Tom Clark
@tomsclark.bsky.social
Political scientist at Stanford University studying law, courts, policing, public safety. www.tomclarkphd.com Go birds.
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Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
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Perfect, no notes: the OpenAI Super Bowl ad costing millions is AI slop. ๐๐ป
So close to setting up a chess board correctly, but the black king is on the wrong square
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Perfect, no notes: the OpenAI Super Bowl ad costing millions is AI slop. ๐๐ป
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U.S. Atty Gen. Pam Bondi and FBI Dir. Kash Patel have both sworn under oath that zero evidence of other people committing crimes exists within the Epstein Files.
Here are emails from people whose identities have been redacted, both attaching photos, both adding notes stating โAge 10โ and โAge 11.โ
Here are emails from people whose identities have been redacted, both attaching photos, both adding notes stating โAge 10โ and โAge 11.โ
February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
U.S. Atty Gen. Pam Bondi and FBI Dir. Kash Patel have both sworn under oath that zero evidence of other people committing crimes exists within the Epstein Files.
Here are emails from people whose identities have been redacted, both attaching photos, both adding notes stating โAge 10โ and โAge 11.โ
Here are emails from people whose identities have been redacted, both attaching photos, both adding notes stating โAge 10โ and โAge 11.โ
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field experiment idea - offer flight vouchers to major cities in blue states that people have only seen on Fox News/Breitbart
February 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
field experiment idea - offer flight vouchers to major cities in blue states that people have only seen on Fox News/Breitbart
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And people ask why Iโm through with the BezosPost
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
And people ask why Iโm through with the BezosPost
We need a serious reconsideration of how we enforce Americansโ rights. For the most part, the best you can do when the government violates your rights is getting a court to say โyes, they should not have done that, but they did.โ
The Supreme Court has restricted the right to sue federal officers in part because agencies' internal investigations are an alternative way to deter misconduct. That (already farcical) justification is downright ridiculous if the feds shut those investigations down. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Goodโs Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We need a serious reconsideration of how we enforce Americansโ rights. For the most part, the best you can do when the government violates your rights is getting a court to say โyes, they should not have done that, but they did.โ
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Not how the rule of law works. Precisely the opposite, in fact.
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Not how the rule of law works. Precisely the opposite, in fact.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
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โTheyโre basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,โ said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell โ men and women in some cases โ with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under โinhumaneโ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
โTheyโre basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,โ said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
This is a major, huge, humongous deal that will go largely unnoticed because of the broader chaos engulfing our politics. But, suffice it to say that the government is broken when the courts explicitly say they can't trust the administration to tell the truth.
๐จNEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJโs nationwide push to seize state voter rolls.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and statesโ rights.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and statesโ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can โno longerโ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This is a major, huge, humongous deal that will go largely unnoticed because of the broader chaos engulfing our politics. But, suffice it to say that the government is broken when the courts explicitly say they can't trust the administration to tell the truth.
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Lol
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Lol
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
Hashtag Streisand Effect.
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Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isnโt just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead itโs just, โWell, at least he isnโt killing people.โ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead itโs just, โWell, at least he isnโt killing people.โ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isnโt just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead itโs just, โWell, at least he isnโt killing people.โ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead itโs just, โWell, at least he isnโt killing people.โ
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
I don't even need to re-read the decision to get that feeling.
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I don't even need to re-read the decision to get that feeling.
Through much of our history, weโve named things after presidents because they have used the awesome power of their office to make our lives better, and we want to honor them for it. The current occupant is instead trying to use that power to extort us into naming things for him.
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Through much of our history, weโve named things after presidents because they have used the awesome power of their office to make our lives better, and we want to honor them for it. The current occupant is instead trying to use that power to extort us into naming things for him.
Think about what it says that we're not all freaking out that Trump has said he would unfreeze appropriated funds fund infrastructure if Chuck Schumer agrees to rename Penn Station and Dulles airport after Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project โ if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Think about what it says that we're not all freaking out that Trump has said he would unfreeze appropriated funds fund infrastructure if Chuck Schumer agrees to rename Penn Station and Dulles airport after Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
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Here legally and married to a U.S. citizen. He's a contractor charged with grand larceny for failing to complete a job. He disputes the accusation, but his immigration detention prevents him from fighting the criminal charge. And he was arrested during a home raid without a judicial warrant.
ICE knocks on a door in Brooklyn. A 'traumatic nightmare' follows.
Immigration enforcement officers stormed the home without a judicial warrant or the occupants' consent, according to a legal challenge.
gothamist.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Here legally and married to a U.S. citizen. He's a contractor charged with grand larceny for failing to complete a job. He disputes the accusation, but his immigration detention prevents him from fighting the criminal charge. And he was arrested during a home raid without a judicial warrant.
Itโs good that the Trump Administration has a whole office looking into the weaponization of government. Maybe this case of retaliation willโฆ.oh, nevermind.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Itโs good that the Trump Administration has a whole office looking into the weaponization of government. Maybe this case of retaliation willโฆ.oh, nevermind.
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This isn't just a political choice, it's an abdication of Congress' Article 1 responsibility to perform executive oversight and ensure the government complies with the law.
The Republican-led Congress has has broadly declined to pull the political and legal levers that could apply tangible pressure on the Trump administration to show itโs in compliance
rollcall.com/2026/02/05/s...
rollcall.com/2026/02/05/s...
Senate GOP blocks push for legal action over Epstein law
Senate Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed measure Thursday seeking to take legal action over the DOJ's release of Epstein documents.
rollcall.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 AM
This isn't just a political choice, it's an abdication of Congress' Article 1 responsibility to perform executive oversight and ensure the government complies with the law.
This is worth watching.
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is worth watching.
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Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are โunrealisticโ and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are โunrealisticโ and warned that the Department of Homeland Secuโฆ
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
These are the kinds of things that fly under the radar but have a massive impact on people's lives.
The Trump admin is ALSO changing the rules so that rather than 30 days to file a Notice of Appeal, people will now only have 10 days (in most cases).
That's just 10 days to find $1,000 and appellate counsel for an appeal the government says it will likely automatically deny!
That's just 10 days to find $1,000 and appellate counsel for an appeal the government says it will likely automatically deny!
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
These are the kinds of things that fly under the radar but have a massive impact on people's lives.
America 2026: Thereโs a measles outbreak among the children being held without due process in a prison camp.
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
America 2026: Thereโs a measles outbreak among the children being held without due process in a prison camp.
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โOne officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." โฆ
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.โ
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.โ
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25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
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30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
โฆ I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
โOne officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." โฆ
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.โ
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.โ
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JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
How's this for the party of small government and "states' rights"? Trump: "A state is an agent for the federal government in elections."
www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...
Trump says states are agents of federal government in elections | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that โa state is an agent for the federal government in elections,โ as he defended his call for Republicans to nationalize elections.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
How's this for the party of small government and "states' rights"? Trump: "A state is an agent for the federal government in elections."
www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...