Andrew Selbst
@aselbst.bsky.social
UCLA Law Prof. Focused on law, tech, and justice. Posting is mostly rage at fascists, their journalist enablers, and feckless Dems who need to retire. Sometimes I even post about things people call me an expert in. He/him. http://ssrn.com/author=1328346
Man it sure would be nice to have some originalists around in Washington right now.
"The Constitution vests the power of declaring War with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject, and authorised such a measure."
George Washington
George Washington
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Man it sure would be nice to have some originalists around in Washington right now.
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Congress could, and should, impeach, remove, and convict by the end of the day.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Congress could, and should, impeach, remove, and convict by the end of the day.
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As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
It’s amazing that Bush’s WMD lies were the better comparison—at least he felt like the public’s consent was ilportabt enough that he should lie to us about it. Here, we don’t even get that.
This is fucking lunacy. Unprovoked undeclared unilateral invasion of a sovereign country for literally no reason at all
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
It’s amazing that Bush’s WMD lies were the better comparison—at least he felt like the public’s consent was ilportabt enough that he should lie to us about it. Here, we don’t even get that.
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Impeach.
And repudiate. If both don't happen, America will stand no chance of recovering in our lifetimes, if ever.
And if Schumer, et al, can't see that's the stakes, then they need to resign.
And repudiate. If both don't happen, America will stand no chance of recovering in our lifetimes, if ever.
And if Schumer, et al, can't see that's the stakes, then they need to resign.
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Impeach.
And repudiate. If both don't happen, America will stand no chance of recovering in our lifetimes, if ever.
And if Schumer, et al, can't see that's the stakes, then they need to resign.
And repudiate. If both don't happen, America will stand no chance of recovering in our lifetimes, if ever.
And if Schumer, et al, can't see that's the stakes, then they need to resign.
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The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
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Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
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You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
AI companies can’t win out by playing by the rules and making a valuable product everyone wants, but it’s a lot cheaper to bribe Trump to allow them to hurt everyone with no consequences.
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 AM
AI companies can’t win out by playing by the rules and making a valuable product everyone wants, but it’s a lot cheaper to bribe Trump to allow them to hurt everyone with no consequences.
Good. This is insane.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Good. This is insane.
The irony of Citizens United is that money in politics has diminishing returns, making many folks argue at the time that the decision wasn’t as problematic as it seemed. But to an admin that runs on bribes and loyalty oaths, money works perfectly as intended—as a signal.
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The irony of Citizens United is that money in politics has diminishing returns, making many folks argue at the time that the decision wasn’t as problematic as it seemed. But to an admin that runs on bribes and loyalty oaths, money works perfectly as intended—as a signal.
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Delete your Twitter account right now.
Just do it.
Just do it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Delete your Twitter account right now.
Just do it.
Just do it.
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For folks still struggling with the math:
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For folks still struggling with the math:
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
There are ~345 million US citizens.
There are ~245 million white US citizens.
This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people.
Not "undocumented criminals."
Not even "all undocumented people."
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We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
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“Surveillance ruins everything,” the latest episode in an ongoing series.
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Surveillance ruins everything,” the latest episode in an ongoing series.
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Going to mentally slot in “voluntarily reestablish social, economic, and political guardrails” just after @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social’s “bring back shame” in my mental model of the way out of this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | There Is a Way Out of This Mess
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Going to mentally slot in “voluntarily reestablish social, economic, and political guardrails” just after @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social’s “bring back shame” in my mental model of the way out of this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
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CNN becomes the first US outlet to confirm Trump's attack on the Venezuelan mainland. He apparently did report it to Congress. This is an act of war and a violation of the UN Charter. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
CNN becomes the first US outlet to confirm Trump's attack on the Venezuelan mainland. He apparently did report it to Congress. This is an act of war and a violation of the UN Charter. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
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The Neocons were a substantial factor in producing Trumpism in the first place, the Iraq war etc., not to mention mainstreaming rejection of the civil rights movement. Now they’re upset because it turn out many of their ideological bedfellows are virulent antisemites
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Neocons were a substantial factor in producing Trumpism in the first place, the Iraq war etc., not to mention mainstreaming rejection of the civil rights movement. Now they’re upset because it turn out many of their ideological bedfellows are virulent antisemites
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Good reminder.
Idea: a scoreboard showing which media sources have been captured by which Big Tech companies. (And listing any sources that *aren't* captured.)
Idea: a scoreboard showing which media sources have been captured by which Big Tech companies. (And listing any sources that *aren't* captured.)
Always good to keep in mind that Guardian has a partnership with OpenAI.
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs to be handled responsibly
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good reminder.
Idea: a scoreboard showing which media sources have been captured by which Big Tech companies. (And listing any sources that *aren't* captured.)
Idea: a scoreboard showing which media sources have been captured by which Big Tech companies. (And listing any sources that *aren't* captured.)
Is there a list of AI-compromised news outlets somewhere? Guardian, Vox and who else?
Always good to keep in mind that Guardian has a partnership with OpenAI.
Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs to be handled responsibly
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Is there a list of AI-compromised news outlets somewhere? Guardian, Vox and who else?