Daniel B. Rodriguez
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Daniel B. Rodriguez
@dbrodriguez.bsky.social
Harold Washington Prof., Northwestern. Former dean (NU & USD). New book: Good Governing: The Police Power in the American States (Cambridge 2024). Public law, state/local, constitutionalism & democracy, legal ed & higher ed, law-tech, regulation.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Oh man.
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped

Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back

www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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🥇🥇🥇
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
@andrewhickey.500songs.com AH deconstructing provenance of songs on Zeppelin I was genius. First rate music journalist doing the work.
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Next 36 hours will be about journalists reminding MAGA morons that Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. Good times.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Album That Has Nothing On Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ Wins Grammy Award https://theonion.com/album-that-has-nothing-on-fleetwood-mac-s-rumours-win-1819576068/
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities.
People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.
Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions over the firm’s tax arrangements with Jeffrey Epstein throughout the 2010s www.ft.com/content/092d...
Apollo chief Marc Rowan consulted Epstein on firm’s tax affairs
New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.
‘All-out assault on our democracy:’ Bondi’s Minnesota blackmail letter draws righteous fury from state election leaders
“This isn't leadership. This is blackmail," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. "This is the way organized crime works."
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Super Bowl prediction
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Many of you seem pretty excited about an Aaron Rodgers retirement announcement, and I get it. But let's just see how you feel when he's sworn in as HHS deputy secretary in like three months.
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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Rogers ain’t never been vaccinated against INTs, for sure
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Tapper shreds Noem. Accept no substitute.
Tapper: "By this standard, would any of these officers be justified in shooting and killing the people causing them physical harm?"

Noem: "Every single situation is going to rely on the situation those officers are on."

It only gets dumber from there.
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Looking forward to reading this.
January 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Rankings blech.
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
@andrewhickey.500songs.com Looking forward to what Mr. Hickey will be spinning for us in 2026. The real deal.
January 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Indiana U is a football school.
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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I regret to inform you there’s a new post telling us we’re rubes who’ve missed the obvious & clear meaning of the Const’n for a century.

This is the type of post you make when your goal is to juice engagement from those who want nothing more than to be told their policy goals are const’l commands.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A Review to a Kill
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Nobody does Law Better
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Can you say over reaction?
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I love that @andrewhickey.500songs.com, the great popular music guru, has such an unabashed love of Christmas music.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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So poignantly haunting yet heartening. Chag Sameach.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Northwestern wins nattie in women's field hockey! Def. Princeton.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM