Raúl Carrillo
@raulcarrillo.bsky.social
law prof @ BC. focused on the future 💸 ⚖️ 🛰️
formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social. organizing committee, @a-lpe.bsky.social
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social. organizing committee, @a-lpe.bsky.social
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
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Raúl Carrillo
@raulcarrillo.bsky.social
· Jun 26
LPE friends - CONFERENCE UPDATE!! ⏰☎️ Planning is still underway for the first annual LPE conference, launching a new LPE Association, but we're pushing the dates to FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026. We'll be putting out a CFP by August with information about how and what to submit. Until then, save the new date!
📣 ICYMI! LPE Conference FEBRUARY 5-7, 2026 @ Richmond Law! CFP by August! Follow @a-lpe.bsky.social right now!! ✊
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Good News!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline: NYC edition is still accepting applications for PTP endorsement to help you stand out among the 70,000 others who want to work for the one bright spot in the political landscape.
Deadline is February 1!!
Deadline is February 1!!
Do you want to work in the Mamdani Administration but worried about standing out among 70k applications???
Good news!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline isn't just for the federal government anymore! Learn more & submit your application for PTP endorsement 👇👇
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Good news!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline isn't just for the federal government anymore! Learn more & submit your application for PTP endorsement 👇👇
t.co/vZCHY6rNlO
https://progressivetalentpipeline.applytojob.com/apply/1P8f1XgifA/Progressive-Talent-Pipeline-NYC-Edition
t.co
January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Good News!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline: NYC edition is still accepting applications for PTP endorsement to help you stand out among the 70,000 others who want to work for the one bright spot in the political landscape.
Deadline is February 1!!
Deadline is February 1!!
just finished grading 1L exams for the first time
i know that i have many non-Contracts-related emails to answer
🙏
i know that i have many non-Contracts-related emails to answer
🙏
January 7, 2026 at 10:46 PM
just finished grading 1L exams for the first time
i know that i have many non-Contracts-related emails to answer
🙏
i know that i have many non-Contracts-related emails to answer
🙏
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Unfortunately think this is still going to be coming in our near future.
www.theverge.com/news/847891/...
www.theverge.com/news/847891/...
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Unfortunately think this is still going to be coming in our near future.
www.theverge.com/news/847891/...
www.theverge.com/news/847891/...
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Today, @raulcarrillo.bsky.social explains why existing legal frameworks are inadequate to address the emerging dystopian world of monetary fiefdoms—a world in which private infrastructure governs without the name of government.
Game Over: The End of Financial Regulation as We Knew It
Many on the left continue to view cryptocurrency as little more than a grift. Yet the crypto industry aims to achieve something much more dangerous: functional monetary sovereignty.
lpeproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today, @raulcarrillo.bsky.social explains why existing legal frameworks are inadequate to address the emerging dystopian world of monetary fiefdoms—a world in which private infrastructure governs without the name of government.
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Today, @profciara.bsky.social discusses a basic truth: the president’s personal wealth is now inextricably linked to the viability of cryptocurrency. This should worry you.
The Results of the Crypto Bro Elections
Amid the chaos of the second Trump administration, it is easy to lose sight of a simple, terrifying fact: the American president’s personal wealth is now inextricably linked to the viability of…
lpeproject.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today, @profciara.bsky.social discusses a basic truth: the president’s personal wealth is now inextricably linked to the viability of cryptocurrency. This should worry you.
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I spent most of time this year producing my 14 part podcast “Democracy & Destiny.” That cut into my writing time. Well I resolve to write more in the future & I’m starting now. Here’s my piece on crypto money in politics. lpeproject.org/blog/the-res... #moneyinpolitics #crypto #campaignfinance 🤑🗳️⚖️✍🏾
The Results of the Crypto Bro Elections
Amid the chaos of the second Trump administration, it is easy to lose sight of a simple, terrifying fact: the American president’s personal wealth is now inextricably linked to the viability of…
lpeproject.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I spent most of time this year producing my 14 part podcast “Democracy & Destiny.” That cut into my writing time. Well I resolve to write more in the future & I’m starting now. Here’s my piece on crypto money in politics. lpeproject.org/blog/the-res... #moneyinpolitics #crypto #campaignfinance 🤑🗳️⚖️✍🏾
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Today, @azohra.bsky.social and Madiha Tahir argue that recent criticism of the Trump administration's bombings in the Caribbean risks repeating a familiar mistake: debating how the United States wages war while leaving unquestioned why it wages it at all.
Beginning with Empire
attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean have been widely condemned for violating international law. Yet much of this criticism, by focusing narrowly on the Trump…
lpeproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today, @azohra.bsky.social and Madiha Tahir argue that recent criticism of the Trump administration's bombings in the Caribbean risks repeating a familiar mistake: debating how the United States wages war while leaving unquestioned why it wages it at all.
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As @meredithmeredith.bsky.social wrote at the time, "The right is fighting to take control of these platforms, while liberals and some on the left are fighting to expand vectors of platform control, without thinking hard enough about who will wield this power and who is likely to get hurt."
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As @meredithmeredith.bsky.social wrote at the time, "The right is fighting to take control of these platforms, while liberals and some on the left are fighting to expand vectors of platform control, without thinking hard enough about who will wield this power and who is likely to get hurt."
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Look forward to future posts from @amandaparsons.bsky.social, Chastity Murphy, @profciara.bsky.social, and @raulcarrillo.bsky.social!
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Look forward to future posts from @amandaparsons.bsky.social, Chastity Murphy, @profciara.bsky.social, and @raulcarrillo.bsky.social!
Incredibly difficult to overstate the importance of this work by @amandaparsons.bsky.social.
No quotes. Read the whole piece.
No quotes. Read the whole piece.
Today, @amandaparsons.bsky.social explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses.
The Anarchist Currency with a Government Sponsor
Despite its professed commitment to radical libertarianism and anarchy, the crypto industry is actively cultivating government intervention in markets on its behalf. From recruiting states to accept…
lpeproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Incredibly difficult to overstate the importance of this work by @amandaparsons.bsky.social.
No quotes. Read the whole piece.
No quotes. Read the whole piece.
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Today, @amandaparsons.bsky.social explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses.
The Anarchist Currency with a Government Sponsor
Despite its professed commitment to radical libertarianism and anarchy, the crypto industry is actively cultivating government intervention in markets on its behalf. From recruiting states to accept…
lpeproject.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today, @amandaparsons.bsky.social explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses.
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"The enemy is not developers or hobbyists tinkering with apps. It is oligarchs like Andreessen and Thiel, who understand that control of the future of money means control of the future itself."
Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
How the Left Lost the Plot on Crypto (and How to Find it Again)
The story of crypto’s transformation from cypherpunk experiment to Wall Street darling is bleak, but it was not preordained. Where did the left go wrong, and how can it reassert itself in shaping the…
lpeproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"The enemy is not developers or hobbyists tinkering with apps. It is oligarchs like Andreessen and Thiel, who understand that control of the future of money means control of the future itself."
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Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
How the Left Lost the Plot on Crypto (and How to Find it Again)
The story of crypto’s transformation from cypherpunk experiment to Wall Street darling is bleak, but it was not preordained. Where did the left go wrong, and how can it reassert itself in shaping the…
lpeproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
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I am so joyful for NYC and Mamdani & I am also terrified at how these abductions are going to rapidly intensify in NYC now
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I am so joyful for NYC and Mamdani & I am also terrified at how these abductions are going to rapidly intensify in NYC now
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
this was at a DAYCARE
[this is Chicago]
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and yet you are
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
and yet you are
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El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.
Will El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates
A new investigation by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa looks at reproductive rights in El Salvador, which has one of the world’s most restrictive anti-abortion laws and has imprisoned...
www.democracynow.org
October 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
El Salvador's total abortion ban, which has seen perhaps hundreds of women imprisoned for stillbirths and miscarriages, could become a model for parts of the United States following the end of Roe v. Wade.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold
When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset.
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
September 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
same issue with what lessig called architecture. so many laws/principles/regulations are dependent on assumptions of limitations of the physical environment and those limits no longer hold
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggests FCC should consider revoking TV licenses over negative coverage of him
President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump suggests FCC should revoke TV licenses for negative coverage on him.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
Trump suggested the extraordinary actions as he defended FCC chairman Brendan Carr for pressuring ABC to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the airwaves.
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A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.
How much water will the $165 billion data center near El Paso use? Developers unveil figures ahead of Doña Ana commissioners vote
A public meeting in Sunland Park this week was standing-room only as community members expressed concerns about the massive project, especially its planned water usage.
elpasomatters.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A controversial $165 billion data center campus in New Mexico revealed numbers about its water consumption publicly for the first time. Filling up the four data centers would use 10 million gallons of water, and the ongoing consumption would be 7.2 million gallons every year.
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another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
September 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
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I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am giving a presentation today at umass called "rapid changes in corporate governance and finance," and I keep adding screenshots because there's just too much happening
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we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward
Donald Trump has increased his net worth by $3 billion over the last year, mostly thanks to crypto.
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency
Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
we live in an unregulated financial system, and our regulatory and mental models from the New Deal can't be our template going forward