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Kim Lane Scheppele
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
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Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.

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Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Scheppele works on topics related to comparative constitutional ethnography within the sociology of law. .. more

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 6h
Even Orban can tell something is wrong . . .
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wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7h
Solidarity is the only way
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 9h
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9h
Presenting the plague of frogs on Portland. And yes, I choose to believe God has a sense of humor & is laughing at this too.

There’s no better way to show how absurd a bully is than to ridicule their absurdity. Kudos to Portlanders! Stand United & keep exercising your 1A right to protest tyranny!❤️✊🏽
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 12h
There isn’t another side to the argument. Every actor in the system—from defense attorneys to Justices on the Supreme Court—recognizes what is happening. The only question is how the criminal justice system should respond.”

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The Irredeemable DOJ
Why James has an even stronger case of selective prosecution than Comey.
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Tater Sallit @that1guyyouknew.bsky.social · 12h
Going.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13h
If you are feeling dispirited, listen to this:
Hounds, “It’s Easy to Feel Afraid in These Times”
YouTube video by Seth Abramson
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 19h
Be sure to follow @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social and find your local No Kings peaceful protest at www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 21h
Home of the Brave launched a $1 million national ad campaign in support of the peaceful No Kings rallies on Oct. 18th.

The ads will run in over 185 local papers and The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post calling on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king."
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d
So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador. But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Friends — something dramatic has happened over the last two weeks.
Sunday thought: the big Reveal
Friends,
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
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Purge, Merge, and Surge
Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state
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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 2d
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Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2d
From Chicago to D.C., federal judges are standing up to Trump’s abuses

They’re showing what judicial independence looks like

That’s how democracy wins

Full analysis in my NEW @contrariannews.org article

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Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d
Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

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What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
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