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Kim Lane Scheppele
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Tracking autocratic legalism around the world from Princeton University.

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Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Scheppele works on topics related to comparative constitutional ethnography within the sociology of law. .. more

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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 2h
The Hungarian foreign minister, who advocates zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, met with a Lithuanian politician who is under criminal investigation for openly anti-Semitic statements, writes 444.hu. Žemaitaitis’ remarks have been condemned by Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S.
Lithuania: The Political Rise of an Antisemite by Dr. Carl Yonker - Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry
The October 2024 parliamentary elections in Lithuania marked a shift in the country’s political landscape. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), under the leadership of Vilija Blinkevičiūtė...
cst.tau.ac.il

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h
Was Project 2025 in fact an Opus Dei project? Of course it was. And the key tie in was the man responsible for Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, an Opus Dei acolyte.
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
open.substack.com

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 8h
A lot of news today, but don't miss the two big threats-to-democracy ones:

1. SCOTUS will decide whether states can count ballots post marked by, but received after, election day. Given vote-mode polarization in recent years, this could matter a lot
Figure showing that, starting in 2020, voters of color became more likely than white voters to cast their ballots by mail

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 8h
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
BREAKING: Judge Talwani will be issuing a second order — aside from the Rhode Island TRO — to "protect against the government's position" that the states suing over SNAP benefits are not "parties" to the R.I. litigation. It will be stayed to run concurrently w/ the R.I. order's current admin stay.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
Talwani: "In an abundance of caution, is there any reason this court should not issue an order parallel to the R.I. one" to ensure the states have the same protection?

"I'm concerned," she reiterates, about the First Circuit filing. "This is a sentence in the filing to the First Circuit."

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d
“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.

That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.

Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d
Ed Martin seemed to explicitly link the pardons to his “No MAGA left behind” mantra—tweeting the news in reply to a post that said exactly that.

In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
Eagle Ed Martin V @EagleEdM...•5/26/25 g... No MAGA left behind. @ 804 C7 1.1K 3 6.8K i1 1.4M只企 • Pinned Eagle Ed Martin v @EagleEdMartin X.com Important pardon of Alternate Electors of 2020!!

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d
The US government is trying as hard as it can to ensure that Americans starve. The USG is threatening states that are trying to help.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
Here's the unbelievable "undo" letter USDA sent: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/updated...
SUBJECT: Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) November Benefit Issuance This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 7, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode Island in Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. v. Rollins, 25-cv-569. Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors. Instead, States must continue to process and load the partial issuance files that reflect the 35 percent reduction of maximum allotments detailed in the November 5 guidance. To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. Please advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum. Per 7 CFR 271.7(h), failure to comply with this memorandum may result in USDA taking various actions, including cancellation of the Federal share of State administrative costs and holding States liable for any overissuances that result from the noncompliance. We are committed to keeping you as up to date as possible and appreciate your continued partnership to serve program beneficiaries across the country. State agencies with questions should contact their FNS Regional Office representative.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d
Trump's erasure of Black history extends now to Europe. Not only was the recognition of Black soldiers who died liberating Europe erased but so was the acknowledgment that the burials in this cemetery were performed by Black soldiers for whom it was traumatic work. Read the whole thread.
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d
Looks like this is real. About 40% of the flight at 8k feet, then bumped up to 10k, and then finally went up higher, but only to 20k feet. Much slower than normal flight and likely burned a lot more fuel. But the view out the window was probably impressive.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
Here's the unbelievable "undo" letter USDA sent: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/updated...
SUBJECT: Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) November Benefit Issuance This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 7, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode Island in Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. v. Rollins, 25-cv-569. Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors. Instead, States must continue to process and load the partial issuance files that reflect the 35 percent reduction of maximum allotments detailed in the November 5 guidance. To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. Please advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum. Per 7 CFR 271.7(h), failure to comply with this memorandum may result in USDA taking various actions, including cancellation of the Federal share of State administrative costs and holding States liable for any overissuances that result from the noncompliance. We are committed to keeping you as up to date as possible and appreciate your continued partnership to serve program beneficiaries across the country. State agencies with questions should contact their FNS Regional Office representative.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d
Read every word. This is what the US government is doing to terrorize a major American city. Authoritarianism is here. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it

Wow

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d
Journalists for NYT document tortures to dozens of Venezuelans Trump sent to El Salvador earlier this year.

The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com

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