Anil Kalhan
@akalhan.bsky.social
Law professor, Drexel Univ • Affil'd fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
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Anil Kalhan
@akalhan.bsky.social
· Sep 27
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
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Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!?
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December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!?
www.ms.now/news/border-...
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It will be very interesting to learn about the young lawyers who end up choosing to clerk for this guy
Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!?
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It will be very interesting to learn about the young lawyers who end up choosing to clerk for this guy
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Thank you for this thought-provoking and wide-ranging interview, @crampell.bsky.social!
. @crampell.bsky.social takes an interesting look back at Norman Rockwell, and defends his work against its shameless misappropriation by the Trump administration.
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The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you for this thought-provoking and wide-ranging interview, @crampell.bsky.social!
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In today's parlance, you could say Norman Rockwell got woke. Which makes the Trump administration's appropriation of his work for their authoritarian project both offensive and moronic.
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In today's parlance, you could say Norman Rockwell got woke. Which makes the Trump administration's appropriation of his work for their authoritarian project both offensive and moronic.
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A cross-national analysis finds that as governments become more populist, academic freedom declines
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A cross-national analysis finds that as governments become more populist, academic freedom declines
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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As someone who has closely covered New College of Florida since early 2023, there are at least a dozen problems with this article (I stopped counting at 12). The most significant issue is how the reporter condenses runaway spending to a paragraph.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As someone who has closely covered New College of Florida since early 2023, there are at least a dozen problems with this article (I stopped counting at 12). The most significant issue is how the reporter condenses runaway spending to a paragraph.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
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An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
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Anemola Hartocollis's last deep dive into the higher ed world was a fawning puff piece about Joshua Katz, the Princeton professor who slept with his students, wrote hostile essays about Black student orgs, was kicked out of the ACLS, and fired by Princeton after two misconduct investigations.
Anemona Hartocollis doesn't mention that he was a scandal-ridden Florida Republican politician--known for charging an $8,000 meal at the French Laundry in Napa Valley--with no experience is higher education.
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
The Florida House Speaker who bashes special interests spends their money lavishly - and won’t apologize
A self-proclaimed foe of special interests, Richard Corcoran says using their donations on private jets, posh hotels, expensive restaurants and fancy cigars is how he gets Republicans elected.
www.tampabay.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Anemola Hartocollis's last deep dive into the higher ed world was a fawning puff piece about Joshua Katz, the Princeton professor who slept with his students, wrote hostile essays about Black student orgs, was kicked out of the ACLS, and fired by Princeton after two misconduct investigations.
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Anemona Hartocollis doesn't mention that he was a scandal-ridden Florida Republican politician--known for charging an $8,000 meal at the French Laundry in Napa Valley--with no experience is higher education.
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
The Florida House Speaker who bashes special interests spends their money lavishly - and won’t apologize
A self-proclaimed foe of special interests, Richard Corcoran says using their donations on private jets, posh hotels, expensive restaurants and fancy cigars is how he gets Republicans elected.
www.tampabay.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Anemona Hartocollis doesn't mention that he was a scandal-ridden Florida Republican politician--known for charging an $8,000 meal at the French Laundry in Napa Valley--with no experience is higher education.
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
www.tampabay.com/florida-poli...
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Stay classy, DOJ
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Stay classy, DOJ
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If it's a horrible hot take about higher education in the NYT, you can pretty much assume it's Anemona Hartocollis.
Great thread by Don on the person who gives us awful take after awful take.
Great thread by Don on the person who gives us awful take after awful take.
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If it's a horrible hot take about higher education in the NYT, you can pretty much assume it's Anemona Hartocollis.
Great thread by Don on the person who gives us awful take after awful take.
Great thread by Don on the person who gives us awful take after awful take.
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As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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"Why Peter Thiel is leaving Silicon Valley" (2018)
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Why Peter Thiel is leaving Silicon Valley" (2018)
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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no will convince me that "Heritage American" is anything other than an heirloom farmer's market tomato name
December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
no will convince me that "Heritage American" is anything other than an heirloom farmer's market tomato name
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NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Wild scenes. Absolutely wild. My brain can't comprehend this kind of behavior
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Wild scenes. Absolutely wild. My brain can't comprehend this kind of behavior
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Think your mail is private? In Columbus, ICE is playing "Postmaster General."
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Think your mail is private? In Columbus, ICE is playing "Postmaster General."
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Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” speech *defended* conservatives.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” speech *defended* conservatives.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
Paraphrasing: “Some call all Republicans racist, homophobic, and otherwise bigoted, but that’s unfair to millions. It’s only half, the rest are good people.”
But the press made calling an openly bigoted campaign bigoted a scandal.
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“Who’s gonna stop you for that” is Trump’s key political insight
Newly discovered recordings show how far Donald Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
December 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Who’s gonna stop you for that” is Trump’s key political insight
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"an internet witch hunt"
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
December 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"an internet witch hunt"
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.
Every single named person in this article who spread ugly lies about the Brown shooting, even putting an innocent student in danger, is a Republican. One is even a top DOJ official.
This NYT headline makes it seem like it was an everybody problem. It was not.