Daniel Morales
@lawprofmorales.bsky.social
Professor @UHLaw, Immigration Theorist, Boricua, Dad. Op-eds @nytimes & @wapo (he/him/él)
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Congrats again to the well-credentialed & well-connected Northeast Corridor elites who told us that Scott Bessent was a well-qualified & credible Treasury Secretary because he also had the right credentials & elite connections:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
WELKER: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
April 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Congrats again to the well-credentialed & well-connected Northeast Corridor elites who told us that Scott Bessent was a well-qualified & credible Treasury Secretary because he also had the right credentials & elite connections:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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“He told agents they had the wrong guy, but they aggressively ordered him to get on the ground. They didn’t allow him to show ID to prove he’s a citizen and instead they grabbed him, put him face down on the pavement, handcuffed him and took out his wallet.”
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
U.S. citizen mistakenly detained by ICE outside Michigan courthouse speaks out
Immigrant rights advocates are concerned what happened outside a Michigan courthouse may be part of a larger problem.
www.mlive.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“He told agents they had the wrong guy, but they aggressively ordered him to get on the ground. They didn’t allow him to show ID to prove he’s a citizen and instead they grabbed him, put him face down on the pavement, handcuffed him and took out his wallet.”
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.
April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
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Totally agree with Osita-ceding Donald Trump anti-institutional energy when enough people are in revolt is just to repeat the original "normcore" mistake of 2016.
March 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Totally agree with Osita-ceding Donald Trump anti-institutional energy when enough people are in revolt is just to repeat the original "normcore" mistake of 2016.
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
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If Trump is not planning to comply with the law and send appropriated money to blue states, I don't see any reason people in blue states should have to continue paying taxes to the federal government
another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If Trump is not planning to comply with the law and send appropriated money to blue states, I don't see any reason people in blue states should have to continue paying taxes to the federal government
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The patriarchy's "material basis had a cultural symbiote, and the symbiote endures.… It is a story we tell ourselves about women & men—about what they are for, who they are to each other, what makes a good woman & a good man—and that story has staying power…."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
February 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The patriarchy's "material basis had a cultural symbiote, and the symbiote endures.… It is a story we tell ourselves about women & men—about what they are for, who they are to each other, what makes a good woman & a good man—and that story has staying power…."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
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1. this rules
2. i spit out my drink when i read the order
Judge Dale Ho FTW!
2. i spit out my drink when i read the order
Judge Dale Ho FTW!
Important new in Eric Adams case. Judge Ho does the right thing.
"To assist with its decision-making via an adversarial process, the Court exercises its inherent authority to appoint Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC as amicus curiae to present arguments on the Government's Motion to Dismiss."
"To assist with its decision-making via an adversarial process, the Court exercises its inherent authority to appoint Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC as amicus curiae to present arguments on the Government's Motion to Dismiss."
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1. this rules
2. i spit out my drink when i read the order
Judge Dale Ho FTW!
2. i spit out my drink when i read the order
Judge Dale Ho FTW!
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*reading as he heads to DCA to get on a flight*
Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA:
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies
- Air traffic control support staff
- Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes
- Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Elon's 'Pointless Bloodbath' at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless or drunk pilots out of the skies. Officials are baffled.
www.rollingstone.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
*reading as he heads to DCA to get on a flight*
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One reason I found their argument so contemptible is that they treat birthright citizenship as an interesting puzzle to solve, and all of their methodological errors flow from there.
"Why aren't people nicer to me as I give faux scholarly cover to a political movement to strip children of their American citizenship?"
There's a total lack of awareness about the gravity of what they're doing, besides the sloppy work.
There's a total lack of awareness about the gravity of what they're doing, besides the sloppy work.
February 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
One reason I found their argument so contemptible is that they treat birthright citizenship as an interesting puzzle to solve, and all of their methodological errors flow from there.
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Judges are going to have to start finding people in contempt, issuing fines and probably throwing some in jail.
BREAKING
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from:
1. Deleting CFPB data
2. Firing CFPB employees
3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund
Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave
February 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Judges are going to have to start finding people in contempt, issuing fines and probably throwing some in jail.
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Staring wistfully into the distance reading this post
I, a foreigner who was not signed up to any political SMS or email lists, was still getting caught in the blast radius of the all-out comms war that the korean dems were waging. the messaging was everywhere and it was well-timed and savvy. almost like... they were politicians... who wanted to win
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Staring wistfully into the distance reading this post
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
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Walz: Spending freeze amounts to "amateur-hour cruelty," imperils police, farmers, cancer patients and many more minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/28/t...
Trump spending freeze imperils Minnesota police, farmers and cancer patients, governor says • Minnesota Reformer
A Trump administration spending freeze directly imperils $1.9 billion in monthly federal spending in Minnesota, nearly $23 billion annually, according to an estimate from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. “Dona...
minnesotareformer.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Walz: Spending freeze amounts to "amateur-hour cruelty," imperils police, farmers, cancer patients and many more minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/28/t...
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One weird thing about M*sk and the GOP is that they’re obsessed with fertility and yet somehow also obsessed with destroying Medicaid, which covers about half of all US births
Seems like the only way to square that circle is with some freaky trad handmaids tale shit
Seems like the only way to square that circle is with some freaky trad handmaids tale shit
January 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
One weird thing about M*sk and the GOP is that they’re obsessed with fertility and yet somehow also obsessed with destroying Medicaid, which covers about half of all US births
Seems like the only way to square that circle is with some freaky trad handmaids tale shit
Seems like the only way to square that circle is with some freaky trad handmaids tale shit
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Among the worst features of how we talk about crime is the use of “criminal” to describe ppl who have not been convicted of crimes. Arresting criminals. Prosecuting criminals.
Criminals are not “found.” They are made, following processes are constitutionally due. No one is a criminal upon arrest.
Criminals are not “found.” They are made, following processes are constitutionally due. No one is a criminal upon arrest.
January 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Among the worst features of how we talk about crime is the use of “criminal” to describe ppl who have not been convicted of crimes. Arresting criminals. Prosecuting criminals.
Criminals are not “found.” They are made, following processes are constitutionally due. No one is a criminal upon arrest.
Criminals are not “found.” They are made, following processes are constitutionally due. No one is a criminal upon arrest.
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If you're in politics (and therefore have a giant ego) but don't have ideological or group-based commitments, what's left is the commitment to your own ego. That's why politicians who position themselves as beyond partisanship tend to be the most cultish and self-absorbed, like Trump or Sinema
you might think this is bad governance but it's actually just authentic Gen X culture
On her recent decision to vote with Manchin to block President Biden’s reappointment of a top labor board nominee, Senator Kyrsten Sinema simply stated, “Don’t give a shit.”
December 20, 2024 at 9:36 PM
If you're in politics (and therefore have a giant ego) but don't have ideological or group-based commitments, what's left is the commitment to your own ego. That's why politicians who position themselves as beyond partisanship tend to be the most cultish and self-absorbed, like Trump or Sinema
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The promise of Trump and the modern GOP is seductive. It says, “you don’t have to care. Lay down the social burden of pretending to give a shit. In fact, if anyone asks you to give a shit about somebody else, we will punish them.” Rightward retreat as self care.
December 12, 2024 at 12:44 AM
The promise of Trump and the modern GOP is seductive. It says, “you don’t have to care. Lay down the social burden of pretending to give a shit. In fact, if anyone asks you to give a shit about somebody else, we will punish them.” Rightward retreat as self care.
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"Tennessee created an online portal to report professors for teaching concepts like intersectionality... Wisconsin Republicans blocked salary raises until the state university system agreed to excise DEI programming." inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
The New College Gambit
The right-wing takeover of Florida’s public honors college blurs the line between tragedy and farce, but attacks on universities are about to get worse.
inthesetimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM
"Tennessee created an online portal to report professors for teaching concepts like intersectionality... Wisconsin Republicans blocked salary raises until the state university system agreed to excise DEI programming." inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
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School vouchers are a re-segregation tax, in which everyone is forced to pay the most racist white people so they can avoid sending their kids to schools with minorities.
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
As voucher programs expand, they worsen. In states with universal voucher programs, more of the public monies go to students already in private school and to wealthier families.
GOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.
Most of the beneficiaries are incoming kindergarteners or students already enrolled in private schools.
www.politico.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 AM
School vouchers are a re-segregation tax, in which everyone is forced to pay the most racist white people so they can avoid sending their kids to schools with minorities.
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
The only plus side is that the schools suck and don't help their kids get into better colleges. 🙏
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