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Published: June 8, 2026 18:46
This essay by @joelsimonsays.bsky.social about interviewing authoritarians is a good read and helps put that Welker/Trump interview in broader context. via @columjournreview.bsky.social …
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Published: June 8, 2026 14:42
The seeming indifference to the UK's barring of Uyger and Piker is quite striking, and IMO explainable only by reference to the special rules that democracies have adopted for speech about Palestine. This piece by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social is excellent.…
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Published: June 7, 2026 21:30
I don’t think the criticisms of Kristen Welker for trying to extend the interview after Trump’s tantrum are fair. IMO it would have been journalistic malpractice to just let Trump walk out without trying to get him to answer more questions. Maybe …
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Published: June 6, 2026 18:10
What an absolute embarrassment that we put small, mean people like this in positions of power, history should never forgive us.
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Published: June 4, 2026 18:01
Re-upping this thread--and this four-decade-old OLC memo--in light of Trump's plan to nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1571848466174713856
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Published: June 3, 2026 01:37
Update: he didn't.
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Published: June 3, 2026 01:35
Authoritarians and their enablers are always demanding these kinds of apologies from people who refuse to bend. Of course he shouldn't apologize, and he won't. …
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Published: June 1, 2026 18:21
Pelley's principled fury only underscores how extraordinary 60 Minutes is, and how immense a void it will leave if Ellison, Weiss, and Bilton succeed in murdering it.…
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Published: May 30, 2026 17:43
Had the same thought when I read this story.
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Published: May 30, 2026 16:46
Meanwhile ChatGPT trying to persuade me right now that Holmes's dissent in Abrams (1919) drew on Thomas Emerson's "The System of Freedom of Expression" (1970).
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/anthropic-open-ai-startup-value.html
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Published: May 29, 2026 22:30
Good to see this at @lawfaremedia.org. An important public service. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-justice-department-erases-history--lawfare-restores-it
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Published: May 29, 2026 14:56
"What happens when lawyers stop believing that law and politics are different things?" Just-posted Episode 3 of @knightcolumbia.org's "Lawyering Without Law" features @katygb.bsky.social & Madhav Khosla in conversation with Princeton's…