Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 09/12/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comWe asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they saidActivists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians 000
Reposted by Christian SundquistKate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century 461171304
Reposted by Christian SundquistLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 16/10/2025"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."chicago.suntimes.comFeds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowdThe crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who... 251041596
Reposted by Christian SundquistDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Not the main point here, read the whole thread, but it is astonishing that it took children getting dragged out of apartment buildings and ICE shooting pastors for Dems to realize we are in fact in an information war. And Dems, post Obama, have ceded enormous advantages to their opponents in it. 819349
Reposted by Christian SundquistMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/08/2025"Jackson’s dissent is not a mere disagreement with a colleague’s judgment. She is demonstrating that what her colleagues are doing isn’t even judging; laws have little to no bearing on the outcome of their decisions, which are determined instead by Republican policy goals." 🎯 124665
Reposted by Christian SundquistQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/07/2025Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out! 464126902969
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 18/04/2025“Who has the capacity to create?” Julia Nguyen (ucla) interrogating traditional IP concepts of creatorship at this weekends @raceip.bsky.social Race IP conference at Pitt Law (organized by my colleague Anjali Vats!) 021
Reposted by Christian SundquistMartha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025www.reuters.com/world/us/law...reuters.comMore than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump orderMore than 500 law firms have signed a court brief denouncing Donald Trump's targeting of Perkins Coie and other firms, expressing alarm over the Republican president's intensifying crackdown on the legal profession. 062
Reposted by Christian SundquistGreer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025This is a big win for the right to travel and the right to abortion speech / information. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...nytimes.comAlabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge RulesThe state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state. 0246
Reposted by Christian SundquistAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/03/2025I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info: 17613550712797
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 09/03/2025www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ar... Well this is blatantly unconstitutionalhuffpost.comICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia's Anti-War ProtestsImmigration agents detained Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil at his apartment, claiming his green card had been revoked, his attorney said. 010
Reposted by Christian SundquistChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news. 8104066916914
Reposted by Christian SundquistSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...abajournal.comFree virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocatesThe ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. 161104435
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... So Trump and Vance freak out after Zelensky criticizes Putin, and they’ve apparently instructed agencies to no longer focus on Russian cybersecurity threats… maybe it really is time to put together a lil’ emergency stockpile at hometheguardian.comTrump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threatsRecent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’ 000
Reposted by Christian SundquistPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025As federal research grants continue to be frozen, and NIH staff is being gutted, please note this study was funded by federal research grants, including from NIH. If they continue with staff cuts, and continue to freeze new awards, this is just one example of what we lose. 201700814
Reposted by Christian SundquistVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/02/2025These folks sound exactly like Jim Crow-era managers who were "personally in favor" of integration but worried about all the ruckus. 313136
Reposted by Christian SundquistAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2025Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders." 6963402910137
Reposted by Christian SundquistJanai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The intentional targeting of Haitian people has become a disgusting hallmark of Trump, Vance and the new administration—and it must stop. Trump Will Create 520,000 More Illegal Immigrants by Undoing Haitians' Protected Status reason.com/2025/02/21/tru… via @reasonreason.com 0177
Reposted by Christian SundquistAtiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Excited to be part of this timely and important event 031
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comA quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stancesA new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months 000
Reposted by Christian Sundquistjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...insidehighered.comTrump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEIIn a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal. 27169731616
Reposted by Christian SundquistAtiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025In these perilous times, it may be worth reflecting on the long struggle to overcome racial authoritarianism to create this democracy and how we all must contribute else it may be lost. #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth #democracy #votingrights #civicduty canopyforum.org/2020/11/03/w...canopyforum.org"What We Owe the Democracy: Martin Luther King, Jr., the Right to Vote, and the Call to Civic Duty" by Atiba R. Ellis - Canopy ForumPhoto from Wikimedia Commons The right to vote is a contested concept in American society. The choices made by elected federal and state governments, on the behalf of “We the People” as to who is not ... 021
Reposted by Christian SundquistDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Trump has immunity, and Musk will police his own conflicts. This is the basis for a crime spree. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comWhite House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of InterestThe White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s... 49652210
Reposted by Christian SundquistVeena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...nytimes.comTrump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza: Live Updates 78640
Reposted by Christian SundquistAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder 14135470510212
Reposted by Christian SundquistSarah Dohl ❌👑 @sarahdohl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire. 695258436422
Reposted by Christian SundquistAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is." 23486706117362
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 02/02/2025www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/b...cnn.comThese Americans don’t think the economy is getting any better. Welcome to ‘No Buy 2025’ | CNN BusinessMany Americans, especially female content creators, are pushing back against overconsumption and pledging to buy less — or even nothing beyond essentials — as well as not repurchasing a product they o... 000
Reposted by Christian SundquistAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US" 316512424934267
Reposted by Christian SundquistJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 01/02/2025BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...open.substack.comBREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised. 56576194262
Reposted by Christian Sundquistetienne toussaint @etiennetoussaint.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This isn’t a DEI program. Right? 26712
Reposted by Christian SundquistRichard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli 2059457828681
Reposted by Christian SundquistMary Ziegler @maryrziegler.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Another major cross-border conflict about abortion on the way: a grand jury in LA just indicted NY doctor Margaret Carpenter for violating the state's abortion ban by mailing pills into the state: apnews.com/article/abor... We are expecting much more along these lines next month...apnews.comNew York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in LouisianaA New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the c... 721282
Reposted by Christian SundquistHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 28/01/2025NEW: The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery since hostilities began in October 2023.hrw.orgGaza: No Safe Pregnancies During Israeli AssaultThe Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery si... 513652
Reposted by Christian SundquistSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/01/2025For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS: www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...stevevladeck.com120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon. 822593838
Reposted by Christian SundquistDuke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025When you read "anti-immigrant" I want you to hear "Going after anyone who isn't white" because THAT is what they mean, and that is who they are after. 21936838
Reposted by Christian SundquistVail Kohnert-Yount @vail.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Looking forward to processing the dystopian hellscape for workers we now live in with @veenadubal.bsky.social & @daveyseligman.bsky.social this Friday! 075
Reposted by Christian SundquistElizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Multiple layers of problems here-not disclosing use of facial recognition in search warrant application, police not using the tech in a sensible way, using that faulty ID as a primary source of investigation, no transparency about Clearview, no regs at all… 812037
Reposted by Christian SundquistTom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Trump: Round up MORE than the usual suspects! 29930
Reposted by Christian SundquistDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination: "Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers." This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits. 22814288
Reposted by Christian SundquistSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/01/2025go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX 113849340
Reposted by Christian SundquistAnil Dash @anildash.com · 07/01/2025Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless. 12685173508
Reposted by Christian SundquistRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2024America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. 825230648475
Christian Sundquist @sundquist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024One of my latest articles ! (forthcoming NYU Ann S Am Law journal) 000