David Schraub
@schraubd.bsky.social
Sometimes lawyer. Sometimes law professor. All the time awesome. Associate Prof. at Lewis & Clark Law (con law and anti-discrimination). http://dsadevil.blogspot.com
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Word is that Venezuela’s VP has ordered all Jewish institutions (including synagogues) closed and all Jewish people to stay home, in the wake of claiming that Trump’s abduction of Maduro was a “Zionist” attack.
'Good for the Jews': Venezuela's tiny Jewish community isn't yet celebrating Maduro's exit
Only Somewhere Between 3,000 and 5,000 Jews Remain in Venezuela, After Thousands Have Fled in the Past Quarter-century. A Prominent Jewish American Organizational Leader With Close Ties to the Region ...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Word is that Venezuela’s VP has ordered all Jewish institutions (including synagogues) closed and all Jewish people to stay home, in the wake of claiming that Trump’s abduction of Maduro was a “Zionist” attack.
We are being led by book one Dudley Dursley.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 AM
We are being led by book one Dudley Dursley.
From last month.
Urging the US to topple Maduro is like urging Iran to overthrow Netanyahu. It’s not that the target isn’t a schmuck, but why would anyone believe the regime changer is even interested in, much less capable of, replacing him with someone better?
War criminal says what
January 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
From last month.
I’m just going to again float the prospect that Trump v. US immunity doesn’t prevent any extraditions if another country were to indict a US president for a crime.
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I’m just going to again float the prospect that Trump v. US immunity doesn’t prevent any extraditions if another country were to indict a US president for a crime.
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
I can think of few things more “elitist” than an unqualified hack whose only journalistic qualification is telling billionaires “you were right all along” and who barely seems to recognize there’s a world outside of Brooklyn deciding for the whole country who counts as an “average American”.
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I can think of few things more “elitist” than an unqualified hack whose only journalistic qualification is telling billionaires “you were right all along” and who barely seems to recognize there’s a world outside of Brooklyn deciding for the whole country who counts as an “average American”.
It’s not a competition, but Nathaniel definitely says “dada” more than “mama”.
(It is a competition, and I’m winning.)
(It is a competition, and I’m winning.)
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It’s not a competition, but Nathaniel definitely says “dada” more than “mama”.
(It is a competition, and I’m winning.)
(It is a competition, and I’m winning.)
Okay gang, it's the New Year's Resolution post!
New Year's Resolutions 2026
Okay gang, it's time for New Year's Resolutions! As is tradition, we start by reviewing the previous year : Met: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Okay gang, it's the New Year's Resolution post!
Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
Did a quick hit on Telemundo Portland about the implications of the Chicago SCOTUS decision on our fair city.
PRECEDENTE EN CHICAGO AFECTARÍA A PORTLAND
YouTube video by Telemundo Portland
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December 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Did a quick hit on Telemundo Portland about the implications of the Chicago SCOTUS decision on our fair city.
Is it better than the New Year's Resolution post? You decide! It's the annual Debate Link "Out/In" list!
Out/In: 2025-26
At the risk of sacrilege, I actually think I enjoy doing the annual out/in list more than the New Year's Resolutions (don't worry, they'r...
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December 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Is it better than the New Year's Resolution post? You decide! It's the annual Debate Link "Out/In" list!
It is hard to fathom how anyone was gullible enough to think that going all-in on the Trump admin's xenophobia was a good bet as a *means of fighting antisemitism*, and w/Trump imposing sanctions on researchers for the crime of opposing antisemitism what was already obvious is, well, even more so.
Collaborating With the Trump Administration's Xenophobia Was Worse Than a Crime ....
One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from the statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, who reportedly remarked after Napoleo...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It is hard to fathom how anyone was gullible enough to think that going all-in on the Trump admin's xenophobia was a good bet as a *means of fighting antisemitism*, and w/Trump imposing sanctions on researchers for the crime of opposing antisemitism what was already obvious is, well, even more so.
Nathaniel hit the beach for the first time today.
He hated it. But he was a brave trier.
He hated it. But he was a brave trier.
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Nathaniel hit the beach for the first time today.
He hated it. But he was a brave trier.
He hated it. But he was a brave trier.
My baby caught his first real cough this week. He's fine -- miserable last night, but fine -- but it did serve as a healthy reminder to hate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with every fiber of my being.
Because it's bad enough feeling helpless when your baby has a basic cough. Now imagine it was the measles.
Because it's bad enough feeling helpless when your baby has a basic cough. Now imagine it was the measles.
Sick Baby
Nathaniel is feeling under the weather. He has a cough, which he caught from me, and before I go any further, he's fine. In fact, he's mostl...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My baby caught his first real cough this week. He's fine -- miserable last night, but fine -- but it did serve as a healthy reminder to hate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with every fiber of my being.
Because it's bad enough feeling helpless when your baby has a basic cough. Now imagine it was the measles.
Because it's bad enough feeling helpless when your baby has a basic cough. Now imagine it was the measles.
A slight tangent, but there’s an interesting confluence between SCOTUS’ hyperexpansive unitary executive theory and its complete allergy to letting courts holding the government responsible for what Trump says when assessing the legality of executive actions.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A slight tangent, but there’s an interesting confluence between SCOTUS’ hyperexpansive unitary executive theory and its complete allergy to letting courts holding the government responsible for what Trump says when assessing the legality of executive actions.
The mass resignations at the Heritage Foundation (over it legitimizing gutter racists like Nick Fuentes) are seen by many as a sign the conservative think tank is in disarray.
I disagree. I think Heritage is betting this is exactly what the modern GOP base wants, and I think their bet will pay off.
I disagree. I think Heritage is betting this is exactly what the modern GOP base wants, and I think their bet will pay off.
Rats Flee Floating Ship
You might have heard the story break that the Heritage Foundation, America's leading right wing "think tank", has just been hit with a rush ...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The mass resignations at the Heritage Foundation (over it legitimizing gutter racists like Nick Fuentes) are seen by many as a sign the conservative think tank is in disarray.
I disagree. I think Heritage is betting this is exactly what the modern GOP base wants, and I think their bet will pay off.
I disagree. I think Heritage is betting this is exactly what the modern GOP base wants, and I think their bet will pay off.
Guess who said it (and when)?
"For some white men, preoccupation with oppression has become the defining feature of their existence. They have fallen prey to the very aspects of the modern ideology of victimology that they deplore."
(Answer in the next post).
"For some white men, preoccupation with oppression has become the defining feature of their existence. They have fallen prey to the very aspects of the modern ideology of victimology that they deplore."
(Answer in the next post).
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Guess who said it (and when)?
"For some white men, preoccupation with oppression has become the defining feature of their existence. They have fallen prey to the very aspects of the modern ideology of victimology that they deplore."
(Answer in the next post).
"For some white men, preoccupation with oppression has become the defining feature of their existence. They have fallen prey to the very aspects of the modern ideology of victimology that they deplore."
(Answer in the next post).
Look you don’t get it. Bari Weiss is preparing a blockbuster debate titled “How much do opponents of the Salvadoran torture gulag hate freedom?”
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December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Look you don’t get it. Bari Weiss is preparing a blockbuster debate titled “How much do opponents of the Salvadoran torture gulag hate freedom?”
Brought to you by Bank of America.
Brought to you by Bank of America.
The useful thing about JD Vance is that he has no principles and is constantly chasing the prevailing conservative political winds, so if he’s talking like this it’s because he perceives this is what the current GOP electorate wants to hear.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The useful thing about JD Vance is that he has no principles and is constantly chasing the prevailing conservative political winds, so if he’s talking like this it’s because he perceives this is what the current GOP electorate wants to hear.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
You notice the “debates” they want to host are always things like “has feminism failed?” and never “is the GOP a white supremacist party?”
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You notice the “debates” they want to host are always things like “has feminism failed?” and never “is the GOP a white supremacist party?”
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“Wouldn’t you rather be part of a movement with antisemites than take your orders from a Jew?”
Just a vile human being.
Just a vile human being.
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Wouldn’t you rather be part of a movement with antisemites than take your orders from a Jew?”
Just a vile human being.
Just a vile human being.
Unfortunately, there is a certain sort of leftist whose brain breaks once they feel they've been deprived of their revolutionary birthright by losing to the Jews, and they fall *deep* into the deep end of the pool.
It seems Jamaal Bowman may be in that category. Sad.
It seems Jamaal Bowman may be in that category. Sad.
Jamaal Bowman, former progressive congressman, supports Nick Fuentes' statements in viral video - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Plus, the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz is back in the courts.
www.jta.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Unfortunately, there is a certain sort of leftist whose brain breaks once they feel they've been deprived of their revolutionary birthright by losing to the Jews, and they fall *deep* into the deep end of the pool.
It seems Jamaal Bowman may be in that category. Sad.
It seems Jamaal Bowman may be in that category. Sad.
It is interesting to see @nexusproject.bsky.social described this way, since at our launch I would *not* say that we thought of ourselves as a "progressive alternative to the ADL." To the contrary, we had a fair number of ADL-affiliated people we were working with. www.jta.org/2025/12/18/p...
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It is interesting to see @nexusproject.bsky.social described this way, since at our launch I would *not* say that we thought of ourselves as a "progressive alternative to the ADL." To the contrary, we had a fair number of ADL-affiliated people we were working with. www.jta.org/2025/12/18/p...
This is a real shame. A Wider Bridge did tremendously important work, and despite being the regular target of frankly conspiratorial slanders centered around "pinkwashing", was absolutely committed to walking the progressive walk.
A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel advocate in LGBTQ spaces, is shutting down - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The organization said financial challenges forced the decision to close after 15 years.
www.jta.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is a real shame. A Wider Bridge did tremendously important work, and despite being the regular target of frankly conspiratorial slanders centered around "pinkwashing", was absolutely committed to walking the progressive walk.