Tobias Barrington Wolff
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Dad to Spark, feminist, anti-racist, Jefferson Barnes Fordham Professor at Penn Law, dogged optimist in the power of decency. 🏳️🌈
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If your reaction to the stunning political developments of the last few days surrounding the Epstein materials is to say "T***p and his cronies are just going to scrub the files of anything incriminating so nothing will come of this, it doesn't matter, nothing matters with these people" then
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If your reaction to the stunning political developments of the last few days surrounding the Epstein materials is to say "T***p and his cronies are just going to scrub the files of anything incriminating so nothing will come of this, it doesn't matter, nothing matters with these people" then
Bravissima to the extraordinary Florence Onyiuke who has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania!
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Penn fourth-year Florence Onyiuke named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar | Penn Today
Onyiuke has been awarded a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars and an ...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Bravissima to the extraordinary Florence Onyiuke who has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania!
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I am very glad to have been proven right on this Kim Davis business. I worry a great deal about what the radical majority on this Court will do with marriage equality but Davis's misbegotten mess of a case was never going to be the vehicle.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am very glad to have been proven right on this Kim Davis business. I worry a great deal about what the radical majority on this Court will do with marriage equality but Davis's misbegotten mess of a case was never going to be the vehicle.
Think about what mainstream media would be doing if Democrats controlled the White House and both Houses of Congress and 10% of all airspace in the U.S. concentrated over 40 of the busiest airports were getting closed down tomorrow because of a politically dysfunctional government shutdown.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Think about what mainstream media would be doing if Democrats controlled the White House and both Houses of Congress and 10% of all airspace in the U.S. concentrated over 40 of the busiest airports were getting closed down tomorrow because of a politically dysfunctional government shutdown.
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Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
He is terrified and desperate. Let’s make him even more so. Get out and vote!
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
He is terrified and desperate. Let’s make him even more so. Get out and vote!
Showed up to vote in Philly first thing this morning. I’m seventh in line. 💪
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Showed up to vote in Philly first thing this morning. I’m seventh in line. 💪
One of the many reasons it would be fantastic for Democrats to sweep tomorrow's elections decisively is that it will strengthen their hand in forcing a resolution of the GOP shutdown that will preserve access to affordable health care.
Get out and vote tomorrow if you have not voted already!
Get out and vote tomorrow if you have not voted already!
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One of the many reasons it would be fantastic for Democrats to sweep tomorrow's elections decisively is that it will strengthen their hand in forcing a resolution of the GOP shutdown that will preserve access to affordable health care.
Get out and vote tomorrow if you have not voted already!
Get out and vote tomorrow if you have not voted already!
Same-Sex Couples in Hostile States: The Recent Administrative Ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Threat of Systematic Discrimination
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Same-Sex Couples in Hostile States: The Recent Administrative Ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Threat of Systematic Discrimination
The Supreme Court of Texas issued an administrative ruling on October 24, 2025 that permits state judges in Texas “to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held re...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Same-Sex Couples in Hostile States: The Recent Administrative Ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Threat of Systematic Discrimination
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The Regime is launching a war of aggression against Venezuela for no legitimate reason.
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Regime is launching a war of aggression against Venezuela for no legitimate reason.
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When I hear the name Bill Ackman my mind always goes here first.
Beloved NYC'ers make sure to vote early and tell billionaires they do not get to dictate the outcomes of our elections.
Beloved NYC'ers make sure to vote early and tell billionaires they do not get to dictate the outcomes of our elections.
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When I hear the name Bill Ackman my mind always goes here first.
Beloved NYC'ers make sure to vote early and tell billionaires they do not get to dictate the outcomes of our elections.
Beloved NYC'ers make sure to vote early and tell billionaires they do not get to dictate the outcomes of our elections.
Geriatric Joffrey's nonsense about running for a third term is evidence of his advancing dementia and fraying connection with reality and should be reported as such.
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Geriatric Joffrey's nonsense about running for a third term is evidence of his advancing dementia and fraying connection with reality and should be reported as such.
There is both hope and horror in this but I will take the hope.
h/t @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
h/t @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
There is both hope and horror in this but I will take the hope.
h/t @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
h/t @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"Douthat" is the insult a juvenile wag would select if he were trying to taunt a person like Ross Douthat.
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Douthat" is the insult a juvenile wag would select if he were trying to taunt a person like Ross Douthat.
But really, best of luck with the book.
Dipshittery abounds.
When he listens to Dinah Washington, what do we imagine he hears?
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
But really, best of luck with the book.
The fight over the gerrymandering of U.S. congressional districts has quickly become one of the key battlegrounds in the fight for democracy and the rule of law. As Democrats marshal their resolve to defeat this Republican scheme to corrupt our system,
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The fight over the gerrymandering of U.S. congressional districts has quickly become one of the key battlegrounds in the fight for democracy and the rule of law. As Democrats marshal their resolve to defeat this Republican scheme to corrupt our system,
I think it is fair to say that destroying things is one of the main sources of pleasure in Geriatric Joffrey's life.
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I think it is fair to say that destroying things is one of the main sources of pleasure in Geriatric Joffrey's life.
Zohran Mamdani is reducing crime in New York City before even taking office.
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Zohran Mamdani is reducing crime in New York City before even taking office.
Circulating that video of himself defecating on the United States and the American people is the closest Donald Trump has ever come to telling the truth in his entire misbegotten life.
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Circulating that video of himself defecating on the United States and the American people is the closest Donald Trump has ever come to telling the truth in his entire misbegotten life.
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania provides a defining piece of iconic imagery in making the case for universities to stand together and repudiate the subservience the Regime is seeking to impose.
October 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania provides a defining piece of iconic imagery in making the case for universities to stand together and repudiate the subservience the Regime is seeking to impose.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Saturday blocked President Donald Trump’s call-up of the National Guard for a deployment in Portland, saying Trump’s actions were based on false claims and undermined Oregon’s sovereignty. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of Oregon National Guard for Portland Deployment
Read more here.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Saturday blocked President Donald Trump’s call-up of the National Guard for a deployment in Portland, saying Trump’s actions were based on false claims and undermined Oregon’s sovereignty. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I doubt T***p and Hegseth could have done more to strengthen the resolve of U.S. senior military leadership to obey their oaths to the Constitution in the face of whatever pressure they receive from the Regime than they unwittingly accomplished with this juvenile and offensive spectacle today.
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I doubt T***p and Hegseth could have done more to strengthen the resolve of U.S. senior military leadership to obey their oaths to the Constitution in the face of whatever pressure they receive from the Regime than they unwittingly accomplished with this juvenile and offensive spectacle today.
The reporting on the horror unfolding in Michigan gets progressively worse. To my Mormon friends and community members: I stand with you in grief, outrage and resolve.
September 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The reporting on the horror unfolding in Michigan gets progressively worse. To my Mormon friends and community members: I stand with you in grief, outrage and resolve.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek:
September 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek: