Eugene Freedman
@eugenefreedman.bsky.social
Union lawyer; writer about baseball labor relations; #CornellILR; #UMDLaw; #ChevyVolt driver; #Prince #Gangstarr4Ever loud rescue beagle is part of the family. He/Him
Is this the first time I've ever agreed with Jon Heyman?
@JonHeyman tweeted
Bezos lost $20-plus billion this week with AMZN plummeting (based on public estimates of his holdings). But at least he might have saved $100M or so dismantling/wrecking the Washington Post
Bezos lost $20-plus billion this week with AMZN plummeting (based on public estimates of his holdings). But at least he might have saved $100M or so dismantling/wrecking the Washington Post
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Is this the first time I've ever agreed with Jon Heyman?
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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"Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant
The livest one
Representing BK to the fullest
Gats, I pull it
Bastards ducking when Big be buckin'
Chickenheads be cluckin'
in my back room fuckin'
It ain't nothin'"
-Biggie Smalls, "Unbelievable" produced by DJ Premier
The livest one
Representing BK to the fullest
Gats, I pull it
Bastards ducking when Big be buckin'
Chickenheads be cluckin'
in my back room fuckin'
It ain't nothin'"
-Biggie Smalls, "Unbelievable" produced by DJ Premier
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I believe Gonzo trying to woo Miss Piggy is solely the creation of Muppet Babies. In all other Muppets related properties, I think he's only into chickens.
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
"Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant
The livest one
Representing BK to the fullest
Gats, I pull it
Bastards ducking when Big be buckin'
Chickenheads be cluckin'
in my back room fuckin'
It ain't nothin'"
-Biggie Smalls, "Unbelievable" produced by DJ Premier
The livest one
Representing BK to the fullest
Gats, I pull it
Bastards ducking when Big be buckin'
Chickenheads be cluckin'
in my back room fuckin'
It ain't nothin'"
-Biggie Smalls, "Unbelievable" produced by DJ Premier
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Back at the start of the Trump II administration, it was disorienting to watch powerful law firms preemptively surrender and genuflect before the King
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US justice department detailed relationship with child sex offender
www.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Back at the start of the Trump II administration, it was disorienting to watch powerful law firms preemptively surrender and genuflect before the King
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Interesting connection:
Joe Kernan's daughter is the spokesperson for Susan Collins.
Joe Kernan's daughter is the spokesperson for Susan Collins.
COONS: Joe, it's same rules NYPD follows. Do you see roving bands of NYPD w/ masks using bear spray on people?
KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt
C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt
C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Interesting connection:
Joe Kernan's daughter is the spokesperson for Susan Collins.
Joe Kernan's daughter is the spokesperson for Susan Collins.
He really doesn't want to believe the president is a horrific racist, so he will pray that he the whole thing is fake rather than actually take a position. At least it's obvious what the president thinks of him, if he didn't already.
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
He really doesn't want to believe the president is a horrific racist, so he will pray that he the whole thing is fake rather than actually take a position. At least it's obvious what the president thinks of him, if he didn't already.
There's a lot of passive voice in this statement and allowing the possibility that this was somehow a mistake is just outrageous. Even Republicans need to condemn this without caveat or deference.
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
There's a lot of passive voice in this statement and allowing the possibility that this was somehow a mistake is just outrageous. Even Republicans need to condemn this without caveat or deference.
I can only see two options here:
1) He supports her opponent and knows this will lose her the election
2) His delusions of power are beyond all prior evaluations
Normally it could be both, however in this specific instance, they are mutually exclusive.
1) He supports her opponent and knows this will lose her the election
2) His delusions of power are beyond all prior evaluations
Normally it could be both, however in this specific instance, they are mutually exclusive.
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I can only see two options here:
1) He supports her opponent and knows this will lose her the election
2) His delusions of power are beyond all prior evaluations
Normally it could be both, however in this specific instance, they are mutually exclusive.
1) He supports her opponent and knows this will lose her the election
2) His delusions of power are beyond all prior evaluations
Normally it could be both, however in this specific instance, they are mutually exclusive.
Harbor Place is where I first saw Dru Hill perform. They were working at the Fudgery. It was probably 1991. I was watching them for over an hour and almost missed my return bus to high school. They were singing mostly New Edition songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BK...
Urban Exploring a Dead Mall at Baltimore's Inner Harbor
YouTube video by Please Stop Vlogging
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Harbor Place is where I first saw Dru Hill perform. They were working at the Fudgery. It was probably 1991. I was watching them for over an hour and almost missed my return bus to high school. They were singing mostly New Edition songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-BK...
She should give up her Grammy because they left Guru from Gang Starr out of their in memoriam segment in 2011. #GangStarrForever #RIPGuru #OneoftheBestYet
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) said Billie Eilish should give up her Grammy Award after the singer denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during her acceptance speech Sunday.
thehill.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
She should give up her Grammy because they left Guru from Gang Starr out of their in memoriam segment in 2011. #GangStarrForever #RIPGuru #OneoftheBestYet
Actually nothing is Constitutional. Only Trump's whim is Constitutional and he can change that decision from moment to moment. It's the Unitary Executive to the 10,000th power.
Federal workers are not possible, except to murder civilians or peel my grapes.
Federal workers are not possible, except to murder civilians or peel my grapes.
At some point around page 175, the rule goes off the deep end and starts arguing about whether the civil service is constitutional. I have started writing a longer essay for @lawfaremedia.org on this topic. It's more than I can cover on Bluesky.
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Actually nothing is Constitutional. Only Trump's whim is Constitutional and he can change that decision from moment to moment. It's the Unitary Executive to the 10,000th power.
Federal workers are not possible, except to murder civilians or peel my grapes.
Federal workers are not possible, except to murder civilians or peel my grapes.
Don't think of it as a slide in market value. Think of it as a transfer of wealth from those who joined the Ponzi Scheme later to those who joined at the earlier and have decided they wanted to collect real money from the suckers.
The global crypto market has lost over $2 trillion in value since hitting a peak back in October.
www.reuters.com/business/bit...
www.reuters.com/business/bit...
Bitcoin drops, driving $2 trillion slide in crypto market value
Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares.
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Don't think of it as a slide in market value. Think of it as a transfer of wealth from those who joined the Ponzi Scheme later to those who joined at the earlier and have decided they wanted to collect real money from the suckers.
Seriously?
They're okay with these things:
Renditioning people to prisons in 3rd countries
Revoking asylum for Haitians & others
Locking up children
Deporting people w temporary status
Deporting people who haven't committed any crimes
Using chemical weapons, arresting & pointing guns at protesters
They're okay with these things:
Renditioning people to prisons in 3rd countries
Revoking asylum for Haitians & others
Locking up children
Deporting people w temporary status
Deporting people who haven't committed any crimes
Using chemical weapons, arresting & pointing guns at protesters
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Seriously?
They're okay with these things:
Renditioning people to prisons in 3rd countries
Revoking asylum for Haitians & others
Locking up children
Deporting people w temporary status
Deporting people who haven't committed any crimes
Using chemical weapons, arresting & pointing guns at protesters
They're okay with these things:
Renditioning people to prisons in 3rd countries
Revoking asylum for Haitians & others
Locking up children
Deporting people w temporary status
Deporting people who haven't committed any crimes
Using chemical weapons, arresting & pointing guns at protesters
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
Guru
"Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal"
Premier sample scratch–Da Youngstas:
🎶"Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal"🎶
Gang Starr
"Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal"
Premier sample scratch–Da Youngstas:
🎶"Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal"🎶
Gang Starr
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Guru
"Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal"
Premier sample scratch–Da Youngstas:
🎶"Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal"🎶
Gang Starr
"Maybe your soul you'd sell to have mass appeal"
Premier sample scratch–Da Youngstas:
🎶"Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal
Money's growin' like grass with the mass appeal"🎶
Gang Starr
Lowering interest rates before it's indicated can do that.
COOK: “.. readings indicate that progress on inflation essentially stalled in 2025. .. Such a plateau is frustrating after seeing significant disinflation in the preceding few years.”
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/fed...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/fed...
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Lowering interest rates before it's indicated can do that.
Air traffic controller applicants have to take a host of psychological evaluations just to attend the training academy.
But, apparently, you can have antisocial personality disorder and get into CBP and ICE. Maybe even they screen to make sure you have antisocial personality disorder.
But, apparently, you can have antisocial personality disorder and get into CBP and ICE. Maybe even they screen to make sure you have antisocial personality disorder.
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Air traffic controller applicants have to take a host of psychological evaluations just to attend the training academy.
But, apparently, you can have antisocial personality disorder and get into CBP and ICE. Maybe even they screen to make sure you have antisocial personality disorder.
But, apparently, you can have antisocial personality disorder and get into CBP and ICE. Maybe even they screen to make sure you have antisocial personality disorder.
Spanberger served as a case officer for the CIA, in which she recruited spies overseas for the US. She knows how the game is played to undermine an authoritarian regime.
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Spanberger served as a case officer for the CIA, in which she recruited spies overseas for the US. She knows how the game is played to undermine an authoritarian regime.
Washington Post has been decimated. It is no longer a serious newspaper. It no longer wants to cover world nor domestic events. It is over. A world class institution destroyed by one of the richest people in the world. I hope the $250M was worth it to the Graham family, b/c it didn't matter to him.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Washington Post has been decimated. It is no longer a serious newspaper. It no longer wants to cover world nor domestic events. It is over. A world class institution destroyed by one of the richest people in the world. I hope the $250M was worth it to the Graham family, b/c it didn't matter to him.
This is a complicated lede to write:
Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein helped Woody Allen & his former daughter & current wife Soon-Yi Previn's daughter get into college by asking Bard College president for a favor. We don't know what Bard president got in return.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein helped Woody Allen & his former daughter & current wife Soon-Yi Previn's daughter get into college by asking Bard College president for a favor. We don't know what Bard president got in return.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Epstein Helped Woody Allen’s Daughter Get Into College, Emails Show
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This is a complicated lede to write:
Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein helped Woody Allen & his former daughter & current wife Soon-Yi Previn's daughter get into college by asking Bard College president for a favor. We don't know what Bard president got in return.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein helped Woody Allen & his former daughter & current wife Soon-Yi Previn's daughter get into college by asking Bard College president for a favor. We don't know what Bard president got in return.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
strike and replace [rare misstep] with "common goose-step."
FTFY
FTFY
Stephen Miller called Alex Pretti a “domestic terrorist” after the VA nurse was killed by federal agents, a rare misstep for Miller, the White House aide stoking President Trump’s boundary-pushing impulses.
🔗: on.wsj.com/49XmNXz
🔗: on.wsj.com/49XmNXz
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
strike and replace [rare misstep] with "common goose-step."
FTFY
FTFY
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
This is the move version, not the album version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Px...
Prince
This is the move version, not the album version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Px...
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Prince
This is the move version, not the album version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Px...
Prince
This is the move version, not the album version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Px...
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My apologies to France, I was not familiar with your game.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
My apologies to France, I was not familiar with your game.