Trump once said on the campaign trail that he would approve of torture as President, “even if it doesn’t work.” With four weeks left to Election Day, he seemed to be testing the proposition on the public.
Recent Bluessky Posts- According to the Princeton Review, UMiami Law is the nation's #2 most diverse law faculty. www.princetonreview.com/law-school-r... Surprised to learn this, as it's not how we see ourselves. And it kinda makes me worry about the rest of legal academia.... May 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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I am not prepared to call this a meltdown just yet. In any other election cycle, yes, this is a classic meltdown. But Trump has managed to defy expectations in a way that very few people saw coming. This Time cover seems like a premature celebration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhK55JVEd8
Fair point.
Like I said, premature celebration.
A reminder of the value of polls and conventional wisdom in the age of Trump. See above.