Donald Clarke
@donaldcclarke.bsky.social
Professor emeritus, George Washington University Law School, specializing in modern Chinese law. "Softhanded scribe". Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X. Website: http://donaldclarke.net Twitter: @donaldcclarke
They spontaneously turned up all dressed in black, wearing masks at the same time.
Tomas Hirst@tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 3d agoSure, seems totally fine for a bunch of masked men to stop traffic around a port
Nothing in this @cnn.com piece about Elon Musk's extremist views and the questions and complications they will surely bring for Ken Paxton who must, of course, now be asked to disavow the support of a racist who advocates the Great Replacement Theory and other white nationalist ideas. Not a word.
Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? | CNN Politics
For months, Texas Republicans have anxiously awaited the arrival of national resources to help boost Ken Paxton, one of the GOP’s most vulnerable Senate candidates.
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only in America could there be a bullshit health craze centered around eating burgers, fries, and a milkshake
It is under-appreciated just how catastrophically bad this number is. Biden bottomed out at 32 among registered voters in 2022 when inflation was 9%. Gallup had Bush at 28% in Sept 2008 wavepolling.com/results/2026...
👇🎯 Everything he does is illegal. Our national media has just decided to stop discussing it. It literally is not news mentioned in the articles at all, whether we’re talking about 👇 or tariffs or NATO or whatever. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Jeff Lazarus@jlazarus.bsky.social · last wk.FWIW Trump can't rename geographical features. Only the U.S. Board on Geographic Names can do that; Trump can't go over their head. What the executive order does is require all federal government agencies and employees to use an inaccurate place names. That, unfortunately, is a power he does have.
Karen complains about teen restaurant worker wearing a hijab. Manager defends kid, tells Karen to get lost. Karen tries stir up anger against restaurant by posting video to FB. Public response criticizes Karen instead. Karen now feels “threatened,” seeks protective order against manager.
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Asking your AI chat bot to “please roast” your perceived adversary is the most Loser Shit in the entire recorded history of humanity
Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · last wk.Elon Musk is using his company's AI chatbot, Grok, to attack Billie Eilish for living in a society, I guess.
You know, ordinarily I’d say centrally planned economies are a bad idea. But what if — and hear me out, here — what if we switched to a centrally planned system, except there was only only one planner, and he was a corrupt, senile, 80-year-old man who had driven multiple businesses into the ground?
Trump’s Bad Bet on Beef
A new plan to lower prices is causing a rift in his own party.
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Zach was my teaching partner at the Naval War College. He's an all-around great guy with a strong sense of honor and professionalism. He's speaking out against a deep stain on our country: the betrayal of Afghans and others put their lives at risk to work with us.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · last wk.Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
The blood of every last CHILD on his hands, the network's hands, all of their hands. Every single person willfully spreading these lies and preventable diseases. Absolute Moloch worship .
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoDr Oz: "I don't want anyone in America concerned inappropriately. We don't know exactly what happened in PAG yet. We don't know if the children died from measles or had another condition that was already attacking them and they happened to get measles at the same time. We lived this during covid."
Artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison for satirizing the worst mass murderer in human history. For those Westerners who praise how well-governed China is, consider this your periodic reminder of the true nature of the CCP. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
Chinese Artist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Mao Sculptures
Gao Zhen, part of a brotherly duo famous for satirical artworks, was convicted of slandering one of China’s heroes after a secret one-day trial.
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A propos of the latest swipe from the Times at DSA, I tried to look up the famous Nikita Kruschev-Zhou Enlai exchange and the AI interjected with an *oddly specific* and completely unsolicited denial...
Bessent’s bond-market battle “is starting to look like his boss’s war in Iran .. a tangled set of objectives, an underestimated opponent and an implausible path to victory. And like the conflict in the Middle East, we are all going to suffer ..” @katie0martin.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b9e7...
One explanation of the why pundits have gotten weird is that they spend too much time on X. I think an under appreciated additional reason is "I spent time with a billionaire, and they were nice to me."
Excellent Commonwealth piece on #Taiwan universities hi.cw.com.tw/u/k8pfB2e/
Why W. John Kao Went to Hawaii for a Job Interview｜Politics & Society｜2026-08-18｜web only
Why would the president of one of Taiwan's top universities consider leaving for the University of Hawaii? The controversy surrounding W. John Kao highlights deeper problems in Taiwan's higher educati...
hi.cw.com.tw
I wish there’d be a day when we no longer have inspiring photos of HKers standing proud and unbowed in the face of authoritarianism
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 3w agoElizabeth Tang, a veteran pro-democracy activist and the wife of Tiananmen vigil activist Lee Cheuk-yan, at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on August 21, 2026, after the verdict in the trial of her husband and fellow Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
“.. When you're trying to sell your bonds to the market, it's you who has to understand the market, not the market that has to understand you.” @dow.bsky.social
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
Whitney Curry Wimbish@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Trump regime is looking for immigrant detention camps big enough to hold up to 3,000 children. At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge.” New from me in @prospect.org.
Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3w agoIs there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/new-post-0... Interesting thoughts about political communications.
<eyeroll> C'mon, Axelrod...
Don't say
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Today the NYTimes published a story about prosecutors pursuing a criminal investigation against a judge's daughter as possible retaliation for that judge presiding over Trump's criminal trial. It had a single byline. The article on race and hiring at Cambridge, a UK university, had 5.
Gosh I wonder if there's something shameful about using AI, if AI users are upset that AI content will be labeled as AI content?
Bryan Toporek@btoporek.bsky.social · 3w agolmfaoooooo www.businessinsider.com/claude-users...
Advice for incoming law students from a couple of law profs: open.substack.com/pub/donaldcl...
Advice to entering law students
Not a Chinese law post
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