Fifty days ago, SCOTUS issued its order allowing the Trump admin to racially profile Latinos in low-wage jobs in its mass immigration raids. On Monday, I talked with law prof @akalhan.bsky.social about the order and what he was thinking about when he offered up the term “Kavanaugh stop.”

Portland City Councilor @counciloravalos.bsky.social woke up to her car and home engulfed in flames late last night. She had to grab her cat and escape to safety.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

Trump's style will forever be "what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn," as @kenwhite.bsky.social described it, a cluttered mess of generic tacky designs covered in gold leaf, simultaneously piggish and cheap.

JUST IN: 11 9th Circuit judges dissent* as appeals court declines en banc rehearing of ruling letting Trump use National Guard in L.A. Some judges may keep powder dry for Oregon case w/weaker facts for Trump admin. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Sorry but it’s not even oppo research when you have a Nazi tattoo and you take your shirt off in public. That’s called excitedly showing everyone your Nazi tattoo

Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults) BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠

Local media Q&A Q&A: Breaking down 9th Circuit ruling that Trump can send troops to Portland KGW's Stephanie Domurat and legal expert Laura Appleman discuss the 9th Circuit ruling that Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland. www.kgw.com/video/news/q...

For the love of God do it to save this child if for no other reason

Whereupon @kyleiboshi.bsky.social and I discuss the latest in Trump v. Oregon, but sadly have my learned commentary about Sunday's World Emergency Naked Bike Ride and and the Antifrog/Chicken/Dino protesters cut for time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQm...

Where we stand, in long arc of history: -Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people. -Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites. I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

i reup this paper by @bhighsmith.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Can't wait until this particular fact is discussed in the 9th Circuit hearings.

I am so, so, so, so happy that my former colleague and former dean Eduardo Peñalver will be the next President of Georgetown University!

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown: Portland International Airport Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport Niagara Falls International Airport (cont'd)

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return www.koin.com/news/portlan...

Be afraid, Mike Johnson. Be very afraid.

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

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Thanks, KGW, for having me on with @kyleiboshi.bsky.social & Stephanie Domurat to unpack the complex details of Trump v. Oregon in the 9th Cir.: www.kgw.com/video/news/p...

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Our enemies are cowards, and we're going to defeat them. By frog. Be it by chicken. Be it by ballot box. Be it by shield. We will win.

Timeline cleanse: "Into October," W.S. Merwin.

Stephen Miller, famous knower of what black people think about stuff

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

Portland is not on fire, but Donald Trump's, Stephen Miller's, and Karoline Leavitt's pants are.

As always, @sethcotlar.bsky.social has all the receipts on everything Oregon.

"I would prefer not to" The Bartleby the Scrivener economy

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

New tonight: Prosecutors are recommending 135 months in prison for Sean “Diddy” Combs. That’s 11 years and 3 months. Here’s the 164-page filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I feel this one from the very bottom of my weird & wild Portland heart: "Remove the scourge of unwanted immigrants flooding into Portland (crypto bros from California)."

Send assistance, oat milk, and kale!

Here we go again!

1/ Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis affects 1 in 10Kpeople who contract measles, but the risk soars to 1 in 600 for infants infected before their first birthday. The progressive brain scarring & inflammation typically emerge 6-8 years after the original measles infection. No pay wall.

Anna Akhmatova, "In A Dream," 1946

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Q for Bluesky hivemind, esp. journos: if you spend considerable time discussing topic w/reporter, & send them novel info, & then you're cut out of long article for "space," despite many others cited, wd you be irritated? Asking for a friend. @coreyryung.bsky.social @dorfmandoron.bsky.social

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

Thank goodness the Tren de Aragua tattoo experts minored in trans arrows

TIMELINE CLEANSE Residential dwellings <$100k are not just possible, they are being installed *right now* in Portland, Oregon, thanks to the 2021 legalization of homes-on-wheels. www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/h...

Where I argued 50+ appeals as a NYC public defender.

History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors. Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs. Study history! Get a job!

Eugenics in action, 21st-century version.

Oh I am CRYING