Great Nats game today. Lots of hits while enjoying Arepa Zone & Ben's Chili Bowl. Plus my future Mayor is here @janeese4dc.bsky.social

Thank you Senators @padilla.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov and every Senator who is standing up for the National Firearms Act as this administration abandons its responsibility to defend it. These lifesaving protections have stood for nearly a century. Thank you for fighting to keep Americans safe.

Wait, the official US White House website is featuring an arcade style game in which a cartoon white man in a suit chases cartoon black and brown people, eats/destroys them, and changes them into orange-clad inmates!?!

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 2w ago

Very gross!

The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime

New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.

americanprogress.org

Regulating civilian concealed gun carrying is different than most other gun laws. But our research at Johns Hopkins has shown that higher standards for who can carry a gun around are most effective and are widely supported by gun owners in our surveys.

Daniel Webster@daniel-webster.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o... This is a well-crafted piece informed by the sociologist’s research studying guns in our US society. But I push back on the characterization of gun regulation as being about keeping ppl from buying guns. Most gun control laws are about keeping guns from violent ppl.

This is the report the President is threatening a lawsuit over. #StreisandEffecting www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime

New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.

americanprogress.org

Center for American Progress@americanprogress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Lawyers for President Donald Trump issued a letter demanding the Center for American Progress retract a factual report or face a $5 billion lawsuit.

Proud of CAP & my team's unimpeachable research that followed the facts & data. We will not engage in self-censorship or give into fear b/c we published facts that are contrary to the adminstration's narrative. The work continues! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)

It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

nytimes.com

Trump attacked CAP over a report finding no evidence that National Guard troops reduced crime. My colleague Chandler and I responded in a USA Today op-ed. We should invest in what actually works to make communities safer

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · last mo.

Opinion: The American public is ready to reject Trump’s heavy-on-optics approach to public safety in favor of real results.

Friday afternoon is the ideal time to release data on how much reported crime is improving in the US. For example, murder fell at the fastest pace ever recorded in 2025 to the lowest rate since before 1960. I wrote some thoughts on the FBI's annual crime report. jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-re...

The FBI Reports That Murder Officially Fell At The Fastest Pace Ever Recorded in 2025

That and more takeaways from the FBI's 2025 Crime in the United States report.

jasher.substack.com

With 1Ls starting to show up places for orientation, I thought I'd write up some thoughts on things I hope they keep in mind, even if they aren't covered at orientation, like: 1. Casebooks are strange and misleading. 2. Torts can't teach you torts. 3. Laws don't magically work. And more...

1L (Re)Orientation

Some thoughts for 1Ls on how to approach their 1L year, which they may not hear at orientation.

johnfpfaff.com

🚨Job Alert!🚨 @americanprogress.bsky.social is hiring a policy analyst to join our Climate and Energy team. Full job description here: www.americanprogress.org/job/policy-a...

Policy Analyst, Domestic Climate Policy

American Progress is seeking a Policy Analyst to join its Energy and Environment department and conduct research and analysis related to energy and climate. The ideal analyst is a team player with str...

americanprogress.org

NYT article on ICE acquiring electric gloves includes anecdote from a Missouri police chief about how he was skeptical until he realized how painful it was & then ordered some

With this monthly feature, we list the most up-to-date information as an easy go-to to help fight the disinformation that floods our digital age. Check out the latest Research Rewind: armedwithreason.substack.com/p/research-r...

Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump’s lawsuit threat

Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump’s lawsuit threat

“Trump is lashing out and threatening bogus lawsuits because he wants to silence independent research,” said Neena Tanden, CEO and president of CAP.

dlvr.it

A statement from CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden about Trump's attack on CAP.

Hegseth should focus on his calvary scouts in the multiple wars we're involved in, not Boy Scouts events. Ridiculous apnews.com/article/scou...

Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon

One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...

apnews.com

New job market paper 🚨 Local newsrooms are cutting crime coverage—but not homicide, which nearly every journalist I interviewed considers too important to skip. So why did so many journalists recount open newsroom disagreements over homicide coverage? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Found Baltimore's biggest Shakira fan during Spain vs. Argentina halftime

In light of Maine news, reflecting on what I wrote in April: "Trump administration has made clear through its actions and rhetoric that it has little regard for public safety or the rule of law. This apathy has normalized dangerous practices among ICE and CBP cadets and agents."

4 Strategies To Improve ICE and CBP Recruiting, Hiring, and Training Using State and Local Best Practices

Congress must require the Department of Homeland Security to strengthen its recruitment, hiring, and training practices to prevent the deployment of unqualified or inadequately trained agents.

americanprogress.org

The Trump administration is trying to take credit for the historic drop in violent crime across America, even though this trend began before it took office and long before Trump deployed the National Guard to cities across the country. Get the real facts: https://ampr.gs/4wIPPmn

NEW: Analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social backs up with data what DC communities have been saying for nearly a year: The National Guard's deployment in DC is not making us any safer.

The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime

New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.

americanprogress.org

New pod out with @crimede-coder.bsky.social! We talk about how technology can improve crime analysis, the future with AI, and the barriers to adoption. Terrific conversation with one of the smartest people I know. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2hiB... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

Using Technology to Improve Crime Analysis with Andy Wheeler

The Jeff-alytics Podcast · Episode

open.spotify.com

I was going to make the joke “guns are the greatest tool we have right now to stop the rise of school shootings” except they actually believe that too

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Gov. Hochul has it exactly backwards. Data centers are the greatest tool we have right now to stop the rise of electricity prices."

"The White House’s aggressive immigration agenda has caused further staffing challenges, forcing office leaders to assign criminal prosecutors to the surging volume of civil habeas petitions from immigrant detainees..." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Sets Case Quotas for Line Prosecutors in Push to Boost Stats

Justice Department leaders have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administration’s grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorney...

news.bloomberglaw.com

Trump is keeping the National Guard in DC through Inauguration Day 2029, yet our recent analysis found no evidence that National Guard deployments have reduced violent crime. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime

New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.

americanprogress.org

NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. has been extended several times. Now, it's set to last until Inauguration Day 2029. n.pr/3SVGd9e

Turkey's president gifted NATO leaders a rare .357 Magnum revolver, 500 rounds, cleaning kit, & a note waiving Turkish export controls. "What followed was a continent-wide exercise in firearms law." www.seasonsofcrime.com/p/erdogan-ga...

Erdoğan Gave NATO Leaders Personalised Guns. Chaos Ensued.

Turkey's President Erdoğan gave heads of state engraved revolvers as parting gifts. Their governments then had to establish, urgently, what their own firearms laws said about that.

seasonsofcrime.com

Happy for everyone who's been at Yankee Stadium over 6 hours that Jay-Z is finally able to perform, reportedly bc of ppl rushing gates & closing entrance for hours. Probably won't stay awake to see what surprises he's got in store

I recently wrote an article for the Alabama Law Review in which I argue that in the 18th and 19th century mass violence was generally not committed by individuals, but instead by armed groups who collectively would commit horrific acts of mass violence. law.ua.edu/wp-content/u...

We’ve entered the period of the evening when I can’t tell whether the “it’s all over now” vagueposts are about Platner, the USMNT or McConnell.

Instead of working to protect our communities after one of the deadliest weekends of the year, the Trump admin is planning to roll back more than three dozen gun safety rules, making it easier for guns to fall into the wrong hands. It’s beyond dangerous.

Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations

nytimes.com