brad k
@bradkmn.bsky.social
Retired law prof, political junkie, nature lover, Yooper to the bones. Been around the block a few times, tread a bit worn. I read history & philosophy, listen to jazz & blues, watch b/w noir & screwball comedies. Go Blue!
I wonder if China is manipulating the soybean market with its on-again, off-again import bans. Futures are up 10% in the last month on news China will resume buying U.S. soy—a purely discretionary matter. They could have bought low & now either take delivery on the cheap or sell high at a profit.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I wonder if China is manipulating the soybean market with its on-again, off-again import bans. Futures are up 10% in the last month on news China will resume buying U.S. soy—a purely discretionary matter. They could have bought low & now either take delivery on the cheap or sell high at a profit.
Modern technology could allow creation of “ICE Alert” networks in cities targeted for immigration crackdowns. People would phone in ICE sightings, location data then automatically transferred to real-time online maps, thus alerting potential targets to ICE presence in their communities. Yes or no?
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Modern technology could allow creation of “ICE Alert” networks in cities targeted for immigration crackdowns. People would phone in ICE sightings, location data then automatically transferred to real-time online maps, thus alerting potential targets to ICE presence in their communities. Yes or no?
Trump seeks to force universities to bend the knee and pledge ideological fealty in exchange for priority treatment in federal funding. This is extortion. It’s also a violation of Constitutionally protected freedom of speech and bedrock principles of academic freedom. This hill is worth dying on.
October 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trump seeks to force universities to bend the knee and pledge ideological fealty in exchange for priority treatment in federal funding. This is extortion. It’s also a violation of Constitutionally protected freedom of speech and bedrock principles of academic freedom. This hill is worth dying on.
GOP: You broke it. You own it.
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
GOP: You broke it. You own it.
If Jan. 6th happens again, who will be left to stop it? Trump has federalized the DC National Guard and claims to be running the DC Police. His minions are in charge of the Pentagon and both houses of Congress. His current VP is a spineless lackey. What’s to prevent a complete coup d’etat?
August 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If Jan. 6th happens again, who will be left to stop it? Trump has federalized the DC National Guard and claims to be running the DC Police. His minions are in charge of the Pentagon and both houses of Congress. His current VP is a spineless lackey. What’s to prevent a complete coup d’etat?
It’s terrifying that the fate of the nation and 30% of the world’s economy is in the hands of an innumerate and economically illiterate delusional narcissist, operating on impulse and grievance with no institutional guardrails.
August 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It’s terrifying that the fate of the nation and 30% of the world’s economy is in the hands of an innumerate and economically illiterate delusional narcissist, operating on impulse and grievance with no institutional guardrails.
Jeff Bezos’ lavish Venice wedding is a vulgar display of what Thorstein Veblen dubbed “conspicuous consumption” in the original Gilded Age. Its indulgent excesses are a rude slap in the face to the working people of that historic city, and to working people everywhere struggling to make ends meet.
June 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Jeff Bezos’ lavish Venice wedding is a vulgar display of what Thorstein Veblen dubbed “conspicuous consumption” in the original Gilded Age. Its indulgent excesses are a rude slap in the face to the working people of that historic city, and to working people everywhere struggling to make ends meet.
Now that Netanyahu’s self-destructive and utterly counterproductive war with Iran has paused, he can get back to the main object on his agenda: slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza.
June 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Now that Netanyahu’s self-destructive and utterly counterproductive war with Iran has paused, he can get back to the main object on his agenda: slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza.
U.S.A.
Proudly and Defiantly King-Free Since 1776.
And determined to keep it that way!
Proudly and Defiantly King-Free Since 1776.
And determined to keep it that way!
June 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
U.S.A.
Proudly and Defiantly King-Free Since 1776.
And determined to keep it that way!
Proudly and Defiantly King-Free Since 1776.
And determined to keep it that way!
Notice to all military and National Guard personnel: “Just following orders” is not a legally valid defense if the order was unlawful. Nuremberg taught us that.
June 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Notice to all military and National Guard personnel: “Just following orders” is not a legally valid defense if the order was unlawful. Nuremberg taught us that.
Nothing says ‘Police State’ quite like military forces in the streets, suppressing protest via wholesale detentions and abductions without any semblance of due process.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nothing says ‘Police State’ quite like military forces in the streets, suppressing protest via wholesale detentions and abductions without any semblance of due process.
Maybe if Donald Trump wasn’t so insecure about the size of his penis, we’d be spared the obscene expense of his macho-man military parade. Listen, Donald: the Ancient Greeks thought a small dick was an attractive feature in a man. Just look at their statues. And commission one of yourself!
June 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Maybe if Donald Trump wasn’t so insecure about the size of his penis, we’d be spared the obscene expense of his macho-man military parade. Listen, Donald: the Ancient Greeks thought a small dick was an attractive feature in a man. Just look at their statues. And commission one of yourself!
Cruelty seems to be the ultimate point of many of their policies. It’s not collateral damage; it’s the intended result.
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Cruelty seems to be the ultimate point of many of their policies. It’s not collateral damage; it’s the intended result.
Trump is determined to choke off EVs, trains, and green energy in a last ditch effort to save a slowly dying fossil fuel industry. This will only put America further behind the global technology curve, a race we’re already losing. We’ll end up much poorer for it. Call it the anti-Abundance agenda.
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trump is determined to choke off EVs, trains, and green energy in a last ditch effort to save a slowly dying fossil fuel industry. This will only put America further behind the global technology curve, a race we’re already losing. We’ll end up much poorer for it. Call it the anti-Abundance agenda.
Trump and the MAGA Congress are taking “one big, beautiful” dump on the poor and working class Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump and the MAGA Congress are taking “one big, beautiful” dump on the poor and working class Americans.
Trump’s proposed cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Head Start, and student loans are plain cruel. As is ICE’s treatment of undocumented immigrants and international students. Cruelty seems to be the point—they delight in it, as did Italy’s Fascists and Germany’s Nazis. Cruelty goes hand in hand with fascism.
May 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump’s proposed cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Head Start, and student loans are plain cruel. As is ICE’s treatment of undocumented immigrants and international students. Cruelty seems to be the point—they delight in it, as did Italy’s Fascists and Germany’s Nazis. Cruelty goes hand in hand with fascism.
You’ve gotta hand it to that slick conman Trump. With his tariffs, he’s selling a multibillion dollar tax hike on the poor and middle class, which his base gladly accepts on the empty promise of future manufacturing jobs. Every scam starts: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”
May 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You’ve gotta hand it to that slick conman Trump. With his tariffs, he’s selling a multibillion dollar tax hike on the poor and middle class, which his base gladly accepts on the empty promise of future manufacturing jobs. Every scam starts: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”
Trump adviser Stephen Miller wants to suspend habeas corpus. The Constitution forbids this except in case of insurrection or invasion, but Trump could gin up a pretext. The “Great Writ” is all that stands between us and arbitrary detention, imprisonment, or disappearance—i.e., Gestapo rule.
May 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trump adviser Stephen Miller wants to suspend habeas corpus. The Constitution forbids this except in case of insurrection or invasion, but Trump could gin up a pretext. The “Great Writ” is all that stands between us and arbitrary detention, imprisonment, or disappearance—i.e., Gestapo rule.
Does this China tariff pause mean little Susie gets her usual 30 dolls, and as many pencils as she wants?
May 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Does this China tariff pause mean little Susie gets her usual 30 dolls, and as many pencils as she wants?
Trump hates Hollywood. And Hollywood hates him right back.
May 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump hates Hollywood. And Hollywood hates him right back.
Trump’s pro-ignorance agenda:
* eliminate Dept. of Education
* cut K-12 funding
* eliminate Head Start
* cut Pell Grants, student loans
* cut NIH, NSF funding
* suppress academic freedom & institutions
* slash gov’t science—NOAA, NASA, EPA, CDC, FDA, USDA, etc.
* cut spy agencies
* de-fund NPR, PBS
* eliminate Dept. of Education
* cut K-12 funding
* eliminate Head Start
* cut Pell Grants, student loans
* cut NIH, NSF funding
* suppress academic freedom & institutions
* slash gov’t science—NOAA, NASA, EPA, CDC, FDA, USDA, etc.
* cut spy agencies
* de-fund NPR, PBS
May 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Trump’s pro-ignorance agenda:
* eliminate Dept. of Education
* cut K-12 funding
* eliminate Head Start
* cut Pell Grants, student loans
* cut NIH, NSF funding
* suppress academic freedom & institutions
* slash gov’t science—NOAA, NASA, EPA, CDC, FDA, USDA, etc.
* cut spy agencies
* de-fund NPR, PBS
* eliminate Dept. of Education
* cut K-12 funding
* eliminate Head Start
* cut Pell Grants, student loans
* cut NIH, NSF funding
* suppress academic freedom & institutions
* slash gov’t science—NOAA, NASA, EPA, CDC, FDA, USDA, etc.
* cut spy agencies
* de-fund NPR, PBS
Trump and Trumpism are failing. But Democrats must offer more than reversion to the status quo ante, because that wasn’t working for too many Americans. Especially working class and rural Americans who were left out of the prosperity enjoyed by the college-educated and professional classes.
May 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump and Trumpism are failing. But Democrats must offer more than reversion to the status quo ante, because that wasn’t working for too many Americans. Especially working class and rural Americans who were left out of the prosperity enjoyed by the college-educated and professional classes.
How do I apply for one of those “paid protester” jobs some people on the Right keep yammering about? I’ve been to countless protests over the years and never been paid a nickel. I demand back pay!!!
April 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How do I apply for one of those “paid protester” jobs some people on the Right keep yammering about? I’ve been to countless protests over the years and never been paid a nickel. I demand back pay!!!
The Trump regime is hell-bent on destroying the entire knowledge-creation industry. First by discrediting all legitimate news and information sources. Now by attacking deeper levels of knowledge through K-12 & post-secondary education, plus both academic and agency-sponsored research.
April 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Trump regime is hell-bent on destroying the entire knowledge-creation industry. First by discrediting all legitimate news and information sources. Now by attacking deeper levels of knowledge through K-12 & post-secondary education, plus both academic and agency-sponsored research.
I get the sense the Trump administration is divided on tariffs. Some want to wall off our economy with permanently high tariffs. Others want to use tariffs as bargaining leverage in gangster-style shakedowns of other countries and individual firms and sectors. Either approach is a disaster.
April 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I get the sense the Trump administration is divided on tariffs. Some want to wall off our economy with permanently high tariffs. Others want to use tariffs as bargaining leverage in gangster-style shakedowns of other countries and individual firms and sectors. Either approach is a disaster.