Joshua Michelangelo Stein, Ph.D.
@joshuastein.bsky.social
Boies Schiller Flexner Litigation Partner (but this account is my personal account and views expressed here are my personal views).
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Of all the things destructive to the constitutional order of the United States, one of the worst is wealthy sociopaths feeling entitled to be free of criticism, and the willingness of sleazy lawyers to take their money to enforce that feeling of entitlement.
Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Of all the things destructive to the constitutional order of the United States, one of the worst is wealthy sociopaths feeling entitled to be free of criticism, and the willingness of sleazy lawyers to take their money to enforce that feeling of entitlement.
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I worked for the Navy for 15 years. I can only imagine how the sailors I worked with are feeling about the SECDEF right now.
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I worked for the Navy for 15 years. I can only imagine how the sailors I worked with are feeling about the SECDEF right now.
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Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pete Hegseth is violating international law the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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well maybe it destroyed journalism, and education, and massively fueled global fascism and various genocides, and caused an epidemic of loneliness and collapsing birthrates, but at least companies could sell targeted ads
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
well maybe it destroyed journalism, and education, and massively fueled global fascism and various genocides, and caused an epidemic of loneliness and collapsing birthrates, but at least companies could sell targeted ads
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I'm biased here but it strengthens my belief that global scale algorithmic social media is one of the worst inventions in human history. I'd delete it off the face of the earth without a second's hesitation
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm biased here but it strengthens my belief that global scale algorithmic social media is one of the worst inventions in human history. I'd delete it off the face of the earth without a second's hesitation
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Genuinely want to know why the Biden White House sat on the Epstein files. Was it because they didn't want to burn their "friends" who are also implicated? Rank political incompetence? Distaste for scandal politics? We certainly can't afford to keep trading the future for "civility"
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Genuinely want to know why the Biden White House sat on the Epstein files. Was it because they didn't want to burn their "friends" who are also implicated? Rank political incompetence? Distaste for scandal politics? We certainly can't afford to keep trading the future for "civility"
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oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
![screenshot of a Justin Klugh tweet from October 28, 2015:
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2bjwvguncd35fna7ruckjtw/bafkreiczbp37nmuosnvgyrbv3nfdxupczam3ezjeri5cpio36htjuyiisy@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
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What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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We have not been under rule of law since SCOTUS ruled in Trump v USA against USA
I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
We have not been under rule of law since SCOTUS ruled in Trump v USA against USA
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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hey this is fun
And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...
Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHA
The Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture.
www.historians.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
hey this is fun
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It's fascinating to watch originalists insist that the intention of the Founders was to create an all-powerful executive with near-plenary authority over the entire government only a few years after fighting the American Revolution
October 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's fascinating to watch originalists insist that the intention of the Founders was to create an all-powerful executive with near-plenary authority over the entire government only a few years after fighting the American Revolution
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The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.
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Every Democrat at every level of office must denounce this madness Monday morning. Has to be huge outcry. We need to be incredibly loud.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
October 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every Democrat at every level of office must denounce this madness Monday morning. Has to be huge outcry. We need to be incredibly loud.
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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This is an interesting piece. It makes me mourn for the time when we could think judges worried mostly about following the law and could assume that the executive would mostly follow it. But if you assume judges are thinking in this way, the options in this essay are just the start. Here's more:
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Just posted a new essay with @williambaude.bsky.social and Sam Bray -
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis" (forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review).
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis
<p><span>In a crisis of authority, where it is unclear whether executive officials will comply with judicial decisions, the courts may seem to have limited reme
papers.ssrn.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is an interesting piece. It makes me mourn for the time when we could think judges worried mostly about following the law and could assume that the executive would mostly follow it. But if you assume judges are thinking in this way, the options in this essay are just the start. Here's more:
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We can dunk on Silver. But the folks wildly hyping Adams in 2021-22 included Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. The desire for a prominent BLACK politician who was pro-police and hostile to the BLM movement was broadly shared within elite Dem circles. They ignored obvious signs he was corrupt and inept.
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We can dunk on Silver. But the folks wildly hyping Adams in 2021-22 included Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. The desire for a prominent BLACK politician who was pro-police and hostile to the BLM movement was broadly shared within elite Dem circles. They ignored obvious signs he was corrupt and inept.
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Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Democrats should never vote to fund a government that's waging war on its own citizens and firing officials *because* they insist on following court orders instead of breaking the law. Let Senate Republicans nuke the filibuster. None of this is normal and it shouldn't be treated as such.
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Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats.
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats.
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit
The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit