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Nora Demleitner
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Writer, educator, lawyer, immigrant. Served as college president & law dean. Writing on problems — and ways forward — in criminal justice & sentencing and higher education, often with a look abroad for different approaches. .. more

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Nora V. Demleitner is a German-American jurist and academic administrator. She was the president of St. John's College - Annapolis from 2022–2025. Prior to this, she served as the dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law from 2012-2015 and dean of Hofstra University School of Law from 2007-2012. .. more

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 22h
And Trump now takes now credit for the crime decline. It does not matter however much crime & the economy are multi-causal.
mcbridetd.bsky.social Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d
Trump accepts ownership of the current economy:
'I'm very proud of it'

More charts, facts from @steverattner.bsky.social

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 22h
I thought the subliminal message was about protecting children, playing on even more powerful emotions than those tied to dogs.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 1d
What an incredible show!
djrothkopf.bsky.social David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d
If you didn’t understand what was great about that halftime show you don’t understand what is great about America. Or should be.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d
If you didn’t understand what was great about that halftime show you don’t understand what is great about America. Or should be.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d
Trump accepts ownership of the current economy:
'I'm very proud of it'

More charts, facts from @steverattner.bsky.social

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d
Another scandal that will pass without a meaningful response, to be followed by another.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d
Important message 👇 about supporting local journalism. Adding The Baltimore Banner to the list.

Also read @bethmacy.bsky.social books. They document the impact of national (and international) political & economic decisions on rural communities.
bethmacy.bsky.social Beth Macy @bethmacy.bsky.social · 4d
Great reporting on reporting. Support local journalism—I read and support Cardinal News, Ohio Capitol Journal, Springfield News-Sun, Roanoke Times and NYT daily. So sad about WaPo’s destruction by greedhead power grabbing.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 4d
The federal government at work: Trump says New York and New Jersey can have money Congress already appropriated for a major rail project but only if Chuck Schumer renames Penn Station and Dulles airport after him
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
www.cnn.com

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Beth Macy @bethmacy.bsky.social · 4d
Great reporting on reporting. Support local journalism—I read and support Cardinal News, Ohio Capitol Journal, Springfield News-Sun, Roanoke Times and NYT daily. So sad about WaPo’s destruction by greedhead power grabbing.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 5d
I wonder whether they understood that „The Handmaid‘s Tale“ is a dystopian novel, not an aspiration.
kylietcheung.bsky.social Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 5d
they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 5d
they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 5d
@thebaltimorebanner.com is truly a model for independent local coverage.
mattgertz.bsky.social Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 5d
Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 5d
Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d
If there were a betting pool, what‘s more likely to end the plan to send federal prosecutors into ICE surge areas:
1. Congress
2. Mass resignations by AUSAs around the country
charlottegarden.bsky.social Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 6d
Congress has got to force an end to these surges.
benjaminpenn.bsky.social Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 6d
Exclusive: DOJ is requiring all 93 US attorneys to designate prosecutors for "emergency jump teams" supporting surge districts dealing with assaults & obstruction of federal officers, per internal memo. Comes as more Minn. prosecutors resign. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d
We have also come to love our bird camera & are grateful for its help identifying the birds.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d
Call-out for @vanhollen.senate.gov He has modeled Democratic opposition.
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6d
We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air

Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Matthew Yglesias & @mattyglesias X.com 1-2 percentage points is a small number but it's a very big deal. bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-... Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach claim to find only "small" electoral benefits of moderation, on the order of one to two percentage points. Their subtext is, who could possibly care about an effect of this size? In fact, campaign professionals emphasize to me that this is an enormous effect compared to what you get from spending on campaign ads or mounting field programs to mobilize and turn out voters. A swing of one to two percentage points would have been enough for Hillary Clinton to win in 2016 or for Kamala Harris to win in 2024. Two is a small number, but I don't think that's small change for the world. It's a little bit hard for me to understand what this debate is even supposed to be about given that the skeptics of moderation are willing to concede that both of Trump's election wins were within the bounds of what they say can be plausibly achieved by moderating. To underscore the point: since 2012 there have been seventeen Senate races decided by less than the Bonica-Grumbach margin of moderation. 7:29 AM • 2/3/26 • 14K Views To begin with, Yglesias is way off in claiming that moderation increases a candidate's vote share by "one to two percentage points.' We don't know where he got these numbers, but they aren't in our essay; as our cited graphic shows, the best estimate is less than half a percentage point. He also need not speculate that moderating would have flipped important congressional races — we ran the numbers ourselves and found that moderation would have flipped none of the close House races in 2024. But we're used to seeing incorrect numbers on this subject. In any case, Yglesias's incorrect numbers are not as important as missing the central failures of popularism in recent years. Consider how it has hindered Democrats' leadership on public opinion. G. Elliott Morris is exactly right that trajectories are far more important than what polls say at any given moment. Throughout 2025, as Yglesias was arguing that Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration, the public turned dramatically against Trump on the issue in part due to the leadership of some Democratic leaders like Senator Chris Van Hollen. Now even Trump himself is reportedly "looking to change the subject to his economic agenda as his administration faces growing backlash over his

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 6d
Congress has got to force an end to these surges.
benjaminpenn.bsky.social Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 6d
Exclusive: DOJ is requiring all 93 US attorneys to designate prosecutors for "emergency jump teams" supporting surge districts dealing with assaults & obstruction of federal officers, per internal memo. Comes as more Minn. prosecutors resign. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Demands Emergency Surge Prosecutors From All US Attorneys
The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, accordin...
news.bloomberglaw.com

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d
Not how this works.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump lies: "Minnesota, their crime, because of us -- because we've taken out thousands of criminals -- their crime is down. Not because of anybody else. Because of us."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump lies: "Minnesota, their crime, because of us -- because we've taken out thousands of criminals -- their crime is down. Not because of anybody else. Because of us."

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d
Heartbreaking deportation stories, like this one out of Maryland @thebaltimorebanner.com , fall below the radar. There is so much suffering -- individuals, families. We cannot take it all in.
Hutzell: Maryland to El Salvador, a trip through the deportation grinder
Column: José Serrano Maldonado is an almost anonymous victim of the industrial deportation complex, a cruel machine that spits people out without compassion or discretion. Here’s his story.
www.thebanner.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6d
We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air

Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Matthew Yglesias & @mattyglesias X.com 1-2 percentage points is a small number but it's a very big deal. bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-... Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach claim to find only "small" electoral benefits of moderation, on the order of one to two percentage points. Their subtext is, who could possibly care about an effect of this size? In fact, campaign professionals emphasize to me that this is an enormous effect compared to what you get from spending on campaign ads or mounting field programs to mobilize and turn out voters. A swing of one to two percentage points would have been enough for Hillary Clinton to win in 2016 or for Kamala Harris to win in 2024. Two is a small number, but I don't think that's small change for the world. It's a little bit hard for me to understand what this debate is even supposed to be about given that the skeptics of moderation are willing to concede that both of Trump's election wins were within the bounds of what they say can be plausibly achieved by moderating. To underscore the point: since 2012 there have been seventeen Senate races decided by less than the Bonica-Grumbach margin of moderation. 7:29 AM • 2/3/26 • 14K Views To begin with, Yglesias is way off in claiming that moderation increases a candidate's vote share by "one to two percentage points.' We don't know where he got these numbers, but they aren't in our essay; as our cited graphic shows, the best estimate is less than half a percentage point. He also need not speculate that moderating would have flipped important congressional races — we ran the numbers ourselves and found that moderation would have flipped none of the close House races in 2024. But we're used to seeing incorrect numbers on this subject. In any case, Yglesias's incorrect numbers are not as important as missing the central failures of popularism in recent years. Consider how it has hindered Democrats' leadership on public opinion. G. Elliott Morris is exactly right that trajectories are far more important than what polls say at any given moment. Throughout 2025, as Yglesias was arguing that Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration, the public turned dramatically against Trump on the issue in part due to the leadership of some Democratic leaders like Senator Chris Van Hollen. Now even Trump himself is reportedly "looking to change the subject to his economic agenda as his administration faces growing backlash over his

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 8d
Standard gaslighting, the entire message.

The problem isn’t acoustics or construction. The problem is the leadership & name — and the audience voted with their feet.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d
Donald Trump and Ric Grenell want to do to the Kennedy Center what Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want to do to America: Crush everything about it that is pure and good and remake it in their distorted, hateful image.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and Re-Opening or, Partial Construction while continuing Entertainment Operations through a much longer period of time, working in and around the Performances, I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World. In other words, if we don't close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result! Based on these findings, and totally subject to Board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, …. Therefore, The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex. Financing is completed, and fully in place! This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark for many generations to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d
Donald Trump and Ric Grenell want to do to the Kennedy Center what Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want to do to America: Crush everything about it that is pure and good and remake it in their distorted, hateful image.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and Re-Opening or, Partial Construction while continuing Entertainment Operations through a much longer period of time, working in and around the Performances, I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World. In other words, if we don't close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result! Based on these findings, and totally subject to Board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, …. Therefore, The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex. Financing is completed, and fully in place! This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark for many generations to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 8d
contact lens prescription is way off.
Or someone’s too vain to wear reading glasses 🤷‍♀️

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 9d
There has been very little discussion about the utter failure of the sex offender registry & notification in Epstein‘s case.
Usually the failures are very different & the impact dramatic and negative. His wealth insulated Epstein entirely from its intended impact.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 10d
Most underreported news: ongoing drop on crime rate, including homicide rates.

Yet, fixation on supposedly horrific immigrant offenders (reminder: most arrested have been perfectly law-abiding) provides false impression about public safety.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10d
Crime rates fell across US cities in 2025 missouriindependent.com/2026/01/30/r...
Crime rates fell across US cities in 2025 • Missouri Independent
Crime continued to decline in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024 and 44% from a peak in 2021, according to a new analysis of crime trends in 40 large U.S. cities released by the nonpartisan think...
missouriindependent.com

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 11d
Another video that shows clearly how ICE isn’t trained to deal with members of the public in a non-confrontational way.
Imagine local police used this amount of pepper and tear gas — police chiefs would be fired, officers disciplined, city managers & majors would be replaced.
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12d
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.

Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.

That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.

The video changes nothing.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11d
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12d
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.

Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.

That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.

The video changes nothing.

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 14d
They are working overtime and according to the @nytimes.com Fox is broadcasting it as if any reality backed up the fanciful stories.