Jeffrey Fagan
@jfagan45.bsky.social
My dog loves jazz. Columbia Law.
Interesting that the two NYC Mayoral elections with the highest voter turnout were for progressive candidates with an agenda to reshape policy in a progressive direction, clear departures from their predecessors and successors. Lessons for Dems?
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Interesting that the two NYC Mayoral elections with the highest voter turnout were for progressive candidates with an agenda to reshape policy in a progressive direction, clear departures from their predecessors and successors. Lessons for Dems?
This is pathetic, really. But if it means that Heather MacDonald is leaving NYC, I'll take it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is pathetic, really. But if it means that Heather MacDonald is leaving NYC, I'll take it.
Columbia Trustees celebrating the MAGA takeover of the university.
October 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Columbia Trustees celebrating the MAGA takeover of the university.
The People's House
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The People's House
So glad we can no longer consider race in hiring.
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
So glad we can no longer consider race in hiring.
Law profs -- textbook case of selective prosecution unfolding in real time with lots of press coverage and pundit bleatings! Uptdate those syllabi!
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Law profs -- textbook case of selective prosecution unfolding in real time with lots of press coverage and pundit bleatings! Uptdate those syllabi!
This is the NIJ study on domestic terrorism that Pam Bondi et al took down from the DOJ website. It shows that domestic terrorism acts and threats are more common on the right than the left.
web.archive.org/web/20250000...
web.archive.org/web/20250000...
September 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is the NIJ study on domestic terrorism that Pam Bondi et al took down from the DOJ website. It shows that domestic terrorism acts and threats are more common on the right than the left.
web.archive.org/web/20250000...
web.archive.org/web/20250000...
Massie's Discharge Petition. Every member who votes against this should be aggressively and publicly shamed, and the target of the DNC for retirement in 2026.
September 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Massie's Discharge Petition. Every member who votes against this should be aggressively and publicly shamed, and the target of the DNC for retirement in 2026.
He's been disbarred. American hero!
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
He's been disbarred. American hero!
Trump said this on Truth Social about Bryan Kohberger, the convicted murderer in Idaho who plead guilty in return for four LWOP sentences. I think this was written by a bot.
July 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump said this on Truth Social about Bryan Kohberger, the convicted murderer in Idaho who plead guilty in return for four LWOP sentences. I think this was written by a bot.
Only someone who knows how to bankrupt a business - several businesses- would say something like this without irony.
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Only someone who knows how to bankrupt a business - several businesses- would say something like this without irony.
He's become Captain Queeg. 25th Amendment material.
July 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
He's become Captain Queeg. 25th Amendment material.
Time to buy some powerball tickets.
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Time to buy some powerball tickets.
Has there ever been a smaller person occupying the White House? This Trump belittling the contributions of allied nations to the victory in WWII, ignoring their huge costs and sacrifices.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
May 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Has there ever been a smaller person occupying the White House? This Trump belittling the contributions of allied nations to the victory in WWII, ignoring their huge costs and sacrifices.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Why on earth do this? Who are these people?
April 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Why on earth do this? Who are these people?
Bank stocks in free fall. Is Trump crazy enough or dumb enough to gut the FDIC?
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bank stocks in free fall. Is Trump crazy enough or dumb enough to gut the FDIC?
He thinks he’s Joan of Arc
February 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
He thinks he’s Joan of Arc
Pam Bondi's memo on the federal death penalty regurgitates Trump's EO, with more detail. One thing of note: instructing DOJ to try to undo precedents that cabin death sentences for minors and intellectually disabled defendants, those pesky recent SCOTUS rulings:
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Pam Bondi's memo on the federal death penalty regurgitates Trump's EO, with more detail. One thing of note: instructing DOJ to try to undo precedents that cabin death sentences for minors and intellectually disabled defendants, those pesky recent SCOTUS rulings:
From Mad Magazine to the White House - Now I get Melania's outfit
January 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
From Mad Magazine to the White House - Now I get Melania's outfit
Get ready, no need to wait for Jan 20
January 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Get ready, no need to wait for Jan 20
Elections do indeed matter.
December 21, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Elections do indeed matter.