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"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...
Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’
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by Nathan Richardson

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Considering revising 1st half of Con Law next spring to just cover England in the 1600s.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
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President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
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by Nathan Richardson

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Seeing "no kings" and "anti-fascist" being turned into epithets is revealing the emptiness of the claims I heard for 15 years working on climate that what we needed was better branding and messaging.
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by Nathan Richardson

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My understanding of history has been shaken by my discovery that there is a unicode egyptian heiroglyph for Saddam Hussein.

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Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"
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Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."
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by Nathan Richardson

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Disassembling, relubricating, and polishing this pre-NAFTA Swingline 747 to permanently resolve the recurring failures of cheap staplers in the law school copy room. Not on my watch.
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Mirror universe nazi Dick Tracy?
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LES UNCRUSTABLES
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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 1d
My brain is such that I see this an immediately think of @lexlanham.bsky.social.

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Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over alleged copycat crustless sandwiches
Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker Company on Monday sued Trader Joe’s in federal court, accusing the national grocery chain of infringing trademarks tied to its popular Uncrustables brand of frozen sandwiches.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson, Rebecca Tushnet

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My brain is such that I see this an immediately think of @lexlanham.bsky.social.

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Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over alleged copycat crustless sandwiches
Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker Company on Monday sued Trader Joe’s in federal court, accusing the national grocery chain of infringing trademarks tied to its popular Uncrustables brand of frozen sandwiches.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jon Green

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Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson, Anna O. Law, Juliet B. Schor , and 5 more

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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson, Rebecca Tushnet, Margot C. Finn , and 1 more

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A conservative legal group has ended a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s flagship law journal.
Conservative group ends discrimination lawsuit against Michigan Law Review
A conservative legal group has ended a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s flagship law journal.
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by Nathan Richardson

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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Universal good cause exceptions
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Monetized prison rape prevention
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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.
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by James Goodwin — Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Monetized prison rape prevention
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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.
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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture
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Sous les pavés, la plage!
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A temporary monument? That's just speedrun Ozymandias.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 5d
You've probably seen the photos of the "Arc de Trump," spotted in the Oval Office.

Now read our story behind the models — and how initial plans for a temporary, triumphal arch have given way to Trump's desire to build a permanent monument.

Scoopy details at @washingtonpost.com:
Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary
The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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You've probably seen the photos of the "Arc de Trump," spotted in the Oval Office.

Now read our story behind the models — and how initial plans for a temporary, triumphal arch have given way to Trump's desire to build a permanent monument.

Scoopy details at @washingtonpost.com:
Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary
The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.
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by James Goodwin — Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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Some Republican is currently drafting a letter to the Government Accountability Office seeking an opinion on whether Nobel Peace Prize decisions are eligible for rescission under the Congressional Review Act
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by Nathan Richardson

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A few conferences in my field do this and it is far superior.

by Nathan Richardson

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Tired: color revolutions
Wired: mascot revolutions
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 6d
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes
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there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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“Baby in her placenta” is pretty bad for a HHS secretary but it’s arguably worse for a guy with six kids. It’s impossible to not learn this stuff as a dad if you’re even remotely paying attention just once.
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by Nathan Richardson

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I mean there's commitment to the bit and then there's overplaying it. "Was the grink there?" level annoying bro behavior.
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by Nathan Richardson

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The thing I can't process about Trump obstructing justice and impeachably corrupting the DOJ via DM isn't that he uses Truth Social for intragovernment communication, or even that he can't figure out how to send a DM on his own platform. It's that he uses his insult nicknames in official comms.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson

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Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it
The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.
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Reposted by Nathan Richardson, Rebecca Tushnet

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NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
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by Nathan Richardson

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So skinny you can't see it either
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