Prof. Yvette Joy Liebesman
@yvettejoy.bsky.social
Law prof specializing in (1) Intellectual Property Law and (2) Wills & Trusts; artist, tinkerer, bicyclist, dog lover— and now a published novelist.
Erik Prince's mercenaries wounded in Africa on a private contract are being treated at Walter Reed—at least 20 of them—just as if they were US uniformed service personnel. Outrageous. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
At least 20 killed or injured, including popular UFC fighter in Africa
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's private security forces suffered a devastating ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving around 20 people dead or wounded.
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We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
Many Equate Capitalism and Competition Capitalism gives people the ability to own businesses, invest money, take risks, create products, and earn profits. It is competition, not capitalism, that forces those businesses to keep earning their success. jaywaters.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Capitalism Without Competition Is Corporate Entitlement
The eighth of 12 posts exploring A New American Model.
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Trump Has Dementia - Severe Mental Illness Dr. John Gartner, a prominent psychotherapist “There is absolutely no doubt Trump has dementia. He is losing his capacity for coherent speech and has difficulty even finishing a sentence.” mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/s...
‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John Gartner
The psychologist and founder of Duty to Warn says the aging Trump has dementia and is severely mentally ill.
mindsitenews.org
How traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has adapted to Trump's Iran War. Good graphic summary. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
How traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is adapting to war
Mines, drones and competing shipping lanes – see how traffic through this vital waterway has changed
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WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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From today’s “Letters from an American” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-2-2... Full carousel on Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/Dbk9tM-Fn1... #lettersfromanamerican #heathercoxrichardson #protectdemocracy #factsmatter
I am currently adapting previous year's curriculum to NextGen because after their *own* catastrophe, California is going to use them for rising 2Ls. I am FURIOUS on these graduates' behalf. Thousands of dollars and hours down the drain, careers disrupted - totally inexcusable.
David Ziff@djsziff.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Dear Applicant, With deep regret, I write to inform you that Washington’s July 2026 administration of the NextGen bar exam has been cancelled. We will not continue tomorrow. . . . We do not have sufficient confidence that the technology issues have been resolved . . . . We sincerely apologize."
FINALLY up on SSRN - Melissa, Kate, & my paper - UNSETTLING THE PRESIDENCY! @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social Brief excerpt from the abstract: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Statement By Attorney General Davenport on Decision in ANJRPC v. Attorney General.
My latest for @mcsweeneys.net. We’re now at 1112 horrors. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: June 2026: Atrocities 1014-1112
Add another whopping ninety-eight instances of cruelty, collusion, corruption, and crime to the list.
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This was the 7th Trump appointee to rule against the DOJ on these cases. Two-thirds of the district court judges that have rejected these claims are GOP-appointed. Background:
Most of Trump DOJ’s voter roll losses have come from GOP-appointed judges
The numbers make it difficult for DOJ to portray its perfect losing record as the product of liberal “activist” judges or hostile jurisdictions. Judges with vastly different backgrounds and appointing...
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"Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says" Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.
Trump’s Illegal Boat Bombings Are Just ‘Murder for Murder’s Sake,’ U.S. Official Says
Donald Trump’s boat strikes aren’t working – because they’re ‘not actually designed to end the fentanyl crisis,’ a senior administration official tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
Alert: Eli Lilly is the first corporation I've seen declare it'll go semi-annual if given the choice: www.sec.gov/comments/S7-...
“Wisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data center *** Residents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction” 7/4/26
Wisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data center
Residents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction
independent.co.uk
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
In this exchange, @thelisagraves.bsky.social offers an extended meditation on the Supreme Court's arrogation of power to itself, and its creation of an imperial president in Trump, all at the expense of Congress. It's really striking when you see it all in one place:
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4mo ago"What we’re seeing is an imperial president being created by an imperial court. We have a cult of judicial supremacy where Roberts is basically acting like the kingmaker." On the pod, @thelisagraves.bsky.social is just brilliant on SCOTUS. Check out this exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2125...
New from me: Welcome to the era of Slaughter. Things are so degraded that we are unsurprised when the Supreme Court drops a 90 year old precedent and overturns legislation to at the behest of a President who denies democratic outcomes. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the era of Slaughter
Some context for a new period of executive aggrandizement
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Trump said he directed the DOJ to probe California’s elections – an abuse of power to achieve a partisan political objective. “Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election,” Marc Elias writes. https://bit.ly/4ePaa20
I won't give to Yale any longer. I called the alumni office and told them why. If you're a Yale grad, you can, too! alumni.yale.edu/contact-us
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Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4mo agoFresh off of endorsing Chris Rufo —by name—and his vision to destroy higher education, Yale is rushing to help the Trump admin resegregate education. An absolute disgrace.
Fantastic investigative journalism by @chicagotribune.com's Jonathan Bullington & @adrianaperez.bsky.social on Illinois' ~3,900 abandoned oil & gas wells: Holes left in farm fields that leak soil-killing brine, vent methane, and poison groundwater. And a $160M cleanup tab left for taxpayers. 🧵
Read the Tribune’s investigation into Illinois’ abandoned oil wells
Read the Chicago Tribune’s investigation into how Illinois regulators have failed to stop the proliferation of abandoned oil and gas wells in the state.
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