Corey Rayburn Yung
@coreyryung.bsky.social
Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.
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Iceland is Greenland
Norway is Denmark
Thailand is Thighland
The US is screwed
Norway is Denmark
Thailand is Thighland
The US is screwed
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Iceland is Greenland
Norway is Denmark
Thailand is Thighland
The US is screwed
Norway is Denmark
Thailand is Thighland
The US is screwed
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
"Someone was annoying" is a national emergency
President Trump says he decided to levy a 39% tariff on Swiss exports because Helene Budliger Artieda, director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, “just rubbed me the wrong way.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"Someone was annoying" is a national emergency
Critical theory is back, baby!
Today, @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social and @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social challenge the idea that law review articles should conclude with a set of actionable prescriptions.
This convention, they argue, constrains ambition, sidelines critique, and conflates near-term feasibility with rigor.
This convention, they argue, constrains ambition, sidelines critique, and conflates near-term feasibility with rigor.
Beyond Feasibility in Legal Scholarship
Law review articles are expected to conclude with a short section, often “Part IV,” that translates analysis into actionable prescriptions. Though well-intentioned, this convention constrains ambition...
lpeproject.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Critical theory is back, baby!
To honor my first day of Criminal Procedure, I'm listening to "99 Problems" (although we are still weeks away from analyzing the second verse for whether it is legally accurate under modern 4th Amendment doctrine).
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
To honor my first day of Criminal Procedure, I'm listening to "99 Problems" (although we are still weeks away from analyzing the second verse for whether it is legally accurate under modern 4th Amendment doctrine).
* Opens Word *
Shitposting as Due Process
Corey Rayburn Yung
In this article ...
Shitposting as Due Process
Corey Rayburn Yung
In this article ...
After Sauer says Lisa Cook "was given an opportunity" to respond to the allegations, KBJ asks whether that due process was: "She supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard?"
Yes, Sauer replies.
Yes, Sauer replies.
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM
* Opens Word *
Shitposting as Due Process
Corey Rayburn Yung
In this article ...
Shitposting as Due Process
Corey Rayburn Yung
In this article ...
The butterfly effect was used to be about weather formation (as Lorenz intended). But, now, it's all time travel. Damn you, Ashton Kutcher!
Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The butterfly effect was used to be about weather formation (as Lorenz intended). But, now, it's all time travel. Damn you, Ashton Kutcher!
I expect to finish teaching Criminal Law, come back to my office, and discover Alito was pushing, during oral argument, the idea that Trump is the heir to the Galactic Empire.
It's not like the Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments on whether this guy should have the power to invent reasons to fire members of the Federal Reserve board...
(Narrator: The oral argument in Trump v. Cook is set to begin in about 20 minutes.)
(Narrator: The oral argument in Trump v. Cook is set to begin in about 20 minutes.)
Trump: "We should be paying the lowest interest rate of any country in the world, because without the United States you don't have a country." 🥴
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I expect to finish teaching Criminal Law, come back to my office, and discover Alito was pushing, during oral argument, the idea that Trump is the heir to the Galactic Empire.
The Pseudo-Sexual Theory of International Relations
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The Pseudo-Sexual Theory of International Relations
The mad king thinks he is king of the world. All countries exist at his pleasure.
Trump on Canada: They should be grateful also, but they’re not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the U.S. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The mad king thinks he is king of the world. All countries exist at his pleasure.
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
So far, I am only seeing TPM, Mediaite, and Daily Beast focusing on this.
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
Trump Marks First Year In Office With Unhinged Racist Rant Targeting ‘Very Low IQ’ Somalis
President Donald Trump spent the first anniversary of his second term on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
So far, I am only seeing TPM, Mediaite, and Daily Beast focusing on this.
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
Penny sometimes forgets to retract her tongue all the way
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Penny sometimes forgets to retract her tongue all the way
The rambling finally ended. Trump is taking questions.
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The rambling finally ended. Trump is taking questions.
Trump brags about his AI policies but ends up talking about how he "opened up the water" to start the fires in California. His brain is mush.
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Trump brags about his AI policies but ends up talking about how he "opened up the water" to start the fires in California. His brain is mush.
The clips will not do justice to how long and rambling this press conference is. If he was doing this at a cocktail party, everyone would have long walked away from him.
Omg this press conference is going to go on forever
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The clips will not do justice to how long and rambling this press conference is. If he was doing this at a cocktail party, everyone would have long walked away from him.
Trump just said Leonard Leo is a "bad guy." LOL.
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Trump just said Leonard Leo is a "bad guy." LOL.
I'm listening to the Trump press conference (for reasons unknown) and he really is more rambling than usual. He is just making crap up and babbling while he goes through a written list of accomplishments.
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I'm listening to the Trump press conference (for reasons unknown) and he really is more rambling than usual. He is just making crap up and babbling while he goes through a written list of accomplishments.
Trump just said "Thailand" and pronounced it properly, which reminds of the time that he said "Thighland" and a bunch of right-wing influencers (particularly Dinesh D'Souza) came out and said that's how it is actually pronounced.
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Trump just said "Thailand" and pronounced it properly, which reminds of the time that he said "Thighland" and a bunch of right-wing influencers (particularly Dinesh D'Souza) came out and said that's how it is actually pronounced.
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty
Trump's DOJ Subpoenas 5 Minnesota Democrats: Report
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Trump's narcissism on full display. It is always about him.
Trump: "ICE is gonna be too rough with somebody. They're gonna make a mistake sometimes. I felt horribly when I was told the young woman had the tragedy. But when I learned her father is - I hope he still is, but I don't know - was a tremendous Trump fan. It's terrible. It's so sad. It just happens"
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Trump's narcissism on full display. It is always about him.
Reposted by Corey Rayburn Yung
when the local judges post your gig on monster dot com
Quite a job posting!
Federal judges in the eastern district of Virginia are seeking a candidate to appoint to replace .....
Lindsey Halligan
Federal judges in the eastern district of Virginia are seeking a candidate to appoint to replace .....
Lindsey Halligan
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
when the local judges post your gig on monster dot com