gelbach
@gelbach.bsky.social
Expert provider of lay opinions.
Day job: Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. Opinions my own, not intended to represent UC's.
Day job: Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. Opinions my own, not intended to represent UC's.
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I've released a new version of strgroup, a Stata command that does fuzzy string matching. No new functionality, but the underlying C code has been optimized: it now uses much less memory and runs about 5 times faster
github.com/reifjulian/s...
github.com/reifjulian/s...
GitHub - reifjulian/strgroup: Match strings based on their Levenshtein edit distance.
Match strings based on their Levenshtein edit distance. - reifjulian/strgroup
github.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I've released a new version of strgroup, a Stata command that does fuzzy string matching. No new functionality, but the underlying C code has been optimized: it now uses much less memory and runs about 5 times faster
github.com/reifjulian/s...
github.com/reifjulian/s...
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I'm seeking to connect with writers in or near Springfield, Ohio. Please feel free to email me at adam @ liberalcurrents dot com, or connect with me on signal
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I'm seeking to connect with writers in or near Springfield, Ohio. Please feel free to email me at adam @ liberalcurrents dot com, or connect with me on signal
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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lander should run against schumer. i'm serious. schumer has to invent imaginary friends and lander is out there making friends and doing retail politics like a boss.
This is Brad Lander doing pulltabs in the Uptown VFW. He’s one of us now
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 AM
lander should run against schumer. i'm serious. schumer has to invent imaginary friends and lander is out there making friends and doing retail politics like a boss.
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Colorado AG candidate David Seligman is giving out these key chains that double as whistles. talk about on it!
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Colorado AG candidate David Seligman is giving out these key chains that double as whistles. talk about on it!
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The news from Minnesota is rightly in all the headlines but the news from Maine is terribly ugly as well: wgme.com/news/local/s...
Saco reverend 'heartbroken' and 'furious' over ICE arrest of church member
The reverend says after their conversation Nzeza went to pick up some things for his family and on his way home ICE took him.
wgme.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The news from Minnesota is rightly in all the headlines but the news from Maine is terribly ugly as well: wgme.com/news/local/s...
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"Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Art matters. Stay free.
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Art matters. Stay free.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Art matters. Stay free.
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
Art matters. Stay free.
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Epstein should stick to epidemiology. He's better at it than English history.
Full brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Full brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov
January 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Epstein should stick to epidemiology. He's better at it than English history.
Full brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Full brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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Important. There has not been a deescalation.
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Important. There has not been a deescalation.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
I don’t know if conspiracy to murder The Republic is a chargeable offense, but I’m guessing there may be others.
MS NOW: Should there be accountability for Stephen Miller?
WALZ: There better be
WALZ: There better be
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I don’t know if conspiracy to murder The Republic is a chargeable offense, but I’m guessing there may be others.
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Well…in our history there’s one notorious group whose members styled themselves enforcers of law & order that wore face coverings in carrying out their brutal policing activities, but I assume today’s officials wouldn’t want to argue they’re following in *that* tradition.
Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Well…in our history there’s one notorious group whose members styled themselves enforcers of law & order that wore face coverings in carrying out their brutal policing activities, but I assume today’s officials wouldn’t want to argue they’re following in *that* tradition.
just wow
wooooow
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
just wow
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Republicans have gifted us the baton on basically every American value — freedom, community, the American Dream, etc. — and we have the chance to establish an entirely new idea of what a Real American looks like.
It looks like the people in Minneapolis, not rural racists.
It looks like the people in Minneapolis, not rural racists.
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Republicans have gifted us the baton on basically every American value — freedom, community, the American Dream, etc. — and we have the chance to establish an entirely new idea of what a Real American looks like.
It looks like the people in Minneapolis, not rural racists.
It looks like the people in Minneapolis, not rural racists.
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The current iteration of the Democratic Party is rudderless but we’ve finally found our anti-fascist identity: We’re the Real Americans who love our neighbors and communities and we’re willing to fight for them.
That’s a very potent message to anyone with a shred of empathy.
That’s a very potent message to anyone with a shred of empathy.
it's not a republican vs democrat thing it's really just two emerging views of political society. do you want the boot or do you want to stand up for your community and neighbors. if anything the democrats are standing there watching it take shape with bovine incomprehension
January 28, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The current iteration of the Democratic Party is rudderless but we’ve finally found our anti-fascist identity: We’re the Real Americans who love our neighbors and communities and we’re willing to fight for them.
That’s a very potent message to anyone with a shred of empathy.
That’s a very potent message to anyone with a shred of empathy.
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When the Baileys’ favorite pickleball influencer posts an anti-ICE reel
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
When the Baileys’ favorite pickleball influencer posts an anti-ICE reel
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Free Liam
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Free Liam
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I also don't think they're bad strategic politics in this case - partly because they are simply right.
This child looks devastated. We know from the courageous actions of his fellow detainees (his “fellow detainees!” He’s five!!!) in Dilley that there are others like him.
I honestly don’t care if maximalist demands are bad strategic politics. We should make them because they’re important moral ones
I honestly don’t care if maximalist demands are bad strategic politics. We should make them because they’re important moral ones
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I also don't think they're bad strategic politics in this case - partly because they are simply right.
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ICE is terrorizing our country.
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
ICE is terrorizing our country.
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
Short and plain, baby
Short and plain
Short and plain
To be fair to the Magistrate Judge, I do not believe it was the 375 page amended complaint that did it.
On close read, it appears that it was the 720-paragraph, 946-page proposed second amended compliant.
On close read, it appears that it was the 720-paragraph, 946-page proposed second amended compliant.
@questauthority.bsky.social the crypto dudes suing the other crypto dudes by piling all their grievances into chatgpt and having it produce multi hundred pages of legal documents have finally broken the judge after filing a 375 page amended complaint. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Short and plain, baby
Short and plain
Short and plain
Good example of ways in which America is underpoliced: There are masked thugs walking free on the streets of our country committing batteries.
We need law enforcement officers to stop these criminals, and prosecutors to bring them to justice.
We need law enforcement officers to stop these criminals, and prosecutors to bring them to justice.
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
Federal ICE Agent Pepper Sprays Person in Face in Santa Barbara Eastside Incident
A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled “police” pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
www.noozhawk.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Good example of ways in which America is underpoliced: There are masked thugs walking free on the streets of our country committing batteries.
We need law enforcement officers to stop these criminals, and prosecutors to bring them to justice.
We need law enforcement officers to stop these criminals, and prosecutors to bring them to justice.
"Tonight on CBS: What Tony D's mom thinks of....wait what? Look over there"
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
"Tonight on CBS: What Tony D's mom thinks of....wait what? Look over there"
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Free Liam, and his father.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Free Liam, and his father.
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Meta is blocking access to ICE List, which doesn't dox people but does identify some ICE agents But you can find it and contribute to it at wiki[dot]icelist[dot]is. Because people should know if they are hiring lawless thugs
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Meta is blocking access to ICE List, which doesn't dox people but does identify some ICE agents But you can find it and contribute to it at wiki[dot]icelist[dot]is. Because people should know if they are hiring lawless thugs
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...