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Paul Gowder Nov 25

Shae Erisson Nov 25

I'm doing a rust tutorial with a friend and former coworker.

When I described linear values that must be used at least once, she said "Aha, Chekhov's Type" [1]

I laughed much.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov's_gun

Chekhov's gun - Wikipedia

Paul Gowder Nov 22

Heidi Li Feldman Nov 13

Really excellent reporting from @Wired on ties between Epstein, Bill Gates, and Trump, ties that run through various social/political networks. https://archive.is/2025.11.13-203143/https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-claimed-intimate-knowledge-of-donald-trumps-views-in-texts-with-bill-gates-adviser/

Paul Gowder Nov 14

ProPublica Nov 13

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
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Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Chicago #ICE #Immigration #FBI #Venezuela #Immigrants #Trump

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime

ProPublica

Paul Gowder Oct 3

I'm wearing a tie so you know that Trump did another fascism and it's time to explain that to the tv-viewing public

Paul Gowder Sep 30

Following up on some very slightly oversimplified quotes in axios, preliminary notes on state capacity to resist ICE abuses: https://stop-authoritarianism.beehiiv.com/p/options-for-illinois-pushback-against-ice-abusiveness

Options for Illinois pushback against ICE abusiveness

... the details of the stuff I sent to Axios

How to Stop Authoritarianism

Paul Gowder Sep 22

The year is 2026. You heart a cat picture on Instagram. The cat's owner once disagreed with Charlie Kirk. ICE is here. You're guilty of material support, RICO, and structuring. Stephen Miller is burning you in effigy at halftime at the Superbowl. You're in CECOT. You pay Trump $100k. You're in exile.

Paul Gowder Sep 13, 2025

It is inexcusable for a public university in a blue state to give a snitch list to Trump.

It's time to do sanctuary jurisdictions but for education. California (and Illinois, Massachusetts, etc.) should forbid its universities by statute from cooperating with any federal demands for information absent a court order.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

The Guardian

Paul Gowder Sep 6, 2025

Here we go again. The president has threatened to wage war on an American city so I guess I have to do more press.

What I will tell them is that the constitution defines the crime of treason as levying war against the United States. Any soldier who obeys an order to wage a war of aggression against the city of Chicago is subject to court-martial.

Paul Gowder Sep 5, 2025

Was on CBS this morning talking about Trump's threat to send troops to Chicago. TL;DR it's illegal for multiple reasons.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/looming-national-guard-deployment-in-chicago/

Looming National Guard deployment in Chicago

Paul Gowder, professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, joins Dana Kozlov to discuss the looming National Guard deployment in Chicago.

Paul Gowder Aug 18, 2025

Someone is clearly happy that the bullshit air and water show is over

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