Professor Pedro A. Malavet
@profmalavet.bsky.social
Law professor at the UF Levin College of Law, now retired (for identification purposes only; the views expressed here are strictly my own).
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If you voted for abortion bans, mass deportations, the betrayal of our alliance, intelligence and security assets, suppression of books and ideas, by a christo-fascist white-nationalist, misogynist, transphobic government, because milk is too expensive, you are a fucking moron.
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My God. He’s so stupid.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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2026
As usual, the only element of this WaPo editorial worth reading is the AI summary of reader comments: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
2026
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Farewell to CBS News and "60 Minutes." It just went the way of the Washington Post's editorial page
Once you begin surrendering to Trump, he always wants more. You can’t appease a tyrant. Some thoughts...
Once you begin surrendering to Trump, he always wants more. You can’t appease a tyrant. Some thoughts...
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Farewell to CBS News and "60 Minutes." It just went the way of the Washington Post's editorial page
Once you begin surrendering to Trump, he always wants more. You can’t appease a tyrant. Some thoughts...
Once you begin surrendering to Trump, he always wants more. You can’t appease a tyrant. Some thoughts...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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He’ll probably have the guns painted gold.
Overcompensating for his shortcomings by spending billions on a fleet ready to fight WWII, since he has no clue why and what happened then.
Good God.
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Overcompensating for his shortcomings by spending billions on a fleet ready to fight WWII, since he has no clue why and what happened then.
Good God.
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The U.S. will build "Trump-class" military vessels that the president on Monday suggested are new-age battleships, inching the country closer to construction of what the administration is advertising as "the Golden Fleet."
U.S. to build "Trump-class" warships for "Golden Fleet"
"They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," Trump said.
www.axios.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
He’ll probably have the guns painted gold.
Overcompensating for his shortcomings by spending billions on a fleet ready to fight WWII, since he has no clue why and what happened then.
Good God.
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Overcompensating for his shortcomings by spending billions on a fleet ready to fight WWII, since he has no clue why and what happened then.
Good God.
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There is no bottom.
President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy.
Trump levels political attack on Rob Reiner in inflammatory post after his killing
President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed inte…
trib.al
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
There is no bottom.
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Worth remembering: Read a Book.
Your education cannot be social media. If you're not reading, you're not learning. Podcasts can be educational when they have scholars, authors, etc who actually have expertise on a topic. Reading is essential. When Kendrick said "turn the TV off" it was more than a metaphor.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Worth remembering: Read a Book.
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5 years on from contracting COVID, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects. @news.rte.ie
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Long Covid turned my life upside down, says scientist
Five years on from contracting Covid, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects and now faces a cut in financial support.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
5 years on from contracting COVID, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects. @news.rte.ie
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨👩👧👦👩👩👧👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
We are being governed by dangerous morons.
more idiocracy in US government, daily
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are being governed by dangerous morons.
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more idiocracy in US government, daily
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
more idiocracy in US government, daily
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tl;dr Anne: ✌️
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
tl;dr Anne: ✌️
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Airports had warned it would take days for flights to return to normal ahead of Thanksgiving 2025.
Trump Admin Issues Flights Update After Shutdown as Thanksgiving Looms
www.newsweek.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Airports had warned it would take days for flights to return to normal ahead of Thanksgiving 2025.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out.
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out.
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In case anyone needs an explanation:
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In case anyone needs an explanation:
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
Taking money we paid in tariffs and returning it to us is not a bonus or a dividend, it's a refund.
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Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Pretty large turnout at todays Veterans Day protest and vigil organized by local veterans at the ICE facility in Portland, OR
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Pretty large turnout at todays Veterans Day protest and vigil organized by local veterans at the ICE facility in Portland, OR
OMG
New Bureau of Labor Statistics just dropped
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
OMG
I see analysis that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's administrative stay may lead to a better result.
I hope so.
But it still strikes me as cruel to allow this to continue for even a second.
I hope so.
But it still strikes me as cruel to allow this to continue for even a second.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I see analysis that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's administrative stay may lead to a better result.
I hope so.
But it still strikes me as cruel to allow this to continue for even a second.
I hope so.
But it still strikes me as cruel to allow this to continue for even a second.
Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I am covering Melendez-Diaz, Bullcoming and Williams in evidence this week and the next.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
Dissenting from the court's majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner's reversal "calls into doubt the foundation of the trial."
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By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I am covering Melendez-Diaz, Bullcoming and Williams in evidence this week and the next.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
The misuse of experts and outright junk science to convict the innocent is staggering.
Absolutely disgusting. The cruelty is the point.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Absolutely disgusting. The cruelty is the point.
This is not from the Onion?!
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
Trump adds a new sign for ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is not from the Onion?!