Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099403825
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Many Equate Capitalism and Competition Capitalism gives people the ability to own businesses, invest money, take risks, create products, and earn profits. It is competition, not capitalism, that forces those businesses to keep earning their success. jaywaters.substack.com/p/capitalism...jaywaters.substack.comCapitalism Without Competition Is Corporate EntitlementThe eighth of 12 posts exploring A New American Model. 410663
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Trump Has Dementia - Severe Mental Illness Dr. John Gartner, a prominent psychotherapist “There is absolutely no doubt Trump has dementia. He is losing his capacity for coherent speech and has difficulty even finishing a sentence.” mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/s...mindsitenews.org‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John GartnerThe psychologist and founder of Duty to Warn says the aging Trump has dementia and is severely mentally ill. 12207120
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026How traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has adapted to Trump's Iran War. Good graphic summary. www.cnn.com/interactive/...cnn.comHow traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is adapting to warMines, drones and competing shipping lanes – see how traffic through this vital waterway has changed 27636
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is how you know we need a wealth tax 1299198756615
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...newrepublic.comAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus. 78087335646
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanSteve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 03/08/2026From today’s “Letters from an American” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-2-2... Full carousel on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/Dbk9tM-Fn1... #lettersfromanamerican #heathercoxrichardson #protectdemocracy #factsmatter 06523
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...huffpost.comTrump Admin Drops Criminal Case Against Ex-Olympian Charged With Damaging Reflecting PoolDamage to the pool was actually the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor,” Justice Department lawyers said. 2326
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanMegan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I am currently adapting previous year's curriculum to NextGen because after their *own* catastrophe, California is going to use them for rising 2Ls. I am FURIOUS on these graduates' behalf. Thousands of dollars and hours down the drain, careers disrupted - totally inexcusable. 292
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Rolling Stones for life 327647
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026FINALLY up on SSRN - Melissa, Kate, & my paper - UNSETTLING THE PRESIDENCY! @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social Brief excerpt from the abstract: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 917142
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanAttorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Statement By Attorney General Davenport on Decision in ANJRPC v. Attorney General. 385
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanEmily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My latest for @mcsweeneys.net. We’re now at 1112 horrors. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...mcsweeneys.netLest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: June 2026: Atrocities 1014-1112Add another whopping ninety-eight instances of cruelty, collusion, corruption, and crime to the list. 13213
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/07/2026This was the 7th Trump appointee to rule against the DOJ on these cases. Two-thirds of the district court judges that have rejected these claims are GOP-appointed. Background:democracydocket.comMost of Trump DOJ’s voter roll losses have come from GOP-appointed judgesThe numbers make it difficult for DOJ to portray its perfect losing record as the product of liberal “activist” judges or hostile jurisdictions. Judges with vastly different backgrounds and appointing... 217844
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says" Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.zeteo.comTrump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official SaysDonald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo. 10029631038
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanAnn Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Alert: Eli Lilly is the first corporation I've seen declare it'll go semi-annual if given the choice: www.sec.gov/comments/S7-... 1285
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“Wisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data center *** Residents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction” 7/4/26independent.co.ukWisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data centerResidents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction 792999899
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanElizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Trump card 820945
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” 12293455110773
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanThomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 30/06/2026bsky.app/profile/tmks... 04223
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2026In this exchange, @thelisagraves.bsky.social offers an extended meditation on the Supreme Court's arrogation of power to itself, and its creation of an imperial president in Trump, all at the expense of Congress. It's really striking when you see it all in one place: 421083
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026New from me: Welcome to the era of Slaughter. Things are so degraded that we are unsurprised when the Supreme Court drops a 90 year old precedent and overturns legislation to at the behest of a President who denies democratic outcomes. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/welcome-to...donmoynihan.substack.comWelcome to the era of SlaughterSome context for a new period of executive aggrandizement 21625193
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Meanwhile, back in 2015: 36529
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/06/2026Trump said he directed the DOJ to probe California’s elections – an abuse of power to achieve a partisan political objective. “Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election,” Marc Elias writes. bit.ly/4ePaa20 8449180
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 27/06/2026I won't give to Yale any longer. I called the alumni office and told them why. If you're a Yale grad, you can, too! alumni.yale.edu/contact-usalumni.yale.eduContact Us 101251341
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanRobert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Fantastic investigative journalism by @chicagotribune.com's Jonathan Bullington & @adrianaperez.bsky.social on Illinois' ~3,900 abandoned oil & gas wells: Holes left in farm fields that leak soil-killing brine, vent methane, and poison groundwater. And a $160M cleanup tab left for taxpayers. 🧵chicagotribune.comRead the Tribune’s investigation into Illinois’ abandoned oil wellsRead the Chicago Tribune’s investigation into how Illinois regulators have failed to stop the proliferation of abandoned oil and gas wells in the state. 9313152
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy Liebesman🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/06/2026In his majority opinion in Mullins, Sam Alito didn't print the racist shit Trump actually said about Haitians. But in her dissent, Elena Kagan made sure to. 11635174
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Pinky & the Brain, academic version 0132
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanAllison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 24/06/2026Seeing a lot of "DSA/Mamdani is the Democrats' Tea Party" and ... no. Name me one single thing the Tea Party did to positively affect people's lives on any level. They didn't want to improve anything! They just wanted to yell about the Black president they hated and wear stupid hats. 1841994
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026What I keep hearing from my Upper West Side friends is bubbling resentment against AIPAC, Jonathan Greenblatt and the heads of many other major Jewish organizations: "these people don't speak for us and don't represent our interests. We'd had enough of them." bsky.app/profile/atru... 14412
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My print piece on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is up. I point out that the rest of the country is still desperately trying to get the same rights the white man gave himself 250 years ago. In @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comWill America Ever Give White-Man Rights To Everyone Else?If we want to make it another 250 years, the Constitution is going to have to do a lot more than protect individual political and civil rights. 22910333
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanJosh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...talkingpointsmemo.comPrairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ ChargesFederal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people... 9617961083
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/06/20261. This will become law without his signature, because Congress is not adjourning. More here: constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay... 2. Merits aside, this is a very rare bipartisan action. Voters like bipartisanship. By refusing to tout it, Trump once again punches himself in the nuts. 641460297
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A good summation of RFKJr. No serious public health analysis or advice. Instead health emergencies are used to spin baseless rumors, foment hysteria, and then to lock people up. His instincts are not just anti-science, but also authoritarian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.com‘It’s not science, it’s coercion’: health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantineKennedy overrides CDC order saying an American who came into contact with hantavirus can self-quarantine 55128
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanMIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 20/06/2026AI may be making our brains lazy. When we outsource writing, summarizing, and evaluating to tools like ChatGPT, we skip the "depth of processing" that helps us actually learn and think critically—and those cognitive muscles can atrophy from disuse.trib.alAre AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?Yes, according to psychologist Gloria Mark. But there are ways to regain that control. 23216
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanDecoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Retired General Jack Keane works for Fox News as a Senior Strategic Analyst. Keane pointed out that Israel and Hezbollah haven't stopped fighting and are unlikely to stop attacking each other no matter what deal Trump reaches with Iran. Iran also keeps killing Iranian citizens. 714543
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/06/2026Brutal community note 427141763648
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanJeff Waid @jeffwaid.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Every case is a test case. Every step is preparation for the next step. 0465
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026it actually brings me great pleasure to know that billionaires are so afraid of journalists that they’re trying to build whole new systems for justice to diminish our power. despite corporate consolidation, we continue to do something they can’t fully buy and it drives them mad. stay mad, assholes.hollywoodreporter.comA Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial. I’m Its First TargetThe billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved. 8844161214
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanJess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 14/06/2026" @barackobama.bsky.social " @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @obamafoundation.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social 214535
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy Liebesmanshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/06/2026fake feds are investigating ballots that don’t exist from a made-up city. other than that, totally checks out. 402120402959
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Let's break this down by states. How's Texas and Florida doing in the oppression of conservative voices? California? taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/06/14/a...taxprofblog.aals.orgA Majority of Law Professors Say Legal Education Is Heading in the Wrong Direction • TaxProf BlogFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Free Expression in a Climate of Self-Censorship: A National Survey of American Law Faculty: Executive Summary. This report presents findings fro... 052
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 11/06/2026President steered no-bid contract for project that went from $1.8m to $14.2m to company that worked on his golf resorttheguardian.comBefore-and-after photos: Trump’s $14.2m makeover delivers… a blue pool 64820
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanPete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026Cory Doctorow was interviewed by Anna Foster on BBC Radio 4 Today on the topic of AI. I've captured a transcript of the questions here in a short thread (with the help of Google AI voice-to-text. Good AI, thank-you.) 1/5 6444181
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2026JUST IN: Trump administration argues courts lack grounds to halt White House ballroom project even if it was clearly illegal. DOJ attorney also contends no lawsuit could stop Trump from tearing down Statue of Liberty if he wanted to. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...politico.comTrump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroomJustice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing. 2371483712
Reposted by Prof. Yvette Joy LiebesmanAmy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Good analysis of Yale's abandonment of public good in it's "mission." "While some see this as progress, I am inclined to agree with Wesleyan University’s Michael Roth and see it as a “defense strategy” that is making a “terrible situation worse.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...insidehighered.comYale’s Shrinking Mission (opinion)Narrowing the mission of the university is an unfortunate choice. 043