the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold

BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him. Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.

A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.

another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that

I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening

we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward

"Let's Get Skeptical," the final chapter of Fintech Dystopia, has dropped fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha... Covering - How much the abundance agenda and VC output suck - Silicon Valley subsidies we can take away - How to laugh our way into Silicon Valley skepticism - A plan to actually fix finance

Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."

The first five children to attain Golden Shares can tour the Chocolate Factory, but only a really, really special little boy will get the keys to the kingdom

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Inaugural Association of Law and Political Economy Conference conference will be taking next February in Richmond. Proposals for papers and panels are due between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15. For the latest info, make sure to follow @a-lpe.bsky.social!

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Some key logistics: ⭐️ Submissions will be accepted from Aug 15-Sept 15. But we encourage early submissions by Sept 1. 📝 Papers, panels, and roundtables are welcome! You can only apply to one format, but you’re welcome to moderate another.

📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉

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Today, join us in thanking and wishing farewell to our tireless leader over these past several years: the one and only @corinneblalock.bsky.social. 🥳🤗🥲😢😭 Wishing you the best in your next chapter, and we look forward to harassing you to write blog posts about all of your incredible scholarship 😬

i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...

"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.” Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...

This story is important - but it centers the experiences of passengers. Almost every driver I have talked to - yes, men included - also complain of sexual harassment or assault. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

I was happy to join a @caseygrants.bsky.social Summer School session on why political democracy *requires* economic democracy --> like, it's not a 'nice to have' great conversation with fascinating ppl: watch here ⬇️ 📽️ caseygrants.hubspotpagebuilder.com/worker-power...

ICE is cosplaying as construction workers so they can kidnap day laborers in Danbury, CT. IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition

"The days of deferring to Big Tech talking points about 'innovation' and 'uncertainty' are over." We sent a letter urging Senate Leader Schumer to side with the American people and not Big Tech.

I'm a New Mexican who grew up near Trinity Site, trying to make my peace with Left Nuclear bc 🌏 😔 interested in reading recs! 🐝 ☢️ 📚

Why does it matter who owns America's farms? @jessicashoemaker.bsky.social (@unlcollegeoflaw.bsky.social) and @jamesftierney.bsky.social (@chicagokentlaw.bsky.social) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Trading Acres." 1/2

So @mattyglesias.bsky.social says, "What I want to talk about here is not Allen’s forward-looking argument, which focuses largely on fintech issues..." But why not engage with "what happens when regulatory arbitrage isn't good?" Is it because the Abundance agenda falls apart then?

In response to today's dismal jobs report, President Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics - a move right out of the authoritarian playbook. See our statement from @alexsjacquez.bsky.social

The week in review: Amy Kapczynski on what it will take to make public pharma work, Hilary Allen on why the public shouldn’t subsidize fintech, and Maryam Jamshidi on the economic considerations at the heart of recent U.S. Sanctions. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web 🧵👇

Yggles is many years too late to the party, and mischaracterizes the substance & features & scope of LPE, which is a (big-tent, evolving) intellectual movement + as usual, he fails to identify deeper causes of problems or see power, which is why we do LPE www.slowboring.com/p/uber-is-go...

best books on comparative legal tender law? 👀🔖🐝

best books on comparative legal tender law? 👀🔖🐝

I've been tracking the quid pro quo between Trump and the cryptocurrency industry at www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

Original draft of syllabus is here - www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-politi... - still in need of a summary piece on the role of capital in shaping the AI economy

Lots out there on the Abundance debate - here’s a bit from me, based on new work with colleagues on barriers to public pharma. We need political will and vision, yes - but also the will to confront private power. lpeproject.org/blog/what-st...

Both the Trump administration and Florida have been lying through their teeth about who is being detained at the Everglades detention camp.

this paper is already way outdated & I'm writing more now but just in case it's useful .. these regulated/ unregulated distinctions don't seem important to non-finance ppl (including *cough* economists sometimes) but we have other keep up peri.umass.edu/wp-content/u...

kind of makes you think maybe we shouldn't just regulate part of the financial system that lends to companies and leave the other part unregulated?! maybe?! www.federalreserve.gov/publications...

even Jamie Dimon said it was dangerous ... on the same day that he put $50 billion in tho lol www.wsj.com/finance/bank...

at this point I don't know who is in favor of private credit www.ft.com/content/b81a...

there's nothing new here, but it's another signal that entrepeneurs are not in control of the digital asset industry. the crown is. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Axie Infinity (a crypto-based video game) caused recessions in many poor communities in the Philippines and elsewhere (harming many children), but you can still purchase the game via the Apple Store in many places

OpenSea, a major a16z-backed NFT platform, saw its former exec jailed for insider trading—and faced potential SEC actions in 2024. But after Trump’s 2025 inauguration, the agency dropped the matter.

NEW: Marc Andreessen’s crypto empire is entangled in Trumpworld—and legal trouble. We mapped every a16z-backed crypto project facing controversy: DOJ indictments, SEC probes, class-action suits, and more. Explore the map to learn more!

what's the best thing left from Dodd-Frank? that progressives can really hold onto as a W.

Good morning! Please check out the latest episode of "Democracy & Destiny." In it @robertmaguire.bsky.social and I discuss why we still don't know who the biggest political spender in the 2024 election was because of the $1.9 billion in dark money. soundcloud.com/profciara/de... #darkmoney