Professor Yelena Duterte (she/her)
@doothirty.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Director of the Veterans Legal Clinic @UIC Law
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Obsessed with everything veterans law related. Made in the Bay Area. Assembled in Chicago. Shipped to Syracuse. Returned to Chicago.
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Obsessed with everything veterans law related. Made in the Bay Area. Assembled in Chicago. Shipped to Syracuse. Returned to Chicago.
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GREAT JOB ALERT: The Appellate Immersion Clinic at Georgetown Law is accepting applications for fellows!
This is an incredible opportunity to do great work with incredibly smart, good people. @immersionclinic.bsky.social @brianwolfman.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential...
This is an incredible opportunity to do great work with incredibly smart, good people. @immersionclinic.bsky.social @brianwolfman.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential...
Graduate Fellowships
www.law.georgetown.edu
January 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
GREAT JOB ALERT: The Appellate Immersion Clinic at Georgetown Law is accepting applications for fellows!
This is an incredible opportunity to do great work with incredibly smart, good people. @immersionclinic.bsky.social @brianwolfman.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential...
This is an incredible opportunity to do great work with incredibly smart, good people. @immersionclinic.bsky.social @brianwolfman.bsky.social
www.law.georgetown.edu/experiential...
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
I don’t want to keep reading congressional records. Racism is too deeply engrained.
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I don’t want to keep reading congressional records. Racism is too deeply engrained.
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41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
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Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon IG says of Hegseth's use of Signal, "The information could have imperiled American troops." If Hegseth values our troops as much as he says he does, he should resign and allow someone more experienced to lead the Department of Defense.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon IG says of Hegseth's use of Signal, "The information could have imperiled American troops." If Hegseth values our troops as much as he says he does, he should resign and allow someone more experienced to lead the Department of Defense.
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This explains so much of what we are seeing.
After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at ICE.
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This explains so much of what we are seeing.
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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Wtaf?!
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Wtaf?!
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
I have assumed that a cub fan did this… check out the 2016 timing - timing seems a bit suspicious.
watching WISHMASTER and are we positive that the united states hasn’t been cursed by an evil genie
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I have assumed that a cub fan did this… check out the 2016 timing - timing seems a bit suspicious.
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Chicagoans, if you’re free tomorrow morning you can find me here: www.chicagohumanities.org/events/atten...
Roxane Gay: 10 Years of Being a Bad Feminist
Celebrating a decade since the release of the modern classic
www.chicagohumanities.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Chicagoans, if you’re free tomorrow morning you can find me here: www.chicagohumanities.org/events/atten...
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Chicago frens!
Do I know an Illinois-barred attorney who can help me protect an artist from a BS defamation claim? Suggestions much appreciated.
October 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Chicago frens!
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Just wild footage today. it’s very difficult to sue cops for constitutional violations, and they never personally pay (they’re indemnified), but this stuff makes it as easy as it ever gets.
October 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just wild footage today. it’s very difficult to sue cops for constitutional violations, and they never personally pay (they’re indemnified), but this stuff makes it as easy as it ever gets.
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
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I read 1984.
And Fahrenheit 451.
And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale.
And The Giver.
And The Road.
And The Lottery.
And The Parable of the Sower.
And The Hunger Games.
I know what I’m seeing.
And Fahrenheit 451.
And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale.
And The Giver.
And The Road.
And The Lottery.
And The Parable of the Sower.
And The Hunger Games.
I know what I’m seeing.
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I read 1984.
And Fahrenheit 451.
And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale.
And The Giver.
And The Road.
And The Lottery.
And The Parable of the Sower.
And The Hunger Games.
I know what I’m seeing.
And Fahrenheit 451.
And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale.
And The Giver.
And The Road.
And The Lottery.
And The Parable of the Sower.
And The Hunger Games.
I know what I’m seeing.
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I substantially underestimated corporate and institutional cowardice in the US.
September 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I substantially underestimated corporate and institutional cowardice in the US.
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Most people never begin.
They tell themselves the timing isn’t right.
That the space is too crowded.
That their voice won’t matter.
But years from now, they’ll look back with regret, wishing they had started.
You don’t have to be one of them.
Begin today. your future self will thank you.
They tell themselves the timing isn’t right.
That the space is too crowded.
That their voice won’t matter.
But years from now, they’ll look back with regret, wishing they had started.
You don’t have to be one of them.
Begin today. your future self will thank you.
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Most people never begin.
They tell themselves the timing isn’t right.
That the space is too crowded.
That their voice won’t matter.
But years from now, they’ll look back with regret, wishing they had started.
You don’t have to be one of them.
Begin today. your future self will thank you.
They tell themselves the timing isn’t right.
That the space is too crowded.
That their voice won’t matter.
But years from now, they’ll look back with regret, wishing they had started.
You don’t have to be one of them.
Begin today. your future self will thank you.
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Brian Kilmeade wants to murder unhoused Veterans then?
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Brian Kilmeade wants to murder unhoused Veterans then?
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“We’re celebrating the legacy of our martyred free speech hero by firing a bunch of people for saying mean things about him” is the kind of thing Tom Lehrer could have done roper justice to.
September 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“We’re celebrating the legacy of our martyred free speech hero by firing a bunch of people for saying mean things about him” is the kind of thing Tom Lehrer could have done roper justice to.