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Mom. Wife. Lawyer. Social justice advocate. Big fan of all things of Michigan, dogs, trees, and lakes.
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
This is good, very, very good.
August 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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oliviamesser.bsky.social
New from @iamleslierangel.bsky.social and me:

Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Then four enraged women — many of them mothers — refused to leave her side overnight. The slept in jail; are banned from Capitol grounds for a year.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/19/h...
‘Women Have Always Been on the Front Lines.’ How Five Women at the Texas Capitol Stood Up to ‘Fascism.’
Rep. Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Four enraged women refused to leave her side.
thebarbedwire.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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indivisible.org
TOMORROW: It’s time to plug into a new phase of national campaign work. You’ll learn to plan and execute a non-cooperation campaign, and how to coach others to do the same. We’ll also share specific actions you can take to put pressure on institutions enabling Trump: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
August 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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isaiahrmartin.bsky.social
So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats

So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list”

1-866-786-5972

Thank you!
August 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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muellershewrote.com
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome.

Love, Allison
July 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
"When Justice Department officials reviewed what Pam Bondi called a 'truckload' of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials"

Free link www.wsj.com/politics/jus...
Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...
www.wsj.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Underrated tweet.
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
jlatosch.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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agawande.bsky.social
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.

The Golden Age.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
laura loomer tweet: WOKE MARXIST POPE
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
The Egyptian pro-democracy activist Wael Ghonim said,

"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."

This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.

“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.

Here:
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
A reminder that collapsing the economy is not an unintended consequence of autocracy, it’s a feature.
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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muellershewrote.com
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 28
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.

Sorry, *was.
A collage of news headlines covering countries which have warned their citizens about visiting the United States. The countries covered by the nine different headlines are: UK, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, Finland and Canada. Similar warning have also been issued by the Australian and New Zealand governments. The sources are Newsweek, CBS and New York Times
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
John Keker of Keker, Van Nest & Peters’ message to big firms wavering or scared:

Stand up. Don’t just be scared for yourself—be scared for the entire situation, for the rule of law, and for the role of lawyers in this democracy.
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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debpearlstein.bsky.social
Bravo
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Mar 28
👊🇺🇸🔥 response by WilmerHale to Trump’s “unlawful” order against it
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"Our firm has a longstanding tradition of representing a wide range of clients, including in matters against administrations of both parties," the spokesperson said in a statement. "The Executive Order references Robert Mueller, who retired from our firm in 2021, and had a long, distinguished career in public service, from his time as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam to his leadership of the FBI in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. "We remain committed to providing the expert representation that our clients are entitled to and rely upon," the spokesperson added. "We look forward to pursuing all appropriate remedies to this unlawful order.'
March 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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adhaque.bsky.social
"There are clear choices facing our profession. We can choose to remain silent and allow these acts to continue or we can stand for the rule of law and the values we hold dear."
americanbar.org American Bar Association @americanbar.org · Mar 26
More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
We support the right of people to advance their interests in courts of law when they have been wronged. We reject the notion that the U.S. government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. We cannot accept government actions that seek to twist the scales of justice in this manner. We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession. We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not. Words and actions matter. And the intimidating words and actions we have heard and seen must end. They are designed to cow our country’s judges, our country’s courts and our legal profession. There are clear choices facing our profession. We can choose to remain silent and allow these acts to continue or we can stand for the rule of law and the values we hold dear. We call upon the entire profession, including lawyers in private practice from Main Street to Wall Street, as well as those in corporations and who serve in elected positions, to speak out against intimidation.
March 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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metrotimes.com
For the past two weeks, demonstrators have gathered outside Troy’s Somerset Collection holding handmade signs with slogans like “DETROIT VS MUSK,” “STOP FUNDING A FASCIST,” and “NO KINGS! NO NAZIS!”
Detroit-area ‘Tesla Takedown’ aims to peacefully protest ‘robber baron’ Elon Musk
An organizer says a weekly demonstration outside Troy’s Somerset Collection, which has a Tesla showroom, has seen an increase in attendance
www.metrotimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Here is the full text of Rachel Cohen’s firm-wide email:
Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, (i) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here. When I went to law school and to Skadden, I did so in pursuit of agency. I was driven by a desire to be in rooms where decision-makers were, to get to play a role in things that mattered, because things felt so needlessly terrible. It never occurred to me that the people in those rooms might feel that they were powerless. I am forced to hope that our lack of response to the Trump administration's attacks on our peers, both those at other large firms and the many people in this country with far fewer resources, is rooted in feelings of fear and powerlessness, as opposed to tacit agreement or desire to maximize profit. I still hope that is true. But it has not yet been borne out. It feels mortifying to say "I suspect you know who I am," but I suspect you know who I am. Over the last few weeks, I have devoted an inordinate amount of time trying to leverage various relationships and privileges to get our firm and broader industry to admit that we are in the throes of early-stage authoritarianism and that we are uniquely positioned to halt it. There is an open letter (now signed by over 600 other AmLaw 200 associates, many of them at this firm), mainstream media coverage and an oped explaining why I feel this way. To anyone who feels sympathetic to the views I've espoused but wonders why I have taken the path I have: on Thursday, March 6, after the issuance of the Perkins Executive Order, I sent emails to multiple trusted partners in management asking to help with whatever response we coordinated. One of them went unanswered. One of them replied, "Thanks, Rachel. Always appreciate your With gratitude and ur... "Thanks, Rachel. Always appreciate your perspective." One of them replied offering to talk and then failed to reply to my email asking for a time until a week later, significantly after I had begun speaking publicly. Know that I attended internal meetings about this topic, sent emails to decision makers, avoided commenting on the EEOC investigation publicly or airing any internal firm discourse publicly. I did all of these things out of hope that we would do the right thing if given time and opportunity. The firm has been given time and opportunity to do the right thing. Thus far, we have not. This is a moment that demands urgency. Whether we are failing to meet it because we are unprepared or because we don't wish to is irrelevant to me— and to the world —where the outcome is the same. If we were going to resist, we would have done so already. If we were not going to respond to the EEOC (a refusal that would be fully legal), the firm would have already told us. This is the first firmwide email that has been sent on this topic. What. Are. We. Doing. Colleagues, if you question if it is as bad as you think it is, it is ten times worse. Whether what we measure is the cowardice in face of lost profits, or the proximity to authoritarianism, or the trauma inflicted on our colleagues who are nonwhite, or the disappointment that I feel in this moment, take what you suspect and multiply it by a factor of ten. Act accordingly. I recognize not everyone is positioned as I am, and cannot act the same way. But do not "Thanks, Rachel. Always appreciate your perspective." One of them replied offering to talk and then failed to reply to my email asking for a time until a week later, significantly after I had begun speaking publicly. Know that I attended internal meetings about this topic, sent emails to decision makers, avoided commenting on the EEOC investigation publicly or airing any internal firm discourse publicly. I did all of these things out of ho… Do not pretend that what is happening is normal or excusable. It isn't. To the many superiors, support staff and friends that I know I disappoint by making this announcement firmwide instead of talking to you first, I sincerely apologize. There are so many thank yous that I have for so many people at this firm. Please know that if you suspect that you have helped me or taught me or cared for me, that I agree and am eternally grateful. In the coming days, I will make every effort to reach out to you separately, but there is urgency here that makes it impossible to go to each of you first. I will do everything in my power to mitigate difficulties caused by my unexpected departure. Like any self-important adolescent, I spent most of my high school history classes wondering what I would do in the moments before true horror or chaos or where my values were tested and demanded great sacrifice. I do not wonder anymore. I know who I am. I thought I knew who we all were. Thank you for the opportunity. My personal email is cc'd. I wish each of you the best, and that you use the privileges you hold to work for the best for others. Rachel Rachel Cohen
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.

Tomorrow is the cloture vote.

KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️

Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.

Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 12
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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indivisible.org
🚨 We need you to call your Democratic senator ASAP if their name is on this list.

Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
These Democratic senators need to hear from their constituents TODAY: Mark Kelly (AZ) Michael Bennet (CO) Brian Schatz (HI) Gary Peters (MI) Tina Smith (MN) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jack Reed (RI) If your senator is on this list, use our call page to be automatically connected with their office: indivisi.org/call-now
March 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM