Corinne Blalock
@corinneblalock.bsky.social
currently a fellow at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.social | still doing @lpenyc.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
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you guys there is no putting this all back together again in the next admin without supreme court reform there is simply no way
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
you guys there is no putting this all back together again in the next admin without supreme court reform there is simply no way
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Abolish The Atlantic
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Abolish The Atlantic
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A must-read: "If law is to function as anything other than a retrospective vocabulary for state violence, as a lens inverted to minimize and occlude the contours of such violence and its meanings, then it must be wielded deliberately..."
Today, Emmanuel Mauleón reflects on the situation in Minnesota, what it tells us about the law, and how the legal community should respond.
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
Whistling at the Edge of Law
The whistle is sounding in Minneapolis. The question before the legal profession is whether we will hear it, amplify it, and act accordingly, or instead insist that the ground eroding beneath our feet...
lpeproject.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A must-read: "If law is to function as anything other than a retrospective vocabulary for state violence, as a lens inverted to minimize and occlude the contours of such violence and its meanings, then it must be wielded deliberately..."
I mean we've seen a lot of racists in Trump's cabinet either bumble or attack when confronted with racist things they've said but this is truly next level.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I mean we've seen a lot of racists in Trump's cabinet either bumble or attack when confronted with racist things they've said but this is truly next level.
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Yale, Harvard, Stanford
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Yale, Harvard, Stanford
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I have a new piece out today in Phenomenal World, on the economics of a freeze in NYC regulated rents. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I have a new piece out today in Phenomenal World, on the economics of a freeze in NYC regulated rents. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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The NYC Policy Forum is a very exciting new project which I am thrilled to be part of.
This piece is co-published with the NYC Policy Forum—a new project run jointly by PW, the Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Climate & Community Institute.
Read and sign up here for more NYC policy and politics:
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
Read and sign up here for more NYC policy and politics:
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing | JW Mason
Understanding the debate over distressed buildings, multifamily rental incomes, and the rent freeze
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The NYC Policy Forum is a very exciting new project which I am thrilled to be part of.
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"When ICE's ordinary operations require protection from law rather than obedience to it, abolition is not a radical slogan but a natural conclusion."
February 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"When ICE's ordinary operations require protection from law rather than obedience to it, abolition is not a radical slogan but a natural conclusion."
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"Here, too, law and order are being produced, not by courts that rapidly retreat from confrontation under a presumption of regularity, or agencies that disclaim responsibility for their own violence, but by collective practice that emerges when formal guarantees prove selectively unreliable."
February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"Here, too, law and order are being produced, not by courts that rapidly retreat from confrontation under a presumption of regularity, or agencies that disclaim responsibility for their own violence, but by collective practice that emerges when formal guarantees prove selectively unreliable."
not to be all "all the publications I am involved with are doing really important things today" but also, it's true. JW Mason's piece up on the NYC Policy Forum today is an absolute must-read !!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing | JW Mason
Understanding the debate over distressed buildings, multifamily rental incomes, and the rent freeze
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
not to be all "all the publications I am involved with are doing really important things today" but also, it's true. JW Mason's piece up on the NYC Policy Forum today is an absolute must-read !!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...
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“When we refuse our boldest arguments, quieter ones prevail, leaving doctrine already in motion to grind on. In doing so, we do not merely misjudge the moment; we actively participate in the steady undoing of the ground that legal protection is said to provide”
a beautifully written and powerful piece from University of Minnesota Law professor Emmanuel Mauleón on the stakes of how the legal profession responds in this moment.
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
Whistling at the Edge of Law
The whistle is sounding in Minneapolis. The question before the legal profession is whether we will hear it, amplify it, and act accordingly, or instead insist that the ground eroding beneath our feet...
lpeproject.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“When we refuse our boldest arguments, quieter ones prevail, leaving doctrine already in motion to grind on. In doing so, we do not merely misjudge the moment; we actively participate in the steady undoing of the ground that legal protection is said to provide”
a beautifully written and powerful piece from University of Minnesota Law professor Emmanuel Mauleón on the stakes of how the legal profession responds in this moment.
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
Whistling at the Edge of Law
The whistle is sounding in Minneapolis. The question before the legal profession is whether we will hear it, amplify it, and act accordingly, or instead insist that the ground eroding beneath our feet...
lpeproject.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
a beautifully written and powerful piece from University of Minnesota Law professor Emmanuel Mauleón on the stakes of how the legal profession responds in this moment.
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
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Hey, read this. lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Hey, read this. lpeproject.org/blog/whistli...
real “we need to talk” vibes from Freddie
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
real “we need to talk” vibes from Freddie
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this just needs to be rejected at every point. It is not true and nobody should think it is true.
Abolish ICE is not unclear. There are not many interpretations. People know what it means and some do not like it, and they are lying about it being unclear.
Abolish ICE is not unclear. There are not many interpretations. People know what it means and some do not like it, and they are lying about it being unclear.
Stay for this bonkers interview with Rep. Adam Smith about his financial support from Palantir, facilitators of the ICE panopticon.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
this just needs to be rejected at every point. It is not true and nobody should think it is true.
Abolish ICE is not unclear. There are not many interpretations. People know what it means and some do not like it, and they are lying about it being unclear.
Abolish ICE is not unclear. There are not many interpretations. People know what it means and some do not like it, and they are lying about it being unclear.
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One thing I wonder is how much AI apocalypse discourse is displaced climate anxiety.
I personally do not take the hype seriously. I think the chance that AI will replace most white collar jobs is close enough to zero to ignore. I think erring in the other direction is a much bigger concern.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
One thing I wonder is how much AI apocalypse discourse is displaced climate anxiety.
a few months ago I had an elective colonoscopy because of James Van Der Beek. there are a lot of symptoms that can justify yr insurance covering it before 45. the thing I was worried abt was in fact nothing but they found asymptomatic polyps that likely wld have been cancer by the time I am 45
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
a few months ago I had an elective colonoscopy because of James Van Der Beek. there are a lot of symptoms that can justify yr insurance covering it before 45. the thing I was worried abt was in fact nothing but they found asymptomatic polyps that likely wld have been cancer by the time I am 45
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A moving essay by my colleague Amna Akbar: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Amna A. Akbar | In South Minneapolis
ICE have gone from wearing tactical army gear to Midwestern civilian garb; I have even seen photos of agents in...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A moving essay by my colleague Amna Akbar: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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*We need Medicare for all with colonoscopies fully covered at age 40
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
*We need Medicare for all with colonoscopies fully covered at age 40
if you think you (person who doesn't own a dog in NYC) are mad about people not picking up their dog poop the past few weeks, you have no idea how mad I (a person with a dog who does pick up her dog's poop but is now reviled regradless) am
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
if you think you (person who doesn't own a dog in NYC) are mad about people not picking up their dog poop the past few weeks, you have no idea how mad I (a person with a dog who does pick up her dog's poop but is now reviled regradless) am
as an elder millennial, losing Catherine O’Hara and James Van Der Beek in the space of a week while world burns is a lot to take
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
as an elder millennial, losing Catherine O’Hara and James Van Der Beek in the space of a week while world burns is a lot to take