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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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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 1d
If the aim is to stop refugees from flooding the border…. A war, which tends to create refugees, seems pretty counterproductive.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.

Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Rosemary A. Joyce, Kate Jackson , and 2 more

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.

Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com

Reposted by James Goodwin

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 2d
With less access to student loans, there will be less nurses.

Man, Trump sure is angry with the ladies this week.
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com

Reposted by Kate Jackson

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3d
“The idea that teenage girls are not only stumbling blocks for their male peers but also sources of temptation for adult men is the darkest and most dangerous point of convergence between purity culture and rape culture.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 3d
Trump demands larry ellison fire CNN journalists in exchange corneegulatory merger approvals

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ellison often speaks to connections at the White House and in at least one phone call engaged in a dialogue about possibly axing some of the CNN hosts whom Donald Trump is said to loathe, including Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar, the people said.

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 3d
This is a perfect time for a regime to insist that a reminder to “disobey illegal orders” is itself insurrection and treason.

At least if you *want* people to call you Nazis

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Jesse H. Kroll , and 20 more

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 3d
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Gerald Friedman, Kate Jackson

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d
Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses, as hate symbols.

The fuck?

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Alan Richardson, Kate Jackson , and 1 more

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 3d
At least you found a real plaintiff. Unlike the Kochs in masterpiece cakeshop

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 3d
So SCOTUS justices can now dissent based upon mere fact of the Kochs’ funding of litigation. Right? Right?!

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 3d
Why yes, there *is* a lot of similarity between the world’s first (almost) trillionaire and Trump.

I’ve got an essay and paper explaining why

lpeproject.org/blog/a-popul...
Opinion | The World’s Most Shameless Public Figure Does It Again
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Rebecca Tushnet

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 4d
Oh look more grift

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 4d
I must have been dozing off the day in con law when we covered how the commerce clause includes executive orders

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Kate Jackson

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com

Reposted by Kate Jackson

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d
What an ai first administration looks like.
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com

Reposted by Kate Jackson

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Sarah G. @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 5d
An antidote / reaction / some other word that is escaping me to executive function theft? See: hedgehoglibrarian.com/2023/08/14/e... by @hedgielib.bsky.social

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
This is actually high strategy wherein the revolutionary genius vanguard prophet delegitimizes his enemy simply by getting himself invited to speak there

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
Ok Massie, Margie and Ro: here’s your next discharge petition assignment

House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
This is Meelo. We also call him Meatloaf. He is very easy to please and snuggly.
Pic of my dog Meelo

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
MTG today: “let me tell you what a traitor is. A traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves.”

Also today:

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
I can’t help but think that Trump was extra trumpy because he was hamming it up for his hero

youtu.be/UG6CltM-Wlw?...
Trump SCOLDS reporter's questions to Saudi crown prince
YouTube video by Fox News
youtu.be

Reposted by James Goodwin, David Rosnick, Ann Bartow , and 1 more

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d
Academia is a really racist and sexist place. Larry Summers, as the president of Harvard, epitomized that racism and sexism but he is not unique. That's why we needed DEI.

katejackson.bsky.social
Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 5d
I don’t think Trump knows that most people don’t get a chance to negotiate their contracts
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I WILL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING THE MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE, WITH NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE MADE $TRILLIONS, AND RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE AND BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else. This is the only way to have great Healthcare in America!!! GET IT DONE, NOW. President DJT

Reposted by Kate Jackson, Dunlap

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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.

read @telliotter.bsky.social:
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 6d
I’m still confused why people think this man shared a special friend with Larry summers.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com

Reposted by Bonnie Honig, Michael D. McDonald, Simon Lester , and 3 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I WILL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING THE MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE, WITH NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE MADE $TRILLIONS, AND RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE AND BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Congress, do not waste your time and energy on anything else. This is the only way to have great Healthcare in America!!! GET IT DONE, NOW. President DJT

Reposted by Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Erol Akçay , and 2 more

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda J. Skitka, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 9 more

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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 6d
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com