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Harry Sandick

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White collar defense @PBWTLaw. Former SDNY prosecutor. Editor @2ndcircuitblog. Podcast co-host. Views expressed here are entirely my own. Let's Go Mets!

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So does the Supreme Court decision mean nobody has standing to stop the next president from tearing down the ballroom?
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 28/08/2026
A U.S. panel that crafts federal sentencing policy is proposing major operational reforms, including requiring a supermajority vote to approve certain actions and giving the public defender community a seat at the table in policymaking decisions.
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US sentencing panel mulls supermajority votes, adding public defender representative
A U.S. panel that crafts federal sentencing policy is proposing major operational reforms, including requiring a supermajority vote to approve certain actions and giving the public defender community a seat at the table in policymaking decisions.
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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"The new emphasis on small-dollar fraud comes as the administration has issued pardons and commutations to white-collar convicts, pulled back from criminal cases against multinational corporations and dropped charges against wealthy executives." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Targets Smaller Fraud Cases (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration drops charges against corporations and the wealthy, it is also taking aim at small-scale fraud cases, including against the operator of a weathered food truck in California...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026
in a lot of ways the current republican government is just the worst, extractive red state governance taken national. total hostility to public goods, total indifference to long-term investment, and a monomaniacal interest in using the state to enrich private benefactors
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
At the Met’s blockbuster Raphael show, where a toddler is being pushed in a stroller through the jammed Madonna and Child gallery excitedly hollering BABY! BABY!!
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tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Something else to love about the Knicks, perennially: they're named for a fictional character by a major writer; does any other team anywhere have such a literary pedigree?
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Empire State of Mind
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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Jalen M. Brunson And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Let’s go Knicks! The Champs!
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Wemby cannot foul, he can only be fouled
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/05/2026
- Have all the planks of your ship been replaced? - Did you replace the planks with the same material(s) as before? - Do any of the original planks remain? - Did you or anyone else build a ship out of the old planks?
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Theseus Files a Boat Insurance Claim
1. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since your last insurance payment? 2. How many of your ship’s planks did you replace since you first took o...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/05/2026
Breaking News: Sonny Rollins, a jazz great with a forceful and imaginative approach to the tenor saxophone, has died at 95.
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Neither of those calculations is correct. (It's a 500% increase and an 83.3% decrease.)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Even if the FBI refuses to work together, the MN state authorities should be able to conduct their own criminal investigation. They can interview witnesses, gather video, and subpoena records such as an autopsy report. They can’t be “shut out” completely.
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
There are consequences to bad government, as this article makes clear.
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The same points made by Obama in 2002 apply with equal force to today’s events and some young Democratic politician should follow in his footsteps and make these points now.
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Transcript: Obama's Speech Against The Iraq War
Sen. Barack Obama lays out his case against war in Iraq, in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2002. Obama touted his original position against the war as one of the key differences between himself and Sen. Hillary C...
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Opinion | Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk (Published 2016)
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Vance comes down against “purity tests”—i.e., against criticizing the neo-Nazis. He’s happy to have them as part of his coalition.
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
How did the Mets thank “the best fans in baseball”? By crushing our dreams and breaking our hearts.
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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
FIRE DAVID STEARNS
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
5/ In other words, I see very little reason to think that the Court would *allow* Congress to solve significant national problems—at least, when those solutions took a form the majority of justices disliked. And conversely …
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/11/2025
trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23
Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This is literally the type of thing that incited Boston to revolt against the British.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
When Trump tries to indict his political enemies on pretextual grounds, grand jurors have the option of refusing to indict. When prosecutors ask for a conviction, jurors can refuse to convict. The Trump administration can treat this government of the people as his own mob enforcers, but the people need not acquiesce. When Trump abuses his power to settle political scores, the people can choose to nullify.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2025
very cool that trump is singularly dedicated to making everything in your life more expensive
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/09/2025
everyone should take three hours out of their day and watch THE LEOPARD, a total masterpiece of a film. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
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Claudia Cardinale, glamorous star of The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West, dies aged 87
The husky-voiced, chain-smoking actor had a reputation as a fiercely independent, free-spirited woman
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Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Hi, I'm Jen. I'm Team Tylenol. I've had major chronic pain every single day since I was 11 years old & my least fave thing in the world is some asshole who never went to medical school telling me to "tough it out." Ladies, you know your body. Do what's best for you & you alone. Tylenol is a safe med
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MS NOW @ms.now · 20/09/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/09/2025
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We All Live With," depicting the event originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964, issue of Look magazine.Ruby Bridge talking to President Obama as they look at Rockwell's painting when it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I mean what on earth are district court judges supposed to do at this point other than get the message from SCOTUS to let Trump do whatever he wants to no matter what the law says.
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Harry Sandick @hsandick.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
RFK working as an aide for Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2025
This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something
Trump: "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR"
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
If there were a “Department of War” it would obviously be very very small when we aren’t at war, right?
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
NEW: The Trump DOJ just launched a (highly dubious) criminal investigation into Fed Governor Lisa Cook's mortgage representations. Guess who else had the same kind of thing? 3 Trump cabinet officials: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
It turns out judges facing death threats after writing 100-page opinions in high-stakes cases with our constitutional democracy at stake don't much like being chastised for not mind-reading lawless shadow docket rulings.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We just prevailed in our case against Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs, in the Federal Circuit! All challenged IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, but scope of injunction TBD. Will have more to say later. Here is a link to the ruling (7-4 decision by en banc court): www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.
Trump on TruthSocial: The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE.’ The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers. Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So both Putin and Trump went to an AF Base in Alaska. Each had a set of demands. Trump accepted all of Putin's demands and then said he would convince Ukraine and Europe to accept them. And both then went home. Do I have this right?
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