Mateo
@mateocaballero.bsky.social
Perennial dad and husband, occasional civil rights and appellate lawyer
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This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
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Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
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Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park
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Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
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I'm going to leave this here because I even see a lot of leftists regularly speaking about 'what the country wants' when in fact NO. MOST PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS MAN and LESS THAN 50% of people who voted actually voted for him.
Two thirds of Americans are not Trump voters
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters
www.gelliottmorris.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm going to leave this here because I even see a lot of leftists regularly speaking about 'what the country wants' when in fact NO. MOST PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS MAN and LESS THAN 50% of people who voted actually voted for him.
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This behavior is indistinguishable from the worst secret polices of fascist regimes of the 20th century.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This behavior is indistinguishable from the worst secret polices of fascist regimes of the 20th century.
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Watch three of the more than 230 men the Trump administration sent to #ElSalvador talk about the moment they arrived at #CECOT, how they say the guards tortured them and beat them daily: youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI from @g-dvalle.bsky.social and the entire team @propublica.org and in Venezuela.
Beatings, Humiliation, Psychological Abuse: What Venezuelan Men Experienced Inside CECOT
YouTube video by ProPublica
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Watch three of the more than 230 men the Trump administration sent to #ElSalvador talk about the moment they arrived at #CECOT, how they say the guards tortured them and beat them daily: youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI from @g-dvalle.bsky.social and the entire team @propublica.org and in Venezuela.
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I hate to say I told you so but… I told you so.
#mythofantiwartrump
#mythofantiwartrump
July 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I hate to say I told you so but… I told you so.
#mythofantiwartrump
#mythofantiwartrump
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I should add that during the Biden administration, every nationwide injunction blocking White House policies was issued by a Republican-appointed judge. In contrast, the injunctions against the Trump administration have come from a bipartisan set of judges.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I should add that during the Biden administration, every nationwide injunction blocking White House policies was issued by a Republican-appointed judge. In contrast, the injunctions against the Trump administration have come from a bipartisan set of judges.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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How is it not a bigger deal that the President pardoned his supporters who tried to overturn an election, and are now engaged in various crimes?
we got another one
July 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How is it not a bigger deal that the President pardoned his supporters who tried to overturn an election, and are now engaged in various crimes?
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
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sometimes it does also come down to turnout
June 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
sometimes it does also come down to turnout
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
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New York Times Editorial Board August 2024: We will not be making any more local endorsements. This specifically includes the coming mayor's race.
New York Times Editorial Board June 2025: Do not vote for Zohran Mamdani, we prefer Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander.
New York Times Editorial Board June 2025: Do not vote for Zohran Mamdani, we prefer Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander.
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New York Times Editorial Board August 2024: We will not be making any more local endorsements. This specifically includes the coming mayor's race.
New York Times Editorial Board June 2025: Do not vote for Zohran Mamdani, we prefer Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander.
New York Times Editorial Board June 2025: Do not vote for Zohran Mamdani, we prefer Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander.
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
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Probably fine. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Probably fine. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Hundreds of girls in the US are confined by the juvenile justice system for “status offenses,” like running away or truancy.
Confinement for these offenses is particularly troubling because those behaviors tend to be responses to abuse.
More care, less confinement.
Confinement for these offenses is particularly troubling because those behaviors tend to be responses to abuse.
More care, less confinement.
April 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hundreds of girls in the US are confined by the juvenile justice system for “status offenses,” like running away or truancy.
Confinement for these offenses is particularly troubling because those behaviors tend to be responses to abuse.
More care, less confinement.
Confinement for these offenses is particularly troubling because those behaviors tend to be responses to abuse.
More care, less confinement.
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American citizens who support anti-genocide protesters are not safe.
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from a spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
American citizens who support anti-genocide protesters are not safe.
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“A review of the … 2020 Harper’s Letter shows that of those who could issue statements (those who are still alive and not retired from public life), only 24 percent who put their name on the letter defending “Open Debate” have come out in opposition to Trump’s war on campus free speech.”
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents
While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet.
inthesetimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“A review of the … 2020 Harper’s Letter shows that of those who could issue statements (those who are still alive and not retired from public life), only 24 percent who put their name on the letter defending “Open Debate” have come out in opposition to Trump’s war on campus free speech.”
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literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.
March 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.