Josh Block
@joshablock.bsky.social
Attorney @ACLULGBT. He/him. Views expressed here are my own.
Watching the Jurassic Park Chaos Theory cartoon with the 7-year-old and who does this remind you of?
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Watching the Jurassic Park Chaos Theory cartoon with the 7-year-old and who does this remind you of?
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Going after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence is core to the fascist project, though.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Going after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence is core to the fascist project, though.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
All must be inverted. Good must be torn down. Resentment must be stoked. Otherwise “everyone is this way, look what you made me do” fails.
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This work builds on research by many others, including @beaubaumann.bsky.social and Emily Bremer. @nwdonahue.bsky.social and I are still at work on the law review version. In the meantime, you can read the brief at the link below! 3/3
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This work builds on research by many others, including @beaubaumann.bsky.social and Emily Bremer. @nwdonahue.bsky.social and I are still at work on the law review version. In the meantime, you can read the brief at the link below! 3/3
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Magic the Gathering is resigning?
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Magic the Gathering is resigning?
They called it “Operation Charlotte’s Web”??????!!!!
It's almost like Illinois Democratic senators could have said this too...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
They called it “Operation Charlotte’s Web”??????!!!!
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JUST IN: Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ's subpoena to CHOP (Children's Hosp of Philadelphia) for patient records of trans-related health care for minors. Judge Mark Kearney (Obama/PAED) says demand is overbroad and appears illegitimate. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum and/or Opinion – #43 in IN RE: SUBPOENA NO. 25-1431-014 (E.D. Pa., 2:25-mc-00039) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum and/or Opinion
storage.courtlistener.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
JUST IN: Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ's subpoena to CHOP (Children's Hosp of Philadelphia) for patient records of trans-related health care for minors. Judge Mark Kearney (Obama/PAED) says demand is overbroad and appears illegitimate. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
What is going on? I feel like I'm watching an old commercial for Werther's Original candies.
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What is going on? I feel like I'm watching an old commercial for Werther's Original candies.
No place for antisemitism in America . . . because all the Jews should leave.
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
No place for antisemitism in America . . . because all the Jews should leave.
“They look like good, strong [norms], don’t they? I always thought that’s what they were.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“They look like good, strong [norms], don’t they? I always thought that’s what they were.”
Half a step away from making the fugitive slave act great again and paying the judges more money if they rule in favor of removal.
Trump administration is rebranding immigration judges as "deportation judges"
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Half a step away from making the fugitive slave act great again and paying the judges more money if they rule in favor of removal.
Oh my!
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Oh my!
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE ALL THINKING, I KNEW IT, THIS IS WHY I HATE PARTIES
Man Trying To Enter Conversation Spends Few Minutes Smiling And Nodding At Edge Of Circle https://theonion.com/man-trying-to-enter-conversation-spends-few-minutes-smi-1819577205/
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE ALL THINKING, I KNEW IT, THIS IS WHY I HATE PARTIES
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On January 13, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments over state laws targeting transgender girls in sports. This from @pablo.show and @motherjones.com is a great explainer on why the right-wing legal movement needs this issue to push trans people out of public life altogether
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On January 13, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments over state laws targeting transgender girls in sports. This from @pablo.show and @motherjones.com is a great explainer on why the right-wing legal movement needs this issue to push trans people out of public life altogether
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1/ Riley Gaines is a leading face of the anti-trans movement, appearing at Trump’s signing of an executive order to ban trans girls from girls’ school sports.
But her teammate remembers a different Gaines, who expressly did not support Trump.
What happened? ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
But her teammate remembers a different Gaines, who expressly did not support Trump.
What happened? ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
ow.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
1/ Riley Gaines is a leading face of the anti-trans movement, appearing at Trump’s signing of an executive order to ban trans girls from girls’ school sports.
But her teammate remembers a different Gaines, who expressly did not support Trump.
What happened? ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
But her teammate remembers a different Gaines, who expressly did not support Trump.
What happened? ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
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Thread from my @cato.org colleague.
DHS beat, tackled, shackled, cut, and bruised US citizen Arturo Hermosillo in June. His hands turned blue. They stuffed him in a van and drove him to a station. Yet the agents told him that he was never "arrested," just "detained," ICE's new get-out-of-jail-free word.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thread from my @cato.org colleague.
I did laugh at the line about the multiple choice exam from hell.
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I did laugh at the line about the multiple choice exam from hell.
Today’s legal news has me thinking about Judge Van Graafeiland and his legendary screed in Tunick v Safir.
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Today’s legal news has me thinking about Judge Van Graafeiland and his legendary screed in Tunick v Safir.
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
law.justia.com/cases/federa...
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If *I* say that something is a little too gay for its own good...
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If *I* say that something is a little too gay for its own good...
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The Speech & Debate Clause is quite something
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Speech & Debate Clause is quite something
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NEW: The Trump administration continues to face wrongful deportation claims amid ramped up immigration enforcement. One of the latest cases involves a transgender woman sent to Mexico despite an order barring that due to her risk of torture or death -- "inadvertently," per DOJ bit.ly/3XEvsac
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW: The Trump administration continues to face wrongful deportation claims amid ramped up immigration enforcement. One of the latest cases involves a transgender woman sent to Mexico despite an order barring that due to her risk of torture or death -- "inadvertently," per DOJ bit.ly/3XEvsac