Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
Law, current events, and/or humor. Lapsed litigator. Tiresome empiricist. Not terminally online, but asymptotically approaching it. BLUESKY user #: 1,492,816. He/him. My recent writing can be found here:
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/alanneff/
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Alan Neff
@alanneff.bsky.social
· Feb 19
How Trump “Won”
The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority
substack.com
Every time I read this, I learn new things from this thought-provoking, data-based analysis of voters' behavior in the 2024 election as compared to the 2020 election.
I urge everyone to read it.
Thanks to @mikepod.bsky.social for writing it and sharing it.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I urge everyone to read it.
Thanks to @mikepod.bsky.social for writing it and sharing it.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In her Substack, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminded us that today's the 112th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In her Substack, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminded us that today's the 112th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
Government of the people, for the people, and by the people must not perish from this earth. That's our duty to Mr. Lincoln and all others who've sacrificed for this principle.
I'm sure she can make up for her social losses by engaging positively and supportively with her transgender friends and - wait (taps ear-bud), what's that? Oh. Never mind.
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I'm sure she can make up for her social losses by engaging positively and supportively with her transgender friends and - wait (taps ear-bud), what's that? Oh. Never mind.
Hi, Dave! Long time no talk. Speaking as one of the semites on here (albeit the purely secular flavored variety), we work with what we have to do what we can.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hi, Dave! Long time no talk. Speaking as one of the semites on here (albeit the purely secular flavored variety), we work with what we have to do what we can.
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God this is so utterly despicable. Trump is “he was no angel”- ing a journalist who was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw by agents of an authoritarian regime.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
God this is so utterly despicable. Trump is “he was no angel”- ing a journalist who was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw by agents of an authoritarian regime.
...and just like that, a craven Senate majority of R senators gets past this embarrassing moment. But, we'll take the win.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
...and just like that, a craven Senate majority of R senators gets past this embarrassing moment. But, we'll take the win.
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Trump has conned tens of millions of people after Fox News and other disinformation softened them up. But he’s actually a terrible liar who always tells on himself. And it’s clear he’s terrified now that the Epstein files and his old sex predator friend Ghislaine Maxwell will reveal the ugly truth.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump has conned tens of millions of people after Fox News and other disinformation softened them up. But he’s actually a terrible liar who always tells on himself. And it’s clear he’s terrified now that the Epstein files and his old sex predator friend Ghislaine Maxwell will reveal the ugly truth.
Has any reporter asked Rep. Boebert what Bondi, et al, told her/asked her to do in the Situation Room regarding the Epstein Files discharge petition? I can't think of any privilege anyone can invoke to prevent the disclosure of that kind of inter-branch communication.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Has any reporter asked Rep. Boebert what Bondi, et al, told her/asked her to do in the Situation Room regarding the Epstein Files discharge petition? I can't think of any privilege anyone can invoke to prevent the disclosure of that kind of inter-branch communication.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!
A week of wins for democracy, and now this:
Wordle 1,603 1/6
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Wordle 1,603 1/6
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November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A week of wins for democracy, and now this:
Wordle 1,603 1/6
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I made an attempt, but I probably injected too much provincial snark into the discussion.
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I made an attempt, but I probably injected too much provincial snark into the discussion.
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Mamdani’s win is a warning for media:
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Mamdani’s win is a warning for media:
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
He knows better, but he knows on which side of the bread he finds the Orange butter.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
He knows better, but he knows on which side of the bread he finds the Orange butter.
Today's dispatch from the People's Department of Jury Nullification*:
(*Jury nullification is the result where, notwithstanding evidence that could support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, a jury decides to acquit.)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
(*Jury nullification is the result where, notwithstanding evidence that could support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, a jury decides to acquit.)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today's dispatch from the People's Department of Jury Nullification*:
(*Jury nullification is the result where, notwithstanding evidence that could support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, a jury decides to acquit.)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
(*Jury nullification is the result where, notwithstanding evidence that could support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, a jury decides to acquit.)
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Really stunning that the British Royal Family — just about the most insulated institution in the free world! — has managed to enact stronger consequences for an Epstein friend than anything the US has managed at all.
Lot happening in the world but this is truly a remarkable, and damming, development: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Really stunning that the British Royal Family — just about the most insulated institution in the free world! — has managed to enact stronger consequences for an Epstein friend than anything the US has managed at all.
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The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
A quick reminder that the House is not in session because Speaker Johnson CANCELED it, not because of the current shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
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Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
Today's terror-report from Chicago, America's Insurrection Epicenter (Trump Organization's TM ®️ pending):
Kite surfers above Montrose Beach.
The horror. The horror...
Kite surfers above Montrose Beach.
The horror. The horror...
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Today's terror-report from Chicago, America's Insurrection Epicenter (Trump Organization's TM ®️ pending):
Kite surfers above Montrose Beach.
The horror. The horror...
Kite surfers above Montrose Beach.
The horror. The horror...
Today's dispatch from the Department of Untimely Advertising Slogans:
In a Draft Kings ad, Kevin Hart declares that, "With today's NBA stars, no lead is safe." Shaq then says, "Bet on it."
In a Draft Kings ad, Kevin Hart declares that, "With today's NBA stars, no lead is safe." Shaq then says, "Bet on it."
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today's dispatch from the Department of Untimely Advertising Slogans:
In a Draft Kings ad, Kevin Hart declares that, "With today's NBA stars, no lead is safe." Shaq then says, "Bet on it."
In a Draft Kings ad, Kevin Hart declares that, "With today's NBA stars, no lead is safe." Shaq then says, "Bet on it."
As someone who's worked with journalists, worked as a journalist, and worked as a local-government lawyer, It's clear that @annabower.bsky.social understands how journalism works, and Ms. Halligan does not.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
As someone who's worked with journalists, worked as a journalist, and worked as a local-government lawyer, It's clear that @annabower.bsky.social understands how journalism works, and Ms. Halligan does not.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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They do know, and they're saying so.
Watch the "60 Minutes" clip Ryan Goodman quote-posts below, and read "Chapter 2, Court Distrust of Government Information and Representations" of the study he and others at Just Security published that he links.
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
Judges are calling BS.
Watch the "60 Minutes" clip Ryan Goodman quote-posts below, and read "Chapter 2, Court Distrust of Government Information and Representations" of the study he and others at Just Security published that he links.
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
Judges are calling BS.
I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They do know, and they're saying so.
Watch the "60 Minutes" clip Ryan Goodman quote-posts below, and read "Chapter 2, Court Distrust of Government Information and Representations" of the study he and others at Just Security published that he links.
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
Judges are calling BS.
Watch the "60 Minutes" clip Ryan Goodman quote-posts below, and read "Chapter 2, Court Distrust of Government Information and Representations" of the study he and others at Just Security published that he links.
bsky.app/profile/rgoo...
Judges are calling BS.
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Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, Ruth Marcus writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zn2Q1B
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, Ruth Marcus writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zn2Q1B
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It’s now been a month since we learned Trump’s team shut down an investigation into Tom Homan taking a $50K bribe — and we haven't seen an ounce of transparency or accountability.
Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.
Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
www.newyorker.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s now been a month since we learned Trump’s team shut down an investigation into Tom Homan taking a $50K bribe — and we haven't seen an ounce of transparency or accountability.
Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.
Where did Tom stash the cash? What is he hiding? Americans deserve to know.
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM