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Rachel Rosenbloom
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Law professor at Northeastern, focusing mostly on immigration law. Writing a book about birthright citizenship. Jewish supporter of Palestinian liberation. Cat person.
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a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.

If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.

So who could you support?
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Trump administration revokes visa of Wole Soyinka, first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature - World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump administration revokes visa of Wole Soyinka, first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Soyinka, 91, has repeatedly criticized the Trump administration over its inhumane treatment of immigrants.
www.wsws.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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The intro to Judge Rita Lin's 76-page opinion holding that the Trump admin's pressure campaign against the University of California system is coercive and retaliatory in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Let's say it again:

1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.

2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.

It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I am excited that this special issue of the @ajil.bsky.social —on reparations in international law—is now out! 1/
AJIL's Special Issue on Reparations in International Law is now available online featuring a stunning line up of authors and topics related to reparations. These articles will be freely available for all to read for a limited time. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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These numbers represent staggering shares of federal law enforcement agents, being shifted from criminal law enforcement to minor civil immigration offenses www.cato.org/blog/ice-has...
September 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Key phrase here is "and only us"

This was the core of Dred Scott, that the founders meant the word citizen to only mean white settlers.

And 14th Amendment birthright citizenship clause was an explicit repudiation of that, that all born here have an equal claim on what it means to be an American
September 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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There's that part in 1231 where they get to decide to ignore a designation if they determine it prejudices the United States, which they would undoubtedly say because they're sociopaths.
NEWLY PUBLIC: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's formal request to be deported to Costa Rica and his notice of fear of removal to Uganda. DHS's disregard of these notices may well have violated 8 USC 1231(b), Judge Xinis noted in yesterday's hearing. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
August 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Without free expression there is no university. I present, Indiana Former University: www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
'Utterly chilling': IU professor sanctioned over Indiana's intellectual diversity law
Professor Ben Robinson said he believes Indiana University didn't actually investigate an anonymous complaint against him.
www.indystar.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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What is going on at Columbia? Ellen Shrecker, esteemed historian of McCarthyism and higher ed, and Nina Berman, documentary photographer extraordinaire, answer clearly.
In the Hallowed Place Where There’s Only Darkness
For more than fifty years, I have been studying and writing about political repression and higher education, with a special emphasis on McCarthyism, long considered by historians to be the most seriou...
www.vqronline.org
July 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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July 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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my entire timeline is trans people struggling with suicidal ideation and panic attacks next to cis people talking about other things besides the ruling that says banning our health care is legal

a microcosm of trans life in america
June 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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"Constitutional Sheriff" of Brevard County, FL, Wayne Ivey, threatens to kill anti-ICE demonstrators.
Brevard County, FL Sheriff Wayne Ivey warns what will happen to anti-ICE protesters

What he gets fundamentally wrong, is that the very Gestapo he’s “protecting” are NOT following rule & order by kidnapping immigrants

He is a propagandist shrouded in a LE costume

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June 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Historian here this is how abolitionists dealt with slave catchers in northern states. #Resist
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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😒
Harvey Milk served his country honorably — first in uniform, then in public office.

Taking his name off this Navy ship sends a clear message, and it’s one of disrespect and cruelty.
June 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The Ninth Circuit is hearing oral argument tomorrow in the challenge to Trump's unconstitutional birthright citizenship order. Read our amicus brief supporting the challenge on behalf of an ideologically diverse group of legal scholars: www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...
State of Washington v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
www.theusconstitution.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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FBI agents are now visiting Charlottesville’s public defenders *at their homes*. It’s naked intimidation of our justice system.
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid
The day before the Memorial Day weekend, FBI agents arrived at the homes of Charlottesville-area lawyers to question them about an ICE raid in the city in April.
dailyprogress.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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We are parents, teachers, healthcare workers, educators, students, faith leaders, community members and taxpayers. We remember the Palestinians killed in Gaza with our tax dollars and say #StopArmingIsrael #StopStarvingGaza #FundCareNotGenocide

Join us: www.youtube.com/@TheyAllHave...
They All Have Names
We are parents, educators, teachers, healthcare workers, students, faith leaders, community members and taxpayers. We remember the Palestinians killed in Gaza with our tax dollars and say #StopArmingI...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM