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You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

It’s a decision to spend fewer dollars on SNAP while funding random elective wars and ICE and ads for Trump

RIP the CPS

And, most importantly, thanks to the vital mobilisation of young people. Students took to the streets the day after the first round elections, kickstarting massive movements that saw the largest public demonstrations in Brazil since the days of Diretas Já at the end of the military dictatorship.

This clip was enough for me to donate to Hamilton

Going through old notes today, I was reminded that the NY Times' Peter Baker wrote in January that Trump had "changed the definition of normal." It helps us understand NYT's shortcomings when we realize it accepts the idea that Trump gets to decide what's normal.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

It seems impossible for our political system to hold the politicians tied to the actual invasion of our Capitol to account, but any random Muslim candidate is reflexively labeled a terrorist.

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

An update from Brewster Kahle on today's outage.

The Cowboys are awful

In his defense of Ramaswamy’s vile ad, Trump called Amy Acton a “defective” candidate. As a former rape crisis counselor who has worked with countless survivors of childhood sexual assault, I want to speak a bit about how profoundly damaging that is. 🧵

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

James Carville?

Palestinian farmers do not — and should not — need permits to harvest their own olive fields. But they fear doing so, because the IDF doesn’t protect them from settler violence.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.

Hey, do you lead a clinic or practice in the area of child law? Would you be interested in working in a vibrant city and an amazing law school with wonderful faculty, students, and staff? Come be my colleague!

This is grotesque. Nobody in Trump's press shop should ever work again. Go read some of Andrew Feinberg's output, just to make these vile people unhappy: www.the-independent.com/author/andre...

Not to be the party skunk, but I do wonder about dynamic nonresponse If that’s happening among Trump fans who will vote, these polls are missing some gop supporters (Of course they could also be over representing gop support…but it’s the above dynamic that I wonder most about)

Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.

For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately. To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes.

I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

Can a state make it illegal to give food or water to people waiting to vote? Can you vote in the United States if you aren’t a citizen? This episode features Professor Emily Rong Zhang as part of a special 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 series on key election topics. #ItsTheLaw #BerkeleyLaw #Election

Our Older, Wiser Law Students (OWLS) group recently hosted its second annual Peer Career Advice Panel, featuring 2L and 3L members who shared their experiences and offered advice on applications and interviews for summer jobs as non-traditional students: https://bit.ly/3U8IGhu #BerkeleyLaw

🚨Elections 2026: New by @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Professor Bertrall Ross — “Prelude to a War? The Looming Disempowerment Cycle and the Future of Multiracial Democracy” We publish essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them Read here: bit.ly/4845vGl

Such a well-deserved honor. A gentleman and a scholar in the best sense of each. www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records

People wonder why functions aren’t enough but here’s an example where you need correspondences

The ADL: With Fear and Favor

Only marginally less plausible than CNN panels I've seen

Tell that to Shrek

Incredible reporting on a deeply depressing story of corruption in Congress Anticorruption politics is what brings down authoritarians around the world, but it's hard to do that when you're corrupt too (even if less corrupt) www.propublica.org/article/nava...

I hope people see what Amy Acton's brother had to say about her courage in protecting him growing up www.instagram.com/p/DeP_TXQSr2Q/

Self-declared inability to see what everyone else did is a good reason to be retired from the Senate.

Perfectly on brand for Vivek. I had not planned to donate to Acton’s campaign, but I was very glad to do so today.

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

David Brooks will be outraged by this headline Probably already canceled his AP sub

How did you find out the young man’s identity, @wsj.com? hmm?

Just for the record: I disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. And, if truth be known, I was never a huge fan of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" either.

I used to quit Bluesky But tonight: I disavow this website

I disavow mayonnaise I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again 

The leader of the Republican Party supports murderous anti-American war criminal Vladimir Putin. Will Republican candidates be repeatedly asked if they denounce Putin? The Republican Party's biggest donor also boosts a German Neo-Nazi party. Will Republican candidates be asked if they denounce AfD?

NFC East team may never win a game again

If you won’t disavow Thomas Kinkead….