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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jul 13

I assume this is on the basis of your interventions on the AALS list serve the past couple of days, which have been 🔥💯🔥💯

Thank you for your service 🙏🏻

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 27

Check out this excellent thread from @eliothiggins.bsky.social on what misinformation is, the dangers it poses and how empowered citizens and critical thinking are vital to democracy.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jun 27

🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...

The Misleading Panic over Misinformation

People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.

www.cato.org

Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is cruel. Children will die because they can’t get the treatment they need.

This SCOTUS doesn’t care about the American people.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 18

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.

Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights

The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨 Call for papers!

Please consider submitting a proposal for our Emerging Voices Panel at @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend 2025. This is a great opportunity to present before a prominent international law audience + get feedback from experienced scholars.

Deadline = July 6

ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · Jun 11

Emerging Voices 2025 Panel

The ILW Organizing Committee invites the submission of abstracts relating to the theme of “Crisis as Catalyst in International Law.” Accepted applicants will be invited to present their papers at the Emerging Voices Panel. www.ila-americanbranch.org/emerging-voi...

Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 12

The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.

Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

3/ Second up: A Roadmap for Justice in Iran, outlining the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, with which we've been sharing open source data and analysis w/ an eye towards the pursuit of legal accountability www.justsecurity.org/113838/roadm...

An Update from the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission

Leaders of the U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Iran provide a path for accountability, reparations, and international support.

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

2/ First up: Safeguarding Evidence from Nushin Sarkarati (Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project), @jesspeake.bsky.social (UCLA Lab) and Kelly Liu (Mnemomic) who outline our collab as the Iran Digital Archive Coalition + the special series www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...

The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests

Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.

www.justsecurity.org

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 12

Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran

Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

Series on Gender and Protests in Iran

www.justsecurity.org

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 12

Check out my new @justsecurity.org piece, w my brilliant collaborator/friends Nushin Sarkarati (@slpjustice.bsky.social) + Kelly Liu. We describe creating the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition + why it is important to collect #digitalevidence for #accountability

www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...

The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests

Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.

www.justsecurity.org

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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · Jun 12

If this can be done to a U.S. Senator, in full view of the press, no one in this country can feel safe.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Jun 12

Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 23

Love this, Bec . Congrats again!!

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Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · May 13

Please read or watch OCHA head Tom Fletcher’s remarkable and damning UNSC briefing.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · May 10

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 10

This @motherjones.com piece captures the horror + fear of ICE agents disappearing a woman without a warrant, while hiding their faces. Cowards.

And then the Worcester Police steps in to help ICE + arrests a distraught 16 year old whose mother has just been taken.

It’s disgusting.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · May 10

@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“They’re trying to kidnap someone”

On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

www.motherjones.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · May 9

A true scandal. One of the biggest free speech violations of our lifetimes and yet the people who screamed about free speech on campus for the past decade were either responsible for the violation (Trump, GOP) or ran cover for it and enabled it (Bari Weiss, Fox, etc).

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · May 9

BREAKING: Federal judge in Vermont orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be released from detention "immediately" and on her own recognizance with no travel restrictions.

More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

www.lawdork.com

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 8

I am glad I am now registered to vote and have more protections as a citizen to be able to speak out against the many injustices occurring daily. I’m glad to be here and won’t stop fighting for a better tomorrow for all. 4/4

🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 8

There is so much hostility towards migrants, cruel policies that separate families, disappearances from our streets, and deportations and/or imprisonment without due process. 3/4

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 8

That is the promise of America - that anyone can come here, be welcomed, and make a life for themselves.

Unfortunately, that isn’t the moment we are in now. 2/4

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 8

Short 🧵

Today I became an American citizen after almost 16 years of living in the United States 🇺🇸

The woman who delivered the oath ceremony to the 40 of us who were being sworn in as citizens this morning thanked us for coming here and wanting to make it our home. 1/4

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 7

Moving and inspirational stories from past Aurora Humanitarian Awardees who are doing life changing work to support communities in Burundi, Congo, Iraq and Afghanistan

Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 7

@safiyanoble.bsky.social talks of the “fantasy of AI” + the harm being wrought to by LLMs, + @aspainbradley.bsky.social emphasizes that education is a political project + we need to ensure access for all on a panel on The Future of Human Rights at the Aurora Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · May 7

An interesting conversation to kick off the Aurora Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum, cohosted by the Promise Institute for Human Rights

Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Apr 30

I’m excited to be co-chairing the @abilaofficial.bsky.social International Law Weekend this Fall with this excellent committee of colleagues and friends!

ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · Apr 29

Announcing: the International Law Weekend 2025 Organizing Committee! Including @jesspeake.bsky.social, @chris4short.bsky.social, @corrarino.bsky.social, @ewickeri.bsky.social, @freyadw.bsky.social and @leilasadat1.bsky.social
www.ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-i...

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Apr 28

Amazing, Bec! Congratulations. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher.

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Apr 17

Congratulations @leilasadat1.bsky.social, recipient of the @asilorg.bsky.social Goler T. Butcher medal for her incredible work pushing for a #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

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