northbridge.bsky.social
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Good explanation of the plain slapdash ignorance behind Trump’s trade policy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Judges Boesberg, Chuang and McConnell have stood up for us, now we must stand up for them. Write your senators now and tell them to pick up their shields and vote these impeachments down! @shaheen.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @repchrispappas.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Here’s a weird idea: what if the DOGE engineers who know software engineering work on SOFTWARE ENGINEERING for the government. This way they might increase efficiency instead of creating costly disruption by making firing decisions for departments they know nothing about.
March 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Now is the time to step up and support @theatlantic.com who have courageously called the bluff of Hegseth and Gabbard, who claim the Signal thread wasn’t classified, and published the whole thing.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another great share by @becingber.bsky.social - terrifyingly on the mark.
“The peril of the dual state lies precisely in this capacity for targeted suppression. Most people can … turn away while dissidents and scapegoats lose their political liberty. But once the prerogative state is built … it can swallow anyone.”
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Universities of America - time to bust open the piggy bank!

Columbia - endowment $15 billion, could cover the hit by spending 8% instead of 5%. Others have more!

“If they won’t spend their wealth to defend their academic missions, what are they hoarding it for?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
Opinion | Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump (Gift Article)
Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University’s in the coming months.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Zephyr Teachout speaks truth: “While it is far from assured that a single voice will lead to others, courage is courageous... The more universities speak up, the more obvious it will become that Trump cannot take on all of them”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why are other universities silent in condemning Trump’s attacks on Columbia? | Zephyr Teachout
If university leaders allow themselves to be bullied, how do we expect any other institutions to stand up?
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ask your sister, Donald: When Judge Barry considered the 1952 law, which the Trump administration has said will play a major role in its deportation plans, she asked whether it could be squared with the Constitution. “The answer,” she wrote, “is a ringing ‘no.’”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister (Gift Article)
Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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sometimes I can't believe that the American president and company now think that a peaceful country in Eastern Europe that never attacked anyone is THE problem to be eliminated

and not the behemoth death cult nation that uses war as fuel to stay alive

how the fuck did the world get here?
March 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Time for our universities to defend freedom of speech with the weapons they have. The 50 under attack have:
⚔️$500 billion total endowment
⚔️40 law schools
⚔️Over 2,000 law faculty
Don’t save your powder - there’s no next battle. @aoc.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
March 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
@repchrispappas.bsky.social you told me after the event in Stratham that you would check on the demonstrator who was taken by the police, and make sure he was ok. Did you?
March 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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“Vanita Gupta, who as a civil rights lawyer and a former Justice Department official has both sued the government and defended it in court, said Mr. Trump’s memo “attacks the very foundations of our legal system by threatening and intimidating litigants who aim to hold our government accountable”
With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is where they come for your kid. The one who has the courage to stand up and speak their mind at their nice university, thinking they’re safe. Thinking they live in a free country. Free Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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“The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” —Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kyiv
Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister.
YouTube video by Dylan Burrill
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM