Zak Woodman
@zacharywoodman.bsky.social
Unapologetic neo-Pragmatist, Unterrified Hayekian, radical liberal. Podcast coordinator for @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social, Deputy Editor @NotesOnLiberty.bsky.social.
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Zak Woodman
@zacharywoodman.bsky.social
· Jun 11
This is a hilarious example of how conservatism's pretenses to limited government, skepticism of majoritarian rule, seperation of powers, and respect for the constitution was always bullshit. But Hillsdale College in particular is one of the most instructive examples of this phenomenon. A long🧵
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
Notice that much of this happened before Trump's second term.
The DHS has always been an exietential threat to the basic constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens alike and the rule of law.
The DHS has always been an exietential threat to the basic constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens alike and the rule of law.
The aim was to feed names of noncitizens into an FBI watchlist. Memos show the project unraveled after a chain of mismanagement and oversight failures. Nearly 800 files broke rules meant to stop US intelligence agencies from surveilling Americans.
Free to read: www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
Free to read: www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Notice that much of this happened before Trump's second term.
The DHS has always been an exietential threat to the basic constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens alike and the rule of law.
The DHS has always been an exietential threat to the basic constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens alike and the rule of law.
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""Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," 1/3
Even the FBI thinks masked ICE agents are a bad idea
In a bulletin first reported by 'Wired', the bureau warns masked agents are easier for criminals to impersonate.
reason.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
""Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," 1/3
This is law enforcement for a fascist regime trying to intimidate dissident protestors from excercising their First Amendment rights.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
Protesters keep getting arrested at Broadview by state police despite promise to protect free speech. blockclubchi.co/4hS2VHs
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is law enforcement for a fascist regime trying to intimidate dissident protestors from excercising their First Amendment rights.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
A preponderance of the evidence so far definitely indicates the President enjoyed raping underage trafficked girls with his multidecade friend.
Inside Trump and Epstein’s Long, Complicated Relationship
Emails released by House Democrats are reviving questions about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and their decades-long connection
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A preponderance of the evidence so far definitely indicates the President enjoyed raping underage trafficked girls with his multidecade friend.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
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The thing I hate most about Donald Trump is, he has brought me down to his level, he has made me a coarser, ruder, harsher person
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The thing I hate most about Donald Trump is, he has brought me down to his level, he has made me a coarser, ruder, harsher person
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
This is a fascist regime running concentration camps.
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is a fascist regime running concentration camps.
Not to mention the unseen costs that come from Tariffs reducing the tax base by being so distortionary of relative prices and inefficiencies this introduces.
Trump's $2,000 rebate checks would cost $600 billion ‒ double the new revenue from tariffs
The nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released cost projections after President Trump pitched his idea this weekend.
www.usatoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Not to mention the unseen costs that come from Tariffs reducing the tax base by being so distortionary of relative prices and inefficiencies this introduces.
Abolish ICE Now.
U.S. Navy veteran "100 percent" regrets voting for Trump—after ICE detains his wife.
Now she'll be locked up over Thanksgiving—despite not being charged with any crime—and being a lawful permanent resident.
Donna Hughes-Brown wrote a bad check for $25 in 2015—she paid it back and served probation.
Now she'll be locked up over Thanksgiving—despite not being charged with any crime—and being a lawful permanent resident.
Donna Hughes-Brown wrote a bad check for $25 in 2015—she paid it back and served probation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Abolish ICE Now.
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
This is a fascist dictator rewarding the criminality of his political allies who helped him try to violentlt overthrow a duly elected government.
The Tree of Liberty thirsts.
The Tree of Liberty thirsts.
President Donald Trump has pardoned a massive slate of prominent allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election, according to Ed Martin, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) pardon attorney www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is a fascist dictator rewarding the criminality of his political allies who helped him try to violentlt overthrow a duly elected government.
The Tree of Liberty thirsts.
The Tree of Liberty thirsts.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
The tree of liberty thirsts.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The tree of liberty thirsts.
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Some further new negative results on minimum wage hikes - Marginal REVOLUTION
Some further new negative results on minimum wage hikes - Marginal REVOLUTION
We study how exposure to scientific research in university laboratories influences students’ pursuit of careers in science. Using administrative data from thousands of research labs linked to student career outcomes and a difference-in-differences design, we show that state minimum wage increases reduce employment of undergraduate research assistants in labs by 7.4%. Undergraduates exposed to these […]
marginalrevolution.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Some further new negative results on minimum wage hikes - Marginal REVOLUTION
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
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By moi at @theunpopulist.net: Trump has consolidated more power in a shorter amount of time compared to other authoritarians because his brazen motto is that unless stopped, he'll act lawlessly. He has no interest in staying within the law.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has Taken Only Months to Accomplish the Level of Authoritarian Consolidation That Took Orbán and Modi Years
But America's aversion to tyranny gives it a much better chance of restoring its liberal democracy than their countries
www.theunpopulist.net
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
By moi at @theunpopulist.net: Trump has consolidated more power in a shorter amount of time compared to other authoritarians because his brazen motto is that unless stopped, he'll act lawlessly. He has no interest in staying within the law.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-...
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This is a fascist regime trying to target the very citizenship of a politician in the opposition party based on the same racist lies they use to motivate ethnic cleanaing.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?
GOP seeks to revoke NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani’s citizenship; experts say they must prove false claims in his application.
www.aljazeera.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is a fascist regime trying to target the very citizenship of a politician in the opposition party based on the same racist lies they use to motivate ethnic cleanaing.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
The tree of liberty thirsts.
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Jacob T. Levy on Tensions Between #Immigration Control and the Rule of Law | Mercatus Center share.google/DJBYcjoibaq7...
Jacob T. Levy on Tensions Between Immigration Control and the Rule of Law
On this episode, Nathan Goodman interviews political theorist Jacob Levy about the rule of law and its tensions with mo
share.google
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Jacob T. Levy on Tensions Between #Immigration Control and the Rule of Law | Mercatus Center share.google/DJBYcjoibaq7...
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Analyses of the Comey indictment are like, "they charged him with dramdingling a leprechaun on the moon, but he was never on the moon, leprechauns aren't real, and dramdingling isnt a word."
ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Analyses of the Comey indictment are like, "they charged him with dramdingling a leprechaun on the moon, but he was never on the moon, leprechauns aren't real, and dramdingling isnt a word."
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Tapping the Hannah Arendt sign again.
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tapping the Hannah Arendt sign again.