Luke Herrine
@lookheron.bsky.social
Asst Prof, Alabama Law. Formerly: LPE Blog, Debt Collective.
Consumer law, consumer finance, market governance, law and political economy
Consumer law, consumer finance, market governance, law and political economy
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This looks like a bluff to me. Apple should call him on it.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
"In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed."
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This looks like a bluff to me. Apple should call him on it.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
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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...
Isn't this a violation of the Hippocratic Oath? Shouldn't these doctors receive professional sanction?
From my reading, it seems impossible to have a miscarriage and not somehow run afoul of the law in abortion ban states
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Isn't this a violation of the Hippocratic Oath? Shouldn't these doctors receive professional sanction?
Here's my earlier analysis of the trans healthcare crackdown. I speculate that Ferguson knows there would be big problems with any potential legal theory here, so he's saber rattling to get attention and to maybe get some folks to fold
www.promarket.org/2025/09/05/t...
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The FTC’s Investigation Into Gender-Affirming Care Exemplifies Its Impressment Into the Culture Wars - ProMarket
Luke Herrine evaluates the Federal Trade Commission’s transformation into a political tool to advance a conservative social agenda. He argues that no FTC initiative better exemplifies the agency’s pol...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Here's my earlier analysis of the trans healthcare crackdown. I speculate that Ferguson knows there would be big problems with any potential legal theory here, so he's saber rattling to get attention and to maybe get some folks to fold
www.promarket.org/2025/09/05/t...
www.promarket.org/2025/09/05/t...
This looks like a bluff to me. Apple should call him on it.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
"In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed."
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This looks like a bluff to me. Apple should call him on it.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
Ferguson surely knows he's at the outer edges of the law here (as with the trans healthcare crackdown). He's an almost pure opportunist. He wants to intimidate without having to litigate so that Trump will appoint him to the bench.
(Goes for you, too, @bakerdphd.bsky.social, but I know you’ve got a column to fill now!)
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
(Goes for you, too, @bakerdphd.bsky.social, but I know you’ve got a column to fill now!)
Write it up for @lpeblog.bsky.social!
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Write it up for @lpeblog.bsky.social!
💯 there are layers there. I think for Marshall and Andrew the answer is unions and threatening nationalization if states go authoritarian. But that’s not simple or obvious. Would love to read anything or help facilitate a convo!
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
💯 there are layers there. I think for Marshall and Andrew the answer is unions and threatening nationalization if states go authoritarian. But that’s not simple or obvious. Would love to read anything or help facilitate a convo!
What do you have in mind? We’re desperately in need of more. We just workshopped with a scholar of research funding too
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
What do you have in mind? We’re desperately in need of more. We just workshopped with a scholar of research funding too
We have a Free College Coalition, including the folks who drafted HELU’s proposal! Would love more folks. Still short on blue sky policy!
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marshallsteinbaum.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
We have a Free College Coalition, including the folks who drafted HELU’s proposal! Would love more folks. Still short on blue sky policy!
marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
So much homeschooling now depends on online curriculum!
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
So much homeschooling now depends on online curriculum!
If I called this “A Gramscian Theory of Student Debt” would it place better or worse?
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
If I called this “A Gramscian Theory of Student Debt” would it place better or worse?
Reposted by Luke Herrine
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
What I wouldn't give for some actual arguments. It's all subtweeting and QT snarking.
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
What I wouldn't give for some actual arguments. It's all subtweeting and QT snarking.
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There's something utterly exhausting about people who can't sense any moral or political difference between a critique of power and whining about their mentions. If you are complaining about "tankies" you are almost certainly doing the latter.
As someone who more or less agrees with a lot of left-liberal criticism of actually existing socialist foreign policy thinking in the US, I still find it silly that people on here like to pretend that Brett McGurk or Anthony Blinken have less influence than glup shitto who canvasses for PSL
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
There's something utterly exhausting about people who can't sense any moral or political difference between a critique of power and whining about their mentions. If you are complaining about "tankies" you are almost certainly doing the latter.
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I've heard directly from hundreds of children at Dilley. One young girl who shared her story with me grew up in the United States and her stepfather is a U.S. citizen. She said that the guards are mean to her, she is afraid, and that she is worried she will die in detention.
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I've heard directly from hundreds of children at Dilley. One young girl who shared her story with me grew up in the United States and her stepfather is a U.S. citizen. She said that the guards are mean to her, she is afraid, and that she is worried she will die in detention.
I'm circulating it privately first. Happy to send a draft if you'd like
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I'm circulating it privately first. Happy to send a draft if you'd like
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
Reposted by Luke Herrine
This isn’t a new playbook - Andreessen Horowitz more or less lobbied the crypto markets into existence (along with a bunch of other fintech). Lobbying and marketing - rather than finding good tech- is WHAT THEY DO.
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This isn’t a new playbook - Andreessen Horowitz more or less lobbied the crypto markets into existence (along with a bunch of other fintech). Lobbying and marketing - rather than finding good tech- is WHAT THEY DO.
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
fintechdystopia.com/chapters/cha...
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The largely immigrant workforce at JBS’s flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions.
These meatpacking workers may be deported. They voted to strike anyway. - High Country News
The largely immigrant workforce at JBS’s flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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