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Martha Albertson Fineman
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Feminist author and professor. Mother, grandmother, and tourist in life. Founding Director of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative (Emory University)

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Martha Albertson Fineman is an American jurist, legal theorist and political philosopher. She is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Fineman was previously the first holder of the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Feminist Jurisprudence at Cornell Law School. She held the Maurice T. Moore Professorship at Columbia Law School. .. more

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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UT Austin Closing Ethnic, Gender and Area Studies Departments
Social: X @TexasAaup and Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator
The judge said the Pentagon had "trampled" on Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment freedoms.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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Trump Has A Pam Bondi Problem
Bondi’s performance in her much-anticipated congressional testimony earned poor marks from both the left and the right.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
What Replaces Deported Immigrant Workers? Not Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | What Replaces Deported Immigrant Workers? Not Americans.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon newrepublic.com/article/2064... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
Erratic and irrational, Trump always susceptible to changing position (yet again) based on next phone call …
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Matt Gurney: The art of the yawn
Oh dear, the president is mad about a bridge. How unfortunate.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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Feeling The Pain of Others: Empathy is Our Greatest Military Strength
Of course ... the Nazis and Trump are involved in this story.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
Minority rule thru technology www.threads.com/@will.colora...
William Colorado Chiriguayo (@will.colorado) on Threads
Co-founder of Palantir, Peter Thiel, talks about how his technology can help "win elections" despite being "a tiny minority." This should be of concern to everyone.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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We are all passengers in Trump’s death cab
The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting investigative reporting supporting Biden and negating Trump’s lies from conservative Cato Foundation

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
AI warning …https://substack.com/@shanakaanslemperera/note/c-213311068?utm_source=notes-share-action
Shanaka Anslem Perera (@shanakaanslemperera)
In 9 days, every pillar holding up the controlled development of AI fractured simultaneously. Nobody is connecting the pieces. Anthropic's top safety researcher resigned saying "the world is in peri...
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 1d
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House votes to disapprove of Trump's Canada tariffs
Six Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, which now goes to the Senate. The president would almost certainly veto it.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 2d
Resistance got in their way …
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National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from some U.S. cities
The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks that stymied President Donald Trump’s show of force in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 2d
In anticipation of job report tomorrow…

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 2d
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 3d
Doing something right…
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Yes! THIS is how it's done, New York Times
Much more blunt truth-telling, please
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 3d
From PEW.

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 3d
14 year old Kristi — held 20 days in ICE custody

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 3d
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE newrepublic.com/article/2059... via @newrepublic.com
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 4d
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How America Got So Sick
The health of a nation reflects the health of a democracy.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 4d
From last year … still relevant

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 4d
Turn off the screens… give children a right to childhood
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POLITICAL SPEECH (@political.speech) on Threads
BREAKING: 🇦🇺 Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese: “We want our young people to grow up playing in parks and learning musical instruments, not being laboratory experiments for algorithms des...
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 4d
“Walking on Eggshells”: Colleges Are Censoring Professors for Trump newrepublic.com/post/206256/... via @newrepublic.com
“Walking on Eggshells”: Colleges Are Censoring Professors for Trump
Universities and federal officials are keeping tabs on what professors say and teach.
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 5d
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BLUE WAVE CONTINUES
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Two Democratic wins in deep red Louisiana!!!

- Chasity Verret Martinez won the Louisiana State House District 60 flipped the seat by 62%!

- Ed Murray won by 52% the Louisiana State House District 97!
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 5d
The Dallas Morning News

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 5d
Special Election Saturday!

Final results in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13):

🔵Chasity Martinez (D)- 62% (hold)
🔴Brad Daigle (R)- 38%

Martinez holds this Trump+13 seat for the Democrats in a nearly 40 point overperformance

Total: 🔵+24… a lot of Trump 2024 voters votes for Martinez.