Kyle Steinberg
@ksteinberg29.bsky.social
Juris Doctor. Constitutional lawyer. Carer of making the world a better place. Sports fan. Minnesota Golden Gopher (x2) living in enemy territory (Madison). If you follow for one of the above, you have to deal with all. Opinions proudly my own.
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A political action committee called Excellence Minnesota collected a $157,000 war chest to spend in support of right-wing school board candidates across four Minnesota school districts. They are likely to target other races in 2026, legal fellow @ksteinberg29.bsky.social writes.
Opinion: How much does it cost to buy a Minn. school board race?
A political action committee called Excellence Minnesota collected a $157,000 war chest to spend in support of right-wing school board candidates across four Minnesota school districts. They are likel...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A political action committee called Excellence Minnesota collected a $157,000 war chest to spend in support of right-wing school board candidates across four Minnesota school districts. They are likely to target other races in 2026, legal fellow @ksteinberg29.bsky.social writes.
So the university is paying $75 million to the government basically for continuing to follow the law? What?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So the university is paying $75 million to the government basically for continuing to follow the law? What?
What the hell?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What the hell?
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“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
Democratic Senator Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Response To Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ Attack
“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
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Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
A lot about this doesn't make sense. Are you saying only congressional committees can release relevant news? Also, isn't it your job as a journalist to give us the "context" for this sort of thing?
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A lot about this doesn't make sense. Are you saying only congressional committees can release relevant news? Also, isn't it your job as a journalist to give us the "context" for this sort of thing?
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FROM: reporter@nytimes.com
TO: epstein@pedophile.com
SUBJECT: re: can you print these pictures of donald trump with underage women
hello jeffrey my friend. no for some reason
TO: epstein@pedophile.com
SUBJECT: re: can you print these pictures of donald trump with underage women
hello jeffrey my friend. no for some reason
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FROM: reporter@nytimes.com
TO: epstein@pedophile.com
SUBJECT: re: can you print these pictures of donald trump with underage women
hello jeffrey my friend. no for some reason
TO: epstein@pedophile.com
SUBJECT: re: can you print these pictures of donald trump with underage women
hello jeffrey my friend. no for some reason
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
lol
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
lol
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Federal judge saying in open court that ICE and CBP lie so much she simply does not believe them—bc the evidence clearly show they are lying.
And to be clear: this is all too common police culture. Do something wrong, lie to cover it up.
And to be clear: this is all too common police culture. Do something wrong, lie to cover it up.
Ellis acknowledges federal agents' assertions justifying thier use of force, but says, again,
"I don't find defendants' version of events credible."
"I don't find defendants' version of events credible."
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Federal judge saying in open court that ICE and CBP lie so much she simply does not believe them—bc the evidence clearly show they are lying.
And to be clear: this is all too common police culture. Do something wrong, lie to cover it up.
And to be clear: this is all too common police culture. Do something wrong, lie to cover it up.
A nice reminder that the "religious liberty" crusade isn't actually about religious liberty at all.
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A nice reminder that the "religious liberty" crusade isn't actually about religious liberty at all.
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Absolutely horrifying.
A Catholic school in Pennsylvania included a replica of the Auschwitz gate — complete with the words “Arbeit Macht Frei” — on its Halloween parade float.
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A Catholic school in Pennsylvania included a replica of the Auschwitz gate — complete with the words “Arbeit Macht Frei” — on its Halloween parade float.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Offensive' Holocaust imagery on Catholic school's Halloween float condemned by bishop
The float included a replica of the Auschwitz concentration camp gate, Bishop Timothy C. Senior of Harrisburg said in an apology.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Absolutely horrifying.
A Catholic school in Pennsylvania included a replica of the Auschwitz gate — complete with the words “Arbeit Macht Frei” — on its Halloween parade float.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A Catholic school in Pennsylvania included a replica of the Auschwitz gate — complete with the words “Arbeit Macht Frei” — on its Halloween parade float.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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BREAKING: The Senate just confirmed Edmund LaCour to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
LaCour has a deeply disturbing voting rights record — and now has a lifetime judgeship in the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act. My coverage: patrickryne.substack.com/p/vote-suppr...
LaCour has a deeply disturbing voting rights record — and now has a lifetime judgeship in the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act. My coverage: patrickryne.substack.com/p/vote-suppr...
Vote Suppressor Edmund LaCour Confirmed to Federal Bench in Alabama
He now has a lifetime judgeship in the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: The Senate just confirmed Edmund LaCour to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
LaCour has a deeply disturbing voting rights record — and now has a lifetime judgeship in the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act. My coverage: patrickryne.substack.com/p/vote-suppr...
LaCour has a deeply disturbing voting rights record — and now has a lifetime judgeship in the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act. My coverage: patrickryne.substack.com/p/vote-suppr...
This is maybe the most foundational way systemic racism remained ingrained in America following the abolition of slavery. I refuse to accept this type of dog whistle as legitimate discourse in the United States.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is maybe the most foundational way systemic racism remained ingrained in America following the abolition of slavery. I refuse to accept this type of dog whistle as legitimate discourse in the United States.
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NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
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Once again: no one told me when I was in grad school that becoming a historian of 20th century Europe would mean I would need to convince people that Nazis were (and are) bad.
I really thought that was a given.
I really thought that was a given.
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once again: no one told me when I was in grad school that becoming a historian of 20th century Europe would mean I would need to convince people that Nazis were (and are) bad.
I really thought that was a given.
I really thought that was a given.
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.
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"The best way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to [make it legally impossible to talk about race]." - updated Chief Justice Roberts
“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"The best way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to [make it legally impossible to talk about race]." - updated Chief Justice Roberts
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so what's in the news today
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
so what's in the news today
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This is the most important politics story in a long time. Twitter has radicalized the young GOP into overt Nazism and white supremacy and the news has spent years pretending not to see.
It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is the most important politics story in a long time. Twitter has radicalized the young GOP into overt Nazism and white supremacy and the news has spent years pretending not to see.
It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Zero percent surprised but this is great reporting. Plausible deniability is now finally out the window.
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Zero percent surprised but this is great reporting. Plausible deniability is now finally out the window.
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Secular community service duties like working polls shouldn't be tied to religious oaths. That's why we're suing South Carolina.
Read the full story ➡️ ffrf.us/4hbIm8U
#ffrf ##ffrf #pollsc#southcarolinat#christiannationalism
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#ffrf ##ffrf #pollsc#southcarolinat#christiannationalism
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Secular community service duties like working polls shouldn't be tied to religious oaths. That's why we're suing South Carolina.
Read the full story ➡️ ffrf.us/4hbIm8U
#ffrf ##ffrf #pollsc#southcarolinat#christiannationalism
Read the full story ➡️ ffrf.us/4hbIm8U
#ffrf ##ffrf #pollsc#southcarolinat#christiannationalism
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump saying that him and Chicago Mayor Johnson should both be "jailed":
"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."
"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."
October 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on President Donald Trump saying that him and Chicago Mayor Johnson should both be "jailed":
"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."
"He's a coward. He says a lot of things to the camera. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come and get me. Come and get me."
Lolololololololololol
October 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Lolololololololololol