalist’s camera equipment while the journalist was at a hospital being treated for injuries from a May 30, 2026 protest at Newark’s Delaney Hall.
https://www.njoag.gov/essex-county-prosecutors-office-sergeant-allegedly-steals-injured-journalists-camera-bag-and-equipment-during-delaney-hall-protest-charged-with-theft/
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new draft for anyone who felt the DNC autoposy might've missed something or feels the university distrust narrative a bit misses the mark. w
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Septima P. Snark
5 days ago
this is where viewpoint diversity (give equal weight to ideas that aren't academically rigorous) + institutional neutrality (allow the status quo to continue no matter who it harms & who hoards power) lead us. wish some of you were could've seen attacks on critical race theory for what they were
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Alan Richardson
5 days ago
Yup, “institutional neutrality” is an incoherent position bought at the cost of handing over all ability to defend the actions of the institution itself.
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John Timmer
5 days ago
"The pursuit of science, they were effectively told, is now categorized as partisan politics." This wasn't a choice made by scientists or science advocates, who would still prefer it to be non-partisan.
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On this point law schools / legal academia have a lot of soul searching to do. Either we continue to both-sides this and mythologizing the court or we have some honest conversations.
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Mark Copelovitch
5 days ago
The decades-old failure of legal experts, journalists, most Dems, & the general public to realize what many political scientists have long known - SCOTUS is an <entirely> political institution & even the greatest justices are replaceable votes - until it was too late was a truly unfortunate own goal
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Daniel Braaten
5 days ago
"the pursuit of science . . . is now categorized as partisan politics."
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Sam Bagenstos
5 days ago
Read all of this
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post. But this point seems to me especially important.
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The SCOTUS Project to Undo Voting Rights Protections is Nearly Complete.
The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Allen v.
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precisely why it's so unserious for anyone to support an institutional neutrality that means taking no sides on "controversial" topics.
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J. M. Nsho
5 days ago
found out why they ditched the 1776 fund 😒 a claim from Kat Abu was also a possibility, as I'm sure were many others
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Megan Zahneis
6 days ago
Half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty changed course content on their own after the chancellor's memos restricting teaching on race, gender, and sexuality. More than half say they're now looking for other jobs as a result of the memos.
#HigherEd
@chronicle.com
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Half of Surveyed Faculty at Texas Tech Say They Altered Course Content Without Being Asked To
The findings of an unscientific, faculty-conducted survey suggested that new policies on teaching about race and sex have changed university instruction.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/half-of-surveyed-faculty-at-texas-tech-say-they-altered-course-content-without-being-asked-to
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)
5 days ago
It's not just the legislation itself; it's the chilling effect, the climate of fear, it's designed to create. Enough time in that climate and eventually people are conditioned into reflexive self-censorship
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Marisa Kabas
5 days ago
I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.
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A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss-cbs-scott-pelley-marisa-kabas
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Chris Geidner
5 days ago
Here are the CDC positions they are saying are in the excepted service as policy roles — including "Epidemiologist," "Research Epidemiologist," and "Health Scientist."
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Rep. Mark Pocan
5 days ago
BIG NEWS! A War Powers Resolution to end the war in Iran just passed the House! The American people are tired of presidents abusing their power by spending billions of our taxpayer dollars on unnecessary wars. I urge the Senate to quickly pass this bill to end Trump’s illegal war in Iran.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
6 days ago
Dr. King called the white moderate the "greatest stumbling block in the stride toward freedom" — more dangerous than open racists because they hide behind caution and comfort. Governors Sherrill, Spanberger, Whitmer, and Polis are still proving him right 63 years later. Read my full analysis.
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Why Did Dr. King Say White Moderates Are Worse Than The KKK?
Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail is more relevant than ever as white moderates show their cruelty more than ever
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-did-dr-king-say-white-moderates
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well i guess now we know how he has all that time for the second gig...as acting archivist of the united states. the whole America 250 website is a wild ride.
america250.org
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RoseMarie
6 days ago
“The mission is to close down Delaney Hall, to respect the human rights that all human beings have — no matter what their legal status is,” she said. “We’re seeking a humane response to something that is as close to evil as I’ve ever seen.”
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‘As Close To Evil As I’ve Ever Seen’: Protesters Fight To Help ICE Detainees In Abhorrent Conditions
“We’re seeking a humane response to something that is as close to evil as I’ve ever seen,” one volunteer told HuffPost.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/delaney-hall-volunteers-help-detainees-amid-hunger-strike_n_6a1f3138e4b032392fa6bf05?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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Gautam Hans
6 days ago
Marianne was my thesis advisor two decades ago. Then, as now, she stood as a beacon of intellect and courage.
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Megan Wachspress
6 days ago
This was extremely foreseeable (in fact I publicly foresaw it) and I will forever be mad, as a Jew, at my fellow Jews who sold out our hard-fought history of integration into US universities for Bibi and a hyphenated white identity.
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Chris Geidner
6 days ago
Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, issues a 17-page dissent to the 4-page order: "[J]ust as Alabama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court today doubles down on chaos."
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Chris Geidner
6 days ago
BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.
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In half a dozen filings shared with the Guardian, excerpts of which were also made public, faculty alleged that Columbia indeed enabled a hostile climate for Jews. But they argued that the hostility they faced stemmed from their support for Palestinian rights and student protests.
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‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund
Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as Jews for their positions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/columbia-jewish-faculty-protests-settlement-fund
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6 days ago
The U.S. Supreme Court erased all doubts about the sweeping nature of its recent voting rights jurisprudence Tuesday night with a shadow docket ruling that effectively reverses the Court’s own decision in the same matter just three years ago.
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Supreme Court's Alabama redistricting ruling marks striking reversal of its previous stance
"More and more, this Court shows itself to be little more than a partisan tool engaged in results-oriented jurisprudence," Prof. Hasen wrote.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supreme-courts-alabama-redistricting-ruling-marks-striking-reversal-of-its-previous-stance/
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof
11 days ago
This is an actual Thirteenth Amendment violation, because they have not been convicted of any crime.
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