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Kate Jackson
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Associate Professor of Law at a regional midwest public law school. Political theory, corps & admin. 🧶👽👾🧙🏽‍♀️🦅🎮 My views are my own and reposts are not endorsements.

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katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8h
Sovereign is he who decides yadda yadda yadda

- nazi jurist writing in political theology

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 8h
Pretty sure the Pope has opinions on this claimed divine right to rule

Reposted by Kate Jackson

rawstory.com
Raw Story @rawstory.com · 18h
Vice President JD Vance suggested that federal law enforcement agents enjoy the same absolute immunity as that bestowed upon President Donald Trump by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.
JD Vance stuns with claim ICE agent who killed woman shares Trump's 'absolute immunity'
Vice President JD Vance suggested that federal law enforcement agents enjoy the same absolute immunity as that bestowed upon President Donald Trump by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.The vice president spent Thursday morning justifying the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigrati...
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katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 20h
The normative state vs the prerogative state in action, folks
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).

Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 20h
I believe this is the prerogative state vs the normative state

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 20h
Like Robespierre and Stalin, eventually they will eat their own.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Kim L. Scheppele, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 10 more

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).

Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 22h
It’s striking that calls for respect for the dead and their loved ones - and public shaming for non-compliance - were bipartisan with regard to Charlie Kirk and Rob Reiner.

But not for Renee Nicole Good

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 23h
Ratcheting open the urban-rural divide by another 4 inches

Reposted by Kate Jackson

semafor.com
Semafor @semafor.com · 23h
Trump housing idea surprises some Republicans

www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
Trump housing idea surprises some Republicans
The president wants to ban large institution investors from buying single-family homes.
www.semafor.com

Reposted by Michael Zimmer, Kate Jackson

404media.co
404 Media @404media.co · 23h
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to...
www.404media.co

Reposted by James Goodwin

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 23h
Ohio politics over the past 7 years is a tale of corruption, gutting public ed, abortion crackdowns, unleashing guns on the streets, tax cuts for the rich. And authoritarian consolidation as politicians use legal chicanery and lies to squash the opposition.

DeWine is term limited. Time to fire him
daviddewitt.bsky.social David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1d
I went through the past 7 years of significant Ohio headlines. I put them all in one place. Just by reading the headlines all next to each other, year-by-year, it tells a story. And what a story. It really is worth checking out. It gives a great sense of how things have gone in Ohio since 2019.
daviddewitt.bsky.social David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1d
New Editor Commentary: Ohio voters face major decisions in the 2026 Election about the future of our state. Before deciding where we go next, perhaps it's useful to consider where we've been. Here’s a look at significant headlines from the last seven years. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/08/o...

Reposted by Kate Jackson

inquirer.com
Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d
One year after a political shift in Washington, federal grants that Philadelphia’s anti-violence nonprofits say allowed them to flourish are disappearing.
Philly violence prevention groups say they were flourishing. Then the Trump DOJ cut their funding.
www.inquirer.com

Reposted by Kate Jackson

daviddewitt.bsky.social
David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1d
I went through the past 7 years of significant Ohio headlines. I put them all in one place. Just by reading the headlines all next to each other, year-by-year, it tells a story. And what a story. It really is worth checking out. It gives a great sense of how things have gone in Ohio since 2019.

Reposted by Kate Jackson

aflcio.org
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 1d
The bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act passed the House and is in the Senate!

Federal workers need you to make your voices heard. Tell your senators: stand up for workers’ union rights in your state and pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act!
CALL: Sign the Discharge Petition and Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act
Fill out this form to receive a call or dial 844-994-4554 to get started. On March 27, President Trump signed an executive order that ripped the right to collectively bargain away from hundreds of th...
act.aflcio.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Trevon D. Logan, David Bartram , and 4 more

mikehixenbaugh.com
Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 1d
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:

Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
The show is also relevant insofar as it demonstrates the demonization of a highly competent civil servant by oligarchs

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
We just watched the new season of Wolf Hall — and man, bills of attainder are terrible — but at least you have to go through a parliament before you can execute someone.

Unlike ICE

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
They really are just gonna pocket the money aren’t they
Today, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told an audience at a Goldman Sachs energy industry event in Miami, Florida, that the United States will take control of all oil from Venezuela for the foreseeable future. Lisa Desjardins and Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour reported this afternoon that Trump administration officials have told lawmakers that they plan to put the money raised from their seizure of Venezuelan oil into bank accounts outside the U.S. Treasury. Desjardins clarified that “[s]ources said they understood these as similar [to] or decidedly ‘off-shore’ accounts.”

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Can’t help but think that if our fellow MAGA citizens can dehumanize a white mom in a Honda CRV, we are well beyond “first they came for the communists”

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Scare everyone so much that hiding in the house looks like tacit consent

Big strong man needed to defeat scary foreigners

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
I guess the new election strategy is “go to war.” It leaves so many options for MAGA campaign managers:

Cancel elections bc “emergency”

Throw opposition in jail because “enemy within”

“Rally round the flag” browbeating

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Corporate boards and their CEO scions face very little in the way of countervailing power. Proxy advisors were one such.

Now even this de minimus form of accountability is getting the DOGE treatment.
accr.bsky.social ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 1d
The threats that ISS and Glass Lewis face are potentially existential. But their absence would not relieve shareholders and companies. Challenging proxy firms to justify their views is healthy; bluntly tossing them aside would not be. www.ft.com/content/be75...
Investors ditch proxy advisers at their own risk
The firms are fallible, but they at least come with accountability
www.ft.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Shush we’re not allowed to use that word anymore

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Of *course* he’s one of those assclowns with invisible lat syndrome

Reposted by Kate Jackson

accr.bsky.social
ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 1d
The threats that ISS and Glass Lewis face are potentially existential. But their absence would not relieve shareholders and companies. Challenging proxy firms to justify their views is healthy; bluntly tossing them aside would not be. www.ft.com/content/be75...
Investors ditch proxy advisers at their own risk
The firms are fallible, but they at least come with accountability
www.ft.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Where’s my (ex?) MAGA ladies who recently discovered that the male members of their movement are perfectly happy to dehumanize women victims— including them?

Oh wait
Nancy mace tweet: This was an act of domestic terrorism. ICE officers were attacked during a lawful operation, and one officer was forced to fire defensive shots to survive. Responsibility lies with politicians who incite hatred against law enforcement and then act shocked when violence follows. ICE agents now face a 1,300 percent increase in assaults and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats, fueled by the Left’s pro-criminal policies that turn officers into targets. Law enforcement deserves our full support.

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
Why would folks who tell despicable lies about the women they raped not also tell despicable lies about the woman they shot in the face.

Reposted by Kate Jackson

sltrib.com
The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 1d
DEVELOPING: The shooter or shooters fled north on Redwood Road, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said.
All eight people were shot outside the church and all are adults.
There was no suspect in custody as of 10 p.m.
2 dead, 6 wounded in shooting outside LDS church in Salt Lake City
Eight people are shot with two dead and three in critical condition after a shooting at a funeral outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Redwood Road.
www.sltrib.com

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
It’s the slumlord theory of international relations

You learn it in POLS 4046 at Harvard
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
JD Vance: "The way that we control Venezuela is we control the purse strings, we control the energy resources. And we tell the regime, 'You're allowed to sell the oil so long as you serve America's national interests.'"