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democracynow.org
Trump is "seeking to neutralize any place where there might be opposition," says @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
democracynow.org
Pam Bondi will "go down in history as one of the worst attorneys general we've ever had," says @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social, responding to President Trump's latest firing of a cabinet member.
April 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
onthemedia.bsky.social
Show's up! Featuring @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, & @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
January 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
democracynow.org
The White House is threatening to kill survivors of its strikes on boats in the Caribbean, even though "the entire operation is illegal from the outset," says @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
democracynow.org
The Trump administration is committing "murder" with its attacks on boats in the Caribbean, says @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
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Would rationales of alleged drug-smuggling hold up if they were made by other countries about the U.S. drug trade?
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
rgoodlaw.bsky.social
2/ Thankful 4 superlative Board of Editors:

Andy Wright
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November 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM
jameeljaffer.bsky.social
One of the many excellent things about this piece by @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social about the TikTok case is that it highlights some of the really dangerous implications of the arguments the Justice Department is pushing here. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
January 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
debpearlstein.bsky.social
Looking forward to welcoming @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social to Princeton!
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
justsecurity.org
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December 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
harrymeanwell4.bsky.social
@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
Please take this to court now. Please.
January 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
robertltsai.bsky.social
Many thanks to @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social for nominating @demandtimpossible.bsky.social as one of 2024’s top reads. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social bit.ly/4jENbHk
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Bad company! (But good piece from @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social & Amrit Singh about the significance of Trump's executive orders targeting law firms.) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
harrymeanwell4.bsky.social
Public school workplace is becoming a MAGA driven hostile workplace, especially for the immigrant children that end up crying being forced to hear lies about “Trump accomplishments.”
Truth is waning…
@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
harrymeanwell4.bsky.social
All 240 men need to be brought back.
This is what Hitler did.
We can’t let it stand.
This is all TRUMP.
Trump is in contempt of court! “Facilitate” the RETURN!
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July 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump’s recent executive order against flag-burning will not only encourage more of it, @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social argues, but “could also hand flag-burners a legal defense in the rare situation when they might otherwise be prosecuted”:
Trump’s Order Against Flag-Burning Will Backfire
Donald Trump’s recent executive order against flag-burning will not only encourage more of it, David Cole argues, but “could also hand flag-burners a legal defense in the rare situation when they might otherwise be prosecuted”:
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August 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
jackelhai.bsky.social
"Too stark."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to
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Red Scares, Past and Present
What are the parallels between the rise of McCarthyism in the 1950s and today?
www.thenation.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
justsecurity.org
[2/3] With thanks to our authors this week:

Allie Schiele
@andrewbfriedman.bsky.social
@andrewpmiller.bsky.social
@briannarosen.bsky.social
Clara Apt
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David J. Kramer
@martylederman.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
elmunc.bsky.social
Photo 1: Point system for identifying enemy aliens subject to deportation, 2025

Photo 2: Point system for sifting "loyal" from "disloyal" Japanese Americans, used in 1943 and quickly abandoned b/c it didn't work.

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April 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
sbagen.bsky.social
Great @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social piece: "It was an illegal operation, actually. Illegal on so many fronts that it can be challenging to keep them straight. .... That is not law enforcement; it is imperialism, pure and simple."
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Trump’s War | David Cole
“It was a brilliant operation, actually.” So claimed Donald Trump early this morning in a phone call with The New York Times about the US military’s
www.nybooks.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
elizkolbert.bsky.social
Recommend this piece in @nybooks.com by
@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social on how the SCOTUS majority keeps changing the rules to reach the decisions that it wants.
Umpires No More | David Cole
In several major cases in its 2024–2025 term, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority reached its desired results not by overturning precedent but by ignoring it.
www.nybooks.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
genevievelakier.bsky.social
The amazing @rtushnet.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social , Erwin Chemerinsky, Geof Stone, Robert Post, Nadine Strossen and Amanda Shanor joined the brief with me. The bottom line: the admin's actions are flagrantly and obviously unconstitutional....
April 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
nybooks.com
Our 8/21 issue is now online, with @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social on the Supreme Court’s scorn for precedent, Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Jamaica Kincaid’, @seanmcarroll.bsky.social on cosmic timing, poems by John Berryman & @joriegraham.bsky.social, and more.
Volume 72, Issue 13 (2025-08-21)
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July 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
jonwiener.bsky.social
Trump "wants to frustrate people’s ability to vote" & "thus far, the Supreme Court has not facilitated this effort to undermine our democratic process" – but the fight for free & fair elections is not over – @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4dg9zGw
September 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
jonwiener.bsky.social
How Trump is "looking for any opportunity he can find to interfere" so "we should all be supporting the groups that are out there fighting to ensure that our elections are free & fair" – @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4dg9zGw
September 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
nybooks.com
“Trump’s war with Iran may not trouble his ‘morality,’ but it is manifestly illegal.” —@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social
The Lie of ‘Preventive’ War | David Cole
In January, during a lengthy New York Times interview with President Donald Trump, one of the paper’s reporters asked him whether he saw “any checks” to
www.nybooks.com
March 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM