@peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov Congress holds the purse. Please consider this model rider: no funds, including 31 U.S.C. §1304, for the private presidential settlement fund unless Congress specifically appropriates by docket, purpose, and maximum amount. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Rick
Rick
@kindtrader.bsky.social
In the beginning there was chance. I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence. Systems that require self-sacrifice to sustain them are already broken. Be kind to yourself.
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Discharge petitions shouldn’t be extraordinary. Citizens, states, counties, and local governments should be able to trigger a vote too. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Share it with your Congressmember.
Six Republicans joined Democrats to force a vote protecting 350,000 Haitians from deportation. Popok reports.
If you're a scholar, researcher, or discoverer, do your best to stay away from Social Sciences Research Network (@ssrn.bsky.social). Opaque and arbitrary policies dominate their decision-making and they ALWAYS drag their feet getting your research uploaded anyway. Stay away. Zenodo is my choice.
My fellow humans, meet ¯\(ツ)/¯ <--- Chance ¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that. You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Spoiler: the nervous system is input, not authority. That’s the entire professional canon. Full artifact + model school board template: pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A crib sheet for anyone in the law profession; it uses Structural Flow as the lens to translate classic doctrine. Dispatches from the Record: Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Adding up the cost of chemistry. These are all awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access them below. Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The ledger starts to come into focus here. The Bath of Chance: Immiscible Persistence and the Cost of Time in Cosmology docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Nothing and how expensive it really is for the universe to maintain. It's REALLY costly... Nothingness and the Cost of Perfection in This Universe: Structural Accounting Under Chance docs.google.com/document/d/1...
When corroborated harm persists, the Senate’s duty is oversight. That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed. Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored. @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov. Before a Michigander is harmed.
ICE and CBP agents are out of control and put everyone in danger. We're calling for ICE agents to withdraw from Minneapolis, and for Congress to rein in ICE’s abuses in our communities.
Applying Structural Flow to Chemistry...look what fell out? Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below. docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As promised, here is a more "proper research paper". I believe it introduces several possible paradigm shifts into Chemistry, but that's up to the specialists to parse. It's now uploaded and awaiting acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social or available on GDocs below. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@ssrn.bsky.social The people have spoken. My "learn along with me" series isn't popping. No problem, means less work for the good people at SSRN because I will collapse the rest of my series into classic research papers. Last "note" below. Full papers to follow. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Enforcement without legal predicates isn’t enforcement — it’s unlawful force. The Constitution requires reasonable suspicion, warrants, and accountability. This lawsuit asks the courts to restore those limits.
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE and CBP challenging federal agents’ unconstitutional and illegal stops and arrests of people in Minnesota. We'll see the Trump administration in court.
100% agree. Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent. Well said.
We're not fans of building more churches or mosques, but government has no business picking which religions are welcome. Neutrality means applying the same rules to everyone, even when officials or neighbors object.
@ssrn.bsky.social accepted ~10 uploads last night. Only a few hours in, the best performer is "The Quiet Classroom". Wonder why that is...lol. I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy. Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
When executive action persists without lawful authorization, the Constitution supplies remedies across Articles I, II, and III — oversight, appropriations control, judicial review, and formal accountability — until legality is restored.
Congress has a duty to the public and to the Constitution to reject Trump’s unprecedented usurpation of its war powers. bit.ly/49qN4Mv
Newest upload awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social (as promised, slowing down...). A love letter to high-level clerks, their profession, and the work itself. Available here and soon on SSRN. docs.google.com/document/d/1... As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
A koan for originalism: if history yields no single, stable answer, what exactly is being “fixed”? Law still must decide under uncertainty. The problem isn’t history — it’s pretending selective fragments can substitute for institutional judgment.
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court. bit.ly/44yksPF
The Fed’s independence is protected structurally, not rhetorically. Senators do it by guarding confirmation standards, resisting political pressure on rates, and enforcing evidence-based oversight. That boundary—not interference—is what stabilizes prices and expectations.
History shows what happens when politicians try to influence interest rates: more inflation, higher prices, and more economic uncertainty. The Trump Administration should focus on policies that will actually lower costs, not risking the independence of the Federal Reserve.
If a voter lawfully submits a ballot on time, the vote is complete. Due process does not allow the State to retroactively assign voters the risk of mail delays beyond their control. Infrastructure failure is a state problem—not a voter defect. Full stop.
We are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an anti-voter attempt to limit the freedom to vote by disrupting laws that exist in more than 30 states that safeguard voters from being impacted by mail delays beyond their control. campaignlegal.org/update/urgin...
A real ban on congressional stock trading — covering members, spouses, staff, and independent oversight — already exists as a draft statute: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
The Stop Insider Trading Act is a joke. For years, the public has overwhelmingly called for a ban on congressional stock ownership and trading. This bill bans neither. It’s a farce that maintains the status quo and allows members of Congress to continue to enrich themselves.
I hope my senator, Senator @sarahanthony.bsky.social agrees. It also feels like something Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social would be interested in as well. Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed giving citizens a right under state law to sue officials who violate their rights under the U.S. Constitution. Other states — including California, Illinois, and Massachusetts — already have such a law on the books. bit.ly/3LtXVgE
There’s already a clean legal framework for this. A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Senate committee is holding a bogus hearing today based on junk science about the abortion pill mifepristone, a safe and effective medication that's the most common form of abortion. This hearing isn't about science — it's about laying the groundwork for banning medication abortion nationwide.
Love it. Flex the power that the Constitution has appropriated to the Senate. Hope my senators @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov agree. My congressman is an incoherent professional, so I won't bother with him. Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
Unprofessional, no matter how you slice it. Even if you're a believer, this is horse shit. Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking? Disgusting.
As cringey as this video is, DHS quoting scripture and claiming divine blessing for state force is genuinely chilling. But this is exactly what excites Christian nationalists—and who’s running these government social accounts and who they’re trying to recruit.
Next series. I will let @ssrn.bsky.social catch up and slow down production. Law series up and running Biology series (through the lens of the human nervous system in classrooms) here. Econ, Chem, and Physics to come. All aimed at paradigm shifts. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Agreed. Now impeach Noem.
There is growing demand for mental health support throughout our country. My bipartisan bill would expand mental health services to rural and underserved areas and strengthen our mental health workforce. All Americans should have access to this care. www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Empirically true from what I understand. Hey Prof, maybe you could discuss the research in depth on a video sometime? Maybe call it a special or something. Just a thought. Ty for the post, as always.
It's weird that they always say "thoughts and prayers", when we know that they don't actually have many thoughts rattling around in their heads to begin with.
This is about whether the State may exclude a class of people from public life without evidence of harm. Courts exist to resolve that question using facts and constitutional limits — not political signaling.
We're at the Supreme Court today defending trans kids' freedom to play the sports they love. Politicians are hoping to use this issue to legitimize their effort to push transgender people out of public life — we won’t allow it. This case is about more than a game.
Love it. The Executive is not a king. We do care about these business dealings. Ty for doing something about it.
NEW: We requested records from the State Department, DHS and US Coast Guard about their transactions with Trump's businesses. The public deserves to know whether Trump has accepted unlawful payments of domestic emoluments while in office.
Congressional oversight includes the right of access — and the authority to condition funding on compliance. Facilities that receive public funds are not exempt from constitutional accountability.
Members of Congress have the right to visit ICE facilities unannounced — it's their job and their constitutional responsibility. ICE can’t hide their cruelty and mistreatment of immigrants just because they want to.
When the State treats identity as threat, it mistakes the person for the problem — and the law stops doing its job.
Politicians are hoping to not just ban trans kids from playing sports with their friends but also open the door to all sorts of discrimination against transgender and other LGBTQ people. We'll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to stop them.
@neildegrassetyson.com chapter 3, I believe, and you mentioned questions to ask. It turns out, if a human accepts their nervous system as input, 3 questions emerge: what's my next first step; what do I get for free; where is the boundary and how do I allow for duality. Ty for the book so far!
Discharge petitions are procedural release valves, not power grabs. They compel consideration without dictating outcomes—unlocking hidden majorities while preserving debate, amendment, and rejection. Oversight and accountability begin with a vote. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
From the Epstein files bill to health care subsidies extensions, an obscure congressional procedure called the discharge petition is making a comeback. Learn why congressional rules experts say we need *more* tools like it to unlock “hidden majorities.”
Incoherence leaks, y'all. Terrible professional? That's because you're looking at an incoherent human. Incoherent humans aren't going to receive my vote (and therefore, I don't want to pay them).
When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When you’re a Christian nationalist, everything looks like persecution.
@ssrn.bsky.social your support page is still broken. Email sent regarding 2 artifacts sitting for near a month. 8 more (as I have already tagged you here show) have been uploaded over the weekend but I understand if those will take the "two weeks" to clear. Please fix your support page.
A reminder of constitutional design: the Senate’s power is not force, but permission. Through appropriations and conditions, it may pause authorization flow until oversight duties are satisfied. That restraint isn’t obstruction — it’s part of the gig. @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
Minnesota’s Twin Cities are bracing for what many expect will be a new normal over the next few weeks as the Department of Homeland Security carries out what it called its largest enforcement operation ever.
I don't need to. I'm calling in public and again for my Senators to impeach this disgusting excuse for a professional in our government. And now again. Impeach her. My tax dollars are paying her to endorse murdering citizens and mistreat humans in general. @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov
We’ve now sent over 10,000 letters to Congress demanding they impeach Kristi Noem! Have you sent one yet today?