Last semester. And they didn’t do well. Not test anxiety — students don’t know how to cram any more.

The detail at the end of the story about Councilor Avalos misrepresenting conversations she had (and did not have) with NPCC is really problematic for a Council that has been struggling with trusting one another.

I’m recommending that paper everywhere. It shows that so many assumptions are turned on their head.

But politicians are famously superstitious learners and I suspect haven’t integrated tjis yet.

Election Law for the New Electorate - Harvard Law School Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Election Law for the New Electorate (Harv. Pub. L. Working Paper No. 24-02, 2024).

This is what @profnickstephan.bsky.social argues here hls.harvard.edu/bibliography...

Trump's Schedule F Rule Finalized A bizarro rule formally justifies politicizing public services

New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.

The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...

Perhaps we read the resistenza user’s post differently.

They quite clearly imply in their post — and in reply to others who say it’s speculation —that CPB targeted Pretti because of this system and the whole encounter was planned.

There’s no evidence of that and personally I’d not speculate.

This is wild speculation and it’s really not helpful to repost. We have all seen the videos — are you really claiming somehow they magically got Pretti to step in and then “knew” to target him? The situation was way too fluid. Not a credible claim.

Breaking news: Trump cabinet official learns that POTUS is a narcissist who only cares about himself.

Changing organizational culture — especially a military one — takes a hell of a lot more work that reassigning a leader and installing another one.

The Admin has spent six months hiring thugs and praising them when they terrorize the populace.

The only way to deescalate is rewind the whole thing

I suspect not fired, “reassigned” and we will be told it was in the works anyway.

Noem is next. She’s cosplayed for the last time.

Has he been fired or just reassigned?

Sundenbock.

As in:

Bovino ist der Sundenbock.

I’m relearning German and while I’ve always known the word Grupenfuhrer, I don’t know the word for sacrificial lamb.

Both apply to Bovino.

About time for the storm trooper to go

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.

Tonight, on behalf of Minnesota law enforcement, I filed a lawsuit against DHS to prevent the destruction of evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

DHS is not above the law, and Alex sure as hell is not beneath it.

I stopped posting the daily reminder, but just in case it’s in need of a refresher:

Congressional Republicans can stop this any. time. they. want.

Could be a long hot summer

I just missed the 4:30 and didn’t want to wait 90 min

Pro tip #3 for #spsa2026

There is no event WiFi for @spsanews.bsky.social so have your hotspot ready if your slides are on the web.

Pro tip #2 #spsa2026

The app you want is “SPSA” and is categorized as “reference”

Not “SPSA connect” which is categorized as education!

Hot funk along with hot plates at Frenchman’s Street for #spsa2026

NOLA pro tip for #spsa2026

Fixed fare for cabs from MSY of $36, $18 a person for 2, $15 apiece for 3 or more.

Uber and Lyft were showing me fares over $50.

openelections/spsa2026 is a new repo by openelections: https://github.com/openelections/spsa2026

Presentation materials

University to Pay $500,000 to Professor It Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post

Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Charlie Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

This football game is nuts

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner