Reporter: Family members of service members are concerned about conditions on the LIncoln. Trump: No they’re not. Reporter: Has the deployment gone on too long? Trump: No. Not nearly long enough.

@blumenthal.senate.gov and @delauro.house.gov have sent a joint letter to the President of Yale, Maurie McInnis. It asks for information on "the University’s interactions with the Administration since January 20, 2025, regarding Title VI compliance and any recent or ongoing negotiations." 1/

Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

What a tremendous piece from David Pressman and Arne Duncan. Yale trustees will own any capitulation to President Trump. It will be their historical legacy, it will be their shame. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequences

A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.

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Presumption of regularity -> presumption of irregularity

Michael Karlik@michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Even though the 10th Circuit's recent decision on immigration detention pointed to a bond hearing as the remedy, Senior Judge William Martínez of Colorado is still out here ordering people's immediate release because he doesn't trust the government to provide a fair bond hearing:

The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty are trying to stop a settlement between the university and the Trump administration, warning that an agreement could jeopardize Yale’s independence, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.

Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal

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I wrote to the President, Provost, and General Counsel, and I signed the Stand Up for Yale letter that has been making the rounds. Yale should not fold to Trump Administration extortion. It’s as simple as that.

Yale AAUP@aaupyale.org · 2mo ago

🚨🚨URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Calling ALL Yale Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff!!🚨🚨 According to The New York Times, Yale has reportedly entered settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations involving admissions at the Yale School of Medicine.

Zero (0) of Epstein's victims had the ability to self-fund litigation against Epstein or anyone like him. The only way they had any chance is through contingency fee representation. Everyone in Big Law knows that, they sneer at it anyway because they know it's morally superior to their work.

Blake Emerson@blakeprof.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not the main point, but this is a real window into the elite law bias against contingency fees, which is the only way most non-rich people can get lawyers in civil matters. Particularly galling from Ruemmler, who decided the best thing to do after serving in the White House was to sell out

There needs to be a counter-concert to Freedom 250 to raise money for pro-democracy and civil rights groups. As Gen Alpha would say, mog them

No, Tina Peters should not have had her sentence commuted. She broke Colorado laws and was convicted by a jury of her peers. Here’s my statement:

Calling it: hackish professors will begin inventing arguments for presidential pardons to reach state crimes, just like they did in the birthright citizenship context.

Ironic that David Gelernter wrote that 18-year-olds are too young to vote, while cavorting with Jeff Epstein

Hearing him loud and clear.

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Bovino isn’t disappearing — he’s just headed to the next city. Time for that city to learn from Minnesotans.

You go on reddit, and the nursing subreddit now has Alex Pretti as its photo.

American Nurses Association statement on the murder of Alex Pretti.

I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Per BBC News, Stephen Miller accuses Sen. Klobuchar and other Democratic politicians of "flaming the flames of insurrection." Using the word "insurrection" is a very deliberate choice.

Man dies in Minneapolis shooting involving federal immigration agents

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says he has spoken to the White House about the shooting, calling it

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I don’t know who this Minnesota man is, but he absolutely speaks for me.

I feel like the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting--where twenty children and six educators were killed--marked a turning point. The Republican Party decided it would no longer pretend to care about how many people were killed using guns. It essentially crossed the Rubicon toward not giving a damn.

What’s the point of having power if not to use it to stand up for those who are more vulnerable? That time is now Dems! When the racist goes after your colleague

Even in this dark timeline, it's amusing that the Administration has a knack for choosing the wrong people to mess with. James Comey, Letitia James, the good people of Chicago, and now Mark freaking Kelly.

As a Chargers fan, the Raiders losing to the Shedeur-led Browns is absolutely hilarious

This is utter insanity. We know that PFAS resist degradation and contaminate soil, groundwater, and surfacewater. We know that exposures, even at very low levels, are highly harmful. And we're intentionally spraying it on food crops grown on some of America's most valuable agricultural land.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 9mo ago

The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists. Here’s what to look out for:

Really shows that Trump really wants a friend more than another sycophant

Really hits the nail on the head.

American Immigration Council@immcouncil.org · 9mo ago

The Trump administration has a new mass deportation playbook. We’ve seen it in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. And it’s coming to more cities. @daralind.bsky.social explains 👇

If only Virginia Giuffre had lived to see this day and the ones that will follow.

Two things I learned at YLS are: 1) many elites see in-group solidarity as superseding civic responsibility 2) the more powerful the person, the more unhinged their email style So yeah let’s just say I’m not that surprised about the news today