Kirti Datla
@kirtidatla.bsky.social
Gorgeous fall weather and lovely vibes at the DCCX today.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Gorgeous fall weather and lovely vibes at the DCCX today.
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"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
Earthjustice is looking for an Associate Director of Court Communications & Special Projects who will, among other things, work with the Strategic Legal Advocacy team to convey how the law is changing, who is changing it, and who that hurts. 7+ years experience; DC salary: $157,100-$174,500.
Associate Director, Courts Communications & Special Projects
Earthjustice is hiring a Associate Director, Courts Communications and Special Projects.
earthjustice.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Earthjustice is looking for an Associate Director of Court Communications & Special Projects who will, among other things, work with the Strategic Legal Advocacy team to convey how the law is changing, who is changing it, and who that hurts. 7+ years experience; DC salary: $157,100-$174,500.
A good place to use one’s legal talents in this time.
Our office is again hiring one or more attorneys for a one-year fellowship to work directly with the Illinois Solicitor General and her team, beginning in August/September 2026.
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/ilag...
www.governmentjobs.com/careers/ilag...
Job Opportunities | Office of the Illinois Attorney General
www.governmentjobs.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A good place to use one’s legal talents in this time.
It is in fact possible to report the truth.
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It is in fact possible to report the truth.
They could use the time they're not spending passing a budget that reinstitutes the constitutional order to codify Bivens.
WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
They could use the time they're not spending passing a budget that reinstitutes the constitutional order to codify Bivens.
This is a perfect explanation of why the issue of independent agencies matters: Because it’s about something much bigger—how we understand and implement democratic legitimacy, the idea that we the American people control our government.
to me, the “column” is less a form than an opportunity (and a challenge). you’re telling me i have as much space as i’d like to make an argument about anything i’d like to an audience inclined to pay close attention? well let’s see if they’ll read 2000 words on democratic legitimacy. (gift link)
Opinion | This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is a perfect explanation of why the issue of independent agencies matters: Because it’s about something much bigger—how we understand and implement democratic legitimacy, the idea that we the American people control our government.
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It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
The winners of the first two Tour de France Femmes stages are 38 and 41. 🙌🏽
🇪🇸 Mavi García after winning stage 2 of 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025
'I still can’t believe it. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I started to think that it was time to consider retiring because I wasn’t enjoying myself, but this gives me a huge boost of energy.'
Full reaction ⤵️
📸 Cor Vos
'I still can’t believe it. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I started to think that it was time to consider retiring because I wasn’t enjoying myself, but this gives me a huge boost of energy.'
Full reaction ⤵️
📸 Cor Vos
July 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The winners of the first two Tour de France Femmes stages are 38 and 41. 🙌🏽
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MARIANNE VOS WINS STAGE 1 OF 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025
Wow what an ending! Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had looked like taking the win but tires in the last metres leading to Marianne Vos taking her 250th win of her career, and the yellow jersey!
Wow what an ending! Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had looked like taking the win but tires in the last metres leading to Marianne Vos taking her 250th win of her career, and the yellow jersey!
July 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
MARIANNE VOS WINS STAGE 1 OF 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025
Wow what an ending! Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had looked like taking the win but tires in the last metres leading to Marianne Vos taking her 250th win of her career, and the yellow jersey!
Wow what an ending! Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had looked like taking the win but tires in the last metres leading to Marianne Vos taking her 250th win of her career, and the yellow jersey!
I was so in awe of the people I worked for when I interned at State. It’s what made me want to be a lawyer, made me know I wanted to do environmental work, made me determined to be a public servant. It felt so special to walk into that beautiful building every day. This is just so sad.
Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ last night, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleagues, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I was so in awe of the people I worked for when I interned at State. It’s what made me want to be a lawyer, made me know I wanted to do environmental work, made me determined to be a public servant. It felt so special to walk into that beautiful building every day. This is just so sad.
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❗HIRING ❗ Join me at UGA School of Law! We're hiring 4-5 tenure-track or tenured positions. Priorities include torts, Ks, bankruptcy, environmental law, property, *international law* & secured transactions.
Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ [email protected]. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s.
Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ [email protected]. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s.
July 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
❗HIRING ❗ Join me at UGA School of Law! We're hiring 4-5 tenure-track or tenured positions. Priorities include torts, Ks, bankruptcy, environmental law, property, *international law* & secured transactions.
Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ [email protected]. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s.
Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ [email protected]. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s.
* cries in just returned from Denver three days ago *
Texans love to escape to Colorado during summer. @tacotrail.bsky.social makes that sojourn a bit easier with his top taco recs in the Denver area. www.texasmonthly.com/food/best-ta...
Texans Traveling to Colorado This Summer: These Are the Tacos You Need to Try
Our taco editor has done the legwork to find the best tacos in the Denver area as hordes of Texans prepare to trek through.
www.texasmonthly.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
* cries in just returned from Denver three days ago *
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A good govt. nonprofit has an annual awards for federal employees that it still managed to put on despite everything
I interviewed an honoree who helped get low-income people w/ HIV on lifesaving medicine + a NASA employee who might've discovered evidence for aliens
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
I interviewed an honoree who helped get low-income people w/ HIV on lifesaving medicine + a NASA employee who might've discovered evidence for aliens
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
From HIV clinics to outer space: Awards program spotlights federal employees in the face of civil service headwinds
The Partnership for Public Service has put on the Service to America medals for more than two decades to recognize exceptional civil servants, but the event took on more resonance this year amid feder...
www.govexec.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A good govt. nonprofit has an annual awards for federal employees that it still managed to put on despite everything
I interviewed an honoree who helped get low-income people w/ HIV on lifesaving medicine + a NASA employee who might've discovered evidence for aliens
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
I interviewed an honoree who helped get low-income people w/ HIV on lifesaving medicine + a NASA employee who might've discovered evidence for aliens
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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If we had a functioning Congress it would be enacting a law providing a §1983-style remedy for anyone whose rights are violated by someone acting under color of federal law.
June 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If we had a functioning Congress it would be enacting a law providing a §1983-style remedy for anyone whose rights are violated by someone acting under color of federal law.
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DC FOLKS - reminder that TOMORROW I'll be at Politics & Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social (Connecticut Ave.) at 7 PM.
Rep. Jamie Raskin is moderating a conversation about .... LAWLESS!
Event: politics-prose.com/leah-litman?...
Preorder a SIGNED copy of LAWLESS! politics-prose.com/preorderlawl...
Rep. Jamie Raskin is moderating a conversation about .... LAWLESS!
Event: politics-prose.com/leah-litman?...
Preorder a SIGNED copy of LAWLESS! politics-prose.com/preorderlawl...
May 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
DC FOLKS - reminder that TOMORROW I'll be at Politics & Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social (Connecticut Ave.) at 7 PM.
Rep. Jamie Raskin is moderating a conversation about .... LAWLESS!
Event: politics-prose.com/leah-litman?...
Preorder a SIGNED copy of LAWLESS! politics-prose.com/preorderlawl...
Rep. Jamie Raskin is moderating a conversation about .... LAWLESS!
Event: politics-prose.com/leah-litman?...
Preorder a SIGNED copy of LAWLESS! politics-prose.com/preorderlawl...
Someone gave me a hug for alerting them to good BBQ, and it's probably the most accomplished I've felt all year.
May 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Someone gave me a hug for alerting them to good BBQ, and it's probably the most accomplished I've felt all year.
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I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.
Executive Assistant
Earthjustice is hiring a EA to support in Washington, DC.
earthjustice.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.
I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.
Executive Assistant
Earthjustice is hiring a EA to support in Washington, DC.
earthjustice.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.
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I have to end this thread with a major shoutout to @sshebaya.bsky.social and @nipnlg.bsky.social, who litigated this case since the family was first arrested in Washington DC.
The family have been put through the ringer and NIPNLG deserves support for the incredibly victory they just won for them.
The family have been put through the ringer and NIPNLG deserves support for the incredibly victory they just won for them.
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I have to end this thread with a major shoutout to @sshebaya.bsky.social and @nipnlg.bsky.social, who litigated this case since the family was first arrested in Washington DC.
The family have been put through the ringer and NIPNLG deserves support for the incredibly victory they just won for them.
The family have been put through the ringer and NIPNLG deserves support for the incredibly victory they just won for them.
Abbie is a real one.
“Are you sleeping well?
No.”
“Are you sleeping well?
No.”
It’s been an eventful first 92 days of Trump. My take on (some of) what’s different this time around. Stiff headwinds but we will stay the course. Happy Earth Day. www.propublica.org/article/eart...
Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists
Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.
www.propublica.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Abbie is a real one.
“Are you sleeping well?
No.”
“Are you sleeping well?
No.”
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos." - the 4th Circuit, yesterday
April 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos." - the 4th Circuit, yesterday
Don't bleat, don't bleat, don't bleat.
April 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Don't bleat, don't bleat, don't bleat.
They're against everything that made this kid-of-immigrants see July 4th as the best day of the year. Yet to borrow from Douglass, "I do not despair of this country. There are forces in operation which must inevitably work the downfall of" those who now desecrate the principles on which it stands.
April 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
They're against everything that made this kid-of-immigrants see July 4th as the best day of the year. Yet to borrow from Douglass, "I do not despair of this country. There are forces in operation which must inevitably work the downfall of" those who now desecrate the principles on which it stands.