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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15d

This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15d

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, this period has confirmed that just as trickle-down economics is BS, there is no such thing as trickle-down democracy.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 21d

generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)

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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is basic rule of law stuff: judges need to explain their decisions so the same standards are applied across the board, and lower courts are closer to the facts and should be respected. Stunning that this needs to be explained to SCOTUS, but it shows how far the Court has strayed.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨EXCLUSIVE:

Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases

Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

www.nbcnews.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jul 24

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?

A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

forward.com

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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · Jul 16

Proud to file this case today with our mighty team at @aclu.org's National Prison Project, @aclufl.bsky.social and @aijustice.bsky.social!

ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 16

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 16

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel.

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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · Jun 23

SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Jun 23

#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:

www.supremecourt.gov

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Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits have all held (in contexts other than medical care) that discrim against trans people gets heightened scrutiny. Skrmetti leaves those circuit precedents intact.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 18

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.

This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jun 17

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.

He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.

He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.

This is political intimidation.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 17

Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · Jun 12

Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."

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Dan McFadden @danmcfadden.bsky.social · Jun 12

As Trump orders the military to join ICE civil arrest teams, remember:

The President does not have unilateral power over the military.

Art. I, sec. 8 of the Constitution specifically gives *Congress* the power to make the rules for this.

Congress made a law saying Trump's order is a crime.

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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · Jun 12

"Once the door is open to military forces targeting some of the population, that door is very hard to close. When the rule of law becomes the rule of force, no one will be safe." @danmcfadden.bsky.social

Trump’s domestic deployment of US armed forces is an alarming abuse of power and affront to democracy - CommonWealth Beacon

For months now, Trump and his minions have been waging a campaign to twist the military into a heavily armed loyalist force.

urldefense.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 9

I think that's just how cops are and we're more likely to hear about it when it happens to a reporter

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 30

BREAKING: We're going to court to defend pregnant people's right nationwide to get lifesaving abortion care when they're facing a medical emergency.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · May 17

Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too.

Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 16

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 14

BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · May 14

NYC! We brought back Meet Your Mayor just in time before the June primary.

The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out:

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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025

Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · May 9

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 8

Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them.

Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.

NYCLU @nyclu.org · May 8

Last night, security officers at Columbia pushed and shoved multiple student protesters to the ground. Then, at a protest outside campus, an NYPD officer was recorded punching a protester in the face, and another officer was seen shoving dozens of demonstrators.

This is outrageous and unacceptable.

80 arrested after protesters storm Columbia library, feds reviewing participants' visas

Protesters pushed past security to occupy a library reading room, injuring two campus officers and prompting the school to call in the NYPD, officials said.

gothamist.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · May 6

Thousands of transgender troops who have served our nation honorably will soon be purged from the military because of their identity. It is shameful that the Supreme Court’s majority won’t even explain why it greenlit this mass act of unconstitutional discrimination. slate.com/news-and-pol...

As a result, thousands of transgender service members will be discharged from the military while litigation proceeds in the lower courts.
People who volunteered to risk their lives for their country will be cruelly punished simply for who they are. People like Emily Shilling, the named plaintiff in this case-a transgender woman who has served as a naval aviator for 19 years, flown more than 60 combat missions, logged 1,750 flight hours in Navy jets, and earned three Air Medals. The Navy has spent $20 million training her. Soon, she will be forced out of service entirely. If the Supreme Court was going to condone this self-defeating act of invidious discrimination, the least it could have done was explain why. J

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Apr 30

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a
@reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility.

11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

A picture shows 32 men arranging themselves into an SOS on the ground of a prison yard. The ground is bare earth. All the men are wearing red or orange prison jumpsuits.

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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · Apr 30

Overjoyed by this news, and so proud of my colleagues for working round the clock to make this happen—and continuing to push until all are free

ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 30

A judge just ruled the government must release Mohsen Mahdawi on bail as his case proceeds.

We won't stop until Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and all those unjustly detained for their speech are free.

A photo of a person holding a cardboard protest sign reading "Come for one and face us all!" in front of a fence and a courthouse.

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