@sbagen.bsky.social
Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
I get that this has been almost entirely theater but I actually think it's quite bad if the people of DC become habituated to the presence of military personnel in the streets, for a whole host of reasons
Dems are willing to fund TSA. It's the Republicans who are holding TSA hostage so that they can avoid accountability for, and constraints on, ICE and CBP abuses.
I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.
As the man says, Max Speaks, You Listen!
This is really dangerous. The Trump Administration is moving us backwards on disability and homelessness issues in so many ways.
Her campaign website has no donate button, which makes this seem a bit fishy.
It's like if Artur Davis started out as an ICE lawyer.
She's running against Ilhan Omar in the Democratic primary? This is a joke, right? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
Dynasty!
I think what they failed to anticipate is that the *output* of that system would be deeply unconvincing to the public, that the public would intuitively recognize the falsity of claims like "Congress lacks the power the regulate political corruption" or "the executive branch *is* the presdident."
The fundamental mistake that the conservative legal movement made in looking at the Warren Court was assuming that it was all power and zero parts persuasion, so all they had to do was capture the institution. They were, I think, half right, but that other half is very important.
This from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social is exceptionally well done, and on the mark. open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
It's not just that he refused to condemn Ogles and Fine; he endorsed the substance of their vile messages, taking issue only with their "tone," and he introduced a new line of bigotry-fueled conspiracy theory about Muslims wanting to impose sharia law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is very cool and important research that promises to save lives. Go Blue!
record.umich.edu/articles/red...
Quick addendum on this: the one part of the left that truly understood power was ... unions. Union organizers were never under the illusion that they could sweet-talk concessions from bosses with the right framing. They dealt in power.
That's why the right killed them.
A flopping technical? Forget that.
Ron Holland drawing a bunch of flagrants.
Been thinking about this thread a lot recently. It is one of the most correct reads of what’s unfolded. The Trump admin is doing untold damage and every step of it has been an unforced error on their part
Congrats!
One of the stupidest wars in world history, which is really saying something
I feel seen.
None. But Iraq and Libya kind of already established the point.
I’m not sure whether “mixed signals” or “zigzags” captures the fact that, in an unhinged press conference, Trump said completely contradictory things about the war that he started without explaining its goals or endgame and without getting Congressional approval.
Since the days of Henry II, the right to a trial by jury is one of the common law’s greatest gifts to the world. It would be a terrible shame if Labour threw it on the dustpile of history for many offenses.
One of my favorite albums.
not particularly news to anyone, but it's still amazing & scandalous how people (or esp the supreme court, privileging donors over the public interest) think a democracy can survive with this level of oligarchic distortion (assuming against evidence that they want it to survive)
Just, in every possible way, precisely the opposite of how they treated Biden.
YES. In the same sentence he said the war was complete, he proposed a policy that would vastly enlarge the war! Media reported the first half, and then later reported a different part to make it seem like a change! But it was incoherent, nonsensical slop all along.
This, too, is sanewashing!
Important. RFK and Marty Makary seem on track to let their ideology slow or scuttle effective front-of-pack nutritional labeling -- even as they say they're committed to a front-of-pack labeling policy. open.substack.com/pub/drsusanm...
The basic boorishness of Trump is one thing...but, his white house (who endlessly lectures on protecting kids) posts DAILY KILL VIDEOS, usually with hype songs
Kids are on social media, good lord, do they need to see celebratory kill videos every single day?